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Google turns Chrome into an AI coworker for the workplace

Google brings Gemini-powered 'auto browse' capabilities to Chrome for enterprise users, letting workers automate tasks like research, data entry, and more.

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Technology Apr 22, 2026

Surveillance Pricing: Exploiting Information Asymmetries

Article URL: https://lpeproject.org/blog/surveillance-pricing-exploiting-information-asymmetries/ Comments URL: https:/...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Anker made its own chip to bring AI to all its products

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/tech/916463/anker-thus-chip-announcement Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.c...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Google unveils two new TPUs designed for the "agentic era"

Google's new generation of Tensor AI chips is actually two chips, one for inference and one for...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Fusion power may not be sci-fi. Just ask the people who sunk $5B into it.

Fusion energy has been “20 years away” for decades, but has the science finally caught u...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

MythosWatch: Tracking who has access to Anthropic's Mythos AI

Article URL: https://www.mythoswatch.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47866297 Points: 7 # Comme...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Threads is adding Live Chats to boost real-time engagement

Users can send messages, photos, videos, links, and emoji reactions in Live Chats.

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Google makes an interesting choice with its new agent building tool for enterprises

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform takes an interesting approach: it is geared for IT and technical users.

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Anthropic’s Mythos rollout has missed America’s cyberscurity agency

Several US federal agencies are taking up Anthropic's new cybersecurity model to find vulnerabilities, but one is report...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

PCR is a surprisingly near-optimal technology

Article URL: https://nikomc.com/2026/04/22/pcr/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47866215 Points: 9 #...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Homegrown – An interactive map of every 2025 FBS college football player

Article URL: https://torch.football/homegrown Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47866153 Points: 6 # C...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Tabloid reports linking 10 missing and dead scientists spur FBI probe

FBI suspects foreign spies may be targeting scientists with access to government secrets. ...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

AI Overviews are coming to your Gmail at work

The AI Overviews will offer instant summaries pulled from across multiple emails.

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Microsoft teases mysterious Discord and Xbox Game Pass partnership

Microsoft has started teasing a new Discord and Xbox Game Pass partnership, just a day after lowering prices of its Game...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Google Meet will take AI notes for in-person meetings too

Google's AI meeting notetaker is no longer limited to Google Meets - Gemini can also generate summaries and transcripts ...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Startups Brag They Spend More Money on AI Than Human Employees

Article URL: https://www.404media.co/startups-brag-they-spend-more-money-on-ai-than-human-employees/ Comments URL: http...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Alberta Startup Sells No-Tech Tractors for Half Price

Article URL: https://wheelfront.com/this-alberta-startup-sells-no-tech-tractors-for-half-price/ Comments URL: https://n...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Microsoft says the ‘idea’ of an Xbox mobile store ‘is not dead’

Microsoft first revealed it was building an Xbox mobile gaming store to take on Apple and Google all the way back in 202...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

The Tech Oligarch's Republic

Article URL: https://www.forever-wars.com/the-tech-oligarchs-republic/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Martin Fowler: Technical, Cognitive, and Intent Debt

Article URL: https://martinfowler.com/fragments/2026-04-14.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4786...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Show HN: Broccoli, one shot coding agent on the cloud

Hi HN — we built Broccoli, an open-source harness for taking coding tasks from Linear, running them in isolated cloud...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Youth Suicides Declined After Creation of National Hotline

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/science/988-youth-suicides-decline.html Comments URL: https://news.ycom...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Sam Altman's Creepy Eyeball-Scanning Company Gets in Bed with Zoom and Tinder

Article URL: https://gizmodo.com/sam-altmans-creepy-eyeball-scanning-company-gets-in-bed-with-zoom-and-tinder-200074801...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

New York Bans Government Employees from Insider Trading on Prediction Markets

A new executive order seen by WIRED prohibits New York state employees from using insider knowledge to enrich themselves...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

AI Tools Are Helping Mediocre North Korean Hackers Steal Millions

One group of hackers used AI for everything from vibe coding their malware to creating fake company websites—and stole...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Rivian R2 production has started despite tornado damage to factory

The company's all-important mass-market EV is just about ready to start heading to customers.

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Physicists think they've solved the muon mystery

Results dash hopes for a fifth force but provide very precise proof of Standard Model and QFT. ...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Cosmetics giant Rituals confirms data breach of customer membership records

The cosmetics retailer, which counts 41 million customers in its membership data, declined to provide an accurate total ...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Will a new CEO realize Apple’s smart home potential?

It took Tim Cook years to launch Apple into major new hardware categories, such as the smartwatch. But John Ternus could...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Top MAGA influencer revealed to be AI

Article URL: https://nypost.com/2026/04/21/us-news/top-maga-influencer-emily-hart-revealed-to-be-ai-created-by-a-guy-in...