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Show HN: Libretto PR agents – Automatically fix failing playwright scripts

Libretto PR agents is a free TypeScript library for maintaining Playwright browser automations. Add one line of code to your existing Playwright scripts and it lets an agent automatically open GitHub...

Hacker News • Jul 16, 2026 • muchael
Technology Jul 16, 2026

LM Studio Bionic: the AI agent for open models

Article URL: https://lmstudio.ai/blog/introducing-lm-studio-bionic Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

The privacy problems hidden in your period tracker

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260715-how-period-trackers-share-womens-private-details Comments URL:...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

Fear of humanoid robots spurs human workers to strike at Hyundai auto factory

Hyundai aims to deploy 25,000 Atlas robots starting with US factories in 2028. ...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

Kimi K3 Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis

Article URL: https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/kimi-k3 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48939580 P...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

Founders Fund hires former OpenAI exec Ryan Beiermeister (and not because of her Mafia skills)

Ryan Beiermeister, who demonstrated cool analysis in the Founders Fund YouTube series "Mafia," has joined the firm as a ...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

$100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol

Article URL: https://www.tryai.dev/blog/ai-music-video-arena-claude-vs-gpt-5.6 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.c...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

Trump teleprompter aide made $100,000 betting on what Trump would say, reports say

If only someone could have predicted it.

Technology Jul 16, 2026

Why are CD sales suddenly growing again?

CD sales are apparently going up, reportedly thanks to fans realizing they're an affordable way to support their favorit...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

2026 Toyota RAV4 plug-in: Big battery means daily drives are all-electric

Toyota's everyday small SUV should rarely require trips to the gas station. ...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

Review: Xgimi Titan Noir Max Home Projector (2026)

This remarkably vivid home projector has deep inky blacks, without a five-figure price tag.

Technology Jul 16, 2026

Now, even Russia's most elite hackers are using Clickfix to infect devices

The social-engineering technique has primarily been a tool of financially motivated criminals. ...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

As a musician, I prefer illegal downloading over Spotify (2011)

Article URL: https://derekwebb.tumblr.com/post/13503899950/giving-it-away-how-free-music-makes-more-than Comments URL: ...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

Linus Torvalds to critics of AI coding in Linux: "Fork it. Or just walk away."

Creator says he will "very loudly ignore" those arguing for a ban on AI tools. ...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

Kimi K3: Open Frontier Intelligence

Article URL: https://www.kimi.com/blog/kimi-k3 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48938607 Points: 7 # ...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

Kalshi says it caught Trump’s teleprompter operator insider trading

Kalshi users betting on what President Donald Trump would say during his speeches were reportedly up against tough compe...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

Everyone Thinks They Have the Diarrhea Parasite

Cyclosporiasis isn’t the only thing spreading across the US. So is anxiety about getting hit with it.

Technology Jul 16, 2026

Here’s Why Anthropic Is Pushing States to Regulate AI Faster

The company endorsed landmark AI transparency laws in California and New York last year, but its head of US state and lo...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

AttoChess, a complete, playable chess program for 16-bit x86 DOS in 278 bytes

Article URL: https://nicholas-afk.github.io/AttoChess/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48938372 Poin...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

Google Vids now lets you star in your own AI videos

Google is adding personalized AI avatars to Vids that let users create videos starring a digital version of themselves, ...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

Roblox launches an AI-powered game creation feature in its mobile app

Roblox's new "Build" feature lets users generate basic games using a single text prompt.

Technology Jul 16, 2026

SPCX is now Wall Street's most shorted new stock

Article URL: https://invezz.com/news/2026/07/16/the-worlds-most-valuable-ipo-spcx-is-now-wall-streets-most-shorted-new-...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

We've seen helium baked off a rocky exoplanet's atmosphere

If the large, rocky planet is losing helium, then we can infer what is left behind. ...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

New York governor says she’s using AI to analyze ‘every single rule’ in the state

New York Governor Kathy Hochul might have just signed a moratorium on new AI data centers in the state, but she's not ag...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

Ecovacs’ self-cleaning Deebot X11 has hit a new low price

Sometimes it feels like keeping your floors clean is one of those never-ending chores, which is why it's nice to have a ...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

German AI consortium releases Soofi S, an open 30B model that tops benchmarks

Article URL: https://the-decoder.com/german-ai-consortium-releases-soofi-s-an-open-30b-model-that-tops-benchmarks-in-bo...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

Oil giant BP shutters its corporate venture arm after 20 years

BP Ventures is shutting down, ending a nearly 20 year run that was marked by reportedly lackluster returns.

Technology Jul 16, 2026

CD Sales Growth Outpaced Vinyl in the First Half of 2026

Article URL: https://consequence.net/2026/07/the-cd-revival-is-getting-hard-to-ignore/ Comments URL: https://news.ycomb...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

Uber’s $14.8B Delivery Hero deal would nearly double its global footprint

Uber has agreed to acquire Delivery Hero in a $14.8 billion all-stock deal that would nearly double the company’s glob...

Technology Jul 16, 2026

42% of adults rely on their parents for financial support

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/16/42percent-of-adults-rely-on-their-parents-for-financial-supportthere-are-n...