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Snapchat no longer rewards fully AI-generated Spotlight content

Snapchat has adjusted it recommendation systems to ensure that only videos created by real people are eligible for Spotlight recommendations, taking a stance against AI slop.

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The major labels propose rules to keep AI slop off the charts

Several record labels, including the big three - Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Music Group - have propos...

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The great wealth transfer reality check

Article URL: https://usa.visa.com/partner-with-us/visa-consulting-analytics/economic-insights/great-wealth-transfer-rea...

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Dario Amodei's stance on open weights is self-serving and short-sighted

Article URL: https://janilowski.pl/en/blog/2026/amodei-memo/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4912518...

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Man invested $45M in a Nicolas Cage movie. It got stolen off Netflix’s desk.

Filmmaker sues Netflix over stolen screener of unreleased Nicolas Cage movie. ...

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Getting 25 Gbps Thunderbolt Ethernet on My Mac Studio

Article URL: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/getting-25g-ethernet-mac-thunderbolt/ Comments URL: https://news.yc...

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Can Republicans Actually Send Anthony Fauci to Jail?

MAGA is loudly calling for the former White House chief medical adviser to end up in prison. WIRED asked legal experts t...

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Siri AI could come with a paywall for power users

Apple CEO Tim Cook envisions users being able to buy more compute for Siri AI via Apple's existing iCloud+ subscriptions...

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Online Friends Are Real Friends

Article URL: https://toska.bearblog.dev/re-online-friends-are-real-friends/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/...

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Big Food vs. the People

Article URL: https://www.lighthousereports.com/investigation/big-food-vs-the-people/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombin...

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US Government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partner

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50849559 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49124...

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Dubious research tied to Red Bull has shaped energy drink policy

Article URL: https://www.theexamination.org/articles/red-bull-funded-research-energy-drinks-alcohol Comments URL: https...

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Show HN: Shared memory graph for Claude and ChatGPT, over MCP

Article URL: https://uml.gpmai.workers.dev Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49124733 Points: 5 # Comm...

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Algorithms on billion-scale graph using 10GB RAM: I love DataFusion

Article URL: https://semyonsinchenko.github.io/ssinchenko/post/datafusion-graphs-cc-2/ Comments URL: https://news.ycomb...

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GM and Ford are talking less and less about EVs

The leading U.S. automakers are mentioning EVs on their investor calls at pre-pandemic rates, according to new data from...

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The Art of Decision-Making (2019)

Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/21/the-art-of-decision-making Comments URL: https://news.ycombi...

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A GTK4 SSH-askpass in Zig

Article URL: https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/a-gtk4-ssh-askpass-in-zig/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49...

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Samsung expects memory shortage to worsen through 2027 and last until 2028

AI data center demand is fueling a multi-year chip shortage, pushing up component costs and retail device prices.

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Make Everything to Markdown

Article URL: https://klartext.it-handwerk-stuttgart.de/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49124444 Poi...

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New Defcon Badges Pack a Unique Open-Source Chip That Doubles as a Security Key

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/defcon-34-badge-baochip-andrew-bunnie-huang/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombi...

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New York sues Kalshi for allegedly running an ‘illegal gambling operation’

New York is suing Kalshi over claims the prediction market is running "an illegal gambling operation." In the lawsuit, N...

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Is AI Reasoning Right for the Wrong Reasons?

Article URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/is-ai-reasoning-right-for-the-wrong-reasons-20260731/ Comments URL: https:/...

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13 Models and 4 Agents on SWE Tasks: Go, Java, Python, Rust, TS

Article URL: https://swe-rebench.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49124336 Points: 4 # Comments: ...

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Admin: Terminally Ill Patients Aren't Exempt from Medicaid Work Requirements

Article URL: https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-medicaid-work-requirements-2677293170 Comments URL: https://news.y...

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Where .env Went Wrong

Article URL: https://secretspec.dev/blog/where-env-went-wrong/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49124...

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Elevators

Article URL: https://john.fun/elevators Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49124218 Points: 30 # Commen...

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I built a f.lux alternative because the M5 Max firmware broke existing solutions

Article URL: https://driftformac.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49124214 Points: 3 # Comments:...

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SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another year

SpaceX is building a new power plant for xAI's Colossus data centers, but it won't remove existing, unpermitted turbines...

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The most official water costs $120k a gallon

Article URL: https://signoregalilei.com/2026/07/26/the-most-official-water-costs-120000-a-gallon/ Comments URL: https:/...

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AI Slop Melodramas Are Taking Over X—and Their Creators Are Cashing In

Viral tales of good triumphing over evil are racking up millions of views. They’re almost entirely AI-generated clickb...