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Why Stream ring-maker Sandbar says the future of AI wearables is voice

AI notetaking hardware has taken off over the past couple of years, with credit-card-sized devices, pendants, pins, and even transcribing earbuds all promising to capture your...

TechCrunch • Aug 12, 2026 • Theresa Loconsolo
Technology Aug 12, 2026

Glaciers on the Climate Dashboard

Article URL: https://climate.metoffice.cloud/glaciers.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49275132 ...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 quietly released

Article URL: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/guides/responses_api/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=492...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

US tries to override New York gambling laws, orders Kalshi to keep operating

Trump admin claims New York suing Kalshi created "market emergency."

Technology Aug 12, 2026

Qwen3.8-2.4T

Article URL: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B-FP8 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49274...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

Wednesday, August 12: GitHub, Incident with Pull Requests and Issues

Article URL: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/76t89hbfb09h Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=492...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

AI coding startup Lovable raised $400M at $13.3B valuation up from $6.6B in 2025

Article URL: https://lovable.dev/blog/series-c Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49274858 Points: 11 #...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

Bike Bureau: Report Bike Lane Obstructions

Article URL: https://loudbicycle.com/bb Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49274854 Points: 8 # Comment...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

Tesla wants to build a $10B solar factory in Texas

Tesla wants to build a massive solar factory in Texas, but first it wants the state to chip in to defray the costs.

Technology Aug 12, 2026

Form Energy raises $750M to build more 100-hour batteries for the grid

Form Energy has landed Google and Crusoe as customers. Now, it has raised $750 million to expand manufacturing to delive...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

Pixel Watch 5

Article URL: https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/devices/pixel/pixel-watch-5/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombin...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813

Article URL: https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=492...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

Lovable confirms new $13.3B valuation, raises another $400M

This new funding comes after Lovable hit $500 million in annualized run rate revenue in June, the startup told TechCrunc...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

How the Pixel 11 Pro Fold compares to the Galaxy Z Fold 8

Google wasn't first to make a foldable Android phone, but the company's Pixel Fold series is now an established player w...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

Facebook officially rolls out its standalone Creator Studio app with AI tools for creators

The new app launches with Facebook's AI creator assistant built into it, providing creators with personalized recomme...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6

Article URL: https://openrouter.ai/x-ai/grok-4.6 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49274420 Points: 19...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

Guitar company D’Addario admits that AI music was used in a promotional video

After weeks of controversy and speculation, music company D'Addario has admitted that AI, specifically Suno, was used as...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

How a $250 million acquisition collapsed into allegations of fraud and forged signatures

Investors are still waiting for their share of the $250 million windfall, and VideoVerse co-founder Vinayak Shrivastav i...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

Grok 4.6

Article URL: https://x.ai/news/grok-4-6 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49274027 Points: 26 # Commen...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books

AI firms quietly bulk buying rare books face resistance from booksellers.

Technology Aug 12, 2026

After Microsoft threatened legal action, a security researcher publishes a new Windows zero-day bug

This is the latest zero-day released by security researcher Nightmare Eclipse, despite Microsoft publicly threatening to...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

Silkroad Innovation Hub’s Road to Battlefield competition continues

The Road to Battlefield competition is now in its second year, and its purpose is to give founders across Central Eurasi...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B

Article URL: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49273478 ...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

GiveCampus (YC S15) Is Hiring Engineering Managers

Article URL: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/givecampus/jobs/4112793009 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

Google launches Pixel 11 Pro Fold

Article URL: https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/devices/pixel/pixel-11-pro-fold/ Comments URL: https://news.yco...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

Hax – a minimalist, terminal-native coding agent written in C

Article URL: https://usehax.dev/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49273175 Points: 4 # Comments: 2

Technology Aug 12, 2026

License Plate Reader Searches Should Require a Warrant

Article URL: https://andrewpwheeler.com/2026/08/12/license-plate-reader-searches-should-require-a-warrant/ Comments URL...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

Google aims for influencers with the Pixel 11 Creator Suite

Google knows creators are a big audience. The occupation is growing fast, and landing some influential names could be a ...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

Tailscale Traces Database Corruption to 16y/o SQLite WAL-Reset Bug

Article URL: https://tailscale.com/blog/sqlite-wal-reset-bug Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4927283...

Technology Aug 12, 2026

Google unveils Pixel 11 lineup, new AirTag rival, and Gemini features at Made by Google 2026

From the Pixel 11 series and a brand new competitor to Apple’s AirTag, here are all the announcements from the Made by...