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Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand how to live

Recently, a man I was rock climbing with told me about how he'd used AI to make a motivational poster for himself, which he'd hung on his bedroom wall: a bear, walking a slackline over a canyon, holdi...

The Verge • Aug 10, 2026 • Elizabeth Lopatto
Technology Aug 10, 2026

Trump signs bonkers order that cuts vaccines, promotes ones that don't exist

Trump falsely claimed the MMR vaccine is "quite lethal" and linked shots to autism. ...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

How Claude marks AI-generated content

Article URL: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/16266773-how-claude-marks-ai-generated-content Comments URL: https:...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

We cut a 40-day financial integration down to 5 days using Google Anti

Article URL: https://discuss.google.dev/t/trusted-automation-with-google-antigravity-scaling-secure-finance-integration...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Developer Cold Iron Studios shuts down cloud version of $60 game with no refunds

A reminder of the perils of digital ownership.

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/amazon-funds-biggest-gas-power-plant-in-us-despite-climate-ple...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight the billionaire tax

California's Prop 40, would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of the state's billionaires.

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Anker’s travel charger works in almost any country and is down to $20

If you’ve got international travel coming up, an adapter is essential for keeping your phone, earbuds, power banks, an...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Mark Zuckerberg’s AI manifesto is exactly why people don’t like AI

On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500 word manifesto about personal AI, largely about the possibilities for the "...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Confessions of a Long-Distance Sailor

Article URL: https://arachnoid.com/lutusp/sailbook.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49249555 Poi...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Stop Killing Games: It's time to sue Sony, join us

Article URL: https://www.massaschadeconsument.nl/collectieve-acties/playstation/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution

Amazon announces first off-the-grid data center in race to reap AI profits. ...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Illinois Just Passed a Law That Puts Linux on the Hook for Age Verification

Article URL: https://linuxstans.com/illinois-hb5511-operating-system-age-verification/ Comments URL: https://news.ycomb...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym

An OpenClaw agent hacked into a gym's reservation system to bump its human boss higher on a class' waitlist. And the tec...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Zuckerberg’s superyacht ignored emergency channel, failed to aid stranded boat

Zuckerberg’s superyacht and support ship were slow to heed Coast Guard call. ...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Attacker Takes over Zoom AI

Article URL: https://www.promptarmor.com/resources/attacker-takes-over-zoom-ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.c...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Bluesky now lets you hide reposts from that annoying person you follow

Bluesky has added a new feature that lets you hide reposts from a specific person in your feeds. The tool might be helpf...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Costco’s great Switch 2 console bundle includes over $100 in free stuff

The cost of the Nintendo Switch 2 is going up by $50 on September 1st, 2026, resulting in a $499.99 price tag for just t...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Aptoide becomes the first rival app store to return to Google Play in the US

Aptoide has brought its games store back to Google Play after more than a decade, as court-ordered changes open Android ...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Social media platforms still facing thousands of user addiction lawsuits after failed appeals

Platforms like Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and Google are facing a long road of litigation.

Technology Aug 10, 2026

YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money

Creators who want to start earning on the platform will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or ...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Rust SIMD on the GPU

Article URL: https://www.vectorware.com/blog/simd-on-gpu/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49247477 P...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Security Vulnerability in Pioneer Rekordbox

Article URL: https://alphatheta.com/en/information/important-notice-security-vulnerability-in-pro-dj-link/ Comments URL...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Clicks’ Power Keyboard brings BlackBerry-style typing to any phone — with some compromises

Clicks’ $99 Power Keyboard brings a customizable, slide-out physical keyboard to MagSafe and Qi2 smartphones, but its ...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Learning more about Claude's mathematical capabilities

Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/research/riemann-zeta Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4924707...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

What to expect from Google’s 2026 Pixel hardware launch event

It's that time of year: On Wednesday, Google is set to host its annual Made by Google hardware launch event for Pixel ga...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

CEO Just Fired 500 People Because He Says Zillow Is More Efficient Without Them

Article URL: https://galratner.substack.com/p/zillows-ceo-just-fired-500-people Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator....

Technology Aug 10, 2026

YouTube is making it harder to earn money on YouTube

Starting February 1st, 2027, creators who want to monetize their channel through YouTube's Partner Program (YPP) will ne...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

Show HN: Needle2: 14MB agentic LLM for phones, wearables, smart home and robots

Hey HN,Henry from Cactus here!We previously released Cactus Needle, a 14MB agentic LLM for tool call, device use, and s...

Technology Aug 10, 2026

GPT 5.6 Cyber

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/expanding-daybreak-as-the-cyber-defense-window-narrows/ Comments URL: https://new...