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It’s about ethics in journalism, with Ben Smith

It’s about ethics in journalism, with Ben Smith

Today I’m talking to Ben Smith, the editor-in-chief of Semafor. Everywhere you go, people say they don’t trust the media — and yet they’ve never consu…
Protobuf has LSP support

Protobuf has LSP support

Article URL: https://buf.build/blog/protobuf-lsp Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49322573 Points: 163 # Comments: 111…
Satellite operators are in panic mode due to a worsening launch crisis

Satellite operators are in panic mode due to a worsening launch crisis

What happens if the Falcon rockets stop flying?…
The Download: dead robot friends and the “censorship-industrial complex”

The Download: dead robot friends and the “censorship-industrial complex”

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. …
GIMP Development Update

GIMP Development Update

Article URL: https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/08/16/dev-update-august-2026/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49326156 Points: 184 # Co…
Anthropic explains how Claude’s invisible text watermarks will work

Anthropic explains how Claude’s invisible text watermarks will work

Anthropic has clarified how it's planning to apply invisible watermarks to Claude-generated text in order to comply with Europe's AI transparency rule…
Whisker’s AI-powered litter robot thinks my cats swapped bodies

Whisker’s AI-powered litter robot thinks my cats swapped bodies

The greatest invention in pet tech in recent years is the litter robot. A machine that scoops your kitties' poop so you don't have to - what else coul…
How to take better photos of your pets

How to take better photos of your pets

Like the pets of any self-respecting millennial, my cats have their own Instagram account. Noodle and Loaf - aka Carb Cats - aren't exactly celebritie…
CookUnity Prepared Meal Delivery Review (2026): Chef-Centric Meals

CookUnity Prepared Meal Delivery Review (2026): Chef-Centric Meals

I’ve tried most of the ready-to-eat meal delivery services in the country. CookUnity is the one that feels like real cooking, from real chefs.…
Show HN: ThoughtDAG – An editable context graph for LLM conversations

Show HN: ThoughtDAG – An editable context graph for LLM conversations

Article URL: https://chenxiachan.github.io/thoughtdag/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49307700 Points: 132 # Comments: 59…
Anthropic's 'Watermark' Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of Writing

Anthropic's 'Watermark' Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of Writing

Article URL: https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/anthropics_watermark_text_adulteration_in_claude_is_a_perversion_of_writing Comments URL: https://news…
Jane Street suffers $15B hit after meltdown at Situational Awareness

Jane Street suffers $15B hit after meltdown at Situational Awareness

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/47dd5308-dd17-404a-a615-61046defd697 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49305927 Points: 135 #…
Racket v9.3

Racket v9.3

Article URL: https://blog.racket-lang.org/2026/08/racket-v9-3.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49302562 Points: 137 # Comments:…
Stop sending me huge PRs; a rant

Stop sending me huge PRs; a rant

Article URL: https://getsmall.xyz/post/cmstjfl9l000if70ljmpzr4va Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49305558 Points: 146 # Comments: 1…
Simplifying and Refactoring Introductory Calculus (2018)

Simplifying and Refactoring Introductory Calculus (2018)

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.03459 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49306196 Points: 141 # Comments: 78…
The Ploopy A+ Trackball Is Here

The Ploopy A+ Trackball Is Here

Article URL: https://blog.ploopy.co/the-aplus-is-finally-here-499 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49306443 Points: 141 # Comments: …
When Genius Fails: The Intellectual Arrogance of the AI Labs

When Genius Fails: The Intellectual Arrogance of the AI Labs

Article URL: https://weightythoughts.com/p/when-genius-failsthe-intellectual Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299282 Points: 176 #…
The 10 Best Cooling Mattresses for Hot Sleepers (2026)

The 10 Best Cooling Mattresses for Hot Sleepers (2026)

Nothing ruins a great night of sleep faster than getting too hot. We slept on a myriad of cooling mattresses to find which ones drew the heat away bes…
Dear people who work at the airport

Dear people who work at the airport

Article URL: https://life-after-ssri.bearblog.dev/dear-people-who-work-at-the-airport/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49297801 Poi…
Maximizing the value of your Claude Code sessions

Maximizing the value of your Claude Code sessions

Article URL: https://claude.com/blog/maximizing-the-value-of-your-claude-code-sessions Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300800 Poi…
Xteink’s tiny e-readers are getting access to free books through Libby

Xteink’s tiny e-readers are getting access to free books through Libby

One of the big tradeoffs with Xteink's pocket-friendly e-readers is a lack of easy access to ebooks. On a Kindle or Kobo you can download tens of thou…
PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider

PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider

"We don't have access to the data on the hardware/servers," Iron Mountain told Ars.…
Suspecting court of using AI, man injected prompts in filings to try to win case

Suspecting court of using AI, man injected prompts in filings to try to win case

Judge warns pro se litigants are using chatbots wrong and getting desperate.…
US wait times for cancer surgeries are getting longer and longer

US wait times for cancer surgeries are getting longer and longer

Study finds wait times for cancer surgeries hit 10-year high.…
You can now just point at a mess and this robot vacuum will suck it up

You can now just point at a mess and this robot vacuum will suck it up

Matic, my current favorite robot vacuum, just got a big upgrade. The company has launched Matic Cues, which brings voice and gesture control to the ro…
Gloomberb

Gloomberb

Article URL: https://gloom.sh/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49285982 Points: 250 # Comments: 112…
2K launches new studio to build its ‘next blockbuster sports franchise’

2K launches new studio to build its ‘next blockbuster sports franchise’

2K is launching a new AAA game development studio, Small Axe Studios, with an ambitious goal: to build the company's "next blockbuster sports franchis…
OpenAI hires new CRO as executive shake-up continues

OpenAI hires new CRO as executive shake-up continues

Dali Rajic will take over as OpenAI's top salesperson.…
Meta adds AI screening to detect WhatsApp scams

Meta adds AI screening to detect WhatsApp scams

Meta is launching an optional Scam Alert feature on WhatsApp that uses on-device machine learning to flag suspicious messages. Earlier this year, Meta…
Ford’s $28,000 Fathom EV nears production after $2 billion factory overhaul

Ford’s $28,000 Fathom EV nears production after $2 billion factory overhaul

Ford said today that its next-generation electric vehicle - recently dubbed Fathom - will go into production at the automaker's recently overhauled Lo…