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Show HN: BitBang – Reach machines behind NAT from a browser, no account

Article URL: https://github.com/richlegrand/bitbang-cli Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49123789 Points: 5 # Comments: 1

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Technology Jul 31, 2026

WhatsApp is testing a new folder for messages from large businesses

WhatsApp will automatically move messages from large businesses to a new folder a few hours after you receive them

Technology Jul 31, 2026

Detect Dark Matter's Mark from Your Backyard

Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/dark-matter Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49123579 Points: ...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

Authorize, don't authenticate

Article URL: https://blog.marcua.net/2026/07/31/authorize-dont-authenticate.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

Run Kimi K3 using 29 GB of RAM at 0.50 tok/s

Article URL: https://github.com/sqliteai/waste Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49123386 Points: 24 #...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

Better to Beg Forgiveness

Article URL: https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/31/just-do-it/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49123300...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

It’s time to panic about AI safety

When the phrase "OpenAI hacked Hugging Face" has more or less entered mainstream culture, you know we have an AI problem...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust

The AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” than the humans. ...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio reaches 123%

Article URL: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GFDEGDQ188S Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49123258...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

Arch Linux disables AUR package adoption

Article URL: https://lwn.net/Articles/1086489/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49123208 Points: 17 #...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

The C ``Clockwise/Spiral Rule''

Article URL: https://c-faq.com/decl/spiral.anderson.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49123199 Po...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

Tesla reportedly might sell its China business ahead of a SpaceX merger

Tesla had already reportedly prepped for the idea in the event that Beijing invades Taiwan.

Technology Jul 31, 2026

Anthropic says Claude accidentally hacked real companies too

Anthropic just realized several of its Claude AI models hacked into the systems of three different organizations during ...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

Situational Awareness Down 67% in July in AI Stock Rout

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/situational-awareness-down-67-in-july-in-ai-stock-rout-cd19901f Comm...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

Anti-fraud tools can't keep pace with scammers exploiting cheap internet calling

Article URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/how-to-fight-back-against-fraudulent-robocalls/ Comments URL: https://news....

Technology Jul 31, 2026

Moonshot built on 20k Nvidia chip cluster from Alibaba

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-31/moonshot-s-kimi-built-on-20-000-nvidia-chip-cluster-fro...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

Steelseries Arctis Nova Pro Omni Review: For Multisystem Gamers

Its latest Pro headset can mix between four inputs and has improved wireless connectivity over the originals.

Technology Jul 31, 2026

Pathogenic review: Damn, it feels good to be a virus

The hot new roguelite twin-stick shooter lives up to the hype.

Technology Jul 31, 2026

D&D is getting World of Warcraft and Star Wars crossovers

Dungeons & Dragons is no stranger to franchise crossovers, and now it's kicking off its biggest multiverse initiativ...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

Ruby Central's Destructive Legacy

Article URL: https://andre.arko.net/2026/07/30/ruby-centrals-destructive-legacy/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

This tattoo is permanent, pain-free, and might soon come in the mail

The refurbished railway station in London I entered last week had none of the usual signs of being a tattoo studio. The ...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

Tasklet (YC P26) Is Hiring a Customer Success Engineer

Article URL: https://tasklet.ai/careers/customer-success-engineer Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

Repeat founder Ryan Williams raises $10M seed for an AI startup for private credit managers

Ellis AI announced Thursday its emergence from stealth with $10 million in seed funding.

Technology Jul 31, 2026

Apple TV’s Cape Fear remake turns it into a paranoid tech thriller

Cape Fear has always been a thriller about paranoia. And in 2026 there are few things less trustworthy than technology. ...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

The End of an Era

Article URL: https://hughhowey.com/the-end-of-an-era/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49121980 Point...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

The Maxwell Conjecture Is False (GPT 5.6 Sol)

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.27197 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49121868 Points: 4 # C...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

How a Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuit

A disputed exam, an unreliable detector, and one very late Apple Pages file. ...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

Daisy One Review: Comfy and Tactile Headphones

The company’s first headphones look very stylish and have great tactile features, but underwhelm on sound quality.

Technology Jul 31, 2026

6 Best Phones With Headphone Jacks (2026), Tested and Reviewed

Headphone jacks are endangered, but they’re not gone. Here are our favorite smartphones that still let you plug and pl...

Technology Jul 31, 2026

Sony pushes forward with ditching discs, despite backlash

Sony has received a lot of backlash from PlayStation fans since announcing that it's killing physical game disc producti...