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FCC officially decides gigabit speeds are too good for you

Another day, another sad thing to report about our compromised Federal Communications Commission. Chairman Brendan Carr has followed through on his 2025 threat to kill long-term broadband speed goals ...

The Verge • Aug 20, 2026 • TC. Sottek
Technology Aug 20, 2026

Show HN: We chased a weather balloon across Montana and never found it

Since April, I have been working with Sam Flynn (https://drook.dev) to make this balloon payload, UpLink. We did a simi...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

Grok keeps sending gibberish responses to users

Affected users told TechCrunch they were using Grok Lite, and noticed the issues as early as Wednesday morning.

Technology Aug 20, 2026

The investor’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everything you need to know 

Year after year, investors who've explored the Expo Halls, met founders, and learned from peers have proven why you need...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

URL shortener links stored in your ATProto PDS

Article URL: https://atpr.to/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49377535 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

Technology Aug 20, 2026

A third of webpages published since ChatGPT’s launch show signs of AI authorship, study finds

ChatGPT and other AI models are now authoring and editing much of the new web.

Technology Aug 20, 2026

Framework says it’s addressing a BIOS update that bricked some of its older laptops

Some Framework Laptop 13 owners with last-gen AMD chips have reported that a recent BIOS update is bricking their laptop...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

Roblox must make changes after failing to block adults creeping on kids

Roblox is first platform to submit to independent audits under the Online Safety Act. ...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

Early Cerebras investor Adit Singh joins Mayfield as infrastructure partner

At Mayfield, Singh will focus on semiconductor, cybersecurity, and physical AI investments.

Technology Aug 20, 2026

The Defense-Tech Bubble Is Headed for Consolidation

Article URL: https://foxandlion.pub/analysis/the-defense-tech-bubble-is-headed-for-consolidation Comments URL: https://...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

Sixtyfour (YC P25) Is Hiring

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sixtyfour/jobs/39SkSrA-software-engineering-intern Comments URL: htt...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

Ramp launches its own AI model router, called Router

Ramp has launched its own AI model routing service, dubbed Router, that lets users and companies use and switch between ...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

Senators demand answers from TikTok over experiment that disabled safeguards

The safeguard was designed to prevent users from being overwhelmed by harmful content, but TikTok wanted to determine wh...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

Meta brings Pocket, an app that lets you vibe-code and share games, to US users

Meta is bringing Pocket, its experimental AI-powered app for creating and sharing interactive games, to users across the...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

Inertia Enterprises finds a way to make its fusion fuel fast

Fusion power startup Inertia Enterprises reduced the fuel filling process from a week to just a few hours. It's one of t...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

Patreon launches 30 new creator features, including short-form Clips and revamped discovery

Patreon is overhauling how creators get discovered, adding short-form Clips, topic-based communities, and a revamped rec...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

The 2026 Startup Battlefield 200 is here — see who made the cut

We’re thrilled to unveil the 2026 Startup Battlefield 200, our annual handpicked list of the 200 most promising early-...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

How to compromise your system with a job interview

Article URL: https://www.codedge.de/posts/how-to-compromise-your-system-with-a-job-interview Comments URL: https://news...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

I Am Morally Opposed to Updating My Claude.md

Article URL: https://alex-jacobs.com/posts/claudemd/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49376287 Points...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

Linux 7.2 Released

Article URL: https://www.igalia.com/2026/08/19/Linux-72-Released.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

It’s Greg Brockman’s OpenAI now

OpenAI has had a hell of a year. The company spent months battling former co-founder Elon Musk in a sensational jury tri...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

Generic Methods in Go 1.27

Article URL: https://dominik.info/blog/go-generic-methods Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49376211 P...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

This app makes the Pixel 11’s HiLight feature actually useful

Google's new HiLight notification LED on the Pixel 11 Pro is nearly useless. Out of the box, the only two things it can ...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

Launch HN: Vendo (YC S26) – Let users build features on top of your product

Hi HN, we’re Yousef & Nour, founders of Vendo (https://vendo.run). Vendo lets users create new features inside the so...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

Clean up Claude 5's token vomit with a separate LLM

Article URL: https://github.com/zachahn/vomit Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49375996 Points: 15 # ...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

LG’s 65-inch B6 OLED is $300 lower than its previous best price

Best Buy has a whole host of LG products discounted for today’s Deal of the Day festivities, including laptops, home t...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

Anti-AI fonts are useless and harmful

Article URL: https://blog.yaros.ae/anti-ai-fonts-are-useless-and-harmful/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/it...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

Amazon’s drone deliveries are landing in pools and ponds

Amazon's speedy drone delivery service will soon reach 500 cities across the US - but that might just mean there are mor...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

Show HN: Open-source Stripe Connect alternative

Hey, I'm Ben. I built Zoneless because I was paying so much to use Stripe Connect on my own marketplace. The fees were ...

Technology Aug 20, 2026

Show HN: Check if any of the $656M in unclaimed royalties at The MLC is yours

Hi HN, I built this. Quick background on why it exists:When music is streamed on digital streaming platforms (think Spo...