AI
Grok for Excel Lands as a Free Microsoft 365 Add-In - Powered by Grok 4.5
xAI launched Grok for Excel on July 20. Free Microsoft 365 add-in powered by Grok 4.5 - writes formulas, runs scenarios, and pulls from SharePoint and email.
Apps
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Tech
X Rebuilt Its Android App From Scratch After More Than a Year of Work
X rebuilt its Android app from scratch after a year-long overhaul. Scrolling, loading, and notifications are faster. Video Editor and Spaces come next.
Tech
Facebook and Instagram Hit With Outages Sunday - Over 7,600 US Reports Filed, Meta Silent
Facebook and Instagram suffered outages Sunday. Over 4,800 Facebook and 2,800 Instagram reports hit Downdetector in the US. Meta has not commented.
AI
xAI Adds Automations to Grok - Schedule Jobs or Trigger Them From Your Inbox
xAI launched Grok Automations on July 16, letting users describe a repeating task once and run it on a schedule or trigger it from a matching email.
AI
Roblox Build Lands July 28 - Type a Prompt, Publish a Game From Your iPhone
Roblox Build opens for alpha testing in New Zealand on July 28, letting users generate starter games from a text prompt inside the iPhone and iPad app.
Security
1Password for Claude Lets AI Agents Sign Into Websites Without Touching Your Passwords
1Password for Claude fills your logins without showing passwords to the AI. Every credential request needs your approval, and Claude never sees the secret.
AI
Google Adds Calendar to Its Connected Apps in Search - and AI Mode Can Now Create Events for You
Calendar joins Gmail and Photos in Google Search connected apps. AI Mode now reads your schedule and creates events automatically - the first that can act, not just inform.
AI
Google Renames NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook - and Gemini 3.5 Is Coming to AI Pro
NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook. Google announced the rename Thursday with Gemini 3.5 + Antigravity coming to AI Pro and notebooks heading to Search.
Tech
WhatsApp Is Building Its Own Cloud Backup for iPhone - With Encryption iCloud Does Not Force On You
WhatsApp is developing its own cloud backup for iPhone. Backups on WhatsApp servers use mandatory end-to-end encryption - iCloud makes that optional.
Tech
X Fixed a Ranking Bug That Was Hiding Your Friends in Replies
X pushed a ranking change Monday that boosts mutual followers in replies. Nikita Bier says mutual-follow data was simply missing from the X algorithm entirely.
AI
Waze Adds Motorcycle Mode and Personalized Navigation in a Five-Feature Gemini Push
Waze motorcycle mode launches today alongside personalized navigation, a quieter voice option, and two new Gemini tools. Seven countries get motorcycle routing.
AI
Meta Pulled Muse Image's Instagram Photo Feature After 72 Hours - The Opt-Out Default Killed It
Meta removed Muse Image's @-tagging feature July 10 after 72 hours. Public Instagram accounts fed AI remixing by default with no consent required.