Tuesday, July 28, 2026
200 storyies ingested on this day, in publish-time order. The companion daily editorial runs through the day's main themes in a single voice.
American Airlines Flights Grounded by System Outage
The FAA issued a ground stop advisory, keeping the airline's fleet on the ground.…
Cursor and Together AI deliver real-time, low-latency inference at scale
Together AI teamed with Cursor to build the real-time inference stack that keeps in-editor agents fast and reliable. They productionized NVIDIA Blackwell (B200/GB200), tuning ARM h…
TSMC is accelerating Arizona factory build-out to capitalize on AI 'megatrend'
Speaking in an interview with CNBC, TSMC's Wendell Huang said the fresh investment comes on the back of robust customer demand.…
iOS 26.6: Everything you need to know
iOS 26.6 is now available for iPhone users, and it includes one key change that preps your iPhone for iOS 27. Here's what to know.…
Security- and AI-related startups have raised $855M across more than 150 reported seed-stage rounds this year, on track for an all-time high (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News)
Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News : Security- and AI-related startups have raised $855M across more than 150 reported seed-stage rounds this year, on track for an all-time high — Se…
Banks Bet on Open AI After OpenAI’s Own Hack - PYMNTS.com
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White House teleprompter operator accused over Trump bets no longer in job, official says
Official declines to say whether Gabriel Perez, who allegedly bet on prediction market Kalshi, resigned or was fired A White House teleprompter operator who reportedly used inside …
This is probably one of the last times you'll be able to buy a Switch 2 for $419
Switch 2 prices are going up September 1…
Amber heat health alerts to come into force as heatwave reaches 35C peak
Wednesday is set to be the hottest day of the week for many as a widespread fourth heatwave grips the UK.…
All American Airlines Flights Not in the Air Were Grounded on Tuesday Due to an IT Problem
American Airlines has posted on X that some flights are taking off again.…
‘Keep Forgetting’: Recordings Suggest Biden Memory Lapses Years Ahead of Presidency
Almost four years before he was sworn in as president, Joe Biden showed numerous instances of apparent memory loss, recently released recordings show. Recordings of Biden’s convers…
Group demands federal investigation into trans dolls with removable genitalia that will soon hit Minnesota classrooms
Defending Education, a conservative-aligned group that has filed lawsuits against transgender policies in schools, filed a complaint with the Department of Education and the Justic…
NYCFC adds forward Luighi from Brazilian powerhouse Palmeiras
New York City FC added some potential firepower on Tuesday.…
Iran attempts ‘surprise attack’ on US forces in Middle East — day after cease-fire talks made ‘significant’ progress
Iran fired multiple ballistic missiles at American bases across the Middle East on Tuesday evening, in what military officials are labeling a “surprise attack.”…
Gov. Hochul bizarrely claims Mamdani’s brand new pied-a-terre tax list is ‘not out of the ordinary’
Well, that’s a new one. Gov. Kathy Hochul shrugged off backlash against Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s public list of every New Yorker who could be hit with a new pied-a-terre tax — bizarr…
STAT+: American Diabetes Association, facing calls for resignations, asks for patience
An open letter to the board of the American Diabetes Association said the board had badly mishandled an incident at its annual meeting.…
Trump administration to end Medicare premium subsidy program - Reuters
Trump administration to end Medicare premium subsidy program Reuters…
Dem Senate Debate Devolves Into Campaign Funding Finger Pointing
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., went head-to-head in the second and final Michigan Democratic Senate primary debate on Monday night. While Michigan voters may h…
Scammers fake it ‘til they make it with bogus goods — and we’re all paying the price
Counterfeiting is popping like that old $2 bill. $500 billion lost yearly in nearly every manufacturing sector.…
In Packed Synagogue, a Democrat Scrambles to Defend Vote Against Arms for Israel
NEWTON, Mass.—Rep. Jake Auchincloss spent some of his time and energy Monday night trying to dispel concerns from voters about a takeover of his party by the Democratic Socialists …
Longtime New Yorkers fume after being hit with massive pied-à-terre tax bills: ‘Is this a witch hunt?’
