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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.
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Jul 31, 2026
With Switch 2, iPhone, and laptop tricks, the Sharge Disk Pro 2 is finally a worthy EDC
Sharge, the company that makes delightful retro Mac-shaped chargers and see-inside batteries, is finally impressing me w...
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Jul 31, 2026
Rivian spinoff Also to start delivering e-bikes after months of delays
Also has big plans beyond the TM-B. The startup mostly refers to itself as a "vehicle" company, and has plans to make fo...
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Jul 31, 2026
Doctors took a look at man's painful shoulder—they found the joint was missing
The term "Milwaukee Should Syndrome" was coined in 1981, based on cases in four women. ...
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Jul 31, 2026
Show HN: I worked on a new browser for 2 years, today it passed Acid 3
Article URL: https://code.intellios.ai/cwbrowser/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49128826 Points: 5...
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Jul 31, 2026
Google plans to exempt sanctioned nations from Android developer verification
Someone in Cuba or Iran can keep installing APKs with no new restrictions, but devs will suffer...
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Jul 31, 2026
Reddit keeps its strange DMCA fight over Google search results alive
Reddit advances lawsuit accusing Perplexity AI of conspiring with web scraper. ...
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Jul 31, 2026
Apple Will 'Watch Everything Burn' When AI Bubble Bursts
Article URL: https://asymco.com/2026/07/31/apple-will-watch-everything-burn-when-ai-bubble-bursts/ Comments URL: https:...
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Jul 31, 2026
India is starting to pay for apps, not just download them
India's app market generated a record $345 million in Q2.
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Jul 31, 2026
Loops (YC W22) Is Hiring a Product Educator
Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/loops/jobs/zqUnwqB-product-educator-technical-content-creator Commen...
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Jul 31, 2026
Demystifying DRAM Read Disturbance: RowHammer and RowPress Phenomena
Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.28233 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49128323 Points: 3 # C...
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Jul 31, 2026
Likely illegally, Claude gained access to 3 networks. Will Anthropic be held to account?
Had the hacks used conventional methods, someone would likely go to prison. ...
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Jul 31, 2026
Show HN: How to build and self-host a code review agent
Hey HN,I've had a side-project that I've slowly ticked away at over the last year called Tilde. Tilde is a harness SDK ...
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Jul 31, 2026
Google Earth risked ruin with retracted AI tool for making fake satellite pics
“What on earth is Google doing?” Misinformation fears spur walk-back of AI tool. ...
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Jul 31, 2026
Predictive Speculative KV Replication for Bursty LLM Inference
https://github.com/jwlaboratory/bite-the-bullet Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49127874 Points: 5 ...
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Jul 31, 2026
Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation
A tool that allowed anyone to generate fake AI-generated imagery and superimpose it over real Google Earth maps quickly ...
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Jul 31, 2026
Fresh off its Wiz payout, Index Ventures raises $2B across three funds
The new funding brings Index's total available investing capital to $3.5 billion.
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Jul 31, 2026
Apple’s new AirTags are back down to their best price
We spotted a great deal on Tile trackers earlier this week that’s still live, but if you’re an iPhone owner,...
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Jul 31, 2026
Nano Banana 2 removed from Google Earth
Article URL: https://www.digitaldigging.org/p/nano-banana-2-removed-from-google Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator....
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Jul 31, 2026
Google Earth’s AI deepfake tool only lasted one day
Google has shut down Google Earth feature it launched Thursday that allowed users to edit satellite images with text pro...
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Jul 31, 2026
Would you get tattooed just to interview at a 7-days-a-week AI startup?
LemonLime’s CEO got “carried away” with tattoo gimmick.
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Jul 31, 2026
Tailscale didn't stop the Hugging Face intrusion
Article URL: https://tailscale.com/blog/hugging-face-intrusion Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49127...
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Jul 31, 2026
AI companies destroy rare and non recoverable physical books
Article URL: https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/26422014.library-alexandria-burns-ai-companies-destroying-books-bul...
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Jul 31, 2026
VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and researchers think they know why
New research from the U.K.’s Imperial College and France’s Emlyon Business School mapped out how Silicon Valley foun...
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Jul 31, 2026
Nuclear Waste Cleanup: DOE Is Missing Opportunities to Apply Lessons
Article URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108082 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49127205 Poi...
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Jul 31, 2026
Golang proposal: container/: generic collection types
Article URL: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/80590 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49127031 Poin...
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Jul 31, 2026
The NHTSA is investigating 1.2 million Tesla vehicles over suspension failure reports
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is probing nearly 1.2 million Tesla vehicles after receiving ...
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Jul 31, 2026
Orca-Bench: How Ready Are Language Model Agents for Oncall?
Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.28545 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49126943 Points: 6 # C...
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Jul 31, 2026
Using the railway network as a flatbed scanner [video]
Article URL: https://media.ccc.de/v/emf2026-74-1-using-the-railway-network-as-a-flatbed-scanner Comments URL: https://n...
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Jul 31, 2026
Termixer (TUI DJ Mixer)
Article URL: https://github.com/l00sed/termixer Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49126883 Points: 8 #...