Technology Aug 16, 2026

ChatGPT’s Computer History tracks your clicks and keystrokes

ChatGPT's desktop app on macOS has a new feature called Computer History that turns your actions into training data, lea...

The Verge Terrence O’Brien

Technology Aug 16, 2026

GPS and the Lost Art of Getting Lost

Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-inquiry/gps-and-the-lost-art-of-getting-lost Comments URL: https:...

Hacker News karakoram

Technology Aug 16, 2026

The AI Credit Resale Economy

Article URL: https://vectoral.com/blog/who-are-the-token-brokers Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=493...

Hacker News mlenhard

Technology Aug 16, 2026

Anthropic revenue reportedly jumps to more than $11.5B in second quarter

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/15/anthropic-revenue-jumps-to-over-11point5-billion-in-q2-report.html Comment...

Hacker News AnodicElegy

Technology Aug 16, 2026

Tasklet (YC P26) Is Hiring a Head of Design Engineering

Article URL: https://tasklet.ai/careers/head-of-design-engineering Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4...

Hacker News mayop100

Technology Aug 16, 2026

Show HN: A public AI whose memory is shared across all users

Article URL: https://wildstatic.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49319814 Points: 7 # Comments: ...

Hacker News adjohu

Technology Aug 16, 2026

How a Sony Veteran Is Overhauling the Company He Grew Up In

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/business/media/sony-ceo-hiroki-totoki-efc8923f Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator....

Hacker News thm

Technology Aug 16, 2026

A U.S. Strategy to Prevent the Creation of Mirror Life

Article URL: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA4335-1.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

Hacker News thunderbong

Technology Aug 16, 2026

I built my own root DNS so I could stop renting names

Article URL: https://anthony.dev.profullstack.com/blog/013-post.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id...

Hacker News bradley_taunt

Technology Aug 16, 2026

Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker

Article URL: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-ads-firefox-ios Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Hacker News pentagrama

Technology Aug 16, 2026

Is the industry ready for tokens-constrained work?

Article URL: https://blog.alaindichiappari.dev/p/what-to-do-when-tokens-run-out Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator....

Hacker News fullautomation

Technology Aug 16, 2026

Banned Words List

Article URL: https://pen.org/banned-words-list/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49319573 Points: 20 ...

Hacker News structuredPizza

Technology Aug 16, 2026

US oil reserves are so low, the caverns holding them could be damaged

Article URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/strategic-petroleum-reserve-trump-iran-war-g...

Hacker News NordStreamYacht

Technology Aug 16, 2026

How Many Employees Does It Take to Reach $100M ARR Now?

Article URL: https://nazr.com/blog/how-many-employees-100m-arr Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49319...

Hacker News chronicler

Technology Aug 16, 2026

Claude: System Prompts

Article URL: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/release-notes/system-prompts Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.co...

Hacker News tosh

Technology Aug 16, 2026

Research papers using "kidney disappointment" instead of "kidney failure"

Article URL: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22kidney+disappointment%22 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.co...

Hacker News Alifatisk

Technology Aug 16, 2026

A True Telnet BBS on a Casio Calculator

Article URL: https://ei3lh.eu/2026/08/16/a-true-telnet-bbs-on-a-casio-calculator/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinato...

Hacker News austinallegro

Technology Aug 16, 2026

Gooseworks (YC W23) Is Hiring a Founding Builder / Engineer

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gooseworks/jobs/UJ4vH2F-founding-engineer Comments URL: https://news...

Hacker News shivsak

Technology Aug 16, 2026

Rogue AI aren’t science fiction anymore

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on AI safety, ...

The Verge Robert Hart

Technology Aug 16, 2026

Access to telemetry data: Automotive industry criticizes intelligence reform

Article URL: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Access-to-telemetry-data-Automotive-industry-criticizes-intelligence-reform-1...

Hacker News _____k

Technology Aug 16, 2026

Stripe 2.9% vs. Adyen 0.6% vs. Braintree 2.59%: 2026 Fees

Article URL: https://valueaddvc.com/blog/stripe-vs-adyen-vs-braintree-enterprise-payment-processing-compared-in-2026 Co...

Hacker News ksec

Technology Aug 16, 2026

Show HN: Remove AI voice from AI writings

Article URL: https://unslopai.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49319026 Points: 7 # Comments: 3

Hacker News not_wowinter14

Technology Aug 16, 2026

Leave your screen unlocked, meet developers paypal.com

Article URL: https://anthony.dev.profullstack.com/blog/012-post.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id...

Hacker News buffer_overlord

Technology Aug 16, 2026

Ask HN: Do you know of any company that went back to hand-written code?

This is intended as a question about the current phase of the LLM hype cycle, and, at the same time, as a reality check...

Hacker News antipurist

Technology Aug 16, 2026

Astronomers Discover the Existence of a Black Hole Star

An object observed by the James Webb Space Telescope lends credence to a strange explanation for the mysterious red spot...

Wired Jorge Garay

Technology Aug 16, 2026

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra Review: The Right Shape

Nearly a decade after its debut, Samsung’s Galaxy Fold finally comes into its own.

Wired Julian Chokkattu

Technology Aug 16, 2026

AI Coding Without the Vibes

Article URL: https://peterbloem.nl/blog/craft-coding Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49318735 Points...

Hacker News riskone

Technology Aug 16, 2026

TerraMow V1000 Review: Show Your Lawn Some Love

With automatic mapping, Spot Mode functionality, and smart AI cameras, the TerraMow V1000 is the complete package.

Wired Simon Hill

Technology Aug 16, 2026

Someone Finally Fixed Installing Apps on a Mac

The installation utility EasyDMG makes it so you never drag and drop an icon again.

Wired Justin Pot