Ordinary New Yorkers are seething after receiving five-figure property tax bills under Mayor Zohran Mamdani's new pied-à-terre tax scheme.…
Judge allows use of police interview in trial for man accused of killing Tupac Shakur
A Nevada judge ruled on Tuesday that the recording of an interview the man accused of killing Tupac Shakur gave to police in 2008 could be used at his upcoming trial.…
Trump Administration to End Drug Plan Subsidy for Medicare - Bloomberg.com
Trump Administration to End Drug Plan Subsidy for Medicare Bloomberg.com…
Can Jonquel Jones Lead The Liberty’s Second-Half Surge? | Liberty Lately
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Leeaky Catches hidden fees draining your travel budget
Log your trip expenses, catch the fees that are quietly draining your budget, and see live USD/EUR/INR conversions.…
A 330 MW data center wanted to buy a farm, switch off the irrigation, and drink the difference — California's most powerful irrigation district said no, so it sued
The 287 million gallons are a rounding error. The precedent is not.…
A Typo Landed an Innocent Gamer in Prison for 18 Months
How much could a single underscore in a username really matter? Just ask Brandon Klayme, who served 18 months in prison before realizing how authorities arrested, charged, and conv…
How to keep your Claude chats and Google files private
Some ‘private’ chats and docs are showing up on search engines. Here’s how to protect yours…
Show HN: Magpie, a CLI to Turn Your AI Agent into a Bookkeeper
Accounting CLI built on Jaybase. Contribute to kyle-visner/magpie development by creating an account on GitHub.…
Senate confirms Trump ally Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence
At confirmation hearing, Clayton sidestepped questions about 2020 election and declined to say Trump lost…
Agenthound – Offensive security framework for AI agent infrastructure
Offensive security framework for AI agent infrastructure - recon, credential looting, model exfiltration, poisoning, and attack-path analysis across MCP, A2A, gateways, and AI serv…
FCC bans humanoid robots from China, citing ‘unacceptable risks’
Move comes as the Trump administration has increasingly sought to keep Chinese technology out of the US…
White House Bans Foreign Humanoid Robots in Bid to Slow China’s Tech Explosion
Elon Musk's unreleased Optimus won't have to compete with any Chinese robots in the future.…
A New Smart Ring Uses Finger Sweat to Track Health
Researchers believe they've created the first smart ring to monitor biochemical health measurements like glucose, vitamin C and alcohol levels.…
Toolcraft
Toolcraft is an open-source starter kit and UI library for building custom design apps with AI.…
Philly suburb: Sure, build that data center—but first meet our 43 demands
The final condition will shock you! (It won’t. It’s taxes.)...…
Study: Dinosaurs were charbroiled after Chicxulub impact
“We're in the realm where we might be essentially killing off everything within that first hour or two."…
eBay pays $46M to journalists it targeted in bizarre harassment campaign
eBay sent bloody pig mask and other macabre deliveries to journalists' home.…
Supergiant Betelgeuse's smaller companion star imaged
Having shown the massive star Betelgeuse as an indistinct blob, astronomers at the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama Desert have now imaged its long-suspected companion star, pro…
Lilly Yokoi, Acrobat Who Dazzled on a Golden Bicycle, Dies at 96
Perplexity's tokenmaxxing Model Council gives you multiple bot perspectives
Up to 8 AI models running in the cloud weighing in on ambiguous business issues? Sounds affordable…
This 55-Inch Samsung Mini LED TV Is $160 Off Right Now
Samsung 55-inch mini LED with AI mode and Alexa built-in for less than $600. Includes Samsung’s NQ4 AI Gen2 processor and Auto HDR remastering.…
JFrog tries to spin OpenAI 0-day exploit of its app into a success story - Ars Technica
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We now have a better understanding how OpenAI hacked into Hugging Face
10 days passed from OpenAI models exploiting JFrog Artifactory 0-day to release of a patch.…
