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Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie.
Google's selfie videos can be used for account access, AI Avatars, and age verification.
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1w ago
AI Kill Switch Act would let Trump admin order shutdown of rogue AI systems
Bill would let Homeland Security chief decide when an AI should be shut down. ...
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1w ago
Selfie for sign-in: a new, easy way to access your Google Account
Article URL: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/safety-security/selfie-video-sign-in/ Comments URL: https...
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1w ago
Claude’s voice mode is now available for Opus and Sonnet
Until now, voice mode has only been available on Claude Haiku, Anthropic's faster but less powerful model. Now the compa...
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1w ago
Anthropic updates Claude voice mode with more capable models
Claude's new voice model will let you reschedule your meeting or draft an email
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1w ago
ICE Illegally Scooped Up Medicaid Data, Then Shared It with Palantir
Article URL: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/23/ice-illegally-scooped-up-medicaid-data-then-shared-it-with-palantir/ C...
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1w ago
Meta’s New Feel-Good AI Ad Uses a Song About the World Ending
The clip features the David Bowie track “Five Years,” which includes lyrics such as “Earth was really dying (dying...
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1w ago
AegisAI, founded by former Google security execs, lands $36M to stop AI-driven spear phishing
The Series A was led by Battery Ventures, bringing AegisAI total funding to $49 million.
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1w ago
From Evaluation to Guardrails: What We Brought to ACM FAccT 2026
Article URL: https://blog.mozilla.ai/from-evaluation-to-guardrails-what-we-brought-to-acm-facct-2026/ Comments URL: htt...
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1w ago
Building on ATProto
Article URL: https://lukekanies.com/writing/building-on-atproto/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=490...
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1w ago
Patreon is laying off 20 percent of workers
Patreon is laying off 20 percent of its workers, or around 93 employees, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In a memo to ...
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1w ago
For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark
MSG’s sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners made an exception for the pop st...
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1w ago
A solid-state “atomic channel” for separating rare earth elements
Article URL: https://pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/news/cleaner-route-purifying-rare-earth-elements Comments URL: https:...
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1w ago
Geekbench 7
Article URL: https://www.geekbench.com/blog/2026/07/geekbench-7/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=490...
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1w ago
Why Sony can't bring back its classic Walkman models
Article URL: https://obsoletesony.substack.com/p/why-sony-cant-bring-back-classic-walkman Comments URL: https://news.yc...
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1w ago
Final Coyote vs. Acme trailer drops at SDCC
Also, the full trailer for Zach Cregger's Resident Evil features a likable everyman. ...
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1w ago
US government says Iran-linked hackers are disrupting American water and energy providers
An updated government advisory warns that Iranian hackers are exploiting systems used by water and energy providers.
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1w ago
Corsair’s PC case with a panoramic glass design is $70 off
On the hunt for a PC case that’s loaded with features and has a unique look? Amazon, Best Buy, and Corsair are selling...
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1w ago
Kimi K3 exploited the latest Redis server
https://xcancel.com/fried_rice/status/2080059356322918777 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49024938 ...
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1w ago
Tesla’s robotaxi promises are clashing with reality
In an earnings call yesterday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk did his best to paint a positive portrait of the company's robotaxi p...
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1w ago
Runway launches AI model router as generative media gets crowded
Runway no longer wants to be just another AI model company. It wants to become the infrastructure layer for generative m...
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1w ago
Show HN: Claude-thermos – keeps your Claude session warm for you
Article URL: https://github.com/izeigerman/claude-thermos Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49024882 P...
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1w ago
OpenAI makes ChatGPT Health available to all U.S. users
Users can also integrate their personal data from services like Apple Health, Function, and MyFitnessPal.
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1w ago
Geekbench 7 will push your computer or phone even harder for better benchmarking
Primate Labs is releasing Geekbench 7, the latest generation of its popular benchmarking tool. Geekbench 7 features new ...
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1w ago
OpenAI is making big claims as it rolls out ChatGPT Health to everyone
OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Health to everyone in the US on Thursday, allowing more people to connect their medical re...
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1w ago
A woman got a UTI. Two years later, the bacteria had evolved, invaded her brain.
The case provides a novel report of the emergence of heterovirulence.
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1w ago
What just happened to TheNumbers.com should worry us all
Article URL: https://stephenfollows.com/p/what-just-happened-to-thenumberscom-should-worry-us-all Comments URL: https:/...
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1w ago
The EU Fines Google $1 Billion for Prioritizing Its Own Services in Search
The European Commission claims that Google boosted its own apps and products to the top of search rankings to the detrim...
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1w ago
The arguments against open source AI are bad
Article URL: https://tombedor.dev/arguments-against-open-source-ai-are-very-bad/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator...
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1w ago
Launch HN: Screenpipe (YC S26) – Power your agents by your 24/7 screen recording
Hi Hacker News, I'm Louis. I built Screenpipe (https://screenpipe.com). Screenpipe is an app that records your screen a...