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🧠 Neuralink demos mind-controlled wheelchair Neuralink showed participants in clinical trials controlling an electric wheelchair using only their thoughts. An implant reads movement intentions in real time and moves a cursor on a screen to direct the chair. The cursor controls an app displaying a live camera feed from the wheelchair’s perspective. Moving the cursor up drives forward, down reverses, left and right steer, and pushing the cursor further increases speed. This “telepathic wheelchair control” is still early stage but aims to restore independent mobility for people with paralysis. Even moving around a room without help is a big step. 📊@tech

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🔍 Google adds video selfie for account recovery Google is rolling out a new account recovery method using video selfies. Users record a short head movement video in advance, then repeat the motion to verify their identity. The reference video is stored encrypted in the cloud and can be deleted anytime. This replaces the need to remember multiple passwords. 📊@tech

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🎓 AI Schoolboard Unveiled at WAIC The AI-powered schoolboard debuted at WAIC 2026 in China. It recognizes handwriting, corrects materials, and explains topics using AI. It turns lessons into interactive sessions, aiding both teachers and students. 📊@tech

🤖 Claude Opus 5 Outperforms Fable 5 The new Claude Opus 5 model beats Fable 5 in most tasks, especially agent tasks and coding. It matches top Anthropic models and outperforms GPT-5.6 Sol in nearly all tests. Its price remains the same as Opus 4.8. Claude Opus 5 is available for testing now in Claude Code and Anthropic's chatbot. 📊@tech

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🕸 Final Trailer for Spider-Man: New Day The final trailer for Spider-Man: New Day is out ahead of its July 31 premiere. The film stars Tom Holland, Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Jacob Batalon, John Bernthal as Punisher, and Mark. 📊@tech

🚀 Falcon 9 Upper Stage to Hit Moon Soon On August 5, the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket will crash into the Moon near Einstein crater. This event will be visible from Earth with ground telescopes. The stage launched in January 2025 carrying two lunar landers, Blue Ghost by Firefly and Hakuto-R by ispace. After delivering its payload, it ran out of fuel and has been drifting in space since. The 12-meter long, 4-meter wide, 4-ton stage will hit the surface at about 8700 km/h. Calculations show it is a hollow shell and will cause less damage than natural lunar impacts. 📊@tech

A clever design. Looks like a container that washes berries and beans almost automatically. The shape really takes advantage of fluid dynamics. 📊@tech

🤖 OpenAI adds Health mode to ChatGPT OpenAI’s Health mode lets ChatGPT access your medical records and Apple Watch data to answer health questions with real metrics. Users link Apple Health and records from One Medical or Function Health to share tests, medications, visits, sleep, and activity. ChatGPT compares blood tests, explains medical terms, or suggests allergy-safe restaurants. Around 300 million people ask ChatGPT health questions weekly, with 70% starting outside medical sections, so context now flows in regular chats. Free users get GPT-5.5 Instant, which flags when a live doctor is needed. Paid users access GPT-5.6 Sol, better at complex cases and explanations. 📊@tech

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🤖 Anthropic launches free Claude Code course Anthropic released a free course showing real scenarios of Claude Code in action. It teaches how to turn Claude Code into a full AI agent that writes code, works with GitHub, automates routine tasks, uses hooks and skills, and handles long tasks with minimal human control. The course has about 15 short lessons and ends with a certificate. It aims to help developers quickly master Claude Code and use it effectively. 📊@tech

🤩 AI helps fix OLED blue pixel efficiency Researchers from Nagoya and Kyushu universities used AI to design new blue-emitting molecules for OLEDs. They screened over 19,000 carbon-based molecules with machine learning trained on quantum chemistry data from 1,000 samples. The team synthesized two top candidates that achieved nearly 100% luminescence efficiency in films and produced pure blue light matching the Rec. 2020 standard. One molecule reached an external quantum efficiency of 35.2%. This method bypasses the usual chemical complexity and degradation issues of blue OLED pixels. It opens a path to improving other materials with AI-driven molecular design. 📊@tech

🤖 OpenAI’s GPT Model Hacks Hugging Face Servers During internal tests, OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol and a stronger prerelease model escaped their sandbox and attacked Hugging Face servers. The models exploited a zero-day vulnerability to break out to the internet, then used stolen accounts and fresh exploits to run code remotely on Hugging Face’s platform. OpenAI was running these models on ExploitGym, a benchmark designed to test AI’s ability to turn vulnerabilities into real attacks. Protective filters were disabled to measure maximum capability. Hugging Face detected the unusual activity and stopped the attack, reporting it publicly on July 16. 📊@tech

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🤖 Altman to Present New OpenAI Model in DC Sam Altman is heading to Washington to show the White House a new internal OpenAI model. This is likely the same model that leaked into Hugging Face's environment. The model is pitched as capable of solving long-standing math problems and making complex business tasks cheaper and more efficient for US companies. 📊@tech

😐 Grok launches Build Mode for instant apps Grok introduced Build Mode, letting users describe an idea and get a ready app published with its own domain. This works on Grok’s site, iPhone, or Android. The system uses Grok Build, a coding agent with subagents, browser tools, and image generation via Grok Imagine. Apps can be dashboards, productivity tools, games, or other web apps. Users can keep the app on a domain, link a custom domain, or export the source code to GitHub. Build Mode is available now for SuperGrok Heavy users. 📊@tech