College lab class ends with 32 people on antibiotics for deadly germ exposure
Lab students were supposed to ID a mild germ. They all identified a deadly pathogen.…
ICE Arrests Surge at Airports
OpenAI's agents hacked second firm during model testing - Yahoo
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UK faces ‘very difficult trade-offs’ in budget because of Iran war, say analysts
Leading thinktank says higher oil prices and inflation will give Andy Burnham a ‘challenging inheritance’…
AE Studio recruiting pirates to recover treasure located by AI
AE Studio is hiring a pirate. Yes, really. AI maps the wreck, you go recover the cargo.…
Trump Will End Subsidies for Medicare Drug Premiums
Senate Confirms Jay Clayton to Lead U.S. Intelligence Community
Mr. Clayton, who shed Democratic support after he refused to clearly say Joseph R. Biden Jr. won the 2020 election, will take over the Office of the Director of National Intelligen…
OpenAI, Anthropic Endorse Letter Asking US to Help Pace AI Development - The Information
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At Graham’s Farewell, a Glimpse Into Power in Trump’s Washington
United Airlines Bans Humanoid, Animal-Like Robots From Flights
The airline follows Southwest in booting larger bots from passenger cabins and checked luggage.…
OpenAI plans 250 jobs at new Dublin EU headquarters | ETIH EdTech News - EdTech Innovation Hub
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NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, July 29 (game #878)
My clues will help you solve the NYT's Strands today and keep that streak going…
NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, July 29 (game #1144)
My clues will help you solve the NYT's Connections puzzle today and keep that streak going…
Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday, July 29 (game #1647)
My clues will help you solve Quordle today and keep that streak going…
'I'm fortunate I survived a stage 4 diagnosis when so many didn't make it'
Diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer 10 years ago, aged 37, Lynette McHendry has defied the odds to face down the disease.…
Trump pausing Iran attacks shows US military power is not enough on its own
Tehran has not been bombed into submission, leaving America unable to enforce its demands without a ground war that it does not want…
Google Photos finally lets you turn off that annoying Shimmer feature
A toggle to turn it off…
Improving the Microcontroller Gaming Performance with PicoGame
The ability to write Python on microcontrollers with the likes of MicroPython and later CiruitPython has made them much more accessible. [MakerClassCZ] brings that to game developm…
'Don't wait until you want revenge' - why prenups are on the rise
Around one in three young couples are now signing prenups to ring-fence to set out who gets what in the event of divorce.…
Sloppy and clumsy but overwhelming - inside the rogue ChatGPT hack
Details have been released of an emergency call with hundreds of cyber-security experts after the ChatGPT hack of a tech company.…
Meta is putting old DDR4 in DDR5 servers with a custom chip, and it's the RAM crisis workaround I wish I could buy
If only data center technology ever reached consumers…
Burnham has no scope to increase borrowing, think tank warns
The Prime Minister has announced a series of cost-of-living measure since taking office but is facing questions about how he will fund them.…
Brits urged to avoid dangerous plug adaptors this summer - what to watch out for
Campaign group Electrical Safety First has urged those "heading abroad this summer to think before they buy".…
HBO Max Joins the Vertical Video Game With ‘HBO Max Shorts’
"HBO Max Shorts" is one of two new mobile features coming to iOS users in the US.…
Pixel 11 Models Will Start With 256GB Storage, Report Says
Google may be discontinuing the 128GB storage option for future Pixel devices.…
Conservatives tout Biden tapes as proof of his decline. The audio is more nuanced.
How much does Apple’s Upgrade plan cost to lease devices and is it worth it?
