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An unreleased Anthropic model made progress on one of math’s biggest unsolved problems

For more than 150 years, the Riemann hypothesis has stood as one of the major unsolved problems in mathematics. Anthropic hasn't solved it — but the company's models made more progress than you migh...

TechCrunch • Aug 11, 2026 • Russell Brandom
Technology Aug 11, 2026

Apple could help you prove your iPhone photos aren’t deepfakes

Apple is seemingly developing an iOS feature that can verify when a photograph was taken using an iPhone camera. 9to5Mac...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

A Google insider spills the tea on how the company forsook its founding ideals

Claire Stapleton's new book, Don't Be Evil, recounts her journey from company cheerleader to ou...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

Joby Aviation builds out defense business with $500M acquisition

Joby Aviation reached an agreement to acquire Resonant Sciences, which will kick off its new defense business.

Technology Aug 11, 2026

University of Michigan Drops First-Semester Grades To'Curb Mental Health Crisis'

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/university-of-michigan-grades-mental-health-1a5701d4 Comments URL: h...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

Delta investigating after someone set up fake Wi-Fi network mid-flight

The Delta flight crew switched off the aircraft's legitimate Wi-Fi network for around 30 minutes due to the incident, ac...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

2025’s most downloaded game, Block Blast!, is going ad-free on Apple Arcade

Block Blast!, the most downloaded mobile game of 2025, is coming to Apple Arcade in September where it will be ad-free.

Technology Aug 11, 2026

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe is betting on EVs, robots, and autonomy all at once — he’ll explain why at Disrupt 2026 

Rivian's CEO RJ Scaringe is speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to detail his journey, and the lessons it’s bestowed.

Technology Aug 11, 2026

Trump to give Republicans a 3-1 FCC majority, isn't filling empty Democratic seat

Trump has resisted urge to fire FCC Democrat despite recent Supreme Court win. ...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

FlightAware sues Kalshi over flight cancellation prediction markets

FlightAware says that Kalshi used its name and data to offer bets on flight cancellations without the flight tracker's p...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

Show HN: Git-knife – edit commit messages, authors, and dates like a spreadsheet

Article URL: https://github.com/TheRealYT/git-knife Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49259611 Points:...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

Razer Naga V3 Pro Review: Buttons Galore

The PC gaming world has tried to move on from bulky, heavier mice, but the Naga V3 Pro proves that it still has its plac...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

Kyoto Fusioneering starts work on key fusion power plant device

Fusion power startups are turning to Kyoto Fusioneering to supply components for future power pants. The Japan-based sta...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

Apple Silicon and macOS VMs: 11–16× Faster LLM Inference with Llama.cpp

Article URL: https://github.com/trycua/cua/blob/main/blog/gpu-passthrough-macos-vms.md Comments URL: https://news.ycomb...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

Launch HN: Keet (YC S24) – An app to create video courses on anything

Hi HN! We’re Zack and Tommy the Co-Founders of Keet (https://trykeet.com). We are building a mobile app that generate...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

‘Zoomsday’ hack uncovered using fewer than 20 AI prompts

Zoom has patched a major security vulnerability that could allow an attacker to hijack anyone's device during a meeting....

Technology Aug 11, 2026

Federal vendor with $50M in contracts leaves portal broken for a month

Article URL: https://www.propublica.org/article/foia-requests-responses Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering; devastated mom-and-pop businesses

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/us-mexico-border-area-money-transfer-rule-change-small-bus...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

Manus will return to operating as an independent company

Article URL: https://manus.im/blog/a-note-to-our-users Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49258764 Poin...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

Greenland issues "strong warning" as American oil firm illegally drills wells

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/08/greenland-iwarning-trump-linked-oil-firm-prepares-drill Comm...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

Flock wanted to tap dashcams in rideshare vechicles to add to surveillance data

Article URL: https://flowingdata.com/2026/08/10/flock-wanted-to-tap-dashcams-in-rideshare-vechicles-to-add-to-surveilla...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

Why Did OpenAI's Head of Ethics Chloé Bakalar Leave?

Article URL: https://aimagazine.com/news/why-did-openai-head-of-ethics-chloe-bakalar-leave Comments URL: https://news.y...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

Bumble ditches its rule that kept men from making the first move

Bumble is ditching the rule that it has enforced since launching in 2024. Men can finally message first.

Technology Aug 11, 2026

AI Could Help Fossil Fuel Companies Create More Emissions

New research finds that by making the fossil fuel industry more productive, AI could help increase carbon emissions by u...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

$580M undersea cable rerouted to avoid the grave of Dobby the House Elf

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/usd580-million-undersea-cable-rerouted-to-avoid-the-grave-of-dobby...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

North Korean remote IT staffer worked for US government agency, says FBI

The investigation shows that North Koreans are able to infiltrate government agencies, as well as private organizations ...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

Show HN: Write.md, a free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS

Article URL: https://writemd.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49258011 Points: 7 # Comments: 0

Technology Aug 11, 2026

Why your Amazon order confirmation emails have become so unhelpful

Earlier this summer, Amazon customers began noticing that emails related to their online orders looked sparse: Order con...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

Nvidia Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

Article URL: https://huggingface.co/nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B-NVFP4 Comments URL: https://news.ycomb...

Technology Aug 11, 2026

Stealing Reasoning Traces from Proprietary LLM APIs

Article URL: https://stolen-thoughts.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49257876 Points: 13 # Comm...