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🧹 YouTube removes 2 major AI slop channels with 6M subs each
YouTube deleted the channels CuentosFacianantes and Imperio de Jesus. Each had about 6M subscribers and around 1B total views. Another 16 large AI-driven channels lost all published videos.
Both channels focused on low-quality, mass-produced AI content. YouTube had already promised a crackdown on this type of material last year, starting with fake movie trailer channels.
At the same time, YouTube is expanding its own AI tools for Shorts. Users will soon be able to generate Shorts with custom avatars.
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🧠 OpenAI releases the Codex app with parallel agents
OpenAI launched a Codex app built on top of its CLI agent. It adds a visual interface and support for multiple isolated agent threads. Agents can now work in parallel without stepping on each other.
The app supports worktrees for conflict-free testing. It also ships with curated extensions for tools like Figma, Linear, Vercel, GPT Image, and Jupyter. Custom skills can be added on top.
Another addition is task scheduling. Codex can run background jobs on a timer, including CI-style checks.
Free and Go users get temporary access. Paid users received higher usage limits.
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🍏 Apple tests a flip style iPhone after its first fold
Apple is already testing a compact flip style iPhone while the first foldable iPhone has yet to launch. The report comes from Bloomberg via Mark Gurman.
The idea is to use the first fold to create demand for the category, then expand into multiple sizes and formats. The flip model would target users who prefer smaller devices.
The first foldable iPhone is expected to sit at the top of the lineup and be more compact than rival devices. The outer display is said to be around 5.5 inches, with launch still months away.
Apple is also exploring a larger book style foldable. Work on a foldable iPad has reportedly hit development issues.
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📊 Reddit chart shows AI replacement fear rising over time at one FAANG
A post on Reddit claims the author polled coworkers at a tech giant every 6 months about whether AI will replace their job.
In the chart, green is “not worried at all.”
Red is “very worried, it could replace me today.”
Across the dates shown, the green share falls while the orange and red shares grow.
By the latest poll, the chart is dominated by worry.
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🚀 Real-time LinkedIn API at enterprise scale
✔️ EnrichGraph gives B2B teams API access to public LinkedIn-sourced professional and company data without scraping or fighting platform limits.
❌LinkedIn does not offer a usable public API. Scraping breaks at scale, gets accounts banned, and creates fragile pipelines.
⭕️ EnrichGraph replaces all of that with infrastructure built for production.
Used by teams building sales enrichment, recruiting platforms, and market intelligence tools.
Common use cases
🔸 Job change detection and alerts
🔸 Recruiting and talent platforms
🔸 Sales and lead enrichment
🔸 Market intelligence and BI
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🔭 Vaonis launches a $99,000 telescope controlled from a smartphone
Vaonis has unveiled Hyperia, a smart observatory priced at $99,000. The system was originally built for the Palais de la Découverte in Paris before moving into a commercial release.
Hyperia uses Canon optics with a 150 mm refractor and a 1050 mm focal length. Inside is a 45 MP full-frame Canon sensor, comparable to EOS R5 II class cameras. A 17-lens system reduces reflections and supports long exposure imaging.
The structure stands about 1.8 m tall and weighs up to 75 kg. It can stay outdoors for up to 5 years without a dome or servicing. The system compensates for Earth’s rotation by rotating the sensor, enabling exposures of up to 30 minutes.
Everything runs through a mobile app. Users select targets, schedule observations across nights, process images, and stream live output to classrooms or planetariums.
Preorders opened in January. Deliveries are planned for 2027.
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🎬 xAI launches Grok Imagine API for video generation
xAI has launched the Grok Imagine API. It is a video and audio generative model. The release was announced on xAI’s official X account.
Grok Imagine can animate images, generate scenes from text prompts, and refine longer cinematic sequences. The model is offered through xAI’s video API.
xAI positions this as a high performance API built for video workloads. The focus is on turning text or images into finished video output.
The launch puts xAI directly into the video generation model category.
https://x.ai/news/grok-imagine-api
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🤖 Elon Musk says Tesla will start selling humanoid robots by end of next year
Elon Musk said Tesla plans to begin robot sales by the end of next year and stressed the timeline is firm. According to him, the humanoids already handle simple tasks at factories.
The robots are positioned for basic work and household routines like cleaning. Musk described their scope broadly, saying users will be able to ask them to do almost any task.
A test production line is already running at Tesla’s Fremont factory. Pricing is still not final, though earlier estimates were around $20,000 per unit.
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🔐 Samsung adds pixel level privacy to block shoulder surfing
Samsung announced a new privacy layer for Galaxy smartphones designed to stop people from reading screens from the side. The feature works at the pixel level, dimming or hiding parts of the display for off angle viewers.
The system combines hardware and software. From the side, the screen can appear dark or partially obscured, while staying fully visible head on. Samsung says development took over 5 years, based on how people use phones and what they consider private.
