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Guerrilla London bus ads mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses campaign

Guerrilla London bus ads mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses campaign

Article URL: https://hyperallergic.com/guerrilla-london-bus-ads-mock-kylie-jenners-meta-glasses-campaign/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/i…
$100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol

$100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol

Article URL: https://www.tryai.dev/blog/ai-music-video-arena-claude-vs-gpt-5.6 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48939524 Points: 224…
LM Studio Bionic: the AI agent for open models

LM Studio Bionic: the AI agent for open models

Article URL: https://lmstudio.ai/blog/introducing-lm-studio-bionic Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48939662 Points: 218 # Comments:…
The LLM Critics Are Right. I Use LLMs Anyway

The LLM Critics Are Right. I Use LLMs Anyway

Article URL: https://www.theocharis.dev/blog/llm-critics-are-right-i-use-llms-anyway/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48933310 Poin…
Towards a harness that can do anything

Towards a harness that can do anything

Article URL: https://eardatasci.github.io/c/ambiance/index.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48921077 Points: 209 # Comments: 10…
Ente – Opening Our Books

Ente – Opening Our Books

Article URL: https://ente.com/open/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48932697 Points: 220 # Comments: 86…
1,300 Beautiful Wildlife Illustrations from the 19th Century Now Restored

1,300 Beautiful Wildlife Illustrations from the 19th Century Now Restored

Article URL: https://www.openculture.com/2026/07/explore-1300-beautiful-wildlife-illustrations-from-the-19th-century.html Comments URL: https://news.y…
If you want to create a button from scratch, you must first create the universe

If you want to create a button from scratch, you must first create the universe

Article URL: https://madcampos.dev/blog/2026/07/accessibility-from-scratch/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48930136 Points: 213 # …
Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source

Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source

Article URL: https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07/16/microsoft-comic-chat-is-now-open-source/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item…
Here’s Why Anthropic Is Pushing States to Regulate AI Faster

Here’s Why Anthropic Is Pushing States to Regulate AI Faster

The company endorsed landmark AI transparency laws in California and New York last year, but its head of US state and local policy says they may alrea…
Everyone Thinks They Have the Diarrhea Parasite

Everyone Thinks They Have the Diarrhea Parasite

Cyclosporiasis isn’t the only thing spreading across the US. So is anxiety about getting hit with it.…
Kalshi says it caught Trump’s teleprompter operator insider trading

Kalshi says it caught Trump’s teleprompter operator insider trading

Kalshi users betting on what President Donald Trump would say during his speeches were reportedly up against tough competition: the president's telepr…
New York governor says she’s using AI to analyze ‘every single rule’ in the state

New York governor says she’s using AI to analyze ‘every single rule’ in the state

New York Governor Kathy Hochul might have just signed a moratorium on new AI data centers in the state, but she's not against using the technology her…
‘No company is going to go to jail for you’: Proton’s CTO on balancing privacy, policy, and trust

‘No company is going to go to jail for you’: Proton’s CTO on balancing privacy, policy, and trust

Today on Decoder, we’ve got the first of a two-part series on the systems that run the world: I’m talking with Bart Butler, the CTO of Proton, the com…
I also filed the corners off my MacBook

I also filed the corners off my MacBook

Article URL: https://www.brt.fyi/posts/mac-book-filing/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48911803 Points: 230 # Comments: 123…
SQLite should have (Rust-style) editions

SQLite should have (Rust-style) editions

Article URL: https://mort.coffee/home/sqlite-editions/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928135 Points: 216 # Comments: 79…
Stripe and Advent have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal – sources

Stripe and Advent have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal – sources

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/stripe-advent-offer-buy-paypal-more-than-53-billion-sources-say-2026-07-15/ Comments URL: https:…
Dependabot version updates introduce default package cooldown

Dependabot version updates introduce default package cooldown

Article URL: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-07-14-dependabot-version-updates-introduce-default-package-cooldown/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombi…
Prioritize mental health, and why communication is so important

Prioritize mental health, and why communication is so important

Article URL: https://ramones.dev/posts/mental-health/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48919198 Points: 208 # Comments: 135…
FCC to repeal 39% TV ownership cap in boost for Trump-friendly news orgs

FCC to repeal 39% TV ownership cap in boost for Trump-friendly news orgs

FCC chairman claims power to repeal TV ownership limit set by Congress.…
Colorado will decide whether a "right to natural gas" is added to state constitution

Colorado will decide whether a "right to natural gas" is added to state constitution

The amendment would restrict building codes that promote electrification.…
Study shows how toxic RFK Jr.’s change to measles vaccine is for US toddlers

Study shows how toxic RFK Jr.’s change to measles vaccine is for US toddlers

The children who get a combination shot are some of the most vulnerable.…
Ransomware negotiator hired to represent victims was working for the attackers

Ransomware negotiator hired to represent victims was working for the attackers

Six years in prison for man who "sold out the very victims he was hired to represent."…
A road to Lisp: Why Lisp

A road to Lisp: Why Lisp

Article URL: https://scotto.me/blog/2026-07-09-why-lisp/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48845209 Points: 274 # Comments: 261…
I spent a week using the Trump phone — it sucks

I spent a week using the Trump phone — it sucks

The Trump phone was never a serious phone. Not when it was announced last June, in dodgy renders and with an incoherent spec sheet. Nor when Trump Mob…
GAO: DOE Is Prematurely Excluding Less Expensive Options for Nuclear Cleanup

GAO: DOE Is Prematurely Excluding Less Expensive Options for Nuclear Cleanup

Article URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108193 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48824826 Points: 274 # Comments: 173…
Bonnie Tyler has died

Bonnie Tyler has died

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg5pd9z2487o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48843438 Points: 296 # Comments: 114…
Show HN: 18 Words

Show HN: 18 Words

Article URL: https://18words.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48845049 Points: 500 # Comments: 202…
OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 after government green light — and announces ‘ChatGPT Work’

OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 after government green light — and announces ‘ChatGPT Work’

About two weeks after OpenAI's GPT-5.6 was caught up in regulatory drama - rolled out only to government-approved organizations during a "limited prev…
Nvidia is a victim of the compute marketplace it created

Nvidia is a victim of the compute marketplace it created

Nvidia's stock price has fallen 15% since their peak in May, even as projected revenues continue to grow.…