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AI arms race in line for a reckoning after OpenAI hacking incident

Aggressive training techniques sharpens threat of bad behavior by leading models.…

2026-07-23

Google’s Gemini nears billion-user milestone

Gemini had over 750 million monthly users in February.…

2026-07-23

Nvidia is sending GPUs to the moon

If there's a place in the universe without GPUs, Nvidia is sending them there.…

2026-07-23

Microsoft is testing free, ad-supported cloud gaming for Xbox Insiders

Xbox Insiders can stream games from their libraries for free in ad-supported streaming sessions starting today. The free streaming sessions are limite…

2026-07-23

Lawmakers prepare bill requiring AI ‘kill switch’

Lawmakers are preparing to introduce an "AI Kill Switch Act" that would require AI companies to shut down or throttle their systems on orders from the…

2026-07-23

Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects

Article URL: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/pulls/1254 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015588 Points: 303 # Comments: 489…

2026-07-23

The Best Vacuum for Pet Hair—We Tested Many to Find Which Ones Work Best (2026)

Cordless, handheld, robot, and traditional—we tested them all to find the vacuum that’s fantastic for fur.…

2026-07-23

22 Back-to-School College Dorm Room Essentials (2026)

Deck out your room and make class a cinch with these WIRED-tested favorites.…

2026-07-23

Businesses with ugly AI menu redesigns

Article URL: https://blog.fiddery.com/businesses-with-ugly-ai-menu-redesigns/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49005973 Points: 298 …

2026-07-23

PCjs Machines

Article URL: https://www.pcjs.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48992323 Points: 211 # Comments: 30…

2026-07-22

ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125M to Find Voter Fraud

Article URL: https://www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-thomson-reuters-125-million-to-find-voter-fraud/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48…

2026-07-22

Roblox Officially Supports GrapheneOS

Article URL: https://en.help.roblox.com/hc/en-us/articles/49648939984916-Android-Remote-Attestation Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id…

2026-07-22

Late.sh – a command-line Clubhouse for computer people

Article URL: https://late.sh/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49001127 Points: 262 # Comments: 95…

2026-07-22

Samsung unveils new Galaxy Z8 foldables and Galaxy Watches, available August 7

Samsung's new foldables are slimmer, faster, and more expensive.…

2026-07-22

What happens when you try to chop a photon in half?

A mirror that moves mid-photon could release a shower of new photons.…

2026-07-22

Philips’ new smart toothbrush shows you where you didn’t properly brush

The latest addition to Philips' Sonicare line of smart electric toothbrushes could take the guesswork out of your brushing routine. The Next-Generatio…

2026-07-22

Map of the world's great castles and fortresses

Article URL: https://thecastlemap.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48994178 Points: 297 # Comments: 184…

2026-07-22

Microsoft is bringing original Xbox games to PC

Microsoft is expanding its Xbox backward compatibility efforts today by bringing original Xbox games to PC. An early preview release will see four cla…

2026-07-22

A digestion of the Jacobian conjecture counterexample

Article URL: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/07/21/a-digestion-of-the-jacobian-conjecture-counterexample/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.c…

2026-07-22

OverpAId – Fire your CEO. Hire the future

Article URL: https://overpaid.lol Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49004663 Points: 356 # Comments: 162…

2026-07-22

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026: The 6 biggest announcements

Samsung's annual summer event kicked off on Wednesday morning with the company unveiling a new lineup of watches and foldables. Following weeks of rum…

2026-07-22

I almost forgot Samsung’s Z Flip 8 was a foldable

Samsung's new Galaxy Z Flip 8 feels more like a regular phone than ever. It's thinner, lighter, and has a front screen you can do just about anything …

2026-07-22

Why Samsung Gave Its Next Folding Phone a New Shape

People spend hours watching videos on their smartphones. The wider, shorter, and lighter Galaxy Z Fold8 caters to exactly that.…

2026-07-22

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 9 and Ultra 2 bet big on battery

It's a year of refinement for the Galaxy Watch. With the new Galaxy Watch 9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, which are being announced today, Samsung is more…

2026-07-22

Samsung’s wider Z Fold 8 feels just right

A year after overhauling its Z Fold phone with a radically thinner design, Samsung has changed things up again, this time altering the shape entirely.…

2026-07-22

Which New Samsung Foldable Phone Should You Buy? Fold8 Ultra, Fold8, or Flip8?

Samsung’s folding phone family has a new middle child with a fresh form factor, but which of its eighth-gen foldables is right for you?…

2026-07-22

Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat tour of grace cathedral, San Francisco

Article URL: https://vincentwoo.com/3d/grace_cathedral/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48984254 Points: 237 # Comments: 51…

2026-07-21

A Sneaky Hacking Tool Targeting AI Infrastructure Is Lurking in Victims’ Blind Spots

A new type of malware can worm deep into AI coding systems to steal data and logins—and can flip a “death switch” to destroy files and keep out real u…

2026-07-21

Instagram will let users endlessly swap the audio on old posts

There's a symbiotic - and sometimes frustrating - relationship between social media sites and the creators that depend on them. Platforms need influen…

2026-07-21

Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement approved by judge

A federal judge has signed off on Anthropic's $1.5 billion class action settlement with authors who accused the company of training its AI models on c…

2026-07-21