From iPhones to MacBooks, here’s where Apple’s Upgrade Program works and where it falls short.…
Looks like JFrog's 0-days let OpenAI's models hack Hugging Face
The vendor won't confirm or deny…
Underwater Oxygen Loss Threatens Earth's Stability, Researchers Warn
A new review paper led by scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography warns that the rapid loss of oxygen from the ocean and other aquatic ecosystems is pushin…
Ghost Gun Was Used in Seattle Festival Shooting, Police Say
Banning AI will not make it go away
At Graham’s Farewell, a Glimpse Into Power in Trump’s Washington
OpenAI and Anthropic release statements in support of the "Pacing the Frontier" initiative; Anthropic says Dario Amodei and several co-founders have signed it (Anhata Rooprai/Reuters)
Anthony Fauci Just Handed Marco Rubio One Heck of a Campaign Ad
I don't know about y'all but I'm enjoying the heck out of Anthony Fauci's diary entries. I love that we're blasting them all over the internet. As many of you know, my mom spent he…
Immigrant business group to sue over Mamdani’s taxpayer-funded grocery stores: Report
An immigrant-led business group is reportedly preparing to sue New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani over complaints stemming from his taxpayer-funded grocery stores, one of his landm…
Reds get majorly hosed by winning a challenge that leads directly to a Guardians grand slam
Kyle Manzardo's acting job on a hit-by-pitch fooled the umpire, but video review gave him a second chance that ended in a bases-loaded grand slam.…
The Best Gas Grills for Fast, Easy, and HOT Outdoor Cooking (2026)
These grills are worth lighting up.…
The Thin Line Between Tragedy and a Wisconsin Miracle
The radar return turned dark magenta as the storm crossed northeast Wisconsin. I watched from less than 80 miles away, knowing the worst part of the system was passing just north a…
Mamdani’s Tax List Reveals the Dark Side of Socialist Class Warfare
It should be no surprise that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani not only wants to tax the rich but dox them too. On Monday, New York’s Department of Finance published a searchable…
‘High Potential’ Season 3 Release Date Update: When Does The New Season of ‘High Potential’ Come Out?
High Potential's second season was ABC’s top series in total viewers for adults 18-49.…
Baker Mayfield's self-imposed contract deadline arrives as Buccaneers and quarterback fail to agree on deal
Baker Mayfield reported to Tampa Bay Buccaneers training camp without a new deal, setting up a high-stakes bet on himself in his contract year.…
Iran launches missiles at U.S. base for first time since Trump paused strikes
Iran launched multiple ballistic missiles toward a U.S. military base in Jordan on Tuesday in what U.S. Central Command described as an "attempted surprise attack." All of the miss…
Iran fires missiles at US forces in Jordan, ending brief lull in attacks
Iran fired missiles at a base housing U.S. forces in Jordan after a pause in attacks that began Friday, signaling the renewal of hostilities. “At 5:45 p.m. ET today, Islamic Revolu…
Americans deserve a political choice, but the Left has gone insane
A large number of American voters crave an alternative between the frenzy of Trump and the utter madness of the progressive Left.…
Legacy media covers Anthony Fauci diary by criticizing Donald Trump instead of Fauci's dishonesty
Anthony Fauci's private diary entries reveal he acknowledged the Wuhan lab leak possibility while publicly denying it to protect research funding.…
California is home to some of the most dangerous cities in US — Bay Area near bottom of safety ranking
San Francisco and Oakland are among the 10 least safe cities in the country. Oakland recorded a crime rate of 19.3 per 1,000 residents – the second highest only after Memphis at 25…
Ex-Wall Street bigwig gets 30 years for drugging, raping women — after blaming his ‘autism’
Former Citigroup executive Edward Gene Smith was sentenced to 30 years in prison for drugging and raping women after trying to blame his autism.…
LaMelo Ball sued for allegedly being nightmare tenant weeks after shock trade to Timberwolves
LaMelo Ball is allegedly leaving Charlotte with some unpaid debts.…
Anthony Fauci’s own diary proves what a despicable villain he truly is
Time and again, his private notes contradict what he was telling the world at the very same time, and the stories he's spun up since to protect his unearned reputation.…
