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Physicist does the math on Star Trek’s “Picard maneuver”
The trick from Next Generation would be even more effective in real life.…
Android can now securely migrate your logins between password managers
App support is slim right now, but Google says more are coming.…
Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists
Article URL: https://prospect.org/2026/09/09/anthropic-artificial-intelligence-surveillance-system-monitor-activists/ Comments URL: https://news.ycomb…
Automattic's board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence
Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/automattics-board-forces-ceo-matt-mullenweg-into-leave-of-absence/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinat…
Xbox picks up Kojima’s Physint after PlayStation dropped it
Xbox will now publish Physint, an upcoming game from Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, after PlayStation decided to cancel it. The unexpected swap came…
Volvo XC40 PHEV is back with a new look, better sensors, and Gemini AI
It's been about three years since Volvo discontinued its plug-in hybrid XC40. The mild hybrid version remains on sale in the US and elsewhere, alongsi…
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What do Visa and Mastercard do? An intro to card networks
Article URL: https://tautology.town/2026/06/01/card-networks.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49614280 Points: 327 # Comments: …
GPT-6 Astra, looped transformers, and hidden reasoning
Article URL: https://magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/gpt-6-astra-looped-transformers-and Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49627370 P…
AirPods 5
Article URL: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/apple-introduces-airpods-5-with-best-in-class-open-ear-active-noise-cancellation/ Comments URL: ht…
The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’
Jacob Coxon talks to WIRED about the “mini Manhattan project” inside Anthropic, the problem with alignment, and why AI labs have just a few years left…
OpenAI adds a prominent AI doomer to its board of directors
Paul Christiano, an influential AI researcher focused on alignment, is joining the OpenAI Foundation as a member of its board.…
The black iPhone Pro returns
Apple has seen reason: It has a black model in the iPhone Pro lineup again. Last year, Apple went bold with its colors for the iPhone 17 Pro, offering…
There aren’t AirPods with cameras yet and I hope it stays that way
September Apple events are always a swirl of information and new, exciting products, and today's was no different. Apple announced its first foldable,…
AI research startup Listen Labs scrubbed a $1.5B funding round for Salesforce talks
Listen Labs walked away from a signed Series C term sheet from Menlo Ventures, sources say.…
San Francisco Orders Meta to Stop ‘Allowing’ AI Child Abuse Ads
The City Attorney’s Office has asked Meta to explain how the harmful ads repeatedly ran on Facebook and Instagram. The company claims the ads are not …
OpenAI’s sly mathematical breakthrough sends a chill through academia
OpenAI's announcement Tuesday that it has solved one of mathematics' legendary Millennium Prize problems should have been a moment of triumph. The res…
UK Lawmakers Are Freaking Out Over AI’s Summer of Chaos
As AI agents go rogue and fears of superintelligence grow, politicians are raising the alarm over its potential harm to human existence.…
Apple Doesn’t Want You to Worry About the New Apple Watch's Listening Features
The new Apple Watch includes several “intelligent” listening features that have privacy and security baked in. But the protections can’t change the fa…
Everything Apple Announced: iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro, Apple Watch, AirPods 5
The company’s September event introduced Apple’s first ever foldable iPhone, along with new iPhone 18 Pro models, updates to the Apple Watch, some Air…
The hinge for Apple’s new foldable phone was built with AI
Apple says it used AI and 3D printing in the manufacturing process for its long-awaited foldable phone.…
iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max: our first hands-on impressions
We've just gotten our hands on the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max at Apple Park following the company's "Surprise and shine" presentation. The new phones l…
Hands-on with the foldable iPhone Duo
The first foldable iPhone is finally here, and following its announcement, we got the chance to try the phone for ourselves. We've long been told that…
Here’s how the new iPhone 18 Pro stacks up to the last-gen models
Apple's release cadence for the latest iPhones is unusual. It'll start with the 18 Pro models, then with the foldable iPhone Duo releasing in October …
Hands on with the new Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4
After Apple wrapped up its "Surprise and shine" event today, we were able to get a look at the new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4. Both of the new …
Some of Dyson’s $500 toothbrushes are breaking
Early users of Dyson's CameraJet are reporting that water is getting into the battery compartment of the newly launched $499.99 electric toothbrush. O…
Ocarina of Time remake physical preorders are $10 off at Walmart
Nintendo announced a variety of new titles at its September livestream, but among the most talked-about is the remastered The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina…
Apple’s John Ternus era begins: ‘It is great to be here’
Apple's latest product event began with something the company hasn't seen in more than a decade: a new CEO at the helm. John Ternus opened Wednesday's…
Apple announces the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max
Apple announced the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max at its event on Wednesday. The 18 Pro and Pro Max come in deep black, silver, "glacier," and b…
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DeepSeek launching v4.1 flash cheaper and more capable than v4 pro
DSeek plans to officially release the V4.1 Flash model around September 10, 2026 (Beijing Time). After extensive internal and external testing, V4.1 F…
Tailwind Labs is joining Shopify
Article URL: https://tailwindcss.com/blog/tailwind-is-joining-shopify Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49626190 Points: 378 # Commen…