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Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings

The launch of these new features reflects Google’s ambitions to transform Google Maps from a navigation tool into an assistant that's capable of helping users complete real-world tasks.

TechCrunch • Aug 6, 2026 • Aisha Malik
Technology Aug 6, 2026

GTA VI is getting an ‘extended look’ at the end of August

We'll be getting an in-depth preview of Grand Theft Auto VI very soon: Rockstar announced this morning that it will be a...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

5 Best AI Notetakers (2026), Tested and Reviewed

A growing collection of pocket-size gadgets lets you easily make recordings and extract info from them. Here are our fav...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Omilia raises $67M to scale its customer support platform

The Series B is the company's second fundraise since it last raised capital in 2020. In that time, it has increased its ...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Meteor Showers, Eclipses, and More Are on the August 2026 Astronomical Calendar

Here’s when some of this year’s most anticipated astronomical events will happen and the best way to observe them.

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Humans missed 1 in 3 threats approving AI agent commands across 40k game runs

Article URL: https://scalex.dev/blog/ai-agent-permissions-stats/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=491...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Show HN: Skyline Co-op is like SimTower, but built around democratic socialism

I've been rebuilding old games with Claude. While creating a modern take on SimTower and having election news on TV in ...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Best Android Charger: Wireless, Portable, Cable (2026)

Whether you’re charging overnight at home or on the go, these are the fastest, most dependable Android chargers we’v...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Show HN: demake – one source project compiles to any retro game console ROM

This started life as a graphics tool for a specific problem: gen AI can make retro-styled sprites but can't follow exac...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

How Americans View Capitalism, Socialism and Free Enterprise

Article URL: https://news.gallup.com/poll/713144/americans-view-capitalism-socialism-free-enterprise.aspx Comments URL:...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Mario Meets Pareto

Article URL: https://www.mayerowitz.io/blog/mario-meets-pareto Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49195...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

AI isn’t enough to protect social media communities from AI

Why humans need to moderate humans.

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Microsoft’s Quantum Chief Doesn’t Care That Scientists Don’t Believe His Results

Zulfi Alam thinks his team doesn’t need to “prove” they engineered a new state of matter in their bid to reinvent ...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Samsung Odyssey G8 6K Review: Pixel Overdose

Samsung dared to bring 6K to the world of gaming monitors before our PCs were truly ready for it.

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Nintendo beats earnings thanks to US tariff refunds it won’t share with gamers

Nintendo has smashed its first-quarter earnings estimates for the fiscal year, bolstered by strong games sales and US ta...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Two Fossil Fuel Companies Are Betting Big on Data Centers

Chevron and Williams are big winners in the race to power artificial intelligence as they build out gas-fired power plan...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Shark PowerDetect Speed Review (2026): Light and Powerful

Shark’s new PowerDetect Speed is lighter and more affordable than the original, but still managed to ace most of my va...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is ‘rotten to its core’

OpenAI has asked a federal judge to toss out Apple's landmark lawsuit accusing the ChatGPT maker of stealing trade secre...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Best Handheld Fans for a Breeze on Demand (2026)

I put handheld, wearable, and misting fans through a sweltering summer to see which ones kept me coolest.

Technology Aug 6, 2026

What I love about Django

Article URL: https://buttondown.com/blog/what-i-love-about-django Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Let's all meet up in the Y2K

Article URL: https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2026/08/06/lets-all-meet-up-in-the-y2k/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombin...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

On non-rooted Android 17, ADB uninstall of system apps fails

Article URL: https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation/issues/1426 Co...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't

Article URL: https://www.crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt.com/reading-list Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Ship Safe, an open source security scanner for coding agents

Article URL: https://github.com/asamassekou10/ship-safe Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49192277 Poi...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Show HN: Wallfacer – A terminal session manager for Claude Code, and more

Article URL: https://github.com/pradipta/wallfacer Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49192219 Points: ...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Governments are making a dangerous bet on the AI boom

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/08/05/governments-are-making-a-dangerous-bet-on-the-ai-boom Comment...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Nashville uses eminent domain to block data center near zoo

Article URL: https://www.costar.com/article/970809918/nashville-council-approves-eminent-domain-action-to-halt-data-cen...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Virginia Orders Data Centers to Pay for Dedicated New Electric Infrastructure

Article URL: https://www.realtor.com/news/real-estate-news/virginia-data-center-electric-infrastructure-spanberger/ Com...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

LLMs won't break symmetric crypto

Article URL: https://www.bfswa.blog/p/llms-wont-break-symmetric-crypto Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

Technology Aug 6, 2026

Elon Musk’s attempt at an AI Wikipedia hasn’t been updated in months

xAI's Grokipedia, an online encyclopedia with AI-generated articles that Elon Musk once promised would be a "massive imp...