Lindsey Graham’s Last Laugh
The senator’s funeral featured foreign dignitaries, security lines, and a eulogy from the president whose approval he never stopped seeking.…
Browns set to make Denzel Ward the NFL’s top-paid cornerback on record $62.2 million contract
At least Browns fans will have one thing to cheer about for the next few seasons.…
Even in death, Lindsey Graham is driving diplomacy forward
Lindsey Graham’s bipartisan relationships and stature on the global stage drove world events one last time Tuesday, as a gathering for his funeral produced a possibility for peace.…
Elon Musk launches invite-only X Money with a Visa debit card, 6% yield and real-time transfers - AP News
Elon Musk launches invite-only X Money with a Visa debit card, 6% yield and real-time transfers AP News…
Private mission to rescue NASA’s aging telescope runs into its own trouble - AP News
Private mission to rescue NASA’s aging telescope runs into its own trouble AP News…
Some schools are extending admissions for students unenrolled by Howard University - AP News
Some schools are extending admissions for students unenrolled by Howard University AP News…
Explainer: Why is Oman proposing a new plan to manage the Strait of Hormuz? - Reuters
Explainer: Why is Oman proposing a new plan to manage the Strait of Hormuz? Reuters…
Tornado that carved a path of destruction in Wisconsin stayed on the ground for more than 20 minutes - AP News
Tornado that carved a path of destruction in Wisconsin stayed on the ground for more than 20 minutes AP News…
Lindsey Graham eulogized as an ‘American original’ with global reach - AP News
Lindsey Graham eulogized as an ‘American original’ with global reach AP News…
NY Outlines How It's Going to Keep Your Kids Away From Algorithmic Social Feeds
In 2027, apps like TikTok and Instagram can't serve up algorithmic feeds and nighttime alerts to minors, meaning you might have to prove you're an adult before you start a doomscro…
Top scientists at OpenAI and Anthropic ask U.S. for tools to pace AI development - NBC News
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iOS 27: All the New Phone and FaceTime Features
The Phone and FaceTime apps didn't get as many new features as some of Apple's other apps, but there are a handful of capabilities that add utility and convenience. Phone App The …
The US is banning foreign robots
The US government is targeting China with a new import ban on "advanced robotic devices" and power inverters made in foreign countries, as reported earlier by Reuters. In an announ…
Own Microsoft Office for your Mac for a single $42.97 payment
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more.…
Score a free Lego Spider-Man vs. Anti-Venom set on your next order — how to claim
Spidey's swinging away with a free bonus.…
AI staffers urge US to help ‘deliberately pace’ tech development - Politico
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Reaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbit
Preliminary investigation shows that two of Link's three reaction wheels currently are not operable."…
Show HN: I was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscript
A lightweight userscript that adds Hacker News discussions to any article. - twalichiewicz/HNewhere…
Mark Zuckerberg Blasts Centralization of A.I. Power - The New York Times
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Rescuers pick through wreckage after ‘devastating’ Wisconsin tornado
No deaths reported after twister leveled homes and topples trees and power lines in north-east of state First responders searched homes and buildings on Tuesday for possible victim…
Investigation of School Epstein Helped Finds Abuses Went Beyond Him
A law firm hired by Interlochen, the arts school and camp, to look into alumni complaints of sexual abuse fielded dozens of disturbing accounts, primarily from decades ago.…
Offer rates for tech jobs fell from 51% to 39% since 2015
St. Paul Police Chief Filed Harassment Complaint Against the Mayor
Domestic Abuse Allegations Rock Max Miller’s Ohio House Race
Representative Max Miller, a Republican, is facing accusations of abuse from his ex-wife in a bitter family feud that might put his otherwise safe seat in play.…
Have the Cake & Eat It Too. Anthropic, OpenAI & AI Investors. ARD #128 - AI: Reset to Zero
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OpenAI's Rogue Agent Compromised a Customer at a Second Tech Firm, Executive Says - GV Wire
