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The Corvette Grand Sport X delivers Porsche 911 performance for a fraction of the price

My drive of the 2027 Corvette Grand Sport X began under oily black clouds, a torrential weather front releasing its grip on Manhattan - an inauspicious start for any mega-powered sports car. Rain pelt...

The Verge • Aug 13, 2026 • Lawrence Ulrich
Technology Aug 13, 2026

X open sources its ranking algorithm, letting users see if they’ve been ‘shadowbanned’

X is expanding the open source code behind its 'For You' feed and launching new transparency tools that show users when ...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

The Painful Truth of Exactly How ICE’s New Shock Gloves Work

ICE is spending millions on shock gloves designed to overpower subjects through intense, localized pain.

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Instagram introduces a redesigned wordmark

The social media giant says it was time for a sharper and more modern look after a decade.

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Microsoft kills off unsuccessful AI features while merging its separate Copilot apps

Microsoft is simplifying Copilot by combining its consumer and business apps, and dropping AI-generated podcasts, Group ...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

I looked inside an AI generated movie, and the best parts were all human

Imagine a trio of bumbling, English lads who fantasize about becoming megastars while knocking back a few pints in a gri...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Nvidia’s new $500B plan is risky but brilliant, especially for aging GPUs

Nvidia has a plan to make sure its GPUs won't lose value. It wants to convince a new crop of financiers to keep lending ...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Text AI watermarks will always be trivial to remove

Article URL: https://www.seangoedecke.com/text-ai-watermarks/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=492871...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

This is Instagram’s new logo

Instagram has unveiled a new wordmark, moving away from the recognizable cursive typeface it's used over the last decade...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Who really needs a cocktail robot?

Bartesian's cocktail makers would be best described like a Keurig or Nespresso machine, but for alcoholic drinks.

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Wolverine on the PS5 made me care about Marvel’s mutant for the first time

Going into my demo of Marvel's Wolverine, I mainly wanted to try out the game's very bloody combat. And it is delightful...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

McDonald's Built a 515-Page Dossier on Me. It Says I'll Never Stop Eating There

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/mcdonalds-built-a-515-page-dossier-on-me-it-says-ill-never-leave/ Comments URL...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Flock Safety changes system defaults in response to criticisms

Article URL: https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/flock-guardrails-address-lpr-privacy-concerns-and-police-transparency Com...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Apple in talks to pay publishers to provide Siri with current news: report

The tech giant has considered a nine-figure budget for the payments, according to the WSJ.

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Kubernetes on Oxide: How Customer Needs Shaped Our Integrations

Article URL: https://oxide.computer/blog/kubernetes-on-oxide Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4928648...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Graduate Student Proves a Quantum Uncertainty Principle for Fractals

Article URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/graduate-student-proves-the-fractal-uncertainty-principle-20260812/ Comment...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

We eliminated 1,400 CVEs in NanoClaw's container images

Article URL: https://www.echo.ai/blog/echo-xnanoclaw-under-the-hood Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Spaghettifying DRAM

Article URL: https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/skitter-creek-bath-salts Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Heart Aerospace Completes First Flight of Largest Electric Aircraft

Article URL: https://www.heartaerospace.com/newsroom/heart-aerospace-completes-first-flight-of-world-s-largest-electric...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Does Google even want to win at AI?

Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter, about a question that’s been rock...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

In a first, US will allow some private firms to carry out cyberattacks

The new order sweeps away decades of existing U.S. cybersecurity policy prohibiting private companies from conducting 'h...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Build a Stratum 1 PTP Grandmaster on a Budget

Article URL: https://opscode.io/posts/ptp-grandmaster-cm4-sr1723u10/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Rivian's 2027 changes include its No. 1 most-requested feature

Pricing hasn't changed, and now you can get captain's chairs for the R1S.

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Samsung’s $1,900 Z Fold 8 is still vulnerable to pocket lint

iFixit has provisionally given Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 a repairability score of 4 out of 10, which largely hinged onâ€...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Wearables are getting a taste of much-needed minimalism

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the lat...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Rivian is finally getting a long-requested feature — and no, it’s not CarPlay

Rivian R1S owners, rejoice. Rivian has heard your pleas for second-row captain's chairs. For years, Rivian owners have l...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Anthropic could be worth $2 trillion when it goes public

Rapid revenue growth fuels hope Claude maker's IPO is the biggest listing in history ...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Show HN: MCP Memory – Fast Agent Memory Using Google's OKF and SQLite FTS5

Article URL: https://github.com/fellowgeek/mcp-memory Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286073 Point...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

AI Generated 3D Models Flood Market, but Almost No One Is Buying Them

Article URL: https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-3d-models-flood-market-but-almost-no-one-is-buying-them/ Comments URL...

Technology Aug 13, 2026

Time to Move On: Querying Without Nulls and Bags

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.10863 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286030 Points: 4 # C...