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Firefighting drones in the works as wildfires plague US nearly year-round
California and XPRIZE competition tests whether drones can stop wildfires early.
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Jul 20, 2026
The Odyssey turned me into an IMAX believer
After seeing Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey for the first time early last week, I came away impressed, but somewhat con...
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Jul 20, 2026
Donation Controversy
Article URL: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/donation-controversy Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=489852...
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Jul 20, 2026
My falling-out with the rationalist community
Article URL: https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/my-falling-out-with-the-rationalist Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator....
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Jul 20, 2026
Google is working on a new AI chip designed to make Gemini more efficient
Alphabet, Google's parent company, is reportedly working on a new chip designed to make its Gemini models run much more ...
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Jul 20, 2026
Judge halts Paramount's $111B purchase of Warner Bros. in win for US states
Judge grants restraining order, saying merger "likely to violate antitrust laws." ...
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Jul 20, 2026
The Galaxy Card Is Samsung’s Answer to the Apple Card
Directly added to your Samsung Wallet account, it’s yet another cash-back credit card, this time tailored for Samsung ...
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Jul 20, 2026
SpaceX in your index fund, explained
Index funds are touted as one of the safest ways to invest. Rather than picking and choosing individual stocks, index fu...
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Jul 20, 2026
The FDA Says It Didn't Apologize to Supplier Linked to Diarrhea Outbreak, Actually
The agency stressed that the July 17 voluntary recall from Taylor Farms still stands. The supplier has been linked to th...
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Jul 20, 2026
AI’s most important protocol is getting a little bit easier to use
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is one of the basic building blocks of AI interoperability, giving AI models a secure w...
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Jul 20, 2026
The creepiest 'sales demo' of all time
Article URL: https://www.appenmedia.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-the-creepiest-sales-demo-of-all-time/article_a8f0c...
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Jul 20, 2026
The Space Force is now seeking to buy up to $30 billion in rocket launches
The Trump administration is asking the Space Force to do a lot. This will require more launches...
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Jul 20, 2026
The Space Force is now seeking to buy up to $30 billion in rocket launches
The Trump administration is asking the Space Force to do a lot. This will require more launches...
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Jul 20, 2026
I wrote an bash enumerator because I was sick of xargs
Article URL: https://numerlab.org/2025/07/20/bashumerate-enumerator/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id...
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Jul 20, 2026
Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat tour of grace cathedral, San Francisco
Article URL: https://vincentwoo.com/3d/grace_cathedral/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48984254 Poi...
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Jul 20, 2026
Get Borderlands 3, Risk of Rain 2 and 13 other great PC games for $15
The aptly-named “2K Megahits 2026 Bundle” from Humble includes 15 Steam games for $15. It’s a smattering of the pu...
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Jul 20, 2026
The Power of Awareness: Overcoming Surveillance Capitalism
Article URL: https://www.scottrlarson.com/presentations/overcoming-surveillance-capitalism-with-awareness/ Comments URL...
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Jul 20, 2026
The PlayStation replica ornament is an homage to a great, yet fragile console
You probably know the signature PlayStation boot sound. Did you know that it's technically a multi-part chime? There's t...
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Jul 20, 2026
Fans Flocked to World Cup Host Cities—Causing 80 Percent of the Tournament’s Emissions
The latest estimates reveal that the majority of greenhouse gas emissions from large-scale events such as the FIFA World...
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Jul 20, 2026
X relaunches a rebuilt Android app after year-long effort
X says the rebuilt version of its Android app is now available globally.
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Jul 20, 2026
OpenAI is scared of open-weight models. Should the US be?
Talk of banning Chinese-made open-weight LLMs reveals the challenge of turning AI into a business.
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Jul 20, 2026
AT&T loses key ruling in bid to stop offering basic phone service in California
AT&T suffers setback but will keep asking court and FCC to preempt state rules. ...
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Jul 20, 2026
Ford’s $30,000 electric truck: all the news about the company’s big EV re-do
The end of the Ford F-150 Lightning was also the start of a new era for the automaker. After failing to capture the mark...
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Jul 20, 2026
Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe
The one-year-old startup aims to reinvent financial architecture for autonomous AI transactions.
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Jul 20, 2026
Even Mild Sleep Deprivation May Lead to Weight Gain
A recent study suggests that not getting enough sleep increases the risk of weight gain, and thus of conditions like hea...
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Jul 20, 2026
Human mathematicians are being outcounterexampled
Article URL: https://xenaproject.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/human-mathematicians-are-being-outcounterexampled/ Comments U...
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Jul 20, 2026
Safety and alignment in an era of long-horizon models
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/safety-alignment-long-horizon-models/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/...
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Jul 20, 2026
Nativ: Run frontier open models locally on your Mac
Article URL: https://blaizzy.github.io/nativ/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48982681 Points: 21 # ...
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Jul 20, 2026
An Empirical Study: AI Agent Rules Need Context and Layered Enforcement
Article URL: https://eunomia.dev/blog/2026/07/15/ebpf-ai-agent-policy-enforcement/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinat...
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Jul 20, 2026
The drivers behind software delivery inefficiency
Article URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3800646.3800650 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48982578...