7.16.26 | Inkling open-weights model, Stripe and Advent's PayPal acquisition offer, Grok Build open source
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This episode recaps the top posts on Hacker News from July 16, 2026, covering various technology and business topics.
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 16, 2026. Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights (00:00) - Intro (00:18) - Inkling: Our Open-Weights Model (01:51) - Stripe and Advent have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal – sources (02:53) - Grok Build is open source (04:15) - Running Gemma 4 26B at 5 tokens/sec on a 13-year-old Xeon with no GPU (05:49) - SQLite should have (Rust-style) editions (07:02) - Collection of Digital Clock Designs (07:51) - The lost joy of music piracy (09:08) - Governments, companies, nonprofits should invest in free, open source AI [pdf] (10:28) - I also filed the corners off my MacBook (11:33) - Duskers, the scary command line game, is getting a sequel (12:43) - Outro Inkling: Our Open-Weights Model https://thinkingmachines.ai/news/introducing-inkling/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48924912 Stripe and Advent have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal – sources https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/stripe-advent-offer-buy-paypal-more-than-53-billion-sources-say-2026-07-15/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48915953 Grok Build is open source https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build…
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