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People Are Getting Off to Porn About ICE Raids

People Are Getting Off to Porn About ICE Raids

MAGA-coded adult content playing off immigration crackdowns, white supremacy, and obeying the “natural order” is finding rabid audiences on X.…
Banning Social Media for Kids Is a Bad Idea

Banning Social Media for Kids Is a Bad Idea

The risks are real. But banning children from the internet could create new problems without solving the ones that really matter.…
Google now lets you sign in to your account using a selfie video

Google now lets you sign in to your account using a selfie video

Google announced yet another way to gain access to your account if you get locked out, forget your password, or don't have access to the phone, comput…
Google Turns a Selfie Video Into Your Account’s Spare Key

Google Turns a Selfie Video Into Your Account’s Spare Key

The next time you’re locked out of your Google account, you can use your face as part of the account recovery process.…
‘The Child Is Terrified’: Measles Doctors Speak Out

‘The Child Is Terrified’: Measles Doctors Speak Out

Hear from six pediatricians in measles hot spot Utah, as the US faces infection levels not seen in over three decades and prepares to lose its status …
Remember Jibo? Its Successor Is a Wearable That Turns Your Life Into AI Slop

Remember Jibo? Its Successor Is a Wearable That Turns Your Life Into AI Slop

With “blessings” from the original Jibo founders, iKairos is a wearable or desk-mounted “AI journal” that turns your family moments into AI images and…
Framework’s premium laptop is shipping with less RAM

Framework’s premium laptop is shipping with less RAM

RAMageddon has claimed yet another victim, with Framework now announcing a "major and unfortunate" pricing update for its upcoming premium laptop - wh…
My Week of Transparent Living With Apple’s ‘More Clear’ Liquid Glass Setting

My Week of Transparent Living With Apple’s ‘More Clear’ Liquid Glass Setting

I cranked Apple’s iOS 27 beta to maximum transparency on my iPhone and enjoyed every warped second.…
Orcas team up to ram sunfish until they explode

Orcas team up to ram sunfish until they explode

“We think this may help younger orcas feed more easily, or it could also just be for fun.”…
Everyone Should Know SIMD

Everyone Should Know SIMD

Article URL: https://mitchellh.com/writing/everyone-should-know-simd Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49010648 Points: 294 # Comment…
I Inspected My Take-Home Interview Project. It Was a Whole Operation

I Inspected My Take-Home Interview Project. It Was a Whole Operation

Article URL: https://citizendot.github.io/articles/fake-job-interview-git-hook-malware/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49013036 Po…
So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe

So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe

Article URL: https://www.cole-k.com/2026/07/21/reddit/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49005747 Points: 248 # Comments: 266…
Lego’s Donkey Kong arcade machine lets Mario jump endless barrels — Miyamoto is reportedly happy

Lego’s Donkey Kong arcade machine lets Mario jump endless barrels — Miyamoto is reportedly happy

Carl Merriam has designed some of my favorite nostalgia-inducing Lego sets, including the Lego Nintendo Game Boy and Piranha Plant. He's assisted on t…
Making

Making

Article URL: https://beej.us/blog/data/ai-making/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008440 Points: 245 # Comments: 101…
Does creatine make you smarter?

Does creatine make you smarter?

Article URL: https://dynomight.net/creatine/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008642 Points: 245 # Comments: 215…
Are AI Labs Pelicanmaxxing?

Are AI Labs Pelicanmaxxing?

Article URL: https://dylancastillo.co/posts/pelicanmaxxing.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49010129 Points: 326 # Comments: 13…
John C. Dvorak has died

John C. Dvorak has died

https://xcancel.com/na_announce/status/2079952538040672302 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49012070 Points: 404 # Comments: 112…
Meta won’t have to face the next planned social media addiction trial

Meta won’t have to face the next planned social media addiction trial

Less than a week before Meta's lawyers were set to return to a Los Angeles courtroom, the plaintiff accusing the platform of inflicting harm dropped t…
Clayface trailer leans into the body horror

Clayface trailer leans into the body horror

"The people I trusted betrayed me. The justice system failed me."…
Microsoft brings original Xbox backward compatibility to Windows PCs

Microsoft brings original Xbox backward compatibility to Windows PCs

First four compatible titles can be run with an 11-year-old graphics card.…
The startup's Postgres survival guide

The startup's Postgres survival guide

Article URL: https://hatchet.run/blog/postgres-survival-guide Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49005787 Points: 212 # Comments: 112…
China’s Open AI Models Are Challenging Silicon Valley’s Playbook

China’s Open AI Models Are Challenging Silicon Valley’s Playbook

As access to Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s frontier models becomes more restricted, Chinese labs are pitching their open-source alternatives as stable, acc…
How OpenAI’s human mistake led to the AI-powered hack on Hugging Face

How OpenAI’s human mistake led to the AI-powered hack on Hugging Face

OpenAI made a mistake setting up what it called a “highly isolated” testing environment and sandbox. According to cybersecurity experts, that human mi…
iOS code could reportedly let Apple cut off apps when users miss iPhone payments

iOS code could reportedly let Apple cut off apps when users miss iPhone payments

Code found in an iOS 27 beta would allow Apple to put a financed iPhone in "Restricted Mode" if it detects any missed payments, 9to5Mac reports. The f…
Price-hiked iPads are a little cheaper right now

Price-hiked iPads are a little cheaper right now

A number of Apple products got more expensive last month, so we’re happy to find deals wherever and whenever we can. If you’re searching for a high-en…
‘The Odyssey’ Is Inspiring Unprecedented Levels of Cope

‘The Odyssey’ Is Inspiring Unprecedented Levels of Cope

Elon Musk and the online right convinced themselves that Christopher Nolan’s “woke” epic would go down in flames. Now they’re crashing out.…
OpenAI says its AI agent broke out of testing sandbox to hack Hugging Face

OpenAI says its AI agent broke out of testing sandbox to hack Hugging Face

"This is day one for cybersecurity in the age of agents," Hugging Face CEO says.…
Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain

Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain

https://xcancel.com/nikitabier/status/2079787406300266743 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007374 Points: 256 # Comments: 302…
Monday.com lays off hundreds to focus on AI

Monday.com lays off hundreds to focus on AI

The company said it is reducing its headcount by 20%, or about 630 staff, to "support a leaner, more focused operating model" as it focuses on its AI …
Yope raises $12.3M to build a private social network without algorithms or ads

Yope raises $12.3M to build a private social network without algorithms or ads

Yope, a fast-growing social app focused on private groups of friends and family, has raised $12.3 million in seed funding. Instead of chasing creators…