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Abdul El-Sayed Is an Epidemiologist Running for Senate. His State Is a Public Health Disaster

Michigan has been at the epicenter of the wildfire smoke and explosive diarrhea outbreaks. The progressive Democrat talks to WIRED about how he would tackle the forces behind them if he’s elected.

Wired • Jul 21, 2026 • Molly Taft
Technology Jul 21, 2026

‘It’s a Modern-Day Draft’: Why Stanford Students Walked Out on Sundar Pichai’s Commencement Speech

Last month, more than a hundred Stanford students left their own graduation to protest Google’s military contracts and...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Who’s afraid of the big, bad GPU?

How does AI make you feel? Are you excited to “vibe-code” your smart home? Or anxious about all the added pollution ...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

A Device Hidden in Cars Across the US Leaves Them Vulnerable to Hacking and Paralysis. Patch It Now

Dealerships installed alarms in millions of vehicles—and left them in even if the buyer didn’t want them. Now resear...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Stop Saying Kids Can’t Read

Everyone is talking about the reading crisis. But inside the “Mississippi Miracle,” it’s all about comprehension.

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Gritt exits stealth with $34 million for robots to build solar plants—then, everything else

Gritt is coming out of stealth with $34 million and plan to automate the hardest tasks on construction sites.

Technology Jul 21, 2026

The Army Is Burning Through Its AI Tokens

Members of the Army received an email informing them that they were rapidly depleting their AI tokens, and needed to lim...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Etsy Is In Its Flop Era, and Sellers Are Fleeing

Once a quirky bastion of amateur vulva jewelry and pet portraits, Etsy is now deluged with mass-produced goods and AI kn...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Qwen-Image-3.0: Rich Content, Authentic Details, Deep Knowledge

Article URL: https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen-image-3.0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48989701 Points:...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Linux kernel will support $ORIGIN, sort of

Article URL: https://fzakaria.com/2026/07/20/linux-kernel-will-support-origin-sort-of Comments URL: https://news.ycombi...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Reverse-engineering is cheap now

Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/20/cheap-reverse-engineering/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.co...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Do we just want slaves?

Article URL: https://www.yashthapliyal.com/blog/do-we-just-want-slaves Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Show HN: Ex Situ – open-source spatial index of displaced cultural artifacts

Hi, I designed and developed a spatial index that maps museum artefacts as connecting arcs/hyperlinks from their origin...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Five US tech giants' hidden debts soar to $1.65T on opaque AI funding

Article URL: https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/five-us-tech-giants-hidden-debts-soar-to-1.65tn-on-opaque-ai-f...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Running Doom on Our Custom CPU and Going Viral

Article URL: https://www.armaangomes.com/blogs/doom/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48987846 Points...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

A Koi Pond Mosaic Made from 10 Pounds of 3D Printer Waste

Article URL: https://www.instructables.com/A-Koi-Pond-Mosaic-Made-From-10-Pounds-of-3D-Printe/ Comments URL: https://ne...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Jane Street: Incremental

Article URL: https://github.com/janestreet/incremental Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48987822 Poin...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

VTubing: How a Japanese Phenomenon Is Going Worldwide

Article URL: https://www.tokyodev.com/articles/vtubing-how-a-japanese-phenomenon-is-going-worldwide Comments URL: https...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Is surveillance risk chilling your online speech?

Given the expansion of the fed/state/local/corporate surveillance net, do you find yourself expressing yourself less fr...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Ramp Router

Article URL: https://ramp.com/router/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48987253 Points: 4 # Comments:...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Show HN: I made email signatures less boring

Article URL: https://esigna.app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48986912 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Flock Credibility Lost as It Repeatedly Lies to City Councils, Police, & Public

Article URL: https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/tracking-alpr-cameras/flock-safety-credibility-lost-as-it-rep...

Technology Jul 21, 2026

Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved

The final approval settles one case, but it doesn't resolve the broader issue of using copyrighted works to train AI mod...

Technology Jul 20, 2026

Colossal Biosciences reportedly in talks to raise new capital at $20B–$30B valuation

The de-extinction startup is looking to double or triple its previous valuation, according to the report.

Technology Jul 20, 2026

Jellyfin founder Andrew leaves team

Article URL: https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-project-leadership-changes Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id...

Technology Jul 20, 2026

Opaque, Interoperable Passkey Records (and a Go API)

Article URL: https://words.filippo.io/passkey-record/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48985956 Point...

Technology Jul 20, 2026

Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned

The director role for the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) has become a revolving door since David Sacks l...

Technology Jul 20, 2026

Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio’s AI music generator over

Sony Music Entertainment has filed another lawsuit against Udio, accusing the AI music generator of infringing the copyr...

Technology Jul 20, 2026

The FCC is planning to retroactively ban disguised DJI gadgets

Last October, we told you how the FCC had given itself the power to retroactively ban gadgets that have already received...

Technology Jul 20, 2026

DA: Cop covered bodycam to snap nude prisoners on his iPhone—but other cams caught him

Pennsylvania cop charged with oppression and obstruction.