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- That Viral Photo of San Francisco NIMBYs Shows Why Housing Is Winning [3d]
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- Read the Novels and Forget Everything Else [3d]
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- Show HN: I worked on a new browser for 2 years, today it passed Acid 3 [3d]
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- Thomson Reuters built its own AI model that now ranks among the best [3d]
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- Apple Will 'Watch Everything Burn' When AI Bubble Bursts [3d]
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- Loops (YC W22) Is Hiring a Product Educator [3d]
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- Demystifying DRAM Read Disturbance: RowHammer and RowPress Phenomena [3d]
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- Show HN: How to build and self-host a code review agent [3d]
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- Predictive Speculative KV Replication for Bursty LLM Inference [3d]
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- Designing Icons [3d]
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- Tailscale didn't stop the Hugging Face intrusion [3d]
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- AI companies destroy rare and non recoverable physical books [3d]
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- Nuclear Waste Cleanup: DOE Is Missing Opportunities to Apply Lessons [3d]
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- Lerd, an open source Herd-like PHP development environment for Linux and macOS [3d]
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- Golang proposal: container/: generic collection types [3d]
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- Orca-Bench: How Ready Are Language Model Agents for Oncall? [3d]
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- Using the railway network as a flatbed scanner [video] [3d]
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- Termixer (TUI DJ Mixer) [3d]
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- June in Servo: real world compat, media queries, SharedWorker, and more [3d]
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- How to Survive an Infestation of Toxic Caterpillars [3d]
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- Everyone is building LLM routers, we deprecated ours [3d]
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- qm [3d]
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- They Forgot What Happened Last Time: Hacking the Windows 365 Link [video] [3d]
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- AFC Stands in Solidarity with UEFA and Concacaf to Protect the FIFA World Cup [3d]
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- Severance [3d]
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- Show HN: Slope remade in HTML5 to load instantly on any browser, any device [3d]
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- Miso (YC S16) is hiring for U.S. expansion [3d]
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- The great wealth transfer reality check [3d]
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- Dario Amodei's stance on open weights is self-serving and short-sighted [3d]
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- The Abandoned Fish Sauce Terrorizing a Small Canadian Town [3d]
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- Why we write our own C and C++ inference engines [3d]
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- Getting 25 Gbps Thunderbolt Ethernet on My