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Flock’s Plans for Rideshare Dashcams and Coaching Police, Revealed

Flock’s Plans for Rideshare Dashcams and Coaching Police, Revealed

Plus: A judge rules cell tower dumps unconstitutional, water utility hacks spread to a dozen states, a phishing email opens a missile-parts supplier’s…
Trump is losing his war on wind power

Trump is losing his war on wind power

A court rules that a hold on all wind projects clearly violates the law.…
Our Favorite Fans Are on Sale to Help With Summer Heat Waves (2026)

Our Favorite Fans Are on Sale to Help With Summer Heat Waves (2026)

We’re still in the dog days of summer—keep your cool with deals on the best fans we’ve tested for on the go and at home.…
US strikes $1.2B deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects

US strikes $1.2B deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e1vg0gjl5o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49208314 Points: 266 # Comments: 239…
One of China’s Most Powerful AI Models Has Also Broken Containment

One of China’s Most Powerful AI Models Has Also Broken Containment

Security researchers say that Kimi K3, an open-weight model from China, wandered off to the internet in an attempt to cheat on a test it was given.…
Humans missed 1 in 3 threats approving AI agent commands across 40k game runs

Humans missed 1 in 3 threats approving AI agent commands across 40k game runs

Article URL: https://scalex.dev/blog/ai-agent-permissions-stats/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49195468 Points: 233 # Comments: 1…
AMD acquires Taalas to boost inference performance by etching models in silicon

AMD acquires Taalas to boost inference performance by etching models in silicon

https://ir.amd.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1296/am...https://chatjimmy.ai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49201970 Point…
Almost no skill required to cook a steak

Almost no skill required to cook a steak

Article URL: https://blog.sydorets.com/en/posts/almost-no-skill-required-to-cook-a-steak/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198069 …
GitHub Actions and Pages are experiencing degraded availability

GitHub Actions and Pages are experiencing degraded availability

https://www.githubstatus.com/uptime/br0l2tvcx85d Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198302 Points: 266 # Comments: 223…
Explosive drone found hovering near Ukrainian cargo aircraft at German airport

Explosive drone found hovering near Ukrainian cargo aircraft at German airport

Russian attack? Explosive drone targeted parked aircraft at Leipzig airport.…
OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300-$400

OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300-$400

Additional details about OpenAI's mysterious new AI device make it sound like a pricey smart speaker.…
The Download: Google’s AI shake-up and Meta’s rogue model

The Download: Google’s AI shake-up and Meta’s rogue model

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. …
This Atlantic hurricane season is looking like a dud, but there will be a price to pay

This Atlantic hurricane season is looking like a dud, but there will be a price to pay

"The models are forecasting something outside the envelope of anything we have ever observed."…
Don’t screw this up, Marvel

Don’t screw this up, Marvel

In less than a week, Spider-Man: Brand New Day raked in $1 billion worldwide and had the biggest box office opening weekend in Hollywood history. The …
US company’s AI lets Ukraine’s cheap kamikaze drones track targets on their own

US company’s AI lets Ukraine’s cheap kamikaze drones track targets on their own

$100 million deal gives 50,000 Ukrainian drones US-developed AI capabilities.…
After killer quarter, Palantir CEO Alex Karp calls AI industry ‘Marxist’

After killer quarter, Palantir CEO Alex Karp calls AI industry ‘Marxist’

After a quarter that delivered $1 billion in profit, Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Monday once again warned that AI frontier labs are too untrustworthy fo…
Critical CVE issued for hallucinated SQLite vulnerability

Critical CVE issued for hallucinated SQLite vulnerability

Article URL: https://research.jfrog.com/post/sqlite-critical-cves-or-llm-slops/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49154332 Points: 20…
The Download: reward hacking explained, and suspected Iranian cyberattacks

The Download: reward hacking explained, and suspected Iranian cyberattacks

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. …
How headlights got brighter, whiter, and more blinding after dark

How headlights got brighter, whiter, and more blinding after dark

Automotive lights are better than they've ever been, but there's a trade-off.…
Flint: A Visualization Language for the AI Era

Flint: A Visualization Language for the AI Era

Article URL: https://microsoft.github.io/flint-chart/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49130604 Points: 218 # Comments: 63…
BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising

BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising

Article URL: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/BMW_Spider-Man_in-car_advertising Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49130756 Points: 211 #…
Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via ChatGPT

Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via ChatGPT

OpenAI's CEO seemed excited to share a "cool use case" for parents.…
Getting 25 Gbps Thunderbolt Ethernet on My Mac Studio

Getting 25 Gbps Thunderbolt Ethernet on My Mac Studio

Article URL: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/getting-25g-ethernet-mac-thunderbolt/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49125034 …
Trump blames Tim Walz for water hacks even though it’s probably Iran

Trump blames Tim Walz for water hacks even though it’s probably Iran

The FBI, the EPA, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have stopped short of officially blaming Iran for a spate of cyberat…
7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely Tied to Iran

7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely Tied to Iran

Plus: The FBI eyes AI-powered tech to detect future crimes, Russia charges Telegram’s founder, xAI sues to stop a state’s “nudification” ban, and the …
Boroux vs. Rorra vs. Culligan: Water Filters, Tested Head to Head

Boroux vs. Rorra vs. Culligan: Water Filters, Tested Head to Head

In a world of plasticky water filter pitchers, I tested three new-generation stainless steel filter systems.…
China’s EV Market Is Booming. There’s Just One Problem

China’s EV Market Is Booming. There’s Just One Problem

More EVs reaching the end of their life means more batteries to recycle. But waste management companies have yet to catch up to the new reality.…
Google plans to exempt sanctioned nations from Android developer verification

Google plans to exempt sanctioned nations from Android developer verification

Someone in Cuba or Iran can keep installing APKs with no new restrictions, but devs will suffer.…
With Switch 2, iPhone, and laptop tricks, the Sharge Disk Pro 2 is finally a worthy EDC

With Switch 2, iPhone, and laptop tricks, the Sharge Disk Pro 2 is finally a worthy EDC

Sharge, the company that makes delightful retro Mac-shaped chargers and see-inside batteries, is finally impressing me with a portable SSD. I couldn't…
Likely illegally, Claude gained access to 3 networks. Will Anthropic be held to account?

Likely illegally, Claude gained access to 3 networks. Will Anthropic be held to account?

Had the hacks used conventional methods, someone would likely go to prison.…