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A new report from Europe raises serious alarms about orbital collisions
"I think we are going to lose the ability to use certain orbits."…
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AWS says it can't restore some data from mideast facilities struck by Iran
https://archive.is/Ay7RJ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49719249 Points: 281 # Comments: 235…
The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank
The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congre…
Those Viral Bodega Peptides Aren’t Actually Peptides
WIRED tested samples of four types of peptides. The results show how lightly regulated the industry is, even as popularity surges.…
The US Government Launched 3 Previously Unreported Investigations of Polymarket Trades
The agency that oversees prediction markets has investigated Polymarket trades on Biden pardons and the Iran war—and even more potential insider tradi…
Drones deliver food and remove bodies after Nepal’s flood disaster
DJI drones that already supply Mount Everest camps assist Nepal’s flood relief.…
Chrome is now shipping updates every 2 weeks as AI changes the security landscape
Google is speeding up Chrome’s release schedule to ship security patches and new features faster.…
Google Cloud races to catch up in the AI deployment wars with Accenture deal
Google Cloud expands its enterprise AI push with Accenture, betting on forward-deployed engineers to drive adoption and overcome deployment bottleneck…
OpenAI Just Claimed a Huge Math Discovery. Some Academics Are Crying Foul
A landmark announcement by the frontier AI lab has been overshadowed by accusations of impropriety.…
OpenAI Agents Hacked Another Website
Plus: Tens of millions of US and Canadian drivers’ licenses go up for sale on the dark web, the US military finally tries to tackle the risk online ad…
Pentagon rescinds new testosterone screening policy without explanation
The Pentagon says the guidance is being updated after being online for one day.…
Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab’s knowledge
It's the latest failure of OpenAI's internal monitoring and security systems.…
Which tools do Claude, Codex and Cursor choose? We measured 17k runs to find out
Article URL: https://armature.tech/blog/which-tools-coding-agents-install Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49557206 Points: 262 # Co…
Less than 24 hours to apply for your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Event
Less than 24 hours left to apply to host a Side Event during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and make your mark in the Silicon Valley scene. Apply before the …
The Download: selling battlefield drone data and AI reshaping language
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. …
Silicon Valley Is Having a ‘Hot Girl Renaissance’
A San Francisco “Hot List” is trying to buck stereotypes about dating in tech circles amid wider debates about the value of being perceived as attract…
Data from drones in Ukraine is fueling a new Wild West marketplace
Battlefields in Ukraine are littered with the remnants of drones, which are now firmly established as a critical weapon of modern warfare. But behind …
What the Heck? Another Perfect Geometric Shape Has Been Detected on Saturn
The discovery adds to the planet’s history of strange atmospheric phenomena that scientists don’t full understand.…
Nvidia confirms it will buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion
Nvidia said Hugging Face hosts over 3 million models and is used by over 18 million developers.…
Nvidia’s Hugging Face Acquisition Is a $12.9 Billion Bet on Open-Source AI
The long-rumored deal will give the chip giant access to—and help it promote—a huge repository of open-source AI models and data sets.…
Nvidia RTX Spark ‘Superchip’: The First AI PCs Are Here
At IFA 2026, Nvidia and its partners showed off the first RTX Spark-powered laptops and mini PCs, designed to run AI models right on your computer.…
I Got a Brief Look at ‘Guild Wars 3,’ and I’m Excited
When the beta arrives next year—15 years after its predecessor—Guild Wars 3 will have a new momentum engine that makes combat in the game feel closer …
Agriculture relies on fossil fuels. It’s costing us.
If you’ve had to fill up your vehicle’s gas tank or buy a plane ticket lately, you’ve probably felt the effects of rising fossil-fuel prices. But farm…
Is Russia's rival to Starlink failing? Here's what we know.
At least three of the first 32 Rassvet satellites likely suffered outright failures, and more may be in trouble.…
OpenAI faces 30 more lawsuits tied to Tumbler Ridge shooting
Edelson PC is filing 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge shooting, escalating claims to aiding and abetting and naming Chris Lehane,…
Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed
"Black hole stars," making cookies from plastic, tiny sound-powered drones, and more.…
Without new landers or rovers, it's helicopters or bust for NASA's Mars program
NASA's cost estimate for SR-1 Freedom is $2.1 billion, but that doesn't include the helicopters.…
US Government designates host of noblogs.org a "global terrorist"
Article URL: https://crimethinc.com/2026/08/27/us-government-designates-host-of-noblogsorg-a-global-terrorist Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.c…
"IT WoRKs BeTter in the App "
Article URL: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/it-works-better-in-the-app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477600 Points: 307 # Co…
Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundary Himalayan basin 2022
Article URL: https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/22/3765/2022/nhess-22-3765-2022.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49456929 Po…