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Article URL: https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/retraction_app_store_rejection_of_the_week Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49228166 Points: 17 # Comments: 1
Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/chatgpt-stops-cloning-famous-writers-voices-but-may-capture-a-similar-feeling/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49227718 Points: 19 # Comments: 9
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gyrzn8p94o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49227686 Points: 29 # Comments: 7
Article URL: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/incentives-are-for-losers Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49227652 Points: 8 # Comments: 0
Article URL: https://theoremdb.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49227505 Points: 10 # Comments: 0
Apple is set to announce the first-ever foldable iPhone next month. A new rumor today suggests that the iPhone Ultra might be available in two colors: silver and dark blue.
Article URL: https://os8088.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226923 Points: 83 # Comments: 33
Article URL: https://www.andrewt.net/dithered-qr-codes/wtf/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226742 Points: 74 # Comments: 11
Article URL: https://seg6.space/posts/phone-server/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226636 Points: 175 # Comments: 72
Article URL: https://shopify.engineering/scaling-inventory-reservations Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226536 Points: 90 # Comments: 51
As part of a planned Texas data center, Amazon is investing in an on-site power plant that could reportedly become the largest source of climate pollution in the United States.
As part of a planned Texas data center, Amazon is investing in an on-site power plant that could reportedly become the largest source of climate pollution in the United States.
We’ve had iOS 27 in our hands for about two months now. Of course, it’s a beta – and the public release won’t be hitting for another 4-6 weeks. That said, despite the fact that I’ve been running a beta on my phone for t…
X wants to make money on previously used handles. | Image: The Verge X is ending its controversial revenue-sharing program for content creators, which has seen numerous revisions under Elon Musk's reign. In its place, i…
NextSlide says its team members are now working on ChatGPT.
NextSlide says its team members are now working on ChatGPT.
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Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact. If you’re an aspiring mus…
Apple is set to unveil the iPhone 18 Pro next month. Should you buy an iPhone now or wait for the iPhone 18 Pro? This year, my advice is a bit different. Here’s why.
Article URL: https://mezha.net/eng/bukvy/ca117584_denmark_requires_oral/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49224294 Points: 535 # Comments: 248
To power its new West Texas data center, Amazon is investing in the construction of a new power plant that could be one of the largest single producers of greenhouse gases in the US, according to the New York Times. The…
Article URL: https://classicbits.net/coding-and-software/my-software/monosol/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49224020 Points: 51 # Comments: 14
X is winding down its existing Revenue Sharing program.
While the device is pretty and lightweight, it’s not something the everyday person needs due to its hefty price tag and size.
Buc-ee’s mega-convenience store and 120-pump gas station in Mount Crawford, Virginia. | Image: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Buc-ee's became something of a viral sensation during the World Cup, but it has a troubling…
The Apple TV streaming service launched a new commercial this week alongside the premiere of Ted Lasso season four. The clever new ‘Welcome Back’ commercial inserts coach Lasso into a bunch of other Apple TV shows, incl…
Google recently changed how it refers and assigns names to hacking groups. TechCrunch spoke with one of the world’s foremost experts on tracking hackers to understand why companies give hackers codenames.
Tom, we can’t see your face. | Image: Tom Vek Tom Vek burst onto the scene in 2005 with his album We Have Sound, which garnered a solid 7.6 from the tastemakers of the day over at Pitchfork. His undeniably catchy brand…
Many Transformer explainers start with the finished architecture. We ask why it looks the way it does. The post Before Q, K, and V: Reconstructing the Transformer appeared first on Towards Data Science.
Starting August 14, Anthropic will make Auto Mode in Claude Code the default for Pro, Max, and Team plans. The company says it's safer. In tests, the classifier caught 89 percent of dangerous commands, while human revie…
According to reports from Bloomberg, Apple will be skipping its M6 Pro, M6 Max, and M6 Ultra chips to accelerate development of the M7 chip. That means the only chip to be released from the M6 family will be the base M6…
People can't tell ChatGPT-generated short stories from human-written ones, according to a new study. More than 2,500 participants performed no better than chance. The AI-generated texts were actually rated higher, but s…
A draft rule reviewed by WIRED would prevent the census from counting undocumented immigrants. To protect against “distortions,” it would also bar questions about race and sexual orientation.
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The photograph, taken in visible light, made it possible to observe for the first time the tiny plasma vortices that had been predicted for more than a century.
Researchers scour social media to measure developer concerns about AI coding tools
Building a production-ready web interface for a stateful LangGraph agent The post Building a Streamlit UI for My LangGraph AI Agent appeared first on Towards Data Science.
Claude Code now lets sessions talk to each other. On macOS and Linux, instances running in parallel can send messages, share insights, and check on each other's status. The article Claude Code sessions can now talk to e…
This weekend’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break has arrived with one of the best deals yet on AirPods Pro 3 at 25% off, $100 off AirPods Pro Max, and some notable offers courtesy of the Apple Certified Refurbished Store. We are als…
Cute name, especially if it were a wookiee. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Finding a good laptop under $500 was hard enough before RAMageddon. They nearly always had cheap hardware and underpowered, often…
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The Korea Aerospace Research Institute shared images that show the gash on the surface. It’s pretty small.
My favorite budget laptop, the HP OmniBook 5, has an OLED screen and gets great battery life, despite being just $750 right now.
About 90 percent of the distance driven by Perseverance has been autonomous.
Backflip AI has released an AI model that converts 3D scans into fully editable, parametric CAD models, a process that normally takes significant time and expertise. According to CEO Greg Mark, most factories have digit…
Newly awarded Fields Medalist Jacob Tsimerman is leaving the University of Toronto to join OpenAI and work on AI safety. In a recent paper, he analyzes scenarios where AI could contribute to human extinction and calls f…
Open source WeatherNext model can make accurate predictions with lower-resolution weather data.
Open source WeatherNext model can make accurate predictions with lower-resolution weather data.
You don’t want any old gaming laptop. Here’s my take on which to get, based on hundreds of hours of testing.
Xteink’s new X4 Pro e-reader is its best yet, but the lack of an ebook store can be limiting.
Plus: A judge rules cell tower dumps unconstitutional, water utility hacks spread to a dozen states, a phishing email opens a missile-parts supplier’s inbox, and a ransomware boss gets 16 years.
New AI toolbars and prompts are showing up in Google Docs and Gmail. If you don’t want Gemini’s help in writing documents and emails, here’s how to turn that stuff off.
Two security researchers bought cheap domains—including noreply.net and deleteduser.com—and set up email listening services. Hundreds of companies are sending them corporate secrets.
Before and after shots of Elon's ejecta snapped by Danuri
Climate scientist Zeke Hausfather tracked his Claude Code usage over eight weeks: 3.2 billion tokens and about 170 kWh of data center electricity. Per prompt, that's roughly 600 times more than a typical AI chat. His da…
Hairmax’s LaserBand 82 ComfortFlex took only 90 seconds per treatment, and it produced visible results along my widening part.
With rising temperatures and drier conditions, fires are more likely to explode. And with more people living next to forests, the results can be catastrophic.
A new software update builds on WhatsApp’s group chat chops by adding anonymous polls and introducing an easier way to start a smaller private chat away from the larger group.
xAI has released Imagine Image 2.0 as a new image generator for Grok. The model ranks second in the Arena benchmarks, just behind OpenAI's GPT-Image-2. New editing tools like Magic Wand and Multi-Ref Editing, along with…
Internal tests of OpenAI's new AI model Astra show cybersecurity capabilities so strong that the company can no longer rule out the highest risk level in its own safety framework. Parts of Astra's development have been…
The Nitecore NB10000 Gen 4 power bank is a great option for endurance athletes and backpackers. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge There's two things you should know about me, your intrepid reviewer: I hate the featur…
WhatsApp is bringing its dedicated parental controls section to the iPhone, making the feature easier for parents to find and set up. Here are the details.
Apple updated its list of Made for iPhone (MFi) hearing devices today, with 43 models across 22 brands. Here’s what’s new.
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If your Apple CarPlay connection randomly drops out while driving, the cause might not be your iPhone, cable, or car.
Or how I learned to stop worrying and love dangerous AI
OpenAI said this model, which is still in development, reached its "critical cybersecurity threshold," meaning it could independently identify and carry out cyberattacks against traditionally well-protected real-world s…
OpenAI said this model, which is still in development, reached its "critical cybersecurity threshold," meaning it could independently identify and carry out cyberattacks against traditionally well-protected real-world s…
Users running the latest version of Claude Code on macOS and Linux can now have their sessions message each other to share findings, ask questions, and coordinate work. Here are the details.
Restart, a games media website launched in late 2024 that was sponsored by Walmart, has laid off its "entire editorial team," according to a Friday post from Brandy Berthelson, the site's former editor-in-chief. Other s…
Copernicus Browser adds wildfire visualization amid record wildfire season.
As enterprise codebases grow, AI agents tasked with analyzing them are buckling under the weight of long-horizon tasks that require multiple interactions and tool calls. Dividing the work among a team of agents seems li…
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