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Netflix says around 300 titles used generative AI

Netflix says around 300 titles used generative AI

Netflix says roughly 300 titles on its platform used generative AI, most of which occurred in post-production. The streaming service revealed the news…
Energy IPOs surge as investors hunt for ways to play AI boom

Energy IPOs surge as investors hunt for ways to play AI boom

Companies coming to market are raising money at fastest pace this century.…
OnePlus ends phone releases in US and Europe, further reducing smartphone choice

OnePlus ends phone releases in US and Europe, further reducing smartphone choice

OnePlus promises to continue supporting the phones it's already released.…
SpaceX stock erases all its gains and slides below IPO price in intraday trading

SpaceX stock erases all its gains and slides below IPO price in intraday trading

Article URL: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-07-16/spacex-stock-erases-gains-slides-below-ipo-price-in-intraday-trading Comments URL: http…
Governments, companies, nonprofits should invest in free, open source AI [pdf]

Governments, companies, nonprofits should invest in free, open source AI [pdf]

Article URL: https://www.siegelendowment.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/fortune-david-siegel-open-source-ai.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator…
OnePlus, the ‘Flagship-Killer’ Smartphone Brand, Is All but Dead

OnePlus, the ‘Flagship-Killer’ Smartphone Brand, Is All but Dead

The original OnePlus phone disrupted the mobile market 13 years ago with its affordable price and top-end specs. Now, the company is exiting North Ame…
OnePlus officially gives up on the US and Europe

OnePlus officially gives up on the US and Europe

OnePlus has confirmed what industry observers have long expected: it's quitting the US and European markets, and will no longer launch new products in…
Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model

Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model

Inkling, a 975-billion-parameter open source model, was trained to understand video and audio. It could help Thinking Machines establish itself among …
SpaceX slips below its $135 IPO price ahead of Starship launch

SpaceX slips below its $135 IPO price ahead of Starship launch

The stock has steadily fallen from the euphoric post-IPO high, showing that markets may be sobering up to the promises CEO Elon Musk made before and a…
Something’s glowing on the Pixel 11’s camera bar

Something’s glowing on the Pixel 11’s camera bar

A new teaser for Google's upcoming Pixel 11 lineup reveals that the phones will feature some kind of glowing orb on the camera bar, as reported by 9to…
AI Isn’t Smarter Than a Baby—Yet

AI Isn’t Smarter Than a Baby—Yet

Babies are tremendous learning machines, and key advances for AI may soon be found in the architecture of their little brains.…
Lucid’s bankruptcy rumor is a bad sign for the EV future

Lucid’s bankruptcy rumor is a bad sign for the EV future

Lucid Motors found itself in a tough bind this week, fending off bankruptcy rumors and watching its stock price plunge as a result. The company quickl…
Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba’s Qwen AI

Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba’s Qwen AI

Apple Intelligence is headed to China after regulators approved Apple’s AI services through a partnership with Alibaba. The long-rumored deal will bri…
Sleep regularity is a stronger predictor of mortality risk than sleep duration (2023)

Sleep regularity is a stronger predictor of mortality risk than sleep duration (2023)

Article URL: https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/47/1/zsad253/7280269 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48919363 Points: 264 # Com…
Reelful’s AI turns your camera roll into short-form videos for social media

Reelful’s AI turns your camera roll into short-form videos for social media

The app is designed for people who want to create social content, but find traditional video editing tools too complex or time-consuming.…
Anthropic, Blackstone bet the next trillion-dollar AI business is implementation, not models

Anthropic, Blackstone bet the next trillion-dollar AI business is implementation, not models

Anthropic-backed Ode launches as AI labs bet that embedding forward-deployed engineers inside enterprises is the key to accelerating enterprise AI ado…
Spotify’s Daniel Ek is bringing his body-scanning clinics to the US

Spotify’s Daniel Ek is bringing his body-scanning clinics to the US

Spotify founder Daniel Ek's body-scanning startup, Neko Health, is setting its sights on the United States after raising $700 million from a star-stud…
Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail

Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail

Article URL: https://fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_park_computers/index.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48915709 Points: 273 # C…
Lawsuit claims Meta's layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans

Lawsuit claims Meta's layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans

Meta denies using AI to terminate workers with disabilities and medical problems.…
OpenAI’s new flagship model deletes files on its own, people keep warning

OpenAI’s new flagship model deletes files on its own, people keep warning

A number of social media posts claim that GPT-5.6 Sol deleted files and data without warning. OpenAI had basically disclosed the problem in June.…
S&P downgrades Oracle to BBB – only one notch above junk level

S&P downgrades Oracle to BBB – only one notch above junk level

Article URL: https://www.heise.de/en/news/S-P-downgrades-Oracle-to-BBB-only-one-notch-above-junk-level-11363472.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombi…
Sony delays its new PS5 fight stick

Sony delays its new PS5 fight stick

Sony is delaying the launch of its FlexStrike fight stick controller for PS5 and PC, which had been set to launch on August 6th, to an unspecified dat…
Boomers, not Gen Z, are the generation cutting back most on alcohol

Boomers, not Gen Z, are the generation cutting back most on alcohol

New research overturns assumption that abstinent younger drinkers are behind weak demand.…
Google’s Demis Hassabis says it’s time for a global AI watchdog — led by the US

Google’s Demis Hassabis says it’s time for a global AI watchdog — led by the US

Demis Hassabis thinks the world needs an AI watchdog with the power to hit the brakes if frontier models become too dangerous. Writing in a blog post,…
Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation

Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation

The company is raising at least $75 million, led by Robot, with significant participation from USV and other prominent investors.…
OnePlus is reportedly bailing on the US

OnePlus is reportedly bailing on the US

OnePlus and its parent company, Oppo, plan to announce in the coming days that OnePlus brand will be leaving the US and European markets, according to…
States make last-ditch effort to stop the Paramount ‘media behemoth’

States make last-ditch effort to stop the Paramount ‘media behemoth’

A dozen state attorneys general are trying to block the $110 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery they warn would raise movie prices …
Wi-Fi 8 Explained: Features, Release Date, and More

Wi-Fi 8 Explained: Features, Release Date, and More

Chipset makers and router manufacturers are talking about Wi-Fi 8, but what is the new standard, and when will it arrive?…
The wildest allegations in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI

The wildest allegations in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI

Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI contains allegations that range from employees joking about unauthorized access to Apple’s systems to cla…
Tiny Emulators

Tiny Emulators

Article URL: https://floooh.github.io/tiny8bit-preview/index.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48884395 Points: 164 # Comments: …