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2027 memory capacity is reportedly sold out

Article URL: https://www.ign.com/articles/ramageddon-continues-another-year-as-2027-memory-capacity-is-reportedly-sold-out Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49207236 Points: 22 # Com...

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Technology Aug 7, 2026

I won't read LLM authored fiction

Article URL: https://mccormick.cx/news/entries/why-i-won-t-read-llm-authored-fiction Comments URL: https://news.ycombin...

Technology Aug 7, 2026

Artificial Intelligence used to design new viruses

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y3j3ngevmo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=492066...

Technology Aug 7, 2026

I've succesfully compiled Netscape 3.0.2 on a 64 Debian

Article URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/netscape/comments/1ve7wkm/ive_succesfully_compiled_netscape_302_on_a_64/ Comments...

Technology Aug 7, 2026

Framework discloses data breach via Metabase 0-day

Article URL: https://community.frame.work/t/framework-data-breach-discussion/83939 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinat...

Technology Aug 7, 2026

Anthropic CEO reportedly worried new hires only care about money

Article URL: https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/anthropic-ceo-reportedly-worried-hires-160000647.html Com...

Technology Aug 7, 2026

Mythos Attempted to Social Engineer Open Source Maintainer to Merge Malware

Article URL: https://socket.dev/blog/ai-agent-open-source-malware Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49...

Technology Aug 7, 2026

Lines of code. 1,596 BTC gone

Article URL: https://onekey.so/anzen/coldcard-entropy-failure/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49205...

Technology Aug 7, 2026

One of China’s Most Powerful AI Models Has Also Broken Containment

Security researchers say that Kimi K3, an open-weight model from China, wandered off to the internet in an attempt to ch...

Technology Aug 7, 2026

New Orleans will use AI to answer 911 calls instead of a human

Article URL: https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/louisiana/2026/07/28/is-new-orleans-using-ai-to-answer-91...

Technology Aug 7, 2026

Show HN: Whisper transcribes 70-year-olds more accurately than 20-year-olds

Article URL: https://github.com/Kayvan-Zahiri/asr-age-gap Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49204388 P...

Technology Aug 7, 2026

Meta Ordered to Pay $942M to Address Harm to Kids from Social Media

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ordered-to-pay-942-million-to-address-harm-to-kids-from-social-media-8ba5aab...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-stalked-me-by-hijacking-a-smartwatch-for-kids/ Comments URL: https://n...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Spin audit of SQD/QSCI quantum-chemistry benchmarks on iron–sulfur clusters

Author here.Background, for anyone who hasn't followed this fight: IBM's iron–sulfur SQD results (Sci. Adv. 2025) are...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300-$400

Additional details about OpenAI's mysterious new AI device make it sound like a pricey smart speaker.

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Organ donation group accused of trying to take living man's organs faces shutdown

The organization, Network for Hope, "strongly disagrees" with Trump admin's decision. ...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Explosive drone found hovering near Ukrainian cargo aircraft at German airport

Russian attack? Explosive drone targeted parked aircraft at Leipzig airport. ...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Your table awaits: Exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to be seen by thousands 

Not everyone needs a keynote slot to make noise at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Sometimes the best way to meet investors...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Welcoming the Nepalese Government to Have I Been Pwned

Article URL: https://www.troyhunt.com/welcoming-the-nepalese-government-to-have-i-been-pwned/ Comments URL: https://new...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Show HN: Pokémon Emerald Ported to Raspberry Pi Pico 2

Pokémon Emerald ported to the RP2350 microcontroller. No emulator, 60 fps HDMI output. Recompiled from ARMv4T to Corte...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids

Security researchers tracked and eavesdropped on a WIRED reporter using vulnerabilities in a pink plastic smartwatch. It...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Inside vLLM: Anatomy of a High-Throughput LLM Inference System (2025)

Article URL: https://www.aleksagordic.com/blog/vllm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49202852 Points:...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Vogue just gave another nod of approval to the tech world

Vogue World is coming to San Francisco next year — perhaps another indication that tech bros are now part of the fashi...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Bioengineered chewing gum may offer a way to fight microbes linked to cancers

Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260803080917.htm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

What Is a Product?

Article URL: https://roge.onwrite.app/what-is-a-product Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49202690 Poi...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Trevor Noah is hosting Google’s Pixel 11 launch event

Google is set to host its next live Made by Google hardware launch event on August 12th, and the company says in a new v...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Jony Ive’s first OpenAI gadget is reportedly a hockey puck-sized smart speaker

The AI device OpenAI is developing with former Apple designer Jony Ive is "essentially a smart speaker without a display...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Civilians under siege by Mexican cartel fight back with AK-47s, grenades

Article URL: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/civilians-that-were-under-siege-by-a-mexican-cartel-fight-back-with-ak-...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Astronomers capture highest-resolution image ever of the Sun's surface

Article URL: https://physicsworld.com/a/astronomers-capture-highest-resolution-image-ever-of-the-suns-surface/ Comments...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

X wants to keep suing advertisers, asks 5th Circuit to overrule district judge

Musk continues appeal despite court loss and settlement with advertiser group. ...