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The Google Home Speaker sounds good and looks great — but it’s finicky

Right out of the box, the new Google Home Speaker passed a couple of important tests. Even with the volume at 100 percent and music blaring out of the speaker, it quickly ducked the audio and listened...

The Verge • Jun 24, 2026 • David Pierce
Technology Jun 24, 2026

Some of our favorite Switch 2 accessories are cheaper during Prime Day

The Switch 2’s price is set to increase by $50 on September 1st, starting at $499.99, so if you’re purchasing one be...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Systems optimization should be part of CI/CD

Article URL: https://ucbskyadrs.github.io/blog/levi/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48659040 Points...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

GTA 6 will cost $80

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrg52egw1ro Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48658971...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Qualcomm Buys Buzzy Chip Startup Modular for Nearly $4 Billion

Modular, one of the most promising chip software startups of the AI era, heads for a multibillion-dollar exit.

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Slate Auto’s radically simple electric truck starts at $24,950

The Jeff Bezos-backed startup finally revealed more pricing details for its debut EV, including a $29,950 starting price...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Founding a company in Germany: €9600, 152 days and I still can't send an invoice

Article URL: https://paolino.me/founding-a-company-in-germany/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48658...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

My Family Loves Board Games—Here Are the 9 I'd Buy On Sale During Prime Day

Looking for family fun this summer? You need these WIRED-recommended Prime Day board game deals.

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Reid Hoffman says SpaceX 'not an AI company', xAI 'complete train wreck'

Article URL: https://fortune.com/2026/06/24/reid-hoffman-spacex-musk-openai-anthropic-gen-z-mistake/ Comments URL: http...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Everyone Is Wrong About AI Except Me

Article URL: https://jasonpargin.substack.com/p/everyone-is-wrong-about-ai-except Comments URL: https://news.ycombinato...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Europeans should learn to love the air-conditioner

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/06/18/europeans-should-learn-to-love-the-air-conditioner Comments UR...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Uptime Monitor Shows green but visitors are getting errors

Article URL: https://medium.com/@thesuperrepemail/your-uptime-monitor-shows-green-but-visitors-are-getting-errors-860f5...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

With a Range Bump, the $25K Slate Is the Most Affordable EV Truck in the US

Launching with better specs than expected, the no-frills Bezos-backed electric pickup looks set to take on Ford’s Mave...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

The Slate Auto pickup truck starts at $24,950

We now know the price of Slate Auto's affordable American-made electric truck, almost a year after the company warned it...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

I drove the Slate Truck — there’s more to it than EV minimalism

With its new pickup, Slate Auto is making a simple bet: price matters more than almost anything else. The company announ...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Star Fox is the Switch 2’s most impressive visual showcase yet

The biggest Switch 2 exclusives so far have largely been about scale. Mario Kart World introduced a wide open continent ...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Minimus container images are now free

Article URL: https://images.minimus.io/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48658361 Points: 9 # Comment...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

NSA lost access to Mythos amid Anthropic dispute

Unlocked: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/us/politics/nsa-lost-acce... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/i...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

The Dyson PencilWash is down to its lowest price ever for Prime Day

Dyson’s PencilWash cordless hard floor cleaner is on sale for $199.99 ($150 off) at Amazon. This is the lowest price y...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading

Article URL: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/deadly-fungus-cats-people-spreading Comments URL: https://news.ycombin...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Haystack: Open-Source AI Framework for Production Ready Agents, RAG

Article URL: https://haystack.deepset.ai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48658095 Points: 3 # Comme...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Form Smart Swim 2 LT Goggles Include Innovative Form Correction

These goggles have an excellent display, solid metric tracking, and an open-water “SwimStraight” feature. But the re...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Our favorite Prime Day deals you can shop on day two

Welcome to day two of Amazon’s four-day Prime Day event, which, if we’re being honest, looks a lot like day ...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Too many R packages: CRAN is inundated with submissions

Article URL: https://rworks.dev/posts/too-many-R-packages/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48657940 ...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

BenQ 4100i Review: Bringing the Cinema to Your Living Room

BenQ’s 4100i projector shines with its amazing color reproduction, excellent contrast, and a buttery cinematic mode.

Technology Jun 24, 2026

GTA VI finally gets a price tag

We finally have a price for Grand Theft Auto VI: $79.99. That gets you the standard edition of the game, while the Ultim...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

European Commission's Metsola Overrides MEPs to Force Through Chat Control

Article URL: https://www.politico.eu/article/president-vs-parliament-roberta-metsola-overrides-meps-bid-force-child-abu...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

London Climate Action Week Foiled By Climate Change

As record-breaking heat crushes Europe, organizers are moving events online to avoid exposing people to dangerously high...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

Bob Iger’s Disney wanted Apple, Twitter, and 007

Bob Iger's tenure as CEO of Disney came to an end a few months ago, after two decades of leading the entertainment giant...

Technology Jun 24, 2026

How to burst the AI bubble: Strike at its roots

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/how-to-burst-the-ai-bubble-strike-at-its-roots/ Comments URL: http...