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You Know Who Really Hates AI? Insurance Claims Adjusters

You Know Who Really Hates AI? Insurance Claims Adjusters

Of the Glassdoor reviews from claims adjusters that mentioned AI, a staggering 98 percent were negative. “AI is just a tool,” one person tells WIRED. …
Verschlimmbesserung: The Word Your Software Updates Need

Verschlimmbesserung: The Word Your Software Updates Need

Article URL: https://geekyschmidt.com/post/2026-08-25-verschlimmbesserung/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49479072 Points: 176 # C…
State of the Map 2026

State of the Map 2026

Article URL: https://2026.stateofthemap.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478401 Points: 182 # Comments: 56…
StemDeck, a free, open-source and local AI stem separator

StemDeck, a free, open-source and local AI stem separator

Article URL: https://github.com/stemdeckapp/stemdeck Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49486081 Points: 199 # Comments: 58…
Good Culture Is the Biggest Productivity Hack, Not AI

Good Culture Is the Biggest Productivity Hack, Not AI

Article URL: https://newsletter.eng-leadership.com/p/good-culture-is-the-biggest-productivity Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49491…
XCancel and Nitter are receiving C&D letters from XCorp

XCancel and Nitter are receiving C&D letters from XCorp

https://xcancel.com "On Monday 24th August at 8PM EST, we received at letter from X Corp. asking to cease and desist the service XCancel. The service …
Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B

Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B

Hugging Face has reportedly been fielding acquisition offers that would value the company at around $13B. But with the founders' feeling of responsibi…
Mark Zuckerberg bought an Irish castle

Mark Zuckerberg bought an Irish castle

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg now owns an actual castle. Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan bought Strancally Castle and its 440-acre estate in Ireland…
Don't Paste the AI, please

Don't Paste the AI, please

Article URL: https://dontpastetheai.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49371857 Points: 325 # Comments: 173…
The 3 Best USB Phone Chargers (2026): Anker, DeWalt

The 3 Best USB Phone Chargers (2026): Anker, DeWalt

I put top-rated USB car chargers to the test for fast charging, value, heat, and safety. These are the best I found.…
Bumble Tried to Change Dating, but the Dating Market Forced It to Change Instead

Bumble Tried to Change Dating, but the Dating Market Forced It to Change Instead

The app now allows men to make the first move, suggesting its women-first positioning was limiting growth. It joins other dating apps now throwing eve…
Poolease X1 Pool Robot Review: How Bad Can It Be?

Poolease X1 Pool Robot Review: How Bad Can It Be?

The Poolease X1 can collect leaves from the pool floor, but dirt, silt, walls, and steps are all beyond its pay grade.…
Meta AI is getting a Mac app

Meta AI is getting a Mac app

Meta is launching a new Mac app dedicated to its AI chatbot. In an announcement on Wednesday, Meta says you can share your window with its AI chatbot,…
OpenAI hit the brakes. Now what?

OpenAI hit the brakes. Now what?

With a looming IPO, intense competition from Anthropic, and Chinese and open-weight rivals nipping at its heels, OpenAI has plenty of reasons to move …
Google’s Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era

Google’s Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era

The foldable phone market is in the middle of a huge transformation, but no one told Google. Last year, Samsung transformed its Galaxy Z Fold 7 with a…
The Verge Guide to Pets

The Verge Guide to Pets

Ah, the relationship between animals and the technology they can’t quite understand.  Today, it seems like there’s a high-tech solution to every …
Fairphone’s latest repairable phone is going on sale in the US

Fairphone’s latest repairable phone is going on sale in the US

The Fairphone 6 Plus is a minor hardware refresh, but a major launch for the company: It's the first phone that Fairphone is selling directly in the U…
Vulnerability giving attackers full control of Macs is under active exploitation

Vulnerability giving attackers full control of Macs is under active exploitation

Screen-sharing bug lets remote hackers log in without a password.…
CFTC declares market emergency, orders Kalshi to continue to operate in New York

CFTC declares market emergency, orders Kalshi to continue to operate in New York

Article URL: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9281-26 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49266277 Points: 218 # Comments: …
Grok 4.6 scores 61 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Grok 4.6 scores 61 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Article URL: https://artificialanalysis.ai/articles/grok-4-6-benchmarks-and-analysis Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49275385 Point…
It looks like Apple’s iPhone 18 really will skip the fall launch this year

It looks like Apple’s iPhone 18 really will skip the fall launch this year

According to an Economic Daily News report spotted by MacRumors, executives for Apple supplier Pegatron confirmed during an earnings call that the iPh…
New surveillance tech links your phone to your license plate

New surveillance tech links your phone to your license plate

Phone and Bluetooth signals could turn roadside cameras into far richer tracking tools.…
Seedless Blackberries and Cherries That Grow on Bushes Vie to Be the Future of Food

Seedless Blackberries and Cherries That Grow on Bushes Vie to Be the Future of Food

Startups and Big Ag are using Crispr gene editing to create crops that taste better and grow on a hotter planet. But will they find a market?…
Two Fossil Fuel Companies Are Betting Big on Data Centers

Two Fossil Fuel Companies Are Betting Big on Data Centers

Chevron and Williams are big winners in the race to power artificial intelligence as they build out gas-fired power plants and pipelines.…
Shark PowerDetect Speed Review (2026): Light and Powerful

Shark PowerDetect Speed Review (2026): Light and Powerful

Shark’s new PowerDetect Speed is lighter and more affordable than the original, but still managed to ace most of my vacuum tests.…
Nintendo beats earnings thanks to US tariff refunds it won’t share with gamers

Nintendo beats earnings thanks to US tariff refunds it won’t share with gamers

Nintendo has smashed its first-quarter earnings estimates for the fiscal year, bolstered by strong games sales and US tariff refunds, though its custo…
Samsung Odyssey G8 6K Review: Pixel Overdose

Samsung Odyssey G8 6K Review: Pixel Overdose

Samsung dared to bring 6K to the world of gaming monitors before our PCs were truly ready for it.…
Microsoft’s Quantum Chief Doesn’t Care That Scientists Don’t Believe His Results

Microsoft’s Quantum Chief Doesn’t Care That Scientists Don’t Believe His Results

Zulfi Alam thinks his team doesn’t need to “prove” they engineered a new state of matter in their bid to reinvent computing. Science would disagree.…
SpaceX is barely Space and mostly X

SpaceX is barely Space and mostly X

Once, I had some questions about why SpaceX, Elon Musk's healthiest company, acquired xAI, his sickliest one. Now I have some questions about why we'r…
D-Wave on rails: Company tests entanglement on its dual-rail qubits

D-Wave on rails: Company tests entanglement on its dual-rail qubits

Company noted for building quantum annealers now also making gate-based hardware.…