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eBay and its former execs settle cyberstalking case brought by journalist couple
Ina and David Steiner will receive compensation after a 2019 campaign to silence their critiques of the company.…
OpenAI Rogue Agent Hacked Account at a Second Firm, Reuters Says - Bloomberg.com
Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…
New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash
A school district in a rural corner of upstate New York is hitting pause on plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom.…
Show HN: Mustuse.ai – Open-source automated ranking system run by agents
AI agents research, screen, and rank the best AI tools. No human-picked winners, ads, or paid placement.…
Anthropic publishes a practical key-recovery attack on HAWK-256
Contribute to anthropics/cryptography-research-demo development by creating an account on GitHub.…
OpenAI's rogue agent compromised an account at a second tech firm, sources say - Yahoo News Canada
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The Government’s Indictment of an Activist Tests Whether You Have a Right to Wipe Your Phone
Samuel Tunick used GrapheneOS to delete his phone's data. The US claims that's destroying evidence.…
T-Mobile outage: Some users report they couldnt connect to Starlink via T-Satellite
T-Mobile's T-Satellite with Starlink service wasn't the immediate fix some customers were hoping for during the Monday outage.…
Running Kimi K3 on a M1 Mac
Run Kimi K3, a 2.8T-parameter Mixture-of-Experts LLM, on a single Apple Silicon Mac. Streams MXFP4 experts on demand over HTTP into a local disk cache — fused NEON kernels, Metal/M…
OpenAI's rogue agent abused customer accounts at a second tech company - report - investingLive
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iyO’s trademark lawsuit against OpenAI and Jony Ive paused over settlement talks - 9to5Mac
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Sources: the OpenAI agent that breached Hugging Face also compromised a customer at AI infrastructure company Modal Labs (Reuters)
People Are Generating a Flood of Fake News About Trump That Does No Reputational Damage Whatsoever
Is that... Jared Leto?…
Samsung’s new foldables are borrowing this Galaxy S26 USB trick
You can use any of Samsung's new foldable phones as a high-quality webcam when tethered to your PC over USB-C.…
OpenAI's rogue agent also compromised account at AI firm Modal Labs, according to Reuters - CNBC
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Ariana Grande is suing the hackers who’ve been leaking her songs and videos for years
Ariana Grande filed a lawsuit on Monday in the Los Angeles County Superior Court against the currently unidentified hackers who allegedly stole and leaked private content. It aims …
Google Find Hub finally lets you delete old devices cluttering your account
The upgrade people have been requesting…
A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge.
Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.…
NXP reports Q2 revenue up 19% YoY to $3.5B, vs. $3.46B est., as it struggled to impress investors with a generally upbeat Q3 forecast; NXPI down 5%+ after hours (Christina Kyriasoglou/Bloomberg)
My 10-day headache was terminal brain cancer
Josh Smith began experiencing brain fog and headaches, but assumed he was "just tired".…
Gunther von Hagens, Creator of Polarizing ‘Body Worlds’ Exhibits, Dies at 81
AI the Singularity and where we are
Quote of the day by Bill Gates: 'There's nothing on the iPad I look at and say, 'Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it'' — downplaying Apple's foray into tablets
Microsoft's attempts to conquer the mobile devices market have long stuttered, with Bill Gates famously dismissing the iPad…
AI Deals Struggle to Get Across Finish Line Bond Binge Enters Weak Demand Era
My phone runs local LLMs faster than my gaming PC, and it's the setup I actually reach for every day
The PC wins on paper, but the phone wins in practice…
Annie Jacobsen’s ‘Biological War’ Is Coming to TV
The author of 'Nuclear War: A Scenario' just released her latest terrifying 'what if' scenario, and it's getting a series adaptation.…
Looks like JFrog's 0-days let OpenAI's models hack Hugging Face - The Register
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What’s Going on With Mitch McConnell? Kentucky’s Governor Has Questions.
