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Elon suffers another day short of trillionaire status

Right now he's merely a several-hundred-billionaire, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index.

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Hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI will cost more than other AAA games

GTA6 might be an outlier, though—at least for now.

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Cerebras stock plunges after earnings as CEO says margin outlook was misunderstood

In its first earnings report since going public, the AI chipmaker forecast a narrower gross margin in its core business,...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

PostgreSQL Is Enough

Article URL: https://gist.github.com/cpursley/c8fb81fe8a7e5df038158bdfe0f06dbb Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.c...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Best Prime Day Deals on LED Masks and Hair Growth Tools That Actually Work

Whether you're looking to upgrade your skin care routine or invest in hair restoration, these are the best Prime Day dea...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

How to Opt Out of Google Search’s New AI Data Training Feature

Google’s Search history update stores media uploads from your interactions, like images used in reverse image searches...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

OpenAI and Broadcom announce chip designed for LLM inference at scale

The silicon race is heating up amid the struggle to keep up with demand.

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Elastic lays off 7% of employees

Article URL: https://www.elastic.co/blog/ceo-ash-kulkarni-announcement-to-elastic-employees Comments URL: https://news....

Technology Jun 24, 2026

AI was supposed to kill engineering jobs, but new data suggests they’re the most resilient

While AI dominates the layoff narrative, engineers as a share of total new hires have actually increased, according to S...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

AI researchers continue to leave Google for its rivals

Top AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are leaving Google for Anthropic, following departures from top sci...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

13 years and $500 million for a stage adapter? Report justifies NASA cancellations.

"Contract values for these efforts ballooned from nearly $2.8 billion to $5.9 billion." ...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Charlie Kirk’s legacy is a 30-year sentence for moving zines

Just days after a gunman killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk, it became clear that President Donald Trump would us...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Microsoft introduces cheaper Surface devices with half the memory

Microsoft just added a cheaper 12-inch Surface Pro and 13-inch Surface Laptop to its lineup. Both models come equipped w...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Up to $400 Off: The Smart Fridge That Haunts My Algorithm

The Rocco isn’t on Amazon, but its rare sale knocks up to $400 off a fridge that can track your drinks and make any ro...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

The memory chip crunch is paying off for this U.S. company

Revenue quadrupled to $41.45 billion compared with the same period a year ago. The company's profit, meanwhile, rose fro...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

US ends hantavirus outbreak response with no answers on draconian quarantines

We still don't know why RFK Jr. overruled CDC expert to order strict quarantines. ...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

The Best Roborock Deal This Prime Day (2026)

Shopping Roborock’s models can feel overwhelming. But there’s just one I recommend snagging during Prime Day.

Technology Jun 24, 2026

A24 Knows You’re Mad About the Google AI Collab

Indie movie fans are upset about Google DeepMind’s $75 million investment in the studio, which comes as AI companies a...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

New website names and shames companies that still don’t offer passkeys to users

According to a new site, 24% of the most popular websites in the world don't offer support for passkeys, which are consi...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

One-two punch delivered in global operation disrupts cybercrime "assembly line"

"Operation Endgame" simultaneously disrupts two widely used crime tools.

Technology Jun 24, 2026

A new paper argues Microsoft exaggerated its quantum claims a year ago

A critique published in Nature Wednesday calls the basic technology behind Microsoft's "breakthrough" quantum computing ...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Underpromise, overdeliver? Hands-on with the $24,950 Slate auto.

It has 205 miles of bare-bones range.

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Disney agreed to $50M settlement over claims it made live-TV streaming expensive

Lawsuit alleged Disney inflated market prices by making carriers include ESPN. ...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Zero-Downtime Deployments with Docker Compose – No Kubernetes Required

Article URL: https://statusdude.com/blog/zero-downtime-docker-compose Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

The Best Fake Christmas Trees on the Market Are 50% Off for Prime Day (2026)

Save big during Prime Day on the best fake Christmas trees you can buy if you’re willing to stash them for six months.

Technology Jun 24, 2026

52-hertz whale

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/52-hertz_whale Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48665093 P...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Companies are scrambling to stop employees from maxing out AI budgets with small tasks

The tokenmaxxing era was brief. We now appear to be entering the era of token rationing.

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Experimental wine bottle tracks oxygen moving through the cork

The small bit of air in the bottle sees oxygen and other chemicals move in and out. ...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Best Prime Day Deals I've Found on Window and Portable Air Conditioners (2026)

Window ACs and portable air conditioners are on great Prime Day deals. Get some, uh, cool prices.

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Anthropic says Alibaba illicitly extracted Claude AI model capabilities

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/anthropic-says-alibaba-illicitly-extracted-claude-ai-model-capabilitie...