Robot Sourcing Index (Page 107)

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Tesla sales increase by 25% in Q2 2026

Deliveries outstripped production, suggesting Tesla has cleared some inventory.

Jul 3, 2026

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Musk’s X poses “serious risk to Americans’ privacy,” advocates warn FTC

FTC urged to reject Elon Musk’s bid to end X monitoring amid AI concerns.

Jul 3, 2026

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Trump gets OpenAI to offer US 5% stake, far lower than Sanders’ target

Insiders say Sam Altman is in active talks with the Trump administration.

Jul 3, 2026

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The DEA Plans to Ban Opioid-Like Kratom Compound 7-OH

The federal agency says it will temporarily schedule the drug, which has been called "gas station heroin," as a…

Jul 3, 2026

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The video game disc is dead

For decades, to be a gamer was to accumulate a lot of stuff. Consoles, controllers, accessories, weird VR gloves that…

Jul 3, 2026

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Why I'm Forced to Say Farewell: Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass

Article URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SH9QRTAlL02THgAN2AGmWe9El0_2ZJF6hhgDBx8k97c/edit?tab=t.0 Comments URL:…

Jul 3, 2026

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Godox’s feature-packed key light is down to its best price yet

If you don’t want to spend $180 on the Elgato Key Light, the Godox ES45 Desktop LED Key Light is a more affordable…

Jul 3, 2026

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OpenAI proposed donating 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly proposed giving 5% of the company’s equity to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund,…

Jul 3, 2026

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Achieving operational excellence with AI

Frameworks like Lean Six Sigma and business process management (BPM) first gained traction because they promised…

Jul 3, 2026

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Influencer screenings aren’t going away

For a few days, it seemed like Universal decided that there would be no advanced screenings of Christopher Nolan's The…

Jul 3, 2026

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Woman's puzzling decline turns out to be cobalt poisoning from hip replacement

Doctors find grey fluid and dead, metallic flesh inside poisoned woman's hip.

Jul 3, 2026

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Tesla’s Q2 sales jump 25 percent

Tesla just released its second-quarter delivery and production report, showing that the automaker is starting to…

Jul 3, 2026

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Bring back crappy forums

Article URL: https://tedium.co/2026/07/01/online-web-forums-retrospective/ Comments URL:…

Jul 2, 2026

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Editorial: It's time to step up and have your say for science

Your comments on a dangerous rule putting politicals in charge of science can matter.

Jul 2, 2026

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Bublue BuVortex V5 Pool Skimmer Review: An Impractical Cleaner

The Bublue BuVortex V5 ditches conventional skimming for a vortex-powered design that’s fascinating to watch, even if…

Jul 2, 2026

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Heat Domes Are Dangerous. July Fourth Activities Will Make Things Worse

Long hours outdoors, day drinking, and World Cup matches are among the factors raising the risks of heat-related…

Jul 2, 2026

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What to learn to be a graphics programmer

Article URL: https://blog.demofox.org/2026/07/01/what-to-learn-to-be-a-graphics-programmer/ Comments URL:…

Jul 2, 2026

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ZCode – Harness for GLM-5.2

Article URL: https://zcode.z.ai/en Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48753715 Points: 289 # Comments:…

Jul 2, 2026

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Global review confirms mRNA vaccines are safe, effective and full of promise

Article URL: https://news.ubc.ca/2026/06/mrna-vaccines-are-safe-effective-and-full-of-promise/ Comments URL:…

Jul 2, 2026

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Indian tech tycoon bets $30M of his own money to build AI alternative to Microsoft Office

Neo is Bhavin Turakhia’s fifth venture and his latest involving enterprise software. This time he's taking on Microsoft…

Jul 2, 2026

Warehouse AMR Cost Breakdown: Price Ranges, TCO, and ROI by Robot Type (2026)

Warehouse AMR unit costs typically range from $20,000–$40,000 for collaborative mobile robots to $80,000–$150,000+ for…

Jul 2, 2026

Robot Arm Cost Per Payload Kilogram: Ranked $/kg Table for 15 Collaborative and Industrial Arms (2026)

Across 15 robot arms benchmarked for this analysis, collaborative arms average roughly $3,000–$8,000 per kilogram of…

Jul 2, 2026

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Show HN: Searchable directory of 22k+ products from worker-owned co-ops

Article URL: https://www.workerowned.info/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48752905 Points: 266 #…

Jul 2, 2026

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Monetization Gateway: Charge for any resource behind Cloudflare via x402

Article URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/monetization-gateway/ Comments URL:…

Jul 2, 2026