7.16.26 | Inkling open-weights model, Stripe and Advent's PayPal acquisition offer, Grok Build open source

Hacker News Highlights · Jul 16, 2026 · 12m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 16, 2026.

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(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…