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Google adds Nano Banana-powered image generation to Gemini’s Personal Intelligence

The feature will be initially available to paid users in the U.S.

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Technology Apr 16, 2026

Roblox’s AI assistant gets new agentic tools to plan, build, and test games

The new new tools are designed to help creators throughout the entire development process.

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Gemini can now pull from Google Photos to generate personalized images

Google's Personal Intelligence feature, which lets Gemini pull data from apps like Google Photos to offer responses tail...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Microsoft’s new Xbox chief starts making her mark

Microsoft's new Xbox chief has had a busy couple of months after promising "the return of Xbox." Asha Sharma met with pu...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Anthropic releases a new Opus model amid Mythos Preview buzz

Anthropic has released its most powerful "generally available" model to date: Claude Opus 4.7. The company called it a s...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

How Netflix made us fall in love with K-dramas

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

It’s slushy season, and Ninja’s frozen drink machine is nearly half off

Woot is making it more affordable to own a frozen drink machine. Ninja’s Slushi that has an 88-ounce container for sto...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Launch HN: Kampala (YC W26) – Reverse-Engineer Apps into APIs

Hey! I am Alex and together with my co-founder Tarun built Kampala (https://www.zatanna.ai/kampala). It’s a man-in-th...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Roku hits a major milestone with 100 million users

Roku continues to solidify itself in a very busy streaming landscape. As of April, over 100 million households are strea...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

We gave an AI a 3 year retail lease and asked it to make a profit

Article URL: https://andonlabs.com/blog/andon-market-launch Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47794391...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Google is now targeting bad ads over bad actors

Google blocked 8.3 billion ads in 2025 but suspended fewer advertisers.

Technology Apr 16, 2026

You’ve heard of hybrid cars. Now meet a hybrid cement plant.

Why choose fossil fuels or electricity when you can have both? NOC Energy has figured out how to hybridize heavy industr...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Laravel raised money and now injects ads directly into your agent

Article URL: https://techstackups.com/articles/laravel-raised-money-and-now-injects-ads-directly-into-your-agent/ Comme...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Claude Opus 4.7 Model Card

Article URL: https://anthropic.com/claude-opus-4-7-system-card Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47793...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

There's yet another study about how bad AI is for our brains

Article URL: https://www.engadget.com/ai/theres-yet-another-study-about-how-bad-ai-is-for-our-brains-183418494.html Com...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Age verification is a mess but we’re doing it anyway

In the span of a few years, age verification went from an idea to standard practice on large parts of the internet. Seek...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Claude Opus 4.7

Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/claude/opus Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47793493 Points: ...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Claude Opus 4.7

Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-7 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47793411...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Meet the Quantum Kid

Nine-year-old Kai Moskvitch's podcast explores how quantum technologies can transform our daily...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Runway CEO says AI could help Hollywood make 50 films instead of one $100M blockbuster

Runway’s CEO says AI could help studios make dozens of films for the cost of one, betting volume will boost hit-making...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

The Cybertruck of e-bikes is here to replace your car

It was at about 36 miles per hour that I decided the Infinite Machine Olto is not a bike. Sure, it has pedals, you don't...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Character.AI’s new Books mode turns reading into roleplay

Mired in controversy and legal woes over concerns about its chatbots' interactions with users, particularly teens, Chara...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth

Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Ronan Farrow, one of the biggest stars of investigative reporting working today. He...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Anthropic Plots Major London Expansion

As tensions with the US government mount, Anthropic has leased a new office with enough space to quadruple its 200-perso...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Meta raises Quest 3 and Quest 3S prices due to RAM shortage

Starting April 19, the price of the Meta Quest 3S (128GB) and Meta Quest 3S (256GB) will go up by $50 to $349.99 and $44...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B: Agentic Coding Power, Now Open to All

Article URL: https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.6-35b-a3b Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47792764 Points...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Where Do We Go from Here?

Article URL: https://aphyr.com/posts/420-the-future-of-everything-is-lies-i-guess-where-do-we-go-from-here Comments URL...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Moft adds a tracker and shutter button to its magnetic tripod wallet

Moft's MagSafe wallets have long been overachievers with folding designs that double as smartphone stands. Its latest cr...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Cloudflare Email Service: now in public beta. Ready for your agents

Article URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/email-for-agents/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47792593 ...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Cloudflare's AI Platform: an inference layer designed for agents

Article URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/ai-platform/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47792538 Point...