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The Delivery Space Consolidates

Tech Brew Ride Home

Amalgamated Internets, LLC

Technology, Tech News, News

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Uber agreed to acquire Delivery Hero for ~$14.8B, expanding into 99 markets. Thinking Machines released its first open-weight model, Inkling, SpaceXAI open-sourced Grok Build after a data-upload backlash, and sources detailed xAI's chaotic race to catch Claude under new leadership. Uber agrees to acquire Delivery Hero in a deal that values the German food delivery company at ~$14.8B, offering €41.50 per share and buying Prosus' 16.8% stake (Bloomberg) Thinking Machines Lab debuts Inkling, an open-weight MoE model with 975B total and 41B active parameters, trained to be broad rather than optimized for one area (Thinking Machines Lab) Thinking Machines Lab debuts Inkling, an open-weight MoE model with 975B total and 41B active parameters, trained to be broad rather than optimized for one area (WSJ) SpaceXAI open-sources Grok Build under an Apache 2.0 license, after the tool uploaded user repositories to SpaceXAI's Google Cloud bucket, causing a backlash (Simon Willison) SpaceXAI open-sources Grok Build under an Apache 2.0 license, after the tool uploaded user repositories to SpaceXAI's Google Cloud bucket, causing a backlash (The Decoder) Sources detail how xAI has been slowed down by internal chaos as Musk pushed for Grok to match Claude, amid signs it is turning a corner under Michael Nicolls (Bloomberg) Sources: Apple is preparing new iPads, including an iPad mini with an OLED screen by October and refreshed entry-level iPads and iPad Airs for 2027 (Bloomberg) Subscribe to the ad-free feed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

So what if the drink's pink and the cream's pink?

0:03.6

Chill. It's no big deal.

0:06.3

Just get the new strawberry candy plus Frappe.

0:08.8

From our new McCaffee summer drinks range.

0:11.3

Now at McDonald's.

0:14.5

Available until the 7th of September.

0:16.1

Price and participation may vary.

0:17.6

Frappé is not available on delivery.

0:19.1

Subject to availability.

0:24.2

Welcome to the TechBoo ride home for Thursday, July 16th, 2026. I'm Brian McCullough today. Uber agreed

0:29.7

to acquire delivery hero. Thinking machines released its first open-weight model, SpaceX AI, open-sourced

0:35.6

GROC build after a data upload backlash, and sources

0:38.9

detailed XAI's chaotic race to catch Claude under new leadership.

0:43.2

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

0:53.5

To all the IT pros out there, today's sponsor has a special gift for you.

0:57.5

That gift is Ace of Uptime, an online card-based game where you go up against the problems

1:02.5

that threaten uptime on a daily basis.

1:05.1

Each level pits you against a recognizable adversary.

1:08.0

We're talking about alert overloads, heat that's trapped in a cramped

1:11.5

server room, and systems that look fine but are far from it. Choose your move and see whether

1:16.2

your decisions resolve the issue or escalate it. The game is fast, fun, and designed to let you

1:20.7

test how you'd respond when uptime is on the line. Think you can beat the villains of downtime.

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