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After noise complaints, judge orders Waymo to stop overnight charging in Santa Monica

Autonomous vehicle giant disturbs residents' sleep.

Ars Technica • Aug 1, 2026 • Cyrus Farivar
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China’s EV Market Is Booming. There’s Just One Problem

More EVs reaching the end of their life means more batteries to recycle. But waste management companies have yet to catc...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely Tied to Iran

Plus: The FBI eyes AI-powered tech to detect future crimes, Russia charges Telegram’s founder, xAI sues to stop a stat...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

Dreo Summer Flash Sale 2026: Lowest Price Ever on Chefmaker, Fan

On Dreo’s summer flash sale from August 1 to 3, a great misting fan and an even better air fryer are at the lowest pri...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

Defcon's new badge is a security key you can see inside

A removable chip lets hackers inspect their badge—and keep using it after Defcon. ...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

How fruit flies chase invisible ribbons of smell to get to their source

Tracking smells in turbulent air takes a keen sense of direction and sharp memory. ...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

Alienware 15 Gaming Laptop Review: Hedging Its Bets

There are both cheaper and more powerful entry-level gaming laptops out there, but the Alienware 15 walks that tightrope...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

Nobody Knows if OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s AI Hacking Sprees Are Illegal

Both major AI labs’ models broke containment, escaped onto the internet, and hacked other companies. If a human had do...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

Astronomers Have Detected an Exomoon for the First Time

A discovery in a solar system 73 light-years from Earth is challenging definitions and “blurring the lines between sta...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

Simon Willison on DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731

Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/31/deepseek-v4-flash-0731/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/i...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

RamenHaus

Article URL: https://ramen.haus/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49132460 Points: 33 # Comments: 5

Technology Aug 1, 2026

EU will mandate labels on authentic-looking AI content starting August 2

Article URL: https://www.engadget.com/2227966/eu-mandate-labels-on-authentic-looking-ai-content/ Comments URL: https://...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

How to Do Great Work

Article URL: https://paulgraham.com/greatwork.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49132289 Points: ...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

AI doesn't generate working products, that's still your job

Article URL: https://weeraman.com/the-prototype-isnt-the-product/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

Solid Queue 1.6.0 now supports fiber workers

Article URL: https://github.com/rails/solid_queue/releases/tag/v1.6.0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/ten-advances-in-mathematics/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

A migrant surge tests Spain's open policies

Article URL: https://economist.com/europe/2026/07/31/a-migrant-surge-tests-spains-open-policies Comments URL: https://n...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

OpenAI's work on Git for large repositories

Article URL: https://openai-git-upstream.openai.chatgpt.site/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=491317...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

Ten Ways NAS Is Getting Enshitified

Article URL: https://nascompares.com/2026/07/31/the-10-ways-nas-is-getting-enshitified/ Comments URL: https://news.ycom...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

What Liberal Arts Education Is for (2024)

Article URL: https://innig.net/teaching/liberal-arts-manifesto Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49131...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

About 100 firefighters are convicted of arson, every year

Article URL: https://www.firerescue1.com/arson-investigation/articles/expert-firefighter-arson-a-long-standing-issue-xH...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising

Article URL: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/BMW_Spider-Man_in-car_advertising Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

The development pipeline is a production system

Article URL: https://sundry.jerryorr.com/2026/07/31/development-pipeline-is-a-production-system Comments URL: https://n...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

What Is MiniMax H3? Everything You Need to Know About the Hailuo 3.0 Video Model

Article URL: https://minimaxh3.art/blog/what-is-minimax-h3 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49130723 ...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

Flint: A Visualization Language for the AI Era

Article URL: https://microsoft.github.io/flint-chart/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49130604 Point...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

A Week in Matrix

Article URL: https://piegames.de/dumps/a-week-in-matrix/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49130295 Po...

Technology Aug 1, 2026

How to Exist

Article URL: https://www.raptitude.com/2026/07/how-to-exist/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4912999...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Is About to Crash Into the Moon—and It Could Be Visible From Earth

The impact will kick up a plume of debris so high, it’ll likely be visible through some telescopes. Astronomers will b...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

OpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amok

OpenAI has reportedly found evidence of additional agent misbehavior as it looks into the incident that occurred with Hu...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

Not just Neanderthals: Ghost lineage in Africa left its mark on our DNA

Some group with no modern descendants contributed a lot to our genomes.