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OpenAI president says it’s ‘building a family of devices’ for its AI chatbots

In an interview with our friend Joanna Stern on her YouTube channel, OpenAI president Greg Brockman said the company is working on a "family of devices" for interacting with its AI models. However, Br...

The Verge • Jul 29, 2026 • Stevie Bonifield
Technology Jul 29, 2026

The US government just banned Roombas

When the Trump administration announced yesterday that it was banning "advanced robotic devices" from entering the Unite...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Google begins global rollout of age verification API in Google Play

Google's new API relies on parents to set age ranges in Family Link.

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Elon Musk’s xAI is trying to sue its way out of a Grok reckoning

Musk defends Grok, says Minnesota's nudifying app ban is unconstitutional.

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Sorry, haters. Ferrari’s first EV is doing just fine

To the horror of commenters across the internet, the Ferrari Luce appears to be a sales success.

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Waymo robotaxis are starting to return to freeways

Waymo robotaxis are now using freeways in Phoenix with more cities to follow in the coming days.

Technology Jul 29, 2026

US government bans new foreign-made humanoids, robot dogs, and solar inverters, citing risks to national security

The ban largely affects U.S. imports from China, which currently dominates the global market for making humanoid robots ...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Yet more qubit tech: New quantum dot options, diamond vacancies

Companies are making sure we have a surplus of options for building qubits. ...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Actually, Starliner might fly into space this year

"We're feeling pretty good about that," Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said.

Technology Jul 29, 2026

PgDog (YC P25) Is Hiring

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pgdog/jobs/uWymUYy-founding-software-engineer Comments URL: https://...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Google brings its age-assurance technology to Android developers worldwide

Google is expanding its Play Age Signals API, giving Android developers a privacy-preserving way to tailor experiences b...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Show HN: CheapFoodMap – A map of good meals under $10

I was recently laid off after 18 years, and gave myself 100 days to build soething useful in public. CheapFoodMap is a ...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Infrastructure Patterns for Agentic Applications

Article URL: https://render.com/blog/infrastructure-patterns-for-agentic-applications Comments URL: https://news.ycombi...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Full school day cell phone bans are more popular than ever

As schools across the country continue to implement cell phone bans, a new Pew Research Center survey shows they continu...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Some thoughts about Anthropic's new cryptanalysis results

Article URL: https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/07/29/some-notes-about-anthropics-new-results/ Comments URL:...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Keychron announces first open-source firmware for gaming mice

Article URL: https://www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/07/keychron-announces-first-open-source-firmware-for-gaming-mice ...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Tropical Diseases Like Dengue Fever and Chikungunya Are on the Rise in Europe

Climate change is helping invasive species to not only establish themselves across the Continent but to stay alive for l...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Show HN: Kedge – Full-stack cloud with forkable VM snapshots and global SQLite

I'm building Kedge, a globally distributed platform for stateful serverless apps. Here's how you make a simple static s...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Launch HN: Tokenless (YC S26) – Automatic model switching to save money

Hi HN, Rohit here from Tokenless (https://usetokenless.com/), which I’m building alongside co-founders Andrew and Kev...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Anthropic is finding bugs faster than Microsoft can fix them

Microsoft is on a mad dash behind the scenes to patch exploits before hackers find them. ...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Ask HN: My domain registrar (Hover) rug-pulled me for $3000

I registered the domain onlyfans.sexy ~6 years ago as a gag where I'd post pictures of fans (everything on the site and...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Superlogical – Mitchell Hashimoto

Article URL: https://mitchellh.com/writing/superlogical Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49099015 Poi...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Mitchellh starts a new company: Superlogical

Article URL: https://www.superlogical.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49098965 Points: 60 # Com...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Baseload Is a Myth (2024)

Article URL: https://cleanenergyreview.io/p/baseload-is-a-myth Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49098...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Elon Musk’s X settles multiyear legal battle with the World Federation of Advertisers

X sued the WFA in 2024 for conducting what it called a "systematic illegal boycott" of the platform after it saw a decli...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Hint, a new AI startup co-founded by Martha Stewart, offers an AI assistant for homeowners

AI home management startup Hint, co-founded by Martha Stewart, wants to become an “AI for your home,” combining prop...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

New AMD Linux patch boosts low-end gaming performance on Steam Deck

Improved efficiency in EPP mode leads to ~32% jump in "1% low" frame rates. ...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Apple should be ashamed of its hostile App Store rating system

Article URL: https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/7/14.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4909...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

The Ferrari Luce has at least 500 fans

Just two months after a bumpy launch earlier this year, Ferrari has reportedly already hit its 2026 sales goal for its p...

Technology Jul 29, 2026

Gaming and IRL worlds collide in Jumanji: Open World trailer

"I'm beginning to suspect we are not in Jumanji."