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BitTorrent’s disastrous, legendary, and controversial story

BitTorrent’s disastrous, legendary, and controversial story

Twenty-five years ago today, a young, little-known programmer by the name of Bram Cohen fired off a short message to a mailing list for peer-to-peer e…
Inside the Luddite Festival Harnessing Gen Z’s Rage Against Big Tech

Inside the Luddite Festival Harnessing Gen Z’s Rage Against Big Tech

New York City’s Summer of Ludd festival is teaching people how to live offline amid the suffocating presence of Big Tech.…
A new Android malware from Google

A new Android malware from Google

Article URL: https://f-droid.org/2026/07/01/adv-malware.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48755965 Points: 359 # Comments: 167…
Why California’s carbon manure math doesn’t add up

Why California’s carbon manure math doesn’t add up

Something stinks in California’s climate policies. Years ago, the state set up a system that pays cattle farmers across the country to turn the methan…
Amazon has enough satellites to launch its Starlink competitor

Amazon has enough satellites to launch its Starlink competitor

Amazon says it now has enough satellites operating in low-Earth orbit to light up its Starlink internet competitor. With last night's launch, Amazon L…
Meta Is Charging a Subscription for Smart Glasses Features. Welcome to the New Era of Consumer Tech

Meta Is Charging a Subscription for Smart Glasses Features. Welcome to the New Era of Consumer Tech

You bought the hardware. Now you’ll need to subscribe for “expanded access” to the most advanced features.…
Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10%

Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10%

Article URL: https://mynintendonews.com/2026/06/26/nintendo-has-raised-its-employees-base-salary-by-10/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite…
The Best Automatic Litter Box of 2026: Petkit and Litter-Robot

The Best Automatic Litter Box of 2026: Petkit and Litter-Robot

With these high-tech automatic litter boxes, gone are the days of scooping and smells. Welcome to the future.…
Google built a great smart speaker, but Gemini isn’t ready for it

Google built a great smart speaker, but Gemini isn’t ready for it

Smart speakers have spent the past few years searching for a compelling second act. Beyond music, timers, and controlling your lights, they've struggl…
Rhythm Heaven never misses a beat

Rhythm Heaven never misses a beat

Rhythm Heaven isn't Nintendo's best-known series, nor its most prolific. Prior to the launch of Rhythm Heaven Groove on the Switch this week - it's ou…
The Download: Anthropic launches Claude Science, and California’s carbon manure math

The Download: Anthropic launches Claude Science, and California’s carbon manure math

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. …
Box3D, an open source 3D physics engine

Box3D, an open source 3D physics engine

Article URL: https://box2d.org/posts/2026/06/announcing-box3d/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48745445 Points: 267 # Comments: 52…
Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation

Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation

Article URL: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/ …
Sony is killing all physical PlayStation game discs

Sony is killing all physical PlayStation game discs

Sony has announced that from January 2028 it will entirely stop the production of physical discs for new PlayStation games. From that point onwards, n…
Internal Combustion Engine

Internal Combustion Engine

Article URL: https://ciechanow.ski/internal-combustion-engine/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48746076 Points: 235 # Comments: 50…
Why I Stopped Arguing with People

Why I Stopped Arguing with People

Article URL: https://wangcong.org/2026-06-30-why-i-stopped-arguing-with-people.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48746445 Points…
Meta, like SpaceX, looks to turn excess AI compute into cash

Meta, like SpaceX, looks to turn excess AI compute into cash

Meta is developing plans for a cloud infrastructure business, selling access to AI compute power and models. The move would pit it against the big clo…
Gemini Spark, Google’s agentic assistant, is now available on Mac

Gemini Spark, Google’s agentic assistant, is now available on Mac

Google's 24/7 agentic assistant, Gemini Spark, comes to Mac alongside other improvements, like real-time tracking and support for more apps.…
For first time, a cell built from scratch grows and divides

For first time, a cell built from scratch grows and divides

https://biotic.org/research/spudcell/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48747304 Points: 339 # Comments: 103…
Venice AI becomes a unicorn with $65M Series A as its privacy-first AI platform takes off

Venice AI becomes a unicorn with $65M Series A as its privacy-first AI platform takes off

Venice AI is already profitable, with annualized run-rate revenues of over $70 million, CEO Erik Voorhees said.…
Sony Deletes 551 Movies PlayStation Owners Paid For

Sony Deletes 551 Movies PlayStation Owners Paid For

Article URL: https://reclaimthenet.org/sony-deletes-551-studiocanal-movies-playstation-owners-paid-for Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item…
LLMs are stuck in a groupthink rut. This startup is trying to get them out.

LLMs are stuck in a groupthink rut. This startup is trying to get them out.

Let’s start with a game. Open up your chatbot of choice—Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini—and type “Give me a random number between 1 and 10.” You’re going to g…
The best Switch 2 case I’ve tried is cheaper than usual

The best Switch 2 case I’ve tried is cheaper than usual

Dbrand apparently knows how to really whiff a product launch, as we recently saw with the Steam Machine Companion Cube shell. But it also makes the be…
Sony is killing discs — and showing us why it’s a terrible idea

Sony is killing discs — and showing us why it’s a terrible idea

The future of video game preservation just took a major hit. This morning, Sony announced that, starting in January 2028, the company will no longer p…
Comcast’s split could make or break Peacock

Comcast’s split could make or break Peacock

NBCUniversal executives are about to find out whether Peacock will sink or swim in the streaming industry. Now that Comcast is planning to split NBCUn…
Penalty Shootouts: Is the Team That Kicks First More Likely to Win?

Penalty Shootouts: Is the Team That Kicks First More Likely to Win?

Penalty kicks are already proving critical to big wins at this year’s World Cup. But the advantage in penalty kicks has more to do with psychological …
My favorite Kindle alternative is $30 off after a recent price increase

My favorite Kindle alternative is $30 off after a recent price increase

Kobo recently raised the price of its Libra Colour e-reader to $259.99, but today’s deal effectively erases that hike. The company, Best Buy, an…
Sony’s PlayStation Puts a Nail in Physical Media’s Coffin

Sony’s PlayStation Puts a Nail in Physical Media’s Coffin

Is PlayStation about to make the same mistake Microsoft made with Xbox One?…
Xbox testing disc-to-digital feature that digitizes a physical game collection

Xbox testing disc-to-digital feature that digitizes a physical game collection

Microsoft will likely soon follow Sony and stop the production of physical discs for Xbox games. But instead of leaving physical discs behind entirely…
Krafton settles with Subnautica 2 developer after drawn-out dispute over $250 million

Krafton settles with Subnautica 2 developer after drawn-out dispute over $250 million

After a lengthy legal dispute, Krafton has settled with its subsidiary Unknown Worlds Entertainment, which is developing Subnautica 2, and will pay bo…