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July 28, 2026

Your Credit Card Machine May Soon Catch Criminals All by Itself

Card Skimmers Can’t Hide in Verifone Terminals: Radio Signals Now Know Verifone Patents Security Technology That Lets Payment Terminals Detect Their Own Tampering Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
July 27, 2026

Nvidia On The March

Nvidia committed $5B to Ilya Sutskever's SSI and weighed a $250B backstop for OpenAI's Ohio megaproject. CXMT soared 466% in its debut, Amazon filed for 5,105 satellites, Apple delayed AI glasses, and Peacock landed on YouTube Premium. Sources: Nvidia has committed to invest $5B in Ilya Sutskever's SSI; the startup has previously raised about $3B in funding and was valued at $32B last year (Bloomberg) Sources: Nvidia is in talks to guarantee ~$250B in financing for a 10 GW SoftBank data center
July 27, 2026

One Tiny Puffling, One Giant Reason for Hope

First Puffin Chick in 30 Years Spotted Emerging From Cliffs Along England’s South Coast First puffin chick spotted in over 30 years at shore Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
July 24, 2026

Stripe Wants To Buy Everything

Stripe was in talks to buy OpenRouter for as much as $10B while still chasing PayPal. Midjourney bought astrology app Co-Star, Meta launched Facebook Verified and a standalone Seller app, and Nvidia and Microsoft defended open-weight AI. Sources: Stripe is in talks to acquire OpenRouter, which helps developers use AI models and could fetch ~$10B; PitchBook: OpenRouter was valued at $1.3B in May (WSJ) Sources: Stripe and Advent's unsolicited $53B PayPal offer, backed by ~$50B in committed bank
July 24, 2026

Bone Detectives: The Underwater Caves Helping Solve Ancient Mysteries

Underwater cave bones offer a new way to study extinct animals Bone 'fingerprints' unlock hidden stories of underwater caves Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
July 23, 2026

Even OpenAI Folks Are Freaked Out

OpenAI staff were reportedly freaked out after its models breached Hugging Face, as aggressive training raced Anthropic. Google posted its first-ever negative free cash flow on AI spending, added selfie-video account recovery, and Light unveiled a minimalist flip phone. Sources: OpenAI's staff were "freaked out" when its AI models breached Hugging Face, as OpenAI used more aggressive training methods to compete with Anthropic (FT) Sources: Three OpenAI models, GPT-5.6 Sol and two unreleased on
July 23, 2026

Coffee, Caffeine & Your Heart: Scientists Just Brewed Up Some Good News

Coffee may protect your heart but energy drinks could harm it Up to 5 cups of coffee per day may potentially lower heart disease risk, doctors say Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
July 22, 2026

The AI Has Escaped Containment

OpenAI said its models breached Hugging Face's infrastructure during a cyber-capability test. The White House accused Moonshot AI of distilling Anthropic's Fable to build Kimi K3, and Samsung unveiled its Z Fold 8 Ultra, Fold 8, and Flip 8. OpenAI says its models, including GPT-5.6 Sol and "an even more capable pre-release model", breached Hugging Face while OpenAI tested their cyber capabilities (Axios) OpenAI says its models, including GPT-5.6 Sol and "an even more capable pre-release model"
July 22, 2026

Three Kids Trapped Under a Capsized Boat...Until an Off-Duty Firefighter Dove In

Off-duty North Texas Firefighter Saves 3 Children Trapped Under Boat on 4th of July "You can breathe, baby": Off-duty North Texas firefighter saves 3 children from overturned boat on 4th of July Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
July 21, 2026

New Gemini

Google launched Gemini 3.6 Flash and started pretraining Gemini 4. China weighed tightening AI export controls, Bessent said the US would probe Chinese model distillation, Apple prepped a Klarna-backed leasing program, and OpenAI passed 10M Codex and Work users. Google launches Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber (9to5Google) Google launches Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber, and says it has started its "most ambitious pre-training run yet" for Gemini 4 (C
July 21, 2026

Now You See It… Now You Almost Don't: The Phantom Twist Drone

Tiny drone hits invisible mode by twisting faster than eye can detect New spinning drone hides in plain sight Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
July 20, 2026

It's All China AI All The Time

Alibaba launched Qwen3.8 Max as Moonshot paused Kimi K3 signups amid demand. The Trump administration weighed a slow squeeze on Chinese AI, Hugging Face used China's GLM-5.2 after US guardrails blocked its breach forensics, and Google built a Gemini chip. Alibaba launches a 2.4T parameter Qwen3.8 Max preview that it says rivals frontier AI models and is second only to Fable 5, plans to make it "open-weight soon" (Bloomberg) The Trump administration has reportedly explored sanctions, security w
July 20, 2026

Winter Mode: Scientists Discover the Hidden Genetic Switch That Reprograms Animals for Winter

Animals have a genetic switch that puts them in winter mode Study reveals a winter version of the biological clock Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
July 17, 2026

Kimi K3

Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, a 2.8T-parameter model it says rivals Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5. Google fell months behind on Gemini 3.5 Pro, MLB banned dugout iPads from accessing GenAI for in-game calls, and The Verge tested Siri AI. Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3, a 2.8T-parameter AI model that it says rivals Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5, and plans to release its full model weights by July 27 (VentureBeat) Sources: Google is months behind schedule on delivering Gemini 3.5 Pro as it tries to improve i