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1812 storiesShow HN: Bento - An entire PowerPoint in one HTML file (edit+view+data+collab)
Over the past few months, our team has been building more and more slidedecks using web frontend technologies with coding harnesses like Claude Code, …

Dyson V10 Konical Review (2026): Affordable and Solid
Out of Dyson’s two new affordable stick vacuums, this one is easily my favorite.…

Apple is reportedly testing a MacBook Neo with more RAM
Following the MacBook Neo's huge popularity so far, Apple is reportedly developing an updated version of its budget laptop with a new processor and mo…
"Drawing" the Mona Lisa with GPT-5.6, Claude, Gemini, and Grok
Article URL: https://www.tryai.dev/blog/ai-drawing-arena-colored-pencils-claude-gpt-grok Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48998404 P…

Substack’s new tool tells you who’s been writing their newsletters with AI
Substack is giving readers a way to estimate how much of a newsletter was written by AI, signaling a broader shift toward transparency around AI-assis…

Arcee, a US open source AI lab, says Chinese models are not inherently dangerous
As Chinese AI models grow in capability and popularity among US companies, the arguing over what should be done about them has reached a fever pitch.…

Preorders for Samsung’s new Z Fold and Flip 8 come with up to $350 in gift cards
Samsung's newest foldables are here. At Galaxy Unpacked, the company announced the Galaxy Z Flip 8, Galaxy Z Fold 8, and Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra. All th…

How the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Z Flip 8 phones compare
Samsung's latest round of folding Galaxy Z phones and updated smartwatches were announced at its July 2026 Unpacked event and set to launch on August …

Passionfroot raises $15M to expand its B2B creator marketplace to the US
Passionfroot, a German startup building a marketplace connecting B2B creators with brands, has raised $15M in a Series A round led by Insight Partners…
The Download: NASA’s new space telescope and OpenAI’s autonomous hacker
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. …

Samsung Unpacked 2026: all the news from the July foldable launch
Samsung is set to reveal a new slate of foldables at this summer’s Galaxy Unpacked, which kicks off at 9AM ET / 6AM PT from London. In addition …

Meta made its own AI detection system. It should have just used Google’s
IIn March, Meta's Oversight Board called on the company to "meet its public commitments and employ its own tools" to help quell the spread of deceptiv…

The 2026 Honda Prelude is a marvel of hybrid technology
When it comes to enthusiast-geared Honda hardware, the Civic Si, Civic Type R, and Acura NSX often come to mind first for their revvy VTEC (Honda's fo…

Shape-shifting mirrors on NASA’s new space telescope could unveil Jupiters like our own
When NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches, as early as the end of next month, it will attempt one of astronomy’s most precise disappearin…

Flipper Busy Bar Review: An Expensive Focus Tool
It didn’t keep my coworkers at bay, but Flipper’s expensive productivity tool did help me focus on the task at hand.…

A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out
An Instagram post turned one California student newspaper into a free-speech flash point. The students say they were just doing their homework.…

Glow emerges from stealth at $1.2B valuation to challenge endpoint security in the AI era
Glow is targeting a new class of endpoint risks created by the rapid adoption of AI agents and developer tools inside enterprises.…

Synthesia’s AI training platform is moving beyond videos into live coaching
Synthesia launched AI Roleplay Sessions, an interactive enterprise training platform where employees practice workplace conversations with AI avatars …

Laguna S 2.1
Article URL: https://poolside.ai/blog/introducing-laguna-s-2-1 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48995261 Points: 294 # Comments: 50…
Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated books used to train Claude
Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/ai-anthropic-copyright-settlement-claude-books-bartz-74b140444023898aeba8579b6e9f0d63 Comments URL: https://ne…

Jack Dorsey launches Buzz to combine team chat, AI agents and Git hosting
https://x.com/jack/status/2079605800998146171, https://xcancel.com/jack/status/2079605800998146171https://buzz.xyz/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombin…
Advertise in ChatGPT
Article URL: https://ads.openai.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48996571 Points: 304 # Comments: 303…
Kimi K3 Is Competitive with Fable; Kimi K3 and Fable Is SoTA
Article URL: https://fireworks.ai/blog/kimik3-fable Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48999291 Points: 288 # Comments: 145…

Meta is testing an AI bedtime story app for people with no imagination
Meta's StoryKit app is only available in certain regions while the company tests how parents react to it.…

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked July 2026: How to watch
Samsung's next Galaxy Unpacked event is just around the corner, and the company is expected to take the wraps off a bunch of new devices. Based on the…

Long presumed dead, a thriving coral reef is discovered in West Africa
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48993816 Points: 271 # Comments: 48…

Confusion swirls on source of diarrhea outbreak, but it’s still Taylor Farms
Taylor Farms stirred confusion on FDA test and provided a vague recall list.…

'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling
Article URL: https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/vpns-are-lawful-technical-tools-says-eu-court-in-landmark-anne-frank-copyright-ruling …

Sony releases one last trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day
"Maybe that's my responsibility, to live alone with the truth."…

On the run for 20 years, most-wanted fugitive caught hiding as a biotech exec
Ronald Fischer, aka Richard Graydon, was arrested in New York last week.…