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Oracle fires 21,000 employees to fund AI spending

Article URL: https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/tech-and-start-ups/article-903442 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49035314 Points: 42 # Comments: 5

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Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta warn against overregulating open-weight models

Letter: https://images.nvidia.com/pdf/Open-Weights-and-American-AI-L... [pdf]https://x.com/JensenHuang/status/208064368...

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How the God of Israel Was Born

Article URL: https://andreafontana.it/en/birth-god-israel-yahweh-el.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...

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Patreon laying off 20% of staff

Article URL: https://www.patreon.com/jackconte/posts/painful-update-164628951 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.co...

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Ah, the Codeberg Drama

Article URL: https://gagliardoni.net/#20260724_codeberg_drama Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=490349...

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Eight Newly Produced MQ-9 Reaper Drones Destroyed in Iranian Strike

Article URL: https://militarywatchmagazine.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49034895 Points: 20 ...

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Half-Life 2 running natively on HaikuOS

Article URL: https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/haiku-nvidia-porting-nvidia-driver-for-turing-gpus/16520?page=18 Comments U...

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Facebook launches a dedicated Marketplace app for sellers, adds a free verification system

Seller is a dedicated Marketplace app for people who list and sell items frequently.

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Em dashes are fucking amazing

Article URL: https://psychotechnology.substack.com/p/em-dashes-are-fucking-amazing Comments URL: https://news.ycombinat...

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Programming language file extensions that match ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code

Article URL: https://www.bruh.ltd/blog/programming-language-file-extensions-that-match-an-iso-3166-1-alpha-2-country-co...

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Why is programming so captivating, yet so agonizing?

Article URL: https://elsewhere.news/en/zhenfund/why-is-programming-so-captivating-yet-so-agonizing Comments URL: https:...

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I Tried Building a Real App with AI. It Took a Year

Article URL: https://www.alexhyett.com/videos/tried-building-app-with-ai-it-took-a-year/ Comments URL: https://news.yco...

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Whack-a-drone

In Pasadena, California, there's a cute red brick courtyard where one storefront isn't like the rest. The glass doors op...

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My security camera shipped a GitHub admin token in its login page

Article URL: https://hhh.hn/hanwha-github-token/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49034292 Points: 15...

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German battery maker Varta files insolvency applications

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/business/german-battery-maker-varta-files-insolvency-applications-2026-07-24/ Comm...

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The case for MUDs in modern times

Article URL: https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/the-case-for-muds-in-modern-times Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator...

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TikTok’s protection of minors should not be opt-in, warns EU

TikTok has attracted the ire of the European Union over its protection of children who use the video sharing platform. T...

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Robot snakes searched for Venezuela earthquake survivors in collapsed buildings

US robotics researchers flew to Venezuela with snakebots after getting a call. ...

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The IBM PC, Part 1: Arrival

Article URL: https://technicshistory.com/2026/07/24/the-ibm-pc-part-1-arrival/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.c...

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BenQ TK705STi 4K Projector Review: A Midrange Pick for Gamers

The TK705STi’s highly responsive, low-latency performance makes gameplay ultra-realistic. For movies and TV? It’s a ...

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What Is Entropy, Really?

Never mind the “heat death of the universe.” Entropy is just a bridge between two levels of reality.

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Facebook considers giving up and becoming TikTok

Facebook is planning some big changes to try and keep its users from jumping to rival social platforms like TikTok - cha...

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Some of Our Favorite Brain-Boosting Toys for Kids of All Ages

From musical instruments and games to play pieces that encourage balance and dexterity, these toys will engage your chil...

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Game of Trees – Git-based version control from OpenBSD folks

Article URL: https://www.gameoftrees.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49033412 Points: 9 # Comme...

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How Do We Stop Vibe Coding?

Article URL: https://alexklos.ca/blog/how-do-we-stop-vibe-coding Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=490...

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Launching Health in ChatGPT to US Users

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/health-in-chatgpt/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49033363 Po...

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Show HN: Audio Player with "Binaural Beats" tuned to the same key as your music

Hi HN, Gabriel here.This is a standalone binaural beat generator, combined with a two-deck local audio player built wit...

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Satellite Images Reveal How Suspected Scam Compounds Appear Out of Nowhere

Analysis of satellite images of Myanmar shows dozens of alleged scam compounds have appeared in recent months, despite a...

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Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool

“I think it should stand for artificial idiot,” one 9-year-old says. Here’s why kids of all ages are calling AI ...

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IRGC Claims It Destroyed Amazon's Bahrain Data Center

Article URL: https://houseofsaud.com/irgc-claims-destroyed-amazon-bahrain-data-center/ Comments URL: https://news.ycomb...