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The Problem With VAR at the 2026 World Cup Isn’t the Technology—It’s Who Interprets It

The video assistant referee system, or VAR, has led to some controversial calls at the 2026 World Cup. Here’s why.

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Technology Jul 13, 2026

California creates $3,500 rebate for new electric vehicle buyers

There's a separate $1,750 rebate for used EVs, but both rebates have a price cap. ...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended

Article URL: https://www.whois.com/whois/t.me Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48897878 Points: 28 # ...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

AI Is a Bad Tool

Article URL: https://bytecode.news/posts/2026/07/user-submission-ai-is-a-bad-tool Comments URL: https://news.ycombinato...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

Section 219, the US-Israel Military Merger, Would Thwart American Democracy

Article URL: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/us-israel-military-merger Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

Apple sues OpenAI after ex-engineer allegedly used bug to steal trade secrets

OpenAI accused of conspiring with former Apple employees to steal trade secrets. ...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

TFTP Honey Pot Results

Article URL: https://bruceediger.com/posts/tftp-honeypot-results/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

Solution to Feynman's reverse sprinkler puzzle also applies to "silly sprinklers"

New study confirms 2024 "momentum flux theory" on how angular momentum of water flows drives ro...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passes

Article URL: https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/meta-social-media-teenagers-22337724.php Comments URL: https://new...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

The Chud Vision of Roman History

Article URL: https://acoup.blog/2026/07/10/friday-friday-july-10-2026-on-the-chud-vision-of-roman-history/ Comments URL...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

States make last-ditch effort to stop the Paramount ‘media behemoth’

A dozen state attorneys general are trying to block the $110 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery they ...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

States sue to block Paramount/WBD merger that was approved by Trump admin

AG: Deal will bring "higher prices, lower quality, and less content for film and TV." ...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

Thunderbird Desktop settings research: what we learned from your feedback

Article URL: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/07/desktopsettings/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

The real prices of frontier models. Tokens * Price, right?

Article URL: https://playcode.io/blog/real-price-of-frontier-models Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

New Flagship Grok Voices

Article URL: https://x.ai/news/new-flagship-voices Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48896745 Points: ...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

Show HN: Nobie – an Excel-compatible runtime for agents and humans

Article URL: https://nobie.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48896703 Points: 14 # Comments: 3

Technology Jul 13, 2026

Building and Shipping Mac and iOS Apps Without Ever Opening Xcode

Article URL: https://scottwillsey.com/building-and-shipping-mac-and-ios-apps-without-ever-opening-xcode/ Comments URL: ...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

The wildest allegations in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI

Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI contains allegations that range from employees joking about unauthorized ...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

A full body MRI earns you a year of smoking

Article URL: https://entropicthoughts.com/full-body-mri-earns-you-a-base-jump Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.co...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

Linux on the Sega 32X. Who needs hardware synchronization primitives anyway?

Article URL: https://cakehonolulu.github.io/linux-on-32x/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48896600 P...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

Show HN: BillAI Bass, an AI-Powered Big Mouth Billy Bass Using Strands Agents

Article URL: https://github.com/morganwilliscloud/billai-bass Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=488965...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

xAI's Grok Build CLI Uploads Git Repositories to a Google Cloud Bucket

Article URL: https://www.internationalcyberdigest.com/xais-grok-build-cli-uploads-entire-git-repositories-to-a-google-c...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

Wi-Fi 8 Explained: Features, Release Date, and More

Chipset makers and router manufacturers are talking about Wi-Fi 8, but what is the new standard, and when will it arrive...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

The EV market is on the road to recovery thanks to high gas prices

As the US war on Iran sent gas prices soaring, American car buyers flocked to electric vehicles - and in particular hybr...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

The Human Cost of DOGE's War on USAID

Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/the-human-cost-of-doges-war-on-usaid Comments URL:...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

Show HN: Super Dario

Article URL: https://superdario.pawb.de Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48896286 Points: 50 # Commen...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

Tom Cruise is utterly transformed in Digger trailer

"If we can't control the force of nature, at least we can control the narrative." ...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

Logseq 2.0 Beta (DB version) is here

Article URL: https://github.com/logseq/logseq/releases Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48896229 Poin...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

Show HN: OpenClawMachines – Extending OpenClaw to the Enterprise

Article URL: https://github.com/mathaix/OpenClawMachines Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48896179 Po...

Technology Jul 13, 2026

Sam Altman’s space data center trash talk is what most experts already believe

"homeboy you're the one sellling [sic] public market investors on short-term space datacenters."