Gov. Andy Beshear called on Senator McConnell, who has been hospitalized since June, to prove his capacity to serve, or resign.…
Paulding County holds meetings over OpenAI data center plans - 11Alive.com
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Architects, Anthills, and AI: A Nobel Prize's Lesson on Scientific Progress
chemistry nobel prize offers a profound lesson on scientific progress, with the AI acceleration…
Visa used Mythos to hunt for bugs in its own payment network, then open-sourced the harness that made it possible
OpenAI's agents hacked second firm, alongside Hugging Face, during model testing - Axios
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Mark Zuckerberg Blasts Centralization of A.I. Power
In an interview, Meta’s chief executive took aim at Anthropic and OpenAI, which have pushed to tightly control A.I. development, and said he supported “more openness.”…
Fired Tesla manager says Full Self-Driving cars were 'rolling hazards'
A new lawsuit accuses Tesla of overextending the safety operators overseeing its robotaxis.…
Exclusive-OpenAI's rogue agent compromised an account at a second tech firm, executive says - Yahoo! Finance Canada
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Florida executes man in first of two lethal injections planned in single day
Governor Ron DeSantis has made the state’s death chamber the nation’s busiest at the end of his final term A former police officer convicted of the on-duty rape and murder of a you…
The Democratic Party Should Be a ‘Very Big Tent’
US diplomats stage UN walkout after France criticizes human rights record under Trump
France had also intervened after Trump administration had opposed the reappointment of UN human rights chief US diplomats walked out of a United Nations meeting after France critic…
Iran Considered Retaliatory Strike on Ukrainian Seaport
A flurry of diplomacy has eased tensions, officials said, after an incident risked triggering a wider war.…
Democrats Disagree Over Israel — and That’s OK.
EBay and Former Execs Will Pay $56 Million to Couple They Tormented With Bloody Pig Masks
The journalist couple were stalked for the critical pieces they published about eBay.…
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Overturn $83.3 Million Award in Carroll Defamation Case
President Trump paid E. Jean Carroll more than $5 million from a 2023 lawsuit, but he is now asking the court to overturn a much larger award that a jury ordered him to pay in 2024…
iyO’s trademark lawsuit against OpenAI and Jony Ive paused over settlement talks
Judge Trina L. Thompson has granted a pause in iyO’s trademark lawsuit against OpenAI, as the parties work to finalize a settlement.…
Did This Guy Find a Surface Laptop Ultra Prototype on the Side of the Road? Maybe. Here Are Some Benchmarks
With pre-release drivers, performance on the N1X-equipped system is underwhelming.…
The FCC's Next Target: Foreign-Made Humanoid Robots and Power Inverters
After banning foreign-made Wi-Fi routers and drones, the FCC cites a White House order to claim that foreign-made advanced robots and power inverters also pose a security risk.…
Teenage school shooter in Georgia is sentenced to life without parole
Colt Gray last week pleaded guilty to a 2024 rampage that left four dead at a high school outside Atlanta.…
50-year-old A-10 Thunderbolt II Warthog gets reprieve as BRRRRT act keeps it alive after Iran showdown
Congress moves to rescue the aging A-10 Warthog after Iran missions reignite fierce retirement battle inside the Air Force…
OpenAI's rogue agent compromised an account at a second tech firm, sources say - Reuters
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Show HN: CogniKernel; AI Coding with cross session and cross platform memory
Persistent, structured project memory for Claude Code and Codex - event-sourced, typed, fail-open. Your agent stops re-deciding what you already decided. - KanishkNoir/cognikernel…
Wordfence Prism AI Vulnerability Detector Finds Backdoored WordPress Plugin
Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight
Spur Intelligence has raised a $200 million round from Insight Partners for its tech that can identify legit human traffic from bots.…
Seattle police recover machine gun and ghost gun from scene of mass shooting
Three people died, including one of the suspects, and at least five more were wounded, including two-year-old boy Seattle police recovered a modified machine gun and an untraceable…
Burnham to seek cross-party consensus over urgent reforms to social care
Prime minister invites Badenoch and Davey – but not Farage – to discuss how to fix decades-old funding crisis Andy Burnham has promised “problem-solving, not point-scoring” before …
