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Ex-Spotify employees raise $10M to bring the AI behind its recommendations to e-commerce

Ex-Spotify employees raise $10M to bring the AI behind its recommendations to e-commerce

The startup's platform predicts what product a shopper wants next, learn their general taste, and fine-tune continuously based on what they do in real…
Omilia raises $67M to scale its customer support platform

Omilia raises $67M to scale its customer support platform

The Series B is the company's second fundraise since it last raised capital in 2020. In that time, it has increased its ARR by 10x to $60 million.…
GTA VI is getting an ‘extended look’ at the end of August

GTA VI is getting an ‘extended look’ at the end of August

We'll be getting an in-depth preview of Grand Theft Auto VI very soon: Rockstar announced this morning that it will be airing an "extended look" at th…
Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings

Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings

The launch of these new features reflects Google’s ambitions to transform Google Maps from a navigation tool into an assistant that's capable of helpi…
You can now ask Google Maps’ AI to order food for you

You can now ask Google Maps’ AI to order food for you

The AI-powered "Ask Maps" tool in Google Maps can now perform a broader range of personalized and conversational requests, including ordering food, fi…
Best Android Charger: Wireless, Portable, Cable (2026)

Best Android Charger: Wireless, Portable, Cable (2026)

Whether you’re charging overnight at home or on the go, these are the fastest, most dependable Android chargers we’ve tested.…
Meteor Showers, Eclipses, and More Are on the August 2026 Astronomical Calendar

Meteor Showers, Eclipses, and More Are on the August 2026 Astronomical Calendar

Here’s when some of this year’s most anticipated astronomical events will happen and the best way to observe them.…
5 Best AI Notetakers (2026), Tested and Reviewed

5 Best AI Notetakers (2026), Tested and Reviewed

A growing collection of pocket-size gadgets lets you easily make recordings and extract info from them. Here are our favorites.…
Born Against, or why hobby programming communities are against LLM usage

Born Against, or why hobby programming communities are against LLM usage

Article URL: https://blog.fogus.me/llm/born-against.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49187061 Points: 288 # Comments: 291…
Muse Code and Muse Spark 1.2

Muse Code and Muse Spark 1.2

Article URL: https://research.meta.ai/blog/introducing-muse-code-and-muse-spark-1-2 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49187575 Points…
The title cards in Blade Runner are amazing

The title cards in Blade Runner are amazing

Article URL: https://randsinrepose.com/archives/blade-runner-title-cards/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49189287 Points: 280 # Co…
12 Best Coffee Subscriptions (2026), Tested by Caffeine Hounds

12 Best Coffee Subscriptions (2026), Tested by Caffeine Hounds

These services deliver freshly roasted, delicious coffee picks right to your door—each with its own twist.…
Best Handheld Fans for a Breeze on Demand (2026)

Best Handheld Fans for a Breeze on Demand (2026)

I put handheld, wearable, and misting fans through a sweltering summer to see which ones kept me coolest.…
Position: LLMs Can't Jump

Position: LLMs Can't Jump

Article URL: https://openreview.net/challenge?redirect=%2Fforum%3Fid%3DklU4737opt Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49181083 Points: …
Beating GPT-5.6 Sol on retrieval with 100x cheaper open models

Beating GPT-5.6 Sol on retrieval with 100x cheaper open models

Article URL: https://neon.com/blog/how-castform-neon-beats-frontier-models-on-price-and-efficiency Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=…
I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux

I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux

Article URL: https://runarcn.no/android-to-linux/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49188022 Points: 275 # Comments: 245…
Zed DeltaDB

Zed DeltaDB

Article URL: https://zed.dev/deltadb Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49187256 Points: 255 # Comments: 116…
X product chief Nikita Bier is leaving after one year

X product chief Nikita Bier is leaving after one year

X head of product Nikita Bier is stepping down and says he will move into a role as an advisor, writing that "it's time to pass the torch and demote m…
Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers

Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers

Baseboard management controllers from the world's biggest manufacturers are a security mess.…
Welp, Nobody Saw SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Crash Into the Moon

Welp, Nobody Saw SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Crash Into the Moon

Although no one captured a direct image of the impact, scientists have detected signals confirming the rocket hit the lunar surface. Orbiters could pr…
OpenAI’s Browser Could Be Hijacked to Spam Your WhatsApp Contacts

OpenAI’s Browser Could Be Hijacked to Spam Your WhatsApp Contacts

Researchers at security firm Zenity found more than a dozen flaws in AI browsers—and managed to get OpenAI’s Atlas to make an unauthorized Amazon purc…
A Security Pro Hacked North Korean Hackers. He Found They’d Breached Hundreds of Networks Worldwide

A Security Pro Hacked North Korean Hackers. He Found They’d Breached Hundreds of Networks Worldwide

For nearly two years, researcher Vangelis Stykas has maintained access to North Korean hackers’ servers. His work shows they pulled off intrusions in …
OpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking Spree

OpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking Spree

At the Black Hat security conference, the AI giant revealed new details about how its agents went rogue, hacked several other companies—and did it all…
Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes” for old.reddit.com

Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes” for old.reddit.com

Reddit says the beloved site is used for some "bad behavior."…
Meta launches Muse Code, an AI agent for large code bases

Meta launches Muse Code, an AI agent for large code bases

Meta expanded its AI coding offerings with a new agent that, it promises, can handle complex tasks with complex software.…
Changes at Google DeepMind: Demis Hassabis from CEO to Chair, Jeff Dean departs

Changes at Google DeepMind: Demis Hassabis from CEO to Chair, Jeff Dean departs

https://www.axios.com/2026/08/05/google-deepmind-demis-hassa...https://www.reuters.com/business/google-shakes-up-ai-leaders...https://www.discoveryloo…
DHS Wants Protesters’ Signal Group Chats

DHS Wants Protesters’ Signal Group Chats

A lawsuit accuses Homeland Security of violating protesters’ free-speech rights—but the agency is using it to try to get access to the plaintiffs’ enc…
Review: Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us that superhero movies can be good

Review: Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us that superhero movies can be good

It's as much about grounded characters and well-timed emotional beats as CGI-filled action extravaganzas.…
Google's AI shakeup: DeepMind's Hassabis steps aside, senior scientists depart

Google's AI shakeup: DeepMind's Hassabis steps aside, senior scientists depart

Google's AI brain drain continues.…
Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup

Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup

The legendary Google executive is joined by other outgoing Google execs in a joint mission to use AI to push forward the process of scientific discove…