2026 jul 24

[rcjordan]

Claude Cookbook
https://platform.claude.com/cookbook/

Patreon laying off 20% of staff
https://www.patreon.com/jackconte/posts/painful-update-164628951

Amazon Data Center Emissions Top Those Of An Entire Country
https://www.bgr.com/2217947/amazon-data-center-emissions/

New Jersey bans grocery stores from using shoppers' personal data to set prices
https://jerseyvindicator.org/2026/07/23/new-jersey-bans-grocery-stores-from-using-shoppers-personal-data-to-set-prices/

Exploring Hidden JPEG Features | Hackaday
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/24/exploring-hidden-jpeg-features/

UK: How inheritance tax will apply to pensions - Which?
https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/how-inheritance-tax-will-apply-to-pensions-a7FkY9l4EdOT

US: Foreclosures on the rise nationwide, data shows - ABC News
https://abcnews.com/US/foreclosures-rise-nationwide-data-shows/story?id=134525683

New Method Accelerates Color 3D Printing | Hackaday
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/23/new-method-accelerates-color-3d-printing/

CDC Adds 4 More States to Cyclospora Outbreak
https://www.newser.com/story/393444/cdc-adds-4-more-states-to-cyclospora-outbreak.html

Cyclosporiasis: Case rates rise in five outbreak states
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/23/cyclosporiasis-cases-rates-rise-outbreak-states

Bluesky's AI assistant Attie expands into an open social research tool | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/blueskys-ai-assistant-attie-expands-into-an-open-social-research-tool/

Veterans Affairs signs $1.6B deal for an army of Salesforce AI agents
https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/24/veterans-affairs-signs-16b-deal-for-an-army-of-salesforce-ai-agents/5278302

Mark Cuban Says AI Will Transform Worker Training With Job Simulators - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-cuban-ai-job-training-work-experience-simulators-careers-strategy-2026-7

Should you use AI for a task? Here's a simple way to decide | Bruce Schneier | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/24/should-you-use-ai

Behind the Curtain: The AI titans' biggest private fear
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/24/ai-risk-bioweapons

Google meets the neighbors and gets both barrels over its new UK datacenter
https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/07/24/google-meets-the-neighbors-and-gets-both-barrels-over-its-new-uk-datacenter/5277188

Amazon makes sellers label AI-generated people in images after NY law
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/23/amazon-makes-sellers-label-ai-generated-people-in-images-after-ny-law.html

OpenAI won't let some customers export their chats, but this tool will
https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/23/openai-wont-let-some-customers-export-their-chats-but-this-tool-will/5277795

Commentary: AI companies are creating 'all-powerful psychopaths.' Maybe not a great idea? - Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-23/chabria-column-ai-companies-are-creating-all-powerful-psychopaths

Meta is making its AI chatbot more like an assistant | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/tech/970570/meta-ai-chatbot-productivity-update