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1. Privacy Disaster Pushes xAI to Open-Source Grok Build - YouTube
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SpaceXAI releases Grok Build as open source after major privacy blunder that ruined confidence in the service. Following yesterday's revelations that Grok Bu…
2. Train Your Own Tiny LLM on Your PC In Just A Few Hours - YouTube
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How to train your own 10M parameter LLM | Get started with SerpApi using 250 free credits: https://serpapi.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=garyexplains_…
3. The Linux Tax is real—and it's holding desktop Linux back
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Jul 16, 2026, 01:40 PM📅 **Original Publication:** Jul 16, 2026
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** How-To Geek
✍️ **Author Reference:** Sydney Butler
Time is the price you pay for freedom, but should you have to?
4. Elon Musk secretly acquires $1B energy company to power the AI future
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Jul 16, 2026, 01:39 PM📅 **Original Publication:** Jul 16, 2026
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** TESLARATI
✍️ **Author Reference:** Joey Klender
Elon Musk flew under the radar with his recent purchase of a $1 billion energy company, according to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) documents. Transaction number 202612350 listed Tesla and SpaceX frontman Elon Musk as the acquiring party and CF APR Super Holdings LLC as the seller, with New APR Energy, LLC as the acquired entity. […]
5. Starship's 13th flight is being sold as a Starlink deployment test, but the engine relight problem it needs to solve is the one quietly rewriting NASA's Artemis timeline
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Jul 16, 2026, 01:39 PM📅 **Original Publication:** Jul 16, 2026
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** Space Daily
SpaceX is targeting Thursday for the 13th full-scale test flight of Starship, a mission that will carry Starlink satellites into a suborbital trajectory and
6. Emma Camp on X: “If you like this video, you should read the @WSJFreeEx article that inspired it! https://t.co/c28Scfxdk7” / X
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7. Emma Camp on X: “Went on TV again https://t.co/wNiSwxOone” / X
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8. Emma Camp on X: “I’M WRITING A BOOK!! GOOD BOUNDARES: Essays on The Age of Risk-Aversion is coming in 2027 with @randomhouse Essays on therapy culture, Luigi Mangione, tradwives, AI girlfriends, and how risk-aversion drives Gen Z’s loneliness and alienation, headed your way soon! https://t.co/OxfasiMnCG” / X
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9. Quote of the day by Samuel L. Jackson: ‘If you do not have courage, you may not have the opportunity to use any of your other virtues…’ A life lesson on how to overcome fear and develop long lasting confidence from the acting legend known for his iconic Hollywood roles - The Economic Times
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Jul 16, 2026, 01:15 PMQuote of the Day by Samuel L. Jackson: Samuel L. Jackson
10. Michael Oren on X: “The Church of England’s General Synod has endorsed discussions on Israel’s guilt for committing genocide, on the justification of October 7, and on Israel’s character as a “colonial enterprise built on racism.” And you wonder why your churches are empty.” / X
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11. Michael Oren on X: “The United States has one—and I stress one—military ally willing to fight shoulder to shoulder with America, with military and technological capabilities equal to, if not surpassing, its own. Why would anyone who cares about American security weaken that alliance? https://t.co/HS0AHJaoq1” / X
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12. SpaceX on X: “On track for Starship’s 13th flight test later today – the 90-minute launch window opens at 5:45 p.m. CT. Live coverage starts ~30 minutes before launch https://t.co/9drzTb14C0” / X
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13. Starship Flight 13 Set for Launch on Apollo 11 Anniversary / X
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14. SpaceX on X: “Stacking Starship for Flight 13 https://t.co/L4XN6gqgRt” / X
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15. What can ancient civilisations teach us about sustainability? - YouTube
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Jul 16, 2026, 12:53 PM🏛️ **Platform/Host:** YouTube
A cosmology or worldview is the framework of beliefs and attitudes through which we interpret and make sense of the world, including how we think about our r…
16. When the Vice President Thirsts for Groyper Approval
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Jul 16, 2026, 12:51 PM✍️ **Author Reference:** Batya Ungar-Sargon
Just as progressives will say or do anything for a pat on the head by Zohran Mamdani, our Vice President will say anything for an atta boy from Tucker Carlson
17. Batya Ungar-Sargon on X: “When the Vice President Thirsts for Groyper Approval My latest column: https://t.co/EJwV5l591Q https://t.co/nEI6ea20Hf” / X
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18. Batya Ungar-Sargon on X: “Just as spineless progressives will say or do anything to get a pat on the head from Zohran Mamdani, Vice President JD Vance seems to be crafting his every utterance for an atta boy from Tucker Carlson and the Groyper Right.” / X
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19. About | NextBigFuture.com
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Brian Wang, a Co-Founder and Futurist Thought Leader, is a prominent Science blogger whose platform, Nextbigfuture.com, boasts over 1 million monthly readers
20. High Resolution Images of Exoplanets in Other Solar Systems | NextBigFuture.com
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Jul 16, 2026, 11:59 AM📅 **Original Publication:** Jul 14, 2026
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** NextBigFuture.com
Current exoplanet images are mostly single blurry pixels or are inferred from the gravitational effects on stars. The planets in other solar systems are very
21. In 1989, a seventeen-year-old Elon Musk left South Africa alone in part to avoid compulsory military service — he had claimed Canadian citizenship through his mother, and after landing in Montreal he bussed across the country to a second cousin in Waldeck, Saskatchewan, before shovelling grain bins, cleaning the boiler room of a British Columbia lumber mill and enrolling at Queen's University around 1990, transferring to Penn in 1992
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Jul 16, 2026, 11:55 AM📅 **Original Publication:** Jul 15, 2026
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** Space Daily
In June 1989, a seventeen-year-old Elon Musk left South Africa for Canada on his own, having secured a Canadian passport through his Canadian-born mother.
