Technology 2w ago

Why DNA damage from smoking and UV rays cause cancer in some but not others

Article URL: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-reveals-why-dna-damage-from-smoking-and-uv-rays-may-cause-cancer...

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Technology 2w ago

The Lost Civic Life of Movie Rental Stores

Article URL: https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-lost-civic-life-of-movie-rental-stores/ Comments URL: https://news....

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Technology 2w ago

Show HN: I audited my AI leaderboard scale – every score dropped 6-15 points

Article URL: https://agiranker.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49110215 Points: 4 # Comments: 1...

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Technology 2w ago

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s biggest stage features leaders from Amazon, Replit, Tether, with much more to come 

The Disrupt Stage is where many of the biggest conversations in technology happen, with a legacy that stretches back for...

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Technology 2w ago

Europe's fires are just the start

Article URL: https://economist.com/leaders/2026/07/28/europes-fires-are-just-the-start Comments URL: https://news.ycomb...

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Technology 2w ago

FTC sues Hims & Hers for allegedly sharing patients’ medical data with advertisers Meta and Snap

The U.S. federal consumer watchdog said Hims & Hers, which prescribes for sexual wellness and mental health conditi...

TechCrunch Zack Whittaker

Technology 2w ago

Launch HN: Prized (YC S26) – Let non-engineer staff build secure internal tools

Hi HN, we're Marinos and Hudson, founders of Prized (https://prized.dev)! Prized lets non-engineer employees describe t...

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Technology 2w ago

Upper stage impacting the moon on 2026 August 5

Article URL: https://www.projectpluto.com/25010d.htm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49109616 Points...

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Technology 2w ago

DOGE Veterans Are Landing Big Jobs at Prediction Markets

Polymarket and Novig have both recently brought ex-DOGE affiliates onboard as scrutiny of the industry intensifies.

Wired Kate Knibbs

Technology 2w ago

Zoox clears final federal hurdle to launch paid robotaxi service

Federal safety regulators have given Zoox a temporary exemption that will allow the Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle tech...

TechCrunch Kirsten Korosec

Technology 2w ago

RFC 8890 – The Internet is for End Users (2020)

Article URL: https://mnot.net/blog/2020/for_the_users Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49109474 Point...

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Technology 2w ago

'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling

Article URL: https://remysharp.com/links/2026-07-23-35890312 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4910944...

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Technology 2w ago

Dili raises $21.7M to bring AI compliance to the infrastructure boom

The Series A was led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Allianz, Rebel Fund, Brick and Mortar Ventures’ Darre...

TechCrunch Russell Brandom

Technology 2w ago

Inforcer raises $50M to help prepare smaller businesses for a new world of AI and security risks

London-based Inforcer just closed a $50 million Series C round led by Insight Partners.

TechCrunch Dominic-Madori Davis

Technology 2w ago

Spotify Running Mode helps match tunes to tempo

Spotify has introduced a new Running Mode feature that makes it easier to curate playlists around your workout goals, mu...

The Verge Jess Weatherbed

Technology 2w ago

Going beneath NTFS: USN Journal, dfir_NTFS, and artefact-driven investigations

Article URL: https://andreafortuna.org/2026/07/06/ntfs-forensics-deep-dive/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/...

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Technology 2w ago

Why Is Everyone Trying to Build a Solid-State Battery?

Article URL: https://www.construction-physics.com/p/why-is-everyone-trying-to-build-a Comments URL: https://news.ycombi...

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Technology 2w ago

OpenJDK Interim Policy on Generative AI

Article URL: https://openjdk.org/legal/ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49109165 Points: 18 # Comm...

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Technology 2w ago

Amazon’s short story collections are one of the best reasons to own a Kindle

Over the last few years, I've gradually shifted away from ebooks. It's been part of a general return to physical media, ...

The Verge Andrew Webster

Technology 2w ago

Why Don't People Use Formal Methods?

Article URL: https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/why-dont-people-use-formal-methods/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinato...

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Technology 2w ago

How Old Is Ann?

Article URL: https://quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2026/07/29/how-old-is-ann/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/i...

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Technology 2w ago

What it means for an API to be RESTful

Article URL: https://en.andros.dev/blog/9761fd2e/what-it-means-for-an-api-to-be-restful/ Comments URL: https://news.yco...

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Technology 2w ago

CosmosEscape: Taking over Every Database in Azure Cosmos DB

Article URL: https://www.wiz.io/blog/cosmosescape-taking-over-every-database-in-azure-cosmos-db Comments URL: https://n...

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Technology 2w ago

Mbodi AI (YC P25) Is Hiring Robotics/Research Engineers

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mbodi-ai/jobs Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=491...

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Technology 2w ago

A second lens makes DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4P my new favorite video camera

DJI's Osmo Pocket 4P is a pretty simple proposition: an Osmo Pocket 4 with a second camera lens slapped inside. But is t...

The Verge Dominic Preston

Technology 2w ago

Go LLM SDK for streaming, tool-calling AI backends (plus frontend React lib)

Article URL: https://github.com/grafana/ai-sdk Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49108778 Points: 12 #...

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Technology 2w ago

GCC steering committee announces AI policy

Article URL: https://lwn.net/Articles/1086041/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49108685 Points: 38 #...

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Technology 2w ago

Are We Stuck with Lean?

Article URL: https://mathoverflow.net/questions/513742/are-we-stuck-with-lean Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.co...

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Technology 2w ago

I made a game where you build a CPU from logic gates

Article URL: https://select.supply/game/chipbuilder Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49108571 Points:...

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