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Snap tries to make the case again for its $2,200 smart glasses

Snap unveiled new features for its smart glasses this week.

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The Return of Sail Power: Cargo Ships Are Turning Back to the Wind

Article URL: https://gcaptain.com/the-return-of-sail-power-cargo-ships-are-turning-back-to-the-wind/ Comments URL: http...

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Musk’s long-time backer is giving SpaceX stock to its investors

Valor Equity Partners is handing out stock to its LPs instead of cash returns.

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Al Gore has a surprisingly calm take on the AI data center backlash

In an interview with TechCrunch, Al Gore suggested he isn't losing sleep over AI data center emissions — he's more wor...

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Meet Dyson's New Robot Vacuum Line: The Dyson Nurovi Line (2026)

The Nurovi line includes three lidar-powered robovacs. But to get the model I’m most intrigued by, you’ll need a Cos...

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Here’s What Snap’s Expensive Specs Can Actually Do

Snap thinks its chunky, pricey smart glasses are the future of human computing, powered by a new AI app and features tha...

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I wore Snap’s $2,200 smart glasses

My favorite part of wearing the Specs, Snap's new augmented reality glasses, was playing dominoes. Sitting across the ta...

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Snap is launching a new Specs AI tool, and it’s coming to iOS and Mac

Snap is introducing "Specs Intelligence," a new AI assistant that can connect other digital accounts to help you with th...

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US interest rates raised for first time in three years

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw4gmlyvj422o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4973440...

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OpenSpec – A lightweight and configurable AI spec framework

Article URL: https://openspec.dev/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49734264 Points: 8 # Comments: 0

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Australia says it could follow Canada in forging deeper ties with EU

Article URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/canda-eu-membership-australia-us-trade-b3050227.html ...

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US automakers could soon be forced to include AM radio for free

The House of Representatives, in rare bipartisan support, overwhelmingly approved legislation that would require new veh...

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HarnessTax: How Much Does the Harness Matter for Coding Agents?

Article URL: https://harnesstax.github.io/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49733726 Points: 6 # Comm...

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OpenAI Creates a New Framework to Disclose Bad AI Behavior

The company also disclosed previously unreported incidents in which its AI models behaved in misaligned ways, including ...

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Apple reportedly building server packed with M-series Ultra chips for AI

Planned 2029 debut could make this Apple’s first enterprise server in decades. ...

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Epstein had huge cache of child sex pics; victims sue to find out who's in them

Survivors appalled nobody will tell them if they’re in Epstein’s CSAM collection. ...

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Noise wants to help everyday people become paid content creators

Marketing platform Noise is on a mission to help anyone with a smart phone make money from their content.

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Pulley, a Carta rival, is shutting down

Cap table management platform Pulley, backed by General Catalyst, Stripe, and Founders Fund, announced that it's closi...

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Nonprofit that tracks meteors taken down by "critical blow" from a cyberattack

Group plans to be largely out of commission for several weeks.

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Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed safety evaluators. Will they really be independent?

Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed independent safety evaluators inside their AI labs. Researchers welcome the unprecede...

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Washington Won't Be Regulating AI Anytime Soon

Even with mounting concerns about AI models going rogue, legislation appears unlikely, and the White House is outright o...

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Breaking the 1.58-bit Barrier for Ternary LLMs

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.16338 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49732931 Points: 37 # ...

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The 2.5-hour AI-generated Odyssey movie is 2.5 hours too long

Christopher Nolan's engrossing take on The Odyssey dominated at the box office and spurred a newfound interest in classi...

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Lionsgate releases a new trailer for Sunrise on the Reaping

Also: Laika Studios debuts a stunning full-length trailer for its stop-motion feature, Wildwood...

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The AI data center e-waste problem is huge — and getting bigger

E-waste from the AI boom has been vastly underestimated, a new report warns. By 2050, it could become enough trash to fi...

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Backups Aren't Simple

Article URL: https://filipovski.net/2026/09/16/backups-arent-simple.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...

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Not just Proton: Getting to know Valve's new SteamOS compatibility layers

New system-level tools bring Arm chipsets, Android APKs into the Steam ecosystem. ...

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After accusations of selling ‘perv glasses,’ Meta prepares to sell a pair without a camera

Can Meta dodge the "pervert glasses" accusations with a new camera-free product?

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Xiami Mimo 2.6 Live Training Dashboard

Article URL: https://mimo.xiaomi.com/rl/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49732270 Points: 13 # Comme...

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X will now let U.S. users trade via cashtags

The move closes the gap between the market discussions taking place on the timeline, and the market itself.