22. Google Rebrands NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Jul 16, 2026, 11:52 AM📅 **Original Publication:** 1784160000
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** Android Headlines
✍️ **Author Reference:** Jean Leon
Google is dropping the awkward 'LM' from NotebookLM, rebranding the AI research tool to Gemini Notebook and rolling out major pro upgrades.
23. life lessons: Chinese Proverb of the Day: “When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a… — Life lessons on appreciation, gratitude, hope, simplicity and why life is more than mere existence - The Economic Times
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Jul 16, 2026, 11:51 AMChinese Proverb of the Day highlights the meaning of “When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.” The saying emphasizes the importance of balancing life
24. US’ Vance says foreign influence campaign funded to ‘tank’ Iran deal
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25. Does JD Vance Think Trump Is an Agent of Foreign Influence? | National Review
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26. Vance Ramps Up Criticism of Israel - WSJ
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27. 'Go to hell': Vance lashes out at reported Israeli-backed online campaign smearing Iran MOU | The Times of Israel
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28. Carl Sagan was denied tenure at Harvard in the late 1960s, reportedly for being too public a scientist; Cornell hired him and named him David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Jul 16, 2026, 11:33 AM📅 **Original Publication:** Jul 15, 2026
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** Space Daily
Around 1967, Harvard turned down a young astronomer for tenure. His name was Carl Sagan. He had joined the faculty in 1962, and he was already becoming a
29. Exclusive | The AI Backlash Has Tech Executives Fearing for Their Lives - WSJ
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30. Ben Shapiro on X: “I tuned into Joe Rogan yesterday and heard Bernie Sanders’ economics, Barack Obama’s foreign policy, and Ro Khanna’s conspiracy theories. And then I realized JD Vance was talking. I want a candidate in 2028 who doesn’t mirror the Democrats – and who can win. Mr. VP, this is” / X
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31. Astronomers Horrified by Enormous Mirror Satellite That Reflects Sunlight Back Down to Earth at Night
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Jul 16, 2026, 11:09 AM📅 **Original Publication:** Jul 15, 2026
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** Futurism
✍️ **Author Reference:** Frank Landymore
A startup just received regulatory approval to launch a giant mirror satellite to reflect sunlight down onto Earth.
32. Google renames NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Jul 16, 2026, 11:07 AM📅 **Original Publication:** Jul 16, 2026
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** 9to5Google
✍️ **Author Reference:** Abner Li
Google announced today that NotebookLM is now called “Gemini Notebook” and previewed upcoming features that users can soon expect.
33. Corey J. Mahler on X: “Never forget: When you are arguing with a Leftist or a Boomer, you are actually arguing with the TV — and the TV cannot hear you and it does not care.” / X
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34. Elon Musk on X: “Arguing with NPCs is pointless” / X
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35. A Meta-Epistemological Reason for Rejecting AI-Written Philosophy - Daily Nous
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Jul 16, 2026, 10:47 AM📅 **Original Publication:** Jul 16, 2026
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession
✍️ **Author Reference:** Justin Weinberg
"The fact that you, an expert human, generated the text is evidence that the view is worth thinking about—more so than if the text were generated by an LLM." That's Eric Schwitzgebel (UCR), writing at The Splintered Mind about why he doesn't want to receive AI-written emails about philosophy, and why philosophy journals should reject AI-written submissions.
36. Saturn has a six-sided storm system wider than Earth, and scientists still cannot fully explain why its perfect shape refuses to disappear
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Jul 16, 2026, 10:46 AM📅 **Original Publication:** Jul 15, 2026
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** Space Daily
At Saturn's north pole, clouds race around a shape that looks as if it was drawn with a ruler. Six broad sides meet at six corners, enclosing a region roughly
37. Linus Torvalds says Linux is not “anti-AI”, tells haters to ‘fork it’ and ‘just walk away’ | TechRadar
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Jul 16, 2026, 10:45 AM📅 **Original Publication:** Jul 16, 2026
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** TechRadar
✍️ **Author Reference:** https://www.techradar.com/author/craig-hale
Linux isn
38. Quantum teleportation could reduce photon loss in long-distance communications
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Jul 16, 2026, 10:05 AM📅 **Original Publication:** Jul 16, 2026
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** Phys.org
Quantum technologies, which leverage the principles of quantum mechanics, have been found to outperform their classical counterparts on specific tasks. Among other things, past studies have highlighted the potential of quantum systems that can enable long-distance communication, using photons (i.e., particles of light) to carry quantum information.
39. Google Search
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40. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Jul. 16, 2026 - YouTube
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The White House
41. Commercial Space Revolution and Lunar Development: Public and Private Partnership Best Approach | National Review
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42. Behind the Curtain: AI godfathers converge on regulations
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Jul 16, 2026, 09:25 AM📅 **Original Publication:** Jul 16, 2026
🏛️ **Platform/Host:** Axios
✍️ **Author Reference:** Jim VandeHei,Mike Allen
The CEOs of Google DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic all agree the frontier needs to be regulated ASAP.
43. Why have humans collected crystals for 780,000 years? Chimpanzees may hold the answer | ScienceDaily
📂 **Saved to Folder:** Jul 16, 2026, 09:23 AM🏛️ **Platform/Host:** ScienceDaily
Chimpanzees showed a remarkable attraction to crystals, choosing them over ordinary stones and studying them with intense curiosity. The results suggest that the same unusual features may have fascinated early humans long before crystals had any practical use.