The feature can be enabled per app, such as banking, or only during password entry or notifications. Visibility levels are adjustable, with an option to turn it off.
Timing and supported models are still unspecified.
Samsung says it is coming soon.
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📊 Claude lands inside Microsoft Excel for Pro users
Anthropic has встроила Claude directly into Microsoft Excel. The integration lets users work with data through plain tasks instead of writing formulas.
You can ask things like grouping customers by LTV and purchase frequency. Claude analyzes the table and returns results inside Excel. It also generates formulas for a given task, explains how they work, checks existing formulas for errors, builds pivot tables, compares periods, and flags trends or outliers.
The shift moves Excel from manual logic to intent based analysis. For Pro users, spreadsheets become a conversational interface rather than a syntax problem.
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🤖 ClawdBot trades stocks and crypto to pay for an RTX 4090
A user shared a case where ClawdBot suggested buying an RTX 4090 to improve performance. Instead of buying the GPU, the user set up Claude to trade stocks and crypto around the clock.
The system runs continuously and executes trades without manual input. The stated goal is to earn enough to cover the hardware cost.
The setup turns a performance request into an automated income loop.
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📱 Apple plans a cheaper iPhone 17e at $499
Apple is preparing its lowest priced iPhone yet. The iPhone 17e is expected in the first half of 2026 with a price around $499.
🔸 Rumors point to a 6.1 inch OLED display with 60 Hz, Dynamic Island, and the new A19 chip. The processor is expected to match the base iPhone 17.
🔸 The focus is on essentials rather than extras. Hardware choices suggest cost control without splitting the core platform.
This would place Apple deeper into the mid range price segment.
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💡 Giant Bic pen turns into a room light
🔸 Seletti unveiled a 1.8 m lighting fixture shaped like the Bic Cristal pen at Maison&Objet in Paris. The project marks 75 years of the iconic pen. The lamp uses a 12:1 scale and replaces the ink tube with a 2,400 lumen LED.
🔸 The design keeps the original form. A transparent body, a colored cap, and the familiar proportions are all preserved. Materials were chosen to closely match the real pen.
🔸 The lamp can hang from the ceiling, mount on a wall, or stand vertically as a floor light. Its size makes flexibility necessary rather than optional.
Bic Lamp is set to launch in the US later this year at $350.
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📼 xAI releases Grok Imagine 1.0 video model
xAI released Grok Imagine 1.0 for video generation. The update improves audio quality and overall visuals. The model outputs videos up to 10 seconds at 720p.
Free access is limited to 480p and 6 seconds. Higher resolution and longer clips require paid access.
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🤖 Unitree robot completes 130,000 steps at −47°C
The trial took place in China’s Altai region.
The robot was sent to walk roughly 100 km across snowy terrain, logging about 130,000 steps. It was fitted with protective outerwear during the test.
This marks one of the first documented cases of a humanoid robot operating for long duration in such extreme cold.
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🚀 SpaceX seeks FCC approval for 1 million orbital data center satellites
SpaceX filed a request with the FCC to deploy up to 1 million satellites. The proposal describes solar powered orbital data centers connected via laser links.
The filing uses extreme numbers that are unlikely to be approved and are widely seen as a negotiation tactic. Even a small fraction would still be massive. Around 15,000 satellites are currently in orbit, with more than 9,600 from Starlink.
SpaceX frames the idea as an environmental shift. Ground data centers consume water and electricity, while orbital systems would rely on solar power and dump heat into space. The scale alone would reshape how orbit is used.
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🎮 LingBot-World releases as open source alternative to Genie 3
A Chinese team released LingBot-World in open source days after Google launched Genie 3. The system is built on Wan 2.2 and targets the same idea of interactive video worlds.
It runs at 720p and 16 fps with under 1 second latency. Simulations can last up to 10 minutes.
The model generates interactive environments that stay consistent over time and can be controlled in real time. It is designed for continuous interaction rather than short clips.
Under the hood is a MoE setup with two 14B experts tuned for different noise levels. Only one expert is active at a time.
Training moved from a pretrained Wan 2.2 to long action controlled videos, then to distillation into fast autoregressive diffusion for real time use. This setup is not meant for consumer hardware.
The technical report is detailed. A public demo is still pending.
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🚀 AI plans a Mars rover route for the first time
On December 8, a Mars rover followed a route generated by AI for the first time in history. The test came from a collaboration between Anthropic and NASA.
Claude was loaded with years of rover context. This included telemetry, command formats, safety limits, orbital images, terrain models, and hazard data. The agent planned the path iteratively in 10 m segments.
The final route was reviewed by humans and tested in simulation. NASA says only minor adjustments were needed. Rover teams estimate AI planning cuts route planning time by about 2x and delivers more consistent results.
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Silicon Valley predicted the future before the future arrived🤣
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🌍 Google launches Project Genie for AI-generated virtual worlds
Google has launched Project Genie, a new AI service for creating virtual worlds. The tool is available through Google AI Ultra in the US. Access costs $250.
