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X wants to keep suing advertisers, asks 5th Circuit to overrule district judge
Musk continues appeal despite court loss and settlement with advertiser group.
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Aug 6, 2026
AMD acquires startup Taalas to boost inference perf by etching models in silicon
https://ir.amd.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1296/am... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=492...
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Aug 6, 2026
Quake – 30th Anniversary Update
Article URL: https://slayersclub.bethesda.net/en-US/news/quake-30th-anniversary-update Comments URL: https://news.ycomb...
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Aug 6, 2026
Suno hopes to go legit with watermarks for AI-generated music
Suno plans watermarks and download limits to stop "large-scale abuse."
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Aug 6, 2026
The Era of (Good) Personal Software Has Arrived
Article URL: https://hec.works/blog/the-era-of-good-personal-software-has-arrived/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinat...
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Aug 6, 2026
Anthropic will design its own hardware to power Claude
Anthropic and OpenAI are racing to scale up while reducing dependence on Nvidia. ...
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Aug 6, 2026
The AirPods Pro are $60 off, their best price since late June
Best Buy kicked off a sale on Apple products with discounts on its latest smartwatches to phones. Another deal that caug...
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Aug 6, 2026
Why Normal People Aren’t Using AI Agents
The tech industry is realizing it needs to build agents based on what regular consumers want, not just what its AI model...
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Aug 6, 2026
State-oriented consistency: Why we stopped looking for one right answer
Article URL: https://keel-iot.eu/blog/state-oriented-consistency.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...
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Aug 6, 2026
The DISTINCT in Your COUNT
Article URL: https://boringsql.com/posts/distinct-in-your-count/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=492...
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Aug 6, 2026
Google says hackers are calling financial firm employees to hack and extort victims
Groups of hackers are breaking into large U.S. financial firms to steal sensitive data and extort victims, Google’s se...
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Aug 6, 2026
xAI Ignores Laws and Profits: Rules for Thee, Not for Me
Article URL: https://illegal.solutions/posts/xai_pollution Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49201342 ...
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Aug 6, 2026
Flock Highlighted Police Departments Using Its Tech. Now 4 Face Allegations of Misuse
Flock posted videos on its YouTube channel highlighting at least four police departments whose officers have faced alleg...
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Aug 6, 2026
ICE’s DNA Collection Increases, SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, and the AI Backlash Grows
In today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss how ICE has been collecting DNA samples of people with no criminal co...
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Aug 6, 2026
China-linked LightSpy spyware caught targeting victims in 13 countries, including the US
Researchers linked the latest malicious activity to a Chinese company, after one of the spyware's operators placed an or...
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Aug 6, 2026
Japanese Govt Asks US Govt to Stop Using Mario, Pokemono, Naruto Meme Postings
Article URL: https://mainichi.jp/articles/20260803/k00/00m/010/133000c Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...
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Aug 6, 2026
Herdr is joining Y Combinator. The runtime stays open
Article URL: https://herdr.dev/blog/herdr-is-joining-y-combinator/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4...
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Aug 6, 2026
Can you reverse engineer an ASIC?
Article URL: https://blog.janestreet.com/can-you-reverse-engineer-an-asic/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/i...
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Aug 6, 2026
Large genome models used to design new viruses
The AI system makes genetically distant versions of a bacteria-killing virus. ...
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Aug 6, 2026
Defense tech Hadrian raises $1.37B at $8B valuation
Hadrian is building automated factories to mass-produce parts for defense vehicles like submarines. It's backed by a lon...
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Aug 6, 2026
Qwen3.8 Max now ranked as the best overall model by agentic index
Article URL: https://artificialanalysis.ai/?intelligence=agentic-index Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...
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Aug 6, 2026
Unions Can Save Tech Workers and Tech Work
Article URL: https://jacobin.com/2026/08/uc-upte-tech-workers-union Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=...
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Aug 6, 2026
The Zelda movie’s Ganondorf casting hints at more movies
Deadline reported Thursday that the upcoming The Legend of Zelda movie will feature Australian actor Uli Latukefu as the...
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Aug 6, 2026
My phone detects going on a run as "someone snatching my phone and running off"
Article URL: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@rygorous/117047697255584965 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...
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Aug 6, 2026
Federal Communications Commission scraps limit on broadcast TV ownership
Article URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/media/federal-communications-commission-scraps-limit-broadcast-tv-ownersh...
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Aug 6, 2026
Blue Origin narrowing in on root cause of catastrophic rocket accident
"The anomaly originated at the main oxygen valve on one of the BE-4 engines." ...
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Aug 6, 2026
Sailors on USS Lincoln outside Iran are exhausted and suffering from poor morale
Article URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-sailors-marines-iran-war-uss-lincoln-food...
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Aug 6, 2026
Ford needs another Taurus, and the $30K Fathom EV pickup isn’t it
Ford's CEO has described the new Ford Fathom as a "Model T moment" for the company. But the EV pickup is unlikely to liv...
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Aug 6, 2026
Bumble teases a swipe-free future as it doubles down on IRL meetups
Bumble says it’s moving beyond swiping and deeper into real-world social experiences as it courts Gen Z users.
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Aug 6, 2026
Suno shares plans to combat spammy AI music
Suno announced plans to implement a new watermarking technology and download policy to limit the spread of spammy AI tra...