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Digging the grave of my job: Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/22/the-hollywood-creatives-training-ai-to-do-their-jobs Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49399941 Points: 7 # Comments: ...

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Technology Aug 22, 2026

A Friendly Introduction to Racket

Article URL: https://geometridae.bearblog.dev/a-friendly-introduction-to-racket/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

Pixel 11 Pro XL review: Snappier cameras can’t hide an iterative upgrade

Google’s Pixel 11 Pro XL brings snappier cameras and genuinely useful AI features like Rambler, but its iterative upgr...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

Amazon just hiked the prices for Echo, Fire TV, and Kindle products by up to 60 percent

Citing "significant increases in memory and storage component costs," in a statement given to Fortune, Amazon has raised...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

Chinese robot runs 100M sprint quicker than Usain Bolt's world record

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/22/chinese-robot-runs-100m-sprint-quicker-usain-bolt-world-reco...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

The New MCP Roadmap

Article URL: https://blog.modelcontextprotocol.io/posts/mcp-roadmap/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

A Kantian Critique of "Sorry" by Justin Bieber

Article URL: https://decodingvibes.com/blog/a-kantian-critique-of-sorry-by-justin-bieber/ Comments URL: https://news.yc...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

Saily Ultra eSIM Premum Plan Review: Packed With Perks

For uninterrupted service as you country-hop, the Saily Ultra eSIM works well and comes with plentiful perks. It’s pri...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

An okay laptop with 16GB of RAM is better than a nice laptop with 8GB, and this $520 HP OmniBook proves it

Laptop prices are out of whack. $500 used to get you a tolerable laptop, and $900 got you a really good one. They often ...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

Hook, hold, harvest and hide: Meta's alleged strategy laid out in first week

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/22/meta-trial-children-privacy Comments URL: https://news....

Technology Aug 22, 2026

Two great new repairable gadgets

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 141, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

A formal degree and algorithmic problem-solving is the answer. Always has been

Article URL: https://zaksa.zip/blog/formal-education-is-the-answer/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

Putting mice into hibernation causes a major loss of synapses

Hibernation cuts down on synapses, but mice seem to retain memories anyway. ...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

Dismantling the Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife and water in US

Lands free of roads are under threat from the Trump administration’s proposed rollback. ...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

Set Up a Separate Work Profile on Your Android Phone

It is possible to achieve your desired work-life balance on your smartphone. Just set up separate accounts using this bu...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

The Best Mattress Toppers I've Tried (2026): Supportive, Plush, Memory Foam

These toppers will transform your mattress into exactly what you need, whether that’s a super-plush pillow top, memory...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

Your Expired Visa Card Could Be ‘Zombified’ to Make Contactless Payments

Plus: Apple sends out an “unprecedented” number of spyware warnings, Ukraine hits a Russian ecommerce giant with cyb...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

Canada suspends trade negotiations with USA and match tariffs dollar for dollar

Article URL: https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2026/08/21/statement-prime-minister-carney-canada-us-trade-negotia...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

Z80–The 1970s Microprocessor Still Alive

Article URL: https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/mi/2021/06/09623402/1yJTvlRLmhi Comments URL: https://news.ycombina...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

Munder Difflin – Agent harness to run an office of your clones

Article URL: https://munderdiffl.in/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49398152 Points: 6 # Comments: ...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

Embedded AI

Article URL: https://nostarch.com/embedded-ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49397947 Points: 10 # ...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

NASA Cancels Its Rescue Mission for the Aging Swift Telescope

The LINK probe was supposed to use robotic arms to capture Swift and lift it into a safe orbit. Problems with its contro...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgvyy4x2mvo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49397074...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

4 in 10 travellers visit tourist sites to capture social media content

Article URL: https://www.tuigroup.com/en/newsroom/news/travel-in-the-age-of-scrolling-tui-musement-research-reveals-4-i...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

GPT 5.6 Sol 20% price reduction

Article URL: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5.6-sol Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

Early Humans Likely Ate Carbs and Sugary Foods

Article URL: https://www.history.com/articles/early-human-ancestors-diet-sugar-carbs Comments URL: https://news.ycombin...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive

Michael Polansky — better known publicly as Lady Gaga's partner and a former top deputy to Sean Parker — has quietly...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

US Debt-to-GDP Ratio

Article URL: https://www.us-debt-clock.com/debt-to-gdp Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49395663 Poin...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

There's no reason for software to be slow anymore

Article URL: https://danluu.com/perf-opt/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49395628 Points: 17 # Comm...

Technology Aug 22, 2026

Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M

Japanese space startup Letara is betting its hybrid rocket technology can move beyond small satellite thrusters into a b...