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Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
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14h ago
AI's debt binge can't last, hidden borrowing reaches $1.65T
Article URL: https://fortune.com/2026/07/31/ai-debt-hypescalers-capex-capital-spending-hidden-borrowing-bond-issuance/ ...
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15h ago
AWS is helping vibe-coding startup Superblocks, and the implications are big
AWS now allows vibe coding tool Superblocks to be embedded into the private clouds of AWS customers. It's another step t...
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15h ago
The SpaceX Falcon Lunar Crash Is a Warning for Moon Bases
The risk of more debris hitting the moon is on the rise as the space race heats up.
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15h ago
DDoS against Norwegian government IT infrastructure – status
Article URL: https://status.digdir.no/incidents/d7hvqmf2yr3l Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4916063...
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15h ago
Who’s legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAI’s autonomous AI hacks? It’s complicated
OpenAI and Anthropic admitted that their unreleased AI models escaped their sandboxes and hacked several companies in un...
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15h ago
The Dunning-Kruger Effect Is Probably Not Real
Article URL: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking/dunning-kruger-effect-probably-not-real Comments URL: ...
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15h ago
DesignArena creators raise $7.9 million to bring taste to AI models
DesignArena is used by 5.3 million people around the world, providing critical human evaluations to frontier labs.
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15h ago
Lego deploys Hubble Space Telescope as detailed desktop model
The orbiting observatory in minifigure scale.
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15h ago
Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAI’s first luxury trip
OpenAI’s first-ever influencer brand trip is sparking online backlash as tensions over the use of AI continue.
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16h ago
An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it
Top scores increased by 5x.
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16h ago
KisakCOD – open-source reimplementation of Call of Duty 4 Multiplayer
Article URL: https://github.com/SwagSoftware/KisakCOD Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49159970 Point...
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16h ago
Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report
Apple has appealed a new legal demand by the U.K. government, which critics say could threaten the privacy rights of use...
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16h ago
Apple finally fixed Siri. So why does it feel anticlimactic?
Apple’s long-awaited AI overhaul finally makes Siri the assistant it was always supposed to be. But after years of del...
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16h ago
ZX Spectrum System Tour: Sound
Article URL: https://bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/zx-spectrum-system-tour-sound/ Comments URL: https://news...
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17h ago
Outernet turns your saved posts into real-world adventures
Founded by the creators of viral offline events like San Francisco’s citywide scavenger hunt Pursuit, Outernet's app h...
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17h ago
WhatsApp says it is is fixing an issue that disabled several accounts
Meta says it’s restoring access to WhatsApp accounts that were mistakenly flagged and placed “under review” after ...
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17h ago
Europe’s AI labeling and transparency rules are now in effect
The European Union has ushered in some additional rules that aim to make it easier for people to identify chatbots and A...
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17h ago
The Billable Usage API: programmatic cost visibility for Cloudflare
Article URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/billable-usage-api/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4915871...
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17h ago
The first-gen Kindle Scribe is a big e-reader and digital notebook that’s $150 refurbished
The Kindle Scribe is worth considering if you’re heading back to school, as its large 10.2-inch screen can display tex...
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17h ago
Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire leads $1B round for nuclear startup Valar Atomics
Valar Atomics raised $1 billion at a $6 billion valuation after signing a development deal with Nvidia in June.
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17h ago
Smaller, faster, safer: running Kimi and GLM at scale
Article URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/smaller-faster-safer-models/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...
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17h ago
Celebrating 45 Years of Kermit with the First New C-Kermit Release in 15 Years
Article URL: https://changelog.complete.org/archives/44456-celebrating-45-years-of-kermit-with-the-first-new-c-kermit-r...
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18h ago
Show HN: Run an 80B Qwen in 4.3 GB of RAM on a Mac, and a 35B on an iPhone
Article URL: https://github.com/leonickson1/Swiftlet Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49158333 Points...
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18h ago
Use Task Runners for Common Coding Tasks
Article URL: https://hamvocke.com/blog/task-runners/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49158287 Points...
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18h ago
Base Power raises another $1B to save the grid using backyard batteries
Base Power’s $1 billion round will help the startup ramp production of its home batteries.
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18h ago
SearXNG in Rust
Article URL: https://github.com/MikeLuu99/searxng-rust Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49158141 Poin...
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18h ago
Congress’s favorite AI tool? ChatGPT
House spending records show OpenAI's ChatGPT dominates paid AI use on Capitol Hill, with congressional offices relying o...
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18h ago
Launch HN: Hoplite (YC S26) – Effortlessly deploy cloud coding agents
Hi HN, we’re Bence and Ryan, founders of Hoplite (https://hoplite.sh). Hoplite lets you deploy coding agents in the c...
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18h ago
Microsoft is bringing Xbox 360 games to PC
Building on its recently announced plans to bring original Xbox games to PC, Microsoft is also planning to let developer...