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Judge rejects Kalshi attempt to override New York state gambling laws
Kalshi tried to ignore gambling laws on its prediction market, NY governor says.
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Jul 8, 2026
Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapes
Both vulnerabilities allow untrusted users to gain root privileges.
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Jul 8, 2026
Microsoft’s Xbox reset is pivoting Obsidian to make Fallout instead of Avowed
As part of Microsoft's big Xbox "reset," which includes layoffs affecting 3,200 staffers, jettisoning studios, and shift...
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Jul 8, 2026
Elon Musk says X will send DMs when posts you’ve engaged with are corrected
X plans to send users direct messages when posts they’ve liked, replied to, or reposted receive Community Notes, an up...
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Jul 8, 2026
Google Photos adds a new AI ‘Video Remix’ tool
The feature can do things like apply cinematic relighting to brighten up a dark clip, swap out a plain background for so...
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Jul 8, 2026
OpenMandriva: Statement regarding attempted distribution sabotage
Article URL: https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/statement-regarding-attempted-distribution-sabotage/8997 Comments URL: ht...
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Jul 8, 2026
Aussie gov't tells volunteers to throw out thousands of functioning test routers
But the devices could "easily be reflashed."
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Jul 8, 2026
TikTok users don't have as much agency over their FYPs as they think
The "not interested" feature is your friend, but users must intentionally and constantly curate...
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Jul 8, 2026
Grok 4.5
Article URL: https://x.ai/news/grok-4-5 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48835111 Points: 82 # Commen...
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Jul 8, 2026
Dimming the Sun Would Help Lower the Risks of El Niño
As worries about a growing super El Niño mount, new findings suggest a radical solution to mitigating its impacts.
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Jul 8, 2026
America’s cheapest new EV is smaller than a ping-pong table and tops out at 19mph
When searching for an affordable electric vehicle these days, there are always tradeoffs. How much range are you willing...
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Jul 8, 2026
Why this CEO thinks video games make better training data than the internet
When it comes to achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI), large language models just don’t have what...
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Jul 8, 2026
Show HN: Microsoft releases Flint, a visualization language for AI agents
Data visualizations are the bridge between user and data.But building AI agents that can generate visualizations reliab...
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Jul 8, 2026
PlayStation can delete all your digital games after 3 years of inactivity (EU)
Article URL: https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1783340582 Comments URL: https://news.ycombina...
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Jul 8, 2026
US seeks cheaper hunter-killer drones after Iran destroys $1B worth of Reapers
US military drone losses in Iran war spur Pentagon call for cheap replacements. ...
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Jul 8, 2026
What Do We Know About the Microplastics Inside Us?
Article URL: https://e360.yale.edu/features/cassandra-rauert-interview Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...
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Jul 8, 2026
Cockroaches will learn to fear my SwitchBot Bot Rechargeable
A little robotic switch-flipper has become my sidekick in combating cockroaches. Before I got the SwitchBot Bot Recharge...
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Jul 8, 2026
Miami-based City Labs achieves a first for commercial nuclear power in space
"The BOHR mission serves as a pathfinder for future nuclear-powered spacecraft." ...
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Jul 8, 2026
Meta wants its AI glasses to seem less creepy. Its AI strategy says otherwise.
Meta is adding a new safeguard to stop people from secretly recording others with its AI glasses. But the update comes a...
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Jul 8, 2026
If Microsoft sold off Xbox, who would even buy it?
This week, Microsoft took a huge ax to its Xbox business. The company announced that it would be laying off 1,600 worker...
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Jul 8, 2026
Twelve South’s AirFly Pro is a great travel companion, and it’s on sale for $40
If you’ve got a summer trip coming up, the last-gen Twelve South AirFly Pro is one of those gadgets that can make ...
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Jul 8, 2026
GPT‑Live
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-live/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48834405...
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Jul 8, 2026
OpenAI releases new voice models for more natural live conversations
OpenAI says its new voice mode can speak and listen at the same time, a key ability for live translation.
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Jul 8, 2026
ChatGPT’s upgraded voice mode is better at shutting up
OpenAI is overhauling ChatGPT's voice mode with a new model that it says is more like "talking to another person." The n...
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Jul 8, 2026
EU now one step away from reviving private message scanning rules
Article URL: https://cyberinsider.com/eu-now-one-step-away-from-reviving-private-message-scanning-rules/ Comments URL: ...
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Jul 8, 2026
Google updates Android Bench with new LLMs, but Gemini still lags behind
Android Bench is evolving, and developers can help guide that process.
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Jul 8, 2026
Crypto VC firm Paradigm raises $1.2B to invest in ‘technical frontier’ startups
Paradigm, the VC firm founded in 2018 to back crypto startups, raised a $1.2 billion Fund III.
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Jul 8, 2026
Prime Intellect raises $130M Series A to help enterprises build their own AI agents
The round, led by Radical Ventures, values the two-year old startup at $1 billion.
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Jul 8, 2026
SWE-1.7 Reach Near GPT 5.5 and Opus Intelligence
Article URL: https://cognition.com/blog/swe-1-7 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48833866 Points: 5 #...
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Jul 8, 2026
Biohacker seeking immortality afflicted with incurable 'stomach eating' disease
Article URL: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/biohacker-seeking-immortality-afflicted-with-incurable-stomach-eating-di...