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Google is launching its own version of OpenClaw

Google is launching its own take on OpenClaw, the buzzy AI agent platform that caused a stir in the tech industry earlier this year. Announced during Google I/O 2026, Gemini Spark is an always-on AI a...

The Verge May 19, 2026 Emma Roth
Technology May 19, 2026

Gmail is going to start talking to you

Google is launching a big new feature for Gmail called Gmail Live, a new AI-powered voice mode that's basically the Gemi...

Technology May 19, 2026

Google Search is getting its biggest changes ever

Google Search is entering the next phase of its AI evolution. During Google I/O 2026, the company showed off a reimagine...

Technology May 19, 2026

Would you let robots spend your money? Google is betting on it

Google is going all in on AI-driven shopping even as some competitors back off. At Google I/O, the company unveiled the ...

Technology May 19, 2026

Google can now vibe-code you an Android app

Google is announcing a major upgrade to one of its vibe coding platforms: Beginning today, you can now use AI Studio to ...

Technology May 19, 2026

Gemini 3.5 Flash

https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.5-flas... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=481...

Technology May 19, 2026

Graduates are booing pep talks on AI at college commencements

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/ai-college-commencement-anxiety-boo-35aec9bac660eaeb05c5b8d392db2cac Comments U...

Technology May 19, 2026

Cursor Cloud Agents Down

Article URL: https://forum.cursor.com/t/cloud-agents-broken-ii/161036 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology May 19, 2026

CopyFail: From Pod to Host

Article URL: https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-pod-to-host Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48196337 Poi...

Technology May 19, 2026

AI, "Humanity", and Dr. Manhattan Syndrome: A Communications Intervention

Article URL: https://www.personfamiliar.com/p/ai-humanity-and-dr-manhattan-syndrome Comments URL: https://news.ycombina...

Technology May 19, 2026

'Comically bad' datasets used to train clinical models for stroke and diabetes

Article URL: https://retractionwatch.com/2026/05/18/kaggle-dataset-clinical-models-stroke-diabetes/ Comments URL: https...

Technology May 19, 2026

Google I/O

Article URL: https://io.google/2026/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48196020 Points: 5 # Comments: ...

Technology May 19, 2026

Google IO 26 Keynote

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYSncx9zLIU Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48195914 Po...

Technology May 19, 2026

KV Sharing, MHC, and Compressed Attention

Article URL: https://magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/recent-developments-in-llm-architectures Comments URL: https://new...

Technology May 19, 2026

Google I/O 2026 live blog: On the ground at Google’s keynote

We're back at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, for this year's edition of Google I/O. These days...

Technology May 19, 2026

The era of 1,000 Hz gaming monitors has arrived, but why?

LG's latest hits one frame per millisecond at a full 1080p resolution.

Technology May 19, 2026

RuView – See through walls with WiFi

Article URL: https://github.com/ruvnet/RuView Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48195387 Points: 15 # ...

Technology May 19, 2026

EV drivers will pay $130 a year under Congress' 2026 transportation bill

Politicians say they want EVs to pay "their fair share for the use of our roads." ...

Technology May 19, 2026

Civilization VII finally lets you build a civ that stands the test of time

Civ 7’s devs talk walking back the game's most controversial decision.

Technology May 19, 2026

Google I/O 2026: All the news and announcements

Google I/O 2026 kicks off today, with the event’s keynote presentation slated for 10AM PT / 1PM ET on May 19th.  ...

Technology May 19, 2026

Sony’s 1000X The Collexion are a luxurious and expensive celebration of its iconic headphones

Ten years ago Sony introduced the MDR-1000X headphones. They combined noise canceling, good sound, design, and comfort i...

Technology May 19, 2026

AI is too expensive

Article URL: https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-too-expensive/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=481951...

Technology May 19, 2026

Show HN: Superlog (YC P26) – Observability that installs itself and fixes bugs

Hey HN, we’re Nico and Arseniy, co-founders of Superlog (https://superlog.sh). We're building a self-installing, self...

Technology May 19, 2026

I've built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of

Article URL: https://virtualosmuseum.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48195009 Points: 30 # Comm...

Technology May 19, 2026

An AI announcer mispronounced and skipped names during a graduation

The use of AI-powered tools to announce students as they walk on stage during graduation and commencement ceremonies has...

Technology May 19, 2026

OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic’s pre-training team

Andrej Karpathy has joined Anthropic to work on pre-training. He previously co-founded and worked at OpenAI and led comp...

Technology May 19, 2026

The minimalist Light Phone teams up with Andrew Yang’s Noble Mobile, which pays you to stop doomscrolling

"The Light Phone is designed to be used as little as possible," founder Joe Hollier told TechCrunch.

Technology May 19, 2026

Hackers have compromised dozens of popular open source packages in an ongoing supply chain attack

The attacks are part of a wider campaign known as Mini Shai-Hulud, which has already compromised several open source pro...

Technology May 19, 2026

Gentoo News: Copy Fail, Dirty Frag, and Fragnesia Kernel Vulnerabilities

Article URL: https://www.gentoo.org/news/2026/05/19/copy-fail-fragnesia-vulnerabilities.html Comments URL: https://news...

Technology May 19, 2026

Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic

Article URL: https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/2056753169888334312 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id...