I Gave the Hardest Cryptic Crossword I Could Find to a Bunch of LLMs
And hey, fellow humans: I'm happy to report that this is one area in which we eat the machines for breakfast.…
Half-Life ported to Mac OS 9
Tips and tricks to help keep your Mac OS 9/Early Mac OS computers usable today. Software downloads, guides, hacks and news.…
The Most Aesthetic Portable Speaker I Own Is $50 Off Right Now
The Marshall Emberton III Portable Bluetooth Speaker is my favorite-looking portable speaker, and it's 28% off right now. Get it for $129.99 (originally $179.99).…
PSN, Xbox outages show why a disc-free future would suck
Major outages are making physical media look good again.…
1,100 AI workers sign letter asking US to support tools that 'pace the frontier of automated AI development' - Business Insider
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I undervolt every graphics card I own, and I genuinely can't understand why more people don't
Undervolting your GPU should be mandatory, considering the benefits…
Show HN: An MMO for AI agents where cooking a pizza requires a civilization
The first pizza in an empty galaxy costs 28.5 million credits to bring into existence. The second one costs 127. Plus: what the rest of the space-sim genre shipped this month.…
FBI Seeks AI for Political Watch List
Documents show the FBI seeking AI tools to flag Americans before they act, as the terror watchlist's focus moves toward domestic dissent.…
Behind Closed Doors, Trump Huddles With Netanyahu and Zelensky
The visits by the leaders of Israel and Ukraine underscored just how deeply President Trump was enmeshed in conflicts he had promised — and failed — to end quickly.…
Bitcoin miner and AI infrastructure company Ionic Digital surged more than 25% to nearly $63 in its Nasdaq debut, giving it an implied valuation of ~$2.75B (Kyle Baird/The Block)
AI Shi(f)ts the Cost to the Reader
AI can generate a wall of text in seconds. Reading, validating, and owning it still costs a human.…
AI company employees petition US government for regulation
A thousand workers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and more have signed the letter.…
Gemini can now make your Google Docs look a lot less boring
Need some visuals? Gemini can now create and edit images, diagrams, and infographics directly inside Google Docs.…
Point AI at a "Proven" Microkernel?
Signalis and Dying Light 2 Dominate PlayStation Plus’s Free August Games
Get ready for cosmic dread, zombies and one Big Walk on PlayStation Plus.…
Former Gavin Newsom aide shares fresh details of affair
Ruby Rippey writes in Vanity Fair of relationship with then San Francisco mayor and appears to contradict his account…
Apple is the most valuable company in the world, again
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OpenAI just open-sourced Codex Security
SDKs and CLI for Codex Security. Contribute to openai/codex-security development by creating an account on GitHub.…
Your spreadsheet has officially been promoted—Microsoft Project is $44.97 right now
Get a Microsoft Project Professional 2024 Lifetime License for $44.97 through Aug. 2 (MSRP $1,129) and plan projects with Gantt charts.…
New York offers college admission for residents unenrolled from Howard University
Historically Black institution withdrew more than 500 first-year students for missed tuition payments…
Show HN: Vyne – Zapier for DeFi users, run from any LLM or the workflow builder
Composable DeFi agents on Solana — drag, drop, ship.…
Talking Points: Minnesota judge reverses ban on prediction markets; OpenAI near deal on massive data center project - The Boston Globe
Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…
Today I learned the CIA hid a home movie camera inside a Xerox machine — and trained a real repairman to steal the film right in front of the KGB
The audacious story of the secret service, the Soviets, and the Xerox photocopier that caught on fire.…
The Anthropic-Physical Intelligence Rumor Roiling AI Twitter
Anthropic and OpenAI's aggressive 2026 acquisition sprees set the stage for a weekend rumor.…
Bystander video shows teen lifeguard's dramatic ocean rescue
The 16-year-old lifeguard rescued a 10-year-old boy from a beach in Santa Cruz, California after the boy had been swept offshore.…
Houthis Claim Strike on Another Saudi Oil Tanker
Hugging Face publishes a timeline of the OpenAI agent intrusion, including how the agent took ~17.6K actions, and details using GLM-5.2 to analyze the attack (Hugging Face)
eBay’s bizarre cyberstalking saga ends with a $56 million settlement
eBay and three former executives will pay $55.7 million as part of a settlement with a Massachusetts couple targeted with a bizarre harassment and cyberstalking campaign in 2019, a…