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Self-Driving Cars Are Interfering With First Responders. Feds Aren’t Happy

NHTSA administrator Jonathan Morris called reports that self-driving cars had driven into emergency scenes and blocked ambulances and firefighters “unacceptable.”

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Technology Jul 9, 2026

Bonnie Tyler, singer of Total Eclipse of the Heart, dies aged 75

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg5pd9z2487o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48843438...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities

An MSG database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebs, famous Knicks superfans, and even some of Taylor Swift’s w...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

My Thoughts on the Bun Rust Rewrite

Article URL: https://andrewkelley.me/post/my-thoughts-bun-rust-rewrite.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

The Best Food Dehydrators for Self-Sufficient Kitchens (2026)

Stretch seasonal produce, preserve leftovers, and build a pantry that lasts with our favorite food dehydrators for every...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

Federal Investigators Say Certain DOGE Records Were Deleted

A government report claims DOGE didn’t access sensitive systems. It also says the agency deleted records that would sh...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

Why Do Some Soccer Players Cut the Heels Off Their Cleats?

An image of Portugal forward Pedro Neto’s cleats at the World Cup has reignited a practice among some soccer players: ...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

The 4 Best Home Air Conditioners to Buy Right Now

It's too hot. There, we said it. Protect your health and keep your home cool with one of these top-rated air conditioner...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

Is an Air-Conditioning Revolution Coming to Europe?

As extreme heat becomes the norm on the continent, the AC culture wars may be solved by advances in environmentally frie...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

Why developers are ditching GitHub for Codeberg and self-hosting alternatives

Article URL: https://www.howtogeek.com/why-developers-are-ditching-github-for-codeberg-and-self-hosting-alternatives/ C...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

Show HN: Getting GLM 5.2 running on my slow computer

A few days ago I found myself trying out GLM 5.2 and was really positively impressed. The capabilities and security I w...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

CollectWise (YC F24) Is Hiring

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/collectwise/jobs/P646Yw6-founding-account-executive Comments URL: ht...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

The $28 Million Mistake That Inspired Estonia's AI “Fuckup Finder”

A single wording mistake cost the government millions. Now Estonia is using AI to spot legal errors before they become l...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

Postgres rewritten in Rust, now passing 100% of the Postgres regression tests

Article URL: https://github.com/malisper/pgrust Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48841676 Points: 5 #...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

AI changes the economics of software rewrites

Article URL: https://thetruthasiseeitnow.com/ai-slop-starts-with-the-codebase-itself/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombi...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

How Donkey Kong Toppled Atari

Article URL: https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-donkey-kong-toppled-atari/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

Book: RISC-V System-on-Chip Design

Article URL: https://www.amazon.com/RISC-V-Microprocessor-System-Chip-Design/dp/0323994989 Comments URL: https://news.y...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

Spider venom kills varroa mites without harming honeybees

Article URL: https://connectsci.au/news/news-parent/9703/Spider-venom-kills-varroa-mites-without-harming Comments URL: ...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

What's slowing down the AI buildout

Article URL: https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/ai-is-bottlenecked-by-the-grid Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.c...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

Ergo: Long Form Philosophy Lectures

Article URL: https://ergo.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48840497 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

Technology Jul 9, 2026

Truecaller clashes with India’s telecom regulator over anti-spam rules

The caller ID company says users are increasingly ignoring and blocking calls from India's dedicated business number ser...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

I Think I Have LLM Burnout

Article URL: https://www.alecscollon.com/blog/llm-burnout/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48839984 ...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

Rewriting Bun in Rust

Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/8/rewriting-bun-in-rust/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

A software engineering interview question I like: computing the median

Article URL: https://krisshamloo.com/blog/007 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48839434 Points: 6 # C...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

Remote Attestation

Article URL: https://www.liamcvw.com/p/remote-attestation Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48839397 P...

Technology Jul 9, 2026

MIRA: Multiplayer Interactive World Models Trained on Rocket League

https://mira-wm.com/blog-post/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48839355 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

Technology Jul 8, 2026

One of Meta’s Offices Was Briefly Overtaken by a Rogue Squirrel

The animal escaped after apparently arriving inside a package at Meta's Bangkok office, injuring one employee before fin...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment under FTC settlement

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/john-deere-right-to-repair-agriculture-equipment-cb7514ffedb95c130a976af661f2bc...

Technology Jul 8, 2026

We made Grok 4.5, GPT-5.5, and Claude build the same apps

Article URL: https://www.tryai.dev/blog/grok-4.5-vs-gpt-5.5-vs-claude-build-off Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator....

Technology Jul 8, 2026

Despite ‘misgivings,’ judge approves Elon Musk’s $1.5 million SEC settlement

The saga of Musk's tussle with the SEC over how he disclosed his growing stake in Twitter (now called X) has come to an ...