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Instagram will let users endlessly swap the audio on old posts

There's a symbiotic - and sometimes frustrating - relationship between social media sites and the creators that depend on them. Platforms need influencers' and creators' content to keep consumers on t...

The Verge • Jul 21, 2026 • Mia Sato
Technology Jul 21, 2026

Tesla Robotaxis go to Florida

It must be earnings day, because Tesla is making a Robotaxi announcement. The company said in a post on X that it was la...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

A Sneaky Hacking Tool Targeting AI Infrastructure Is Lurking in Victims’ Blind Spots

A new type of malware can worm deep into AI coding systems to steal data and logins—and can flip a “death switch” ...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Show HN: An MCP server that turns async-work practices into tools

More than a decade ago, I adopted the self-imposed rule, if I answer a question more than once, the third time I need t...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

The World's 2,400 Castles

Article URL: https://thecastlemap.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48994178 Points: 12 # Comment...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

France's Anssi Will Block PQC-Free Products from Certification Starting 2027

Article URL: https://postquantum.com/security-pqc/anssi-pqc-certification-2027/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator....

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Amid nurse shortage, a university rolls out the welcome mat for men

Article URL: https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5869813 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48994103 Points: 9 #...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Threads rolls out parental supervision tools

With the new tools, parents and guardians will be able to view their teen's time spent on Threads, set daily time limits...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

NPM's release cooldown is security theater

Article URL: https://blog.outv.im/2026/npm-cooldown-security-theater/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Long Presumed Dead, a Thriving Coral Reef Is Discovered in West Africa

Article URL: https://e360.yale.edu/digest/benin-coral-reef Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48993816 ...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

US threatens sanctions against Chinese AI models over IP theft

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. could sanction Chinese open AI models over alleged IP theft, expanding th...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Apple Fixes Hide My Email Vulnerability After 404 Media Coverage

Article URL: https://www.404media.co/apple-fixes-hide-my-email-vulnerability-after-404-media-coverage/ Comments URL: ht...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Oracle could face $7B collateral bill for Wisconsin data centre

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/b37030b6-bda8-4ba9-8e08-e6b88687b8f5 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Amid Increased Scrutiny, ICE Detention and Deportation Data Goes Dark

Article URL: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/15/ice-data-immigration-detention-transparency Comments URL: ht...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Samsung can’t afford to play it safe with Apple’s first foldable looming

Tomorrow's foldable-centric Galaxy Unpacked event looks like it will be Samsung's biggest in years. The company is expec...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125M to Find Voter Fraud

Article URL: https://www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-thomson-reuters-125-million-to-find-voter-fraud/ Comments URL: https://...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

TreeSize won't renew perpetual-license support unless users subscribe

"Current economic conditions" have shifted TreeSize's business model.

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber

Article URL: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Nvidia Wants to Own Every Chip Inside AI Data Centers

Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform combines CPUs and GPUs into a single system, reflecting the company’s growing ambition ...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

The Light Flip Is the Stylish Dumb Flip Phone of Your Dreams

A flip phone with 5G, USB-C, a headphone jack, and a removable battery? Say it ain’t so.

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Light made a flip phone. It’s colorful and it’s cheap.

Light co-founder Kaiwei Tang helped create the Motorola Razr, and he's as surprised as anyone that over twenty years lat...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Google launches a cheaper alternative to large AI security models like Mythos

Google is launching Gemini 3.6 Flash alongside a new security model dedicated to quickly finding and patching security v...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

The Light Flip is a minimalist flip phone with a point to prove

A few years ago, the team at Light shipped the most smartphone-like device they'd ever created. The Light Phone III stil...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Article URL: https://console.cloud.google.com/agent-platform/publishers/google/model-garden/gemini-3.6-flash Comments U...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

After TikTok, Snap settles social media addiction case

Snap is the latest big tech company to settle a lawsuit that claimed social media platforms are harmful to children and ...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Claude Is Not a Compiler

Article URL: https://blog.exe.dev/claude-is-not-a-compiler Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48993059 ...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

AI music generator Suno breach affects 55M users, per Have I Been Pwned

A hacker took names, phone numbers, and physical addresses of millions of customers who used AI music generator Suno.

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Stellantis taps Mobileye for hands-free driving assist

Stellantis will use technology from Intel's Mobileye to power its Level 2 hands-free driving features for its vehicle br...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Sarah's Wager

Article URL: https://colossus.com/article/sarah-guo-conviction/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4899...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Apple Defeats Liability for Not Scanning iCloud for CSAM

Article URL: https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2026/07/apple-defeats-liability-for-not-scanning-icloud-for-csam-but...