Project Genie lets users generate worlds from text or images. A preview is created first and can be edited before the full world is generated. The system combines Genie 3, Nano Banana Pro, and Gemini.
The product enters the same space as world generation tools from World Labs, Runway, and AMI Labs. Google’s version focuses on interactive movement inside the generated environment.
This is Google’s first public release aimed at user-created interactive worlds.
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✔️ AI takes over homework grading in Chinese schools
Chinese schools are increasingly using AI to check homework. Systems scan handwritten notebooks, find mistakes, and assign grades automatically.
The technology is already used in hundreds of schools in Shanghai, Beijing, and other large cities. For essays and creative tasks, teachers often adjust results because algorithms still miss nuance.
According to developers, these systems cut teacher workload by almost half. Time shifts from routine grading to direct work with students.
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🌐 Chrome turns into an AI agent with Gemini integration
Google rolled out a major update that deeply integrates Gemini into Google Chrome. The browser now includes a persistent Gemini side panel that stays open across tabs and works alongside whatever page is active.
Users can compare products across sites, summarize reviews, or check availability while browsing.
Chrome also adds in-browser image transformation, connected access to Gmail, Calendar, YouTube, Maps, and shopping tools, plus an auto browse mode that handles multi step tasks like price research, form filling from PDFs, or adding items to a cart with budget limits.
The update shifts Chrome from passive browsing to task execution. For now, advanced features are limited to AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the US.
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📄 OpenAI launches Prism for writing research papers
OpenAI has released Prism, a collaborative LaTeX editor built on technology from its acquired startup Crixet. The tool embeds ChatGPT directly into the writing workflow.
Prism can check citations, turn sketches into LaTeX formulas or diagrams, and assist with drafting inside the editor. It is positioned as a working environment rather than a separate chat tool.
The product is free to use. Subscribers to ChatGPT are expected to get additional features later.
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On this day in 2010: iPad unveiled.
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🎮 Doom runs on wireless earbuds with under 1 MB of RAM
Australian developer Arin Sarkisyan got Doom running on Pinebuds Pro, the only wireless earbuds with open firmware. Each earbud uses a Cortex M4F chip rated at 300 MHz, though stock firmware caps it at 100 MHz to save battery.
Bluetooth was too slow for video. The workaround was USB to UART via the earbuds’ contact pads, pushing 96 KB per frame. Memory was tighter. Doom expects at least 4 MB of RAM, while the earbuds expose under 1 MB. The game code was trimmed and assets compressed from 4.2 MB to 1.7 MB.
The result is Doom at 18 FPS over an MJPEG stream, playable through a browser connection. It runs, which is the whole point.
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🤖 Open-source ClawdBot runs as a local AI agent
🔸 ClawdBot is gaining attention as a new open-source AI agent that runs fully on a local machine. The agent can be deployed as a self-hosted service and accessed through common messengers like Telegram, WhatsApp, or Discord.
🔸 It goes beyond a chat interface. ClawdBot can open a browser, run terminal commands, read and edit files, access the camera and screen, and handle automation tasks through defined skills. The setup is designed for direct control rather than cloud dependency.
🔸 The agent is highly customizable. Users can connect their own tools, integrate smart home devices, link external services, and extend behavior through plugins. It also includes a file-based memory system with long-term context stored in MEMORY.md and daily logs stored by date, both indexed and reused in prompts.
ClawdBot is built by Peter Steinberger, founder and CTO of PSPDFKit, as a personal project. It is unrelated to Anthropic despite the name similarity.
Source:
https://github.com/clawdbot/clawdbot
https://clawd.bot/
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🤖 AI-generated conjoined twins pull 200,000 followers in a month
🔸 An account featuring a two-headed girl went viral online. The characters are presented as conjoined twins named Valeria and Kamila. The account gained about 200,000 followers in 1 month.
🔸 Men in the comments write love messages, send donations, and propose marriage to both characters. Engagement stays high across posts.
The catch is simple. The twins and all images are fully generated by AI.
Attention remains easy to capture when realism is convincing.
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🔭 James Webb captures the sharpest image of the Helix Nebula
🔸 The James Webb Space Telescope released its most detailed image yet of the Helix Nebula, also known as the Eye of God. The nebula sits about 655 light years from Earth, making it one of the closest planetary nebulae we can study.
🔸 The image reveals dense cometary knots. These pillar shaped structures form when hot gas from a dying star collides with colder dust and gas ejected earlier. The interaction sculpts the nebula’s distinctive shape.
🔸 The colors reflect physics, not art. Blue marks the hottest gas under ultraviolet radiation. Yellow shows cooler regions where hydrogen forms molecules. Red orange edges trace the coldest material where gas thins out and dust begins to form.
It is a direct look at the final stage of a star’s life, with material that can later seed new systems.
Full resolution image is available here
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