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Bug Blindness
Article URL: https://danluu.com/bug-blind/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49494520 Points: 178 # Comments: 79
Hacker News·9h ago
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California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law
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#2Algorithmic rent-pricing litigation expands under new state and local laws
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#3FreeCORE TrueNAS Core – Continued
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#4Benjamin Franklin's Alter Egos Gave Him the Most Freedom
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#5Open Oscar Server: open-source server compatible with AIM and ICQ clients
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Artificial Intelligence
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The Rise and Fall of Agent Civilizations
Article URL: https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/openai-huggingface Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49494301 Points: 36 # Comments: 3
Hacker News·10h ago
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Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras
Article URL: https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/28/texas-flock-cameras-auto-insurance-fee-mvcpa-grants/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49494182 Points: 238 # Comments: 124
Hacker News·10h ago
Tech & Human Life
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Vicariously hike the Appalachian in the gorgeous A Trail Tale
Inspired by Oregon Trail, but minus the dysentery. | Screenshot: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge I used to be an avid hiker and would try to go backpacking a few times a year. I always dreamed of thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, but life kind of got in the way. (Turns out jobs, wives, and children aren't thrilled with the idea of you disappearing for three months.) But I've been longing to reconn
The Verge·13h ago
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Alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported
Alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos was arrested by ICE on Thursday, and today the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Reuters and the Washington Post that he had been deported to the UK. Yiannopoulos came to the US legally in 2019, but overstayed his visa. After he failed to appear in court for an immigration hearing, a final order of removal was issued on July 22. The British national m
The Verge·14h ago
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Hy4 preview
Article URL: https://www.tencent.com/tencent-releases-and-open-sources-tencent-hy4-preview/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49492632 Points: 254 # Comments: 151
Hacker News·14h ago
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Domain-Driven Agents
Article URL: https://coldtake.dev/blog/domain-driven-agents Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49492584 Points: 73 # Comments: 15
Hacker News·14h ago
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Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theft
Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theft. This latest lawsuit is particularly broad and homes in on accusations of illegal piracy.
TechCrunch·15h ago
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Sony Music and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic
Sony Music and Warner Chappell have filed suit against Anthropic in the US District Court for the Northern District of California seeking damages for "tens of thousands" copyrighted works. The companies are asking for up to $150,000 per work, plus up to $25,000 for each instance when identifiable copyright data was stripped. In total, the damages could amount to several billion dollars if a court
The Verge·15h ago
Tech & Human Life
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At TechBBQ, Europe’s AI conversations kept coming back to: Who’s actually in control?
Investors, founders, and operators from across Europe arrived for the annual Nordic TechBBQ conference to talk about how humans can have agency over AI.
TechCrunch·16h ago
Research & Papers
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“We’re not doing 30 bets a year”: Vijay Pande on betting small after running $4 billion at a16z
Vijay Pande — who left a16z's roughly $4 billion biotech practice last year to start the much smaller, AI-native VZVC — talks about why biology is finally shifting from a "discovery" science to an "engineering" one, why clinical trials are still brutally expensive, and why he thinks open, shared datasets (not walled-off ones) are what will actually let AI transform medicine.
TechCrunch·16h ago
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Hollywood celebs are getting into microdrama apps
Several Hollywood celebs are ditching the massive eight-figure checks and exotic movie sets for a rising format: microdramas.
TechCrunch·18h ago
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Distraction-free writing gadget BYOK is adding custom extensions
BYOK is a no-frills, single-purpose gadget that 90 percent of people will find absolutely frivolous. But for those who spend a significant chunk of their lives putting words to virtual paper, there is an obvious allure. Personally, I think it's at its best when you just stick to the bare minimum, focusing on pure text drafting. Certain users, though, need more. They want BYOK to take notes, they w
The Verge·18h ago
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Welcome to Night Vale cocreator Joseph Fink learned storytelling from Grim Fandango
10 out of 10 beard. | Photo: Ben Mekler Joseph Fink is the cocreator and cowriter of Welcome to Night Vale, arguably the most important fiction podcast ever. He's also the creator of the noir podcast Unlicensed and Alice Isn't Dead, which takes some of the conspiratorial cosmic horror of Night Vale and turns it into fodder for a more serious series about relationships, trauma, and the open road.
The Verge·19h ago
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The Theragun Sense makes everyday recovery surprisingly easy
As my 20s are set to come to an end later this year, I’ve officially reached the age where sleeping in the wrong position or stretching just a little too far can cause aches and pains. I’ve always been somewhat skeptical of massage guns, mostly because I’ve tried a few off-brand ones and just assumed […]
TechCrunch·20h ago
Digital Marketing
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The Galaxy Z Flip 8 is at its best when there’s friction
The Z Flip 8 is designed to be used shut more than ever before. | Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge What do you want from a flip phone when it's closed? A simple interface, perhaps notifications and a widget or two, for handling the basics? Or a fully fledged Android experience shrunk down for the Flip form factor? For years, Samsung has insisted on the former, even as some fans - and Razr riva
The Verge·21h ago
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Nvidia’s AI advantage is moving beyond the GPU
The new generation of data center systems is increasing efficiency with smarter traffic control instead of just more processor cycles.
TechCrunch·21h ago
Social Media
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Musicians-turned-detectives are hunting for AI grifters
As audio-focused generative tools and platforms have gotten more sophisticated, the internet has become increasingly filled with AI-generated music whose melodies and vocals are algorithmically derived from the work of human artists. While some of the people pumping out this kind of content immediately own up to using AI, others have denied using the technology until increasing public scrutiny for
The Verge·22h ago
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Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro Review: Master of Phone Calls
Outstanding call quality and an excellent price point put these earbuds way ahead of pricier competition.
Wired·23h ago
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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Has a Hidden Technological Leap
Astronomers will test equipment that, if it’s successful, will one day be crucial for discovering Earthlike planets.
Wired·23h ago
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The Cybersecurity Apocalypse Is Coming in ‘Months,’ AI Giants Warn
Plus: Hackers target over 100 US water systems, ICE puts in an order for robot dogs, and you’ll never guess what “MrChildPorn” was arrested for.
Wired·23h ago
Artificial Intelligence
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How to Run a Chatbot on Your Own Computer
Installing a large language model on your personal computer gives you a handy digital assistant that won’t compromise your data privacy.
Wired·1d ago
Digital Marketing
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Psilocybin Might Make Your Brain Live in the Moment
Psychedelics are often associated with disconnecting from reality, but a recent neuroimaging study found that psilocybin can actually make our brain activity more connected to the world around us.
Wired·1d ago
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Motorola Coupon Code for September 2026
Upgrade your smartphone for less with the latest Motorola promo codes, free shipping offers, and exclusive seasonal discounts.
Wired·1d ago
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TurboKV: Insanely fast Rust key-value store
Article URL: https://github.com/kingroryg/turbokv Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49486334 Points: 63 # Comments: 22
Hacker News·1d ago
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Kumander Linux – A Linux Distro with a Windows 7 Desktop
Article URL: https://www.kumander.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49486176 Points: 34 # Comments: 11
Hacker News·1d ago
Artificial Intelligence
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Our decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/our-decision-on-cursor-following-its-acquisition-by-spacex/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49486172 Points: 357 # Comments: 148
Hacker News·1d ago
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Owner raises $240M for its restaurant management platform
Owner.com Inc., a startup with a platform that helps restaurant operators coordinate their day-to-day business operations, has raised $240 million in funding. Goldman Sachs led the Series D round. Owner stated in today’s funding announcement that the bank was…
SiliconANGLE News·1d ago
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StemDeck, a free, open-source and local AI stem separator
Article URL: https://github.com/stemdeckapp/stemdeck Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49486081 Points: 66 # Comments: 13
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Does the Sumerian King List Align with Paleoclimate Events?
Article URL: https://www.vectorian.be/articles/2026-06-07/sumerian-king-list-paleoclimate-alignment-explorer/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49485532 Points: 77 # Comments: 30
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9th Circuit sides with states in Kalshi gambling fight
Article URL: https://azmirror.com/2026/08/28/9th-circuit-sides-with-states-in-kalshi-gambling-fight-potentially-reviving-arizonas-prosecution/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49485452 Points: 113 # Comments: 84
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I accidentally turned LLM memory into program analysis
Article URL: https://pwning.systems/posts/llm-memory-program-analysis/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49485416 Points: 95 # Comments: 16
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Chinese automakers are following Tesla’s bet that robots are the next big profit machine
Technical progress has encouraged a new batch of companies to jump in on the promise of profits from humanoid robots. And they're all Chinese automakers.
TechCrunch·1d ago
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Boot a Virtual iPhone via Apple's Virtualization.framework
Article URL: https://github.com/Lakr233/vphone-cli Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49485267 Points: 209 # Comments: 67
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Google further buries search results under AI mode
Google is now automatically expanding its AI search summaries at the top of the results page for some searches, as reported by Search Engine Roundtable. The change, when it kicks in, pushes the typical list of links from a search much farther down Google's results page; instead of seeing part of an AI Overview with a "Show more" button you can click, you'll Google will show a full AI Overview at t
The Verge·1d ago
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Is the best way to watch a movie on a pair of sunglasses?
Is the best way to watch a movie on a pair of sunglasses?. Are XREAL's smart glasses the way of the future for home entertainment?
TechCrunch·1d ago
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Took a Call From Donald Trump in the Middle of an All-Hands
The unexpected interruption came hours before the president wrote a congratulatory post on Truth Social about the company’s most recent earnings report.
Wired·1d ago
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Identifying fake cosmetics using AI
Article URL: https://groverlab.org/hnbfpr/2026-08-26-ai-counterfeit-cosmetics.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49484925 Points: 47 # Comments: 19
Hacker News·1d ago
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Xbox CEO calls Project Helix a ‘family of devices’
Asha Sharma. | Image: The Verge, Microsoft According to Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, Project Helix, which she announced in March as a codename for Microsoft's "next generation console" - phrasing that seemingly implied a singular device - will actually be a "family" of devices." "We've been hard at work on a great next generation and a great family of devices for Helix, and we'll share more soon," Shar
The Verge·1d ago
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Cimpress Targets 7% Growth, Higher Margins as Deleveraging Accelerates
Cimpress (NASDAQ:CMPR) Chief Financial Officer Sean Quinn outlined the company’s growth strategy, manufacturing investments and financial outlook during the...
MarketBeat·1d ago
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Neocloud Lambda secures $1B in debt to buy more chips
Neocloud Lambda has raised $1B in private debt to buy Nvidia AI chips and lease them to Microsoft. It's the latest in a string of loans, underscoring the high cost of the AI boom.
TechCrunch·1d ago
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Milo Yiannopoulos Detained by ICE in Louisiana
The longtime far-right operator and troll, a UK citizen, is being held in ICE custody pending his removal from the United States.
Wired·1d ago
Research & Papers
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An Anthropic researcher just gave us a peek at self-improving AI
Given 10 benchmarks for specific misaligned behaviors, the automated systems were able to improve performance on every single one without degrading overall performance.
TechCrunch·1d ago
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Brave’s browser one-ups Chrome with its new support for email aliases
The feature, announced this week, allows Brave's users to sign up for websites and other online services without having to share their personal email addresses.
TechCrunch·1d ago
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Microsoft Teams Has Become a Haven for Scammers in China
Fraudsters are exploiting enterprise chat apps like Teams and Webex to trick Chinese victims into transferring large sums of money, fueling a wave of complaints.
Wired·1d ago
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Open-weight AI companies are the Valley’s hottest acquisition targets
Open-weight AI companies are the Valley’s hottest acquisition targets. There's a lot of capital pouring into the business of giving models away.
TechCrunch·1d ago
Artificial Intelligence
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The three layers of agentic AI security: A defense-in-depth architecture for autonomous agents
Presented by Nutanix Autonomous systems that can reason, make their own decisions, and execute actions across an environment introduce a category of risk that application-level controls were never built to contain. Treating that risk as a single problem produces incomplete architectures, says Oscar Wahlberg, senior director of product management at Nutanix. "The guardrails to catch a malicious p
VentureBeat·1d ago
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Mice, a Caved-In Ceiling, and Cloudy Water: The GSA’s New Office Is Falling Apart
“Do we need to look at the ceiling before going to the bathroom? Can we actually trust the water is safe to drink?” asks one GSA worker.
Wired·1d ago
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How Sweden built one of Europe’s hottest startup ecosystems
Sophia Bendz, general partner at Cherry Ventures, stopped by Equity to break down the latest in the Swedish tech ecosystem.
TechCrunch·1d ago
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Save hundreds on a TCL mini-LED TV with quantum dots and high refresh rate
Amazon and Best Buy have the TCL QM7L mini-LED TV on sale for as low as $797.99 for the 55-inch model, a $200 discount from the usual price. We spotted scaling discounts on larger sizes as well, although Amazon already listed low stock on the 65-inch version. While OLED televisions are great for deep black levels and great contrast, their high price point may be off-putting to some buyers. Mini-LE
The Verge·1d ago
Artificial Intelligence
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Autonomous Mathematical Discovery in an Open-World Multi-Agent Environment
Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.23691 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49481455 Points: 94 # Comments: 23
Hacker News·1d ago
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From renting attention to nailing intention
Brands that win, going forward, will not be the loudest. They will be the ones most helpful in the moment of need
Business Standard·1d ago
Artificial Intelligence
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Meta researchers taught an 8B AI model to match Claude Opus 4.5 — without the frontier price tag
Consider an AI agent tasked with a complex enterprise workflow like migrating massive batches of customer records from a legacy CRM to a cloud database. The agent cannot rely solely on its internal context window for a job spanning hours and depends on the runtime layer, aka the harness. This harness provides execution feedback, like server logs, to help the agent maintain an accurate understandin
VentureBeat·1d ago
Tech & Human Life
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Trump’s EPA wants to let data centers hide their air pollution
Just as new data centers face growing backlash from neighboring communities, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is about to make it harder for people to weigh in on any pollution those centers create. The EPA plans to toss out a federal rule requiring public notice and an opportunity to comment when certain industrial sites apply for an air permit. Advocates warn that the move would allo
The Verge·1d ago
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DLSS 5 leaked and modders are putting Nvidia’s AI effects on everything
The unofficial version of DLSS 5 makes Jesse Faden’s features much more pronounced. | Image: gabdeg via YouTube Modders are trying out an unofficial version of Nvidia's DLSS 5 on Skyrim, Cyberpunk 2077, GTA V, and a bunch of other games after code for the AI upscaling tech appeared in an early-access build of NBA 2K27. Members of the RenoDX modding channel on Discord reportedly found a way to e
The Verge·1d ago