💡

Technology

Technology, science and innovation — the breakthroughs and the disruption. From the AI race and the chip wars to space exploration, cybersecurity and the platforms reshaping daily life, we cover what the world's biggest tech companies and labs are building and what it means for everyone else.

🛡️ Conflict & War 🏛️ Politics 📈 Business & Economy

Latest in Technology

1811 stories
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…
TikTok Says ‘Moderator Error’ Kept Perez Hilton Livestream Up

TikTok Says ‘Moderator Error’ Kept Perez Hilton Livestream Up

The gossip blogger was on TikTok covered in what appeared to be blood and wielding a knifelike object before the platform cut his stream. He’s since b…
SpaceX claims Starlink Mobile will be better than AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon

SpaceX claims Starlink Mobile will be better than AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon

SpaceX won't build large cell towers but plans small base stations across US.…
The Most Dangerous AI Hacking Techniques Still Have Humans in the Loop

The Most Dangerous AI Hacking Techniques Still Have Humans in the Loop

Security researcher James Kettle tried to push the limit of AI’s hacking abilities—and discovered how effective it can be when combined with human exp…
Klaviyo acquires Elias Torres’ Agency in full-circle reunion for tech founders

Klaviyo acquires Elias Torres’ Agency in full-circle reunion for tech founders

The serial entrepreneur joins the e-commerce company as CPO to lead its AI agents.…
Jeff Dean leaving Alphabet

Jeff Dean leaving Alphabet

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/technology/google-researchers-ai-startup.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49184…
Discovery Loop

Discovery Loop

Article URL: https://www.discoveryloop.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49184960 Points: 258 # Comments: 119…
AI Worms and Viruses Are Coming

AI Worms and Viruses Are Coming

Chinese researchers have shown that AI models have the capacity to act like aggressive and adaptive computer viruses.…
Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines for a Pretextual Weed Search

Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines for a Pretextual Weed Search

Article URL: https://www.404media.co/cops-used-flock-to-track-a-man-across-state-lines-to-create-pretext-to-search-his-car-for-weed/ Comments URL: htt…
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down

Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2026/08/05/google-deepmind-demis-hassabis-ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49184757 Points: 30…
EVgo starts building Tesla Superchargers under license

EVgo starts building Tesla Superchargers under license

The V4 Superchargers will show up in the Tesla nav app and have NACS and CCS1 plugs.…
Two of Ring’s latest video doorbells are a lot cheaper than usual

Two of Ring’s latest video doorbells are a lot cheaper than usual

Ring’s Wired Doorbell Pro and Battery Doorbell Plus are two of the brand’s most well-rounded video doorbells, whether you’re looking…
DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad

DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad

Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in thei…
Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop

Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop

Jeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in everything from d…
Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some…
Oxide Computer raises $445M (SEC Form D)

Oxide Computer raises $445M (SEC Form D)

Article URL: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795071/000179507126000002/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com…
Reddit is introducing a new moderator: AI

Reddit is introducing a new moderator: AI

Reddit is enlisting AI to help moderate new subreddits - and eventually the rest of site. The company is introducing automated moderation tools that r…
Eight Myths on Software Engineering and GenAI

Eight Myths on Software Engineering and GenAI

Article URL: https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3807963 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49176830 Points: 262 # Comments: 221…
Traveling this summer? Don’t go without these essential gadgets

Traveling this summer? Don’t go without these essential gadgets

There's a chance that you've already taken your big summer trip. If not, August and early autumn are wonderful times to travel. No matter when or wher…
Ring upgraded its peephole doorbell camera to 2K

Ring upgraded its peephole doorbell camera to 2K

Ring has debuted a new version of its smart doorbell camera that's designed to be easily installed as a replacement for a door's peephole without dril…
AI fuels more than half of cybercrime in Africa as scams surge – Interpol

AI fuels more than half of cybercrime in Africa as scams surge – Interpol

https://www.interpol.int/Media/Documents/Publications/Cyberc... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49175826 Points: 268 # Comments: 21…
libexpat now funded by the City of Munich for up to 6 months

libexpat now funded by the City of Munich for up to 6 months

Article URL: https://blog.hartwork.org/posts/libexpat-city-of-munich-open-source-sabbatical/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=491766…
Viral Mugshot Accounts Are Ruining Women’s Lives

Viral Mugshot Accounts Are Ruining Women’s Lives

Mugshawtys and similar pages often frame mugshots as thirst traps. The women featured are humiliated and are sometimes harassed for months and years a…
No One Can Afford to Make ‘Myst’ Games Anymore

No One Can Afford to Make ‘Myst’ Games Anymore

“Myst” sold over 6 million copies in the ’90s. Its latest sequel couldn’t shore up any funding, pointing to an existential crisis among double-A games…
AI makes weather prediction better. Can WindBorne make it lucrative?

AI makes weather prediction better. Can WindBorne make it lucrative?

WindBorne Systems has raised $37 million Series B round to scale its weather balloons and AI forecasts.…
Gene-Edited Puppies Will Melt Your Heart—but Won’t Trigger Your Allergies

Gene-Edited Puppies Will Melt Your Heart—but Won’t Trigger Your Allergies

A startup has created beagles without the gene that causes runny noses and watery eyes for allergy sufferers.…
Cougars Lower the Risks of Car Crashes by Hunting Deer

Cougars Lower the Risks of Car Crashes by Hunting Deer

A new study shows how the big cats cause deer to move away from roads and deeper into the forest, where they pose less of a hazard to motorists.…
BenQ GV50 Review: Highly Portable, but With Quality Trade-Offs

BenQ GV50 Review: Highly Portable, but With Quality Trade-Offs

This affordable, portable projector doesn’t try to be a cinematic marvel, but it’s fun to use.…
A New Device Eases One of the Most Annoying Parts of Routine Physicals

A New Device Eases One of the Most Annoying Parts of Routine Physicals

Nobody likes getting a swab shoved up their nose. A startup in Japan has developed a much less intrusive system.…
NASA’s new dark energy space telescope can also detect killer asteroids

NASA’s new dark energy space telescope can also detect killer asteroids

At the end of August, NASA is set to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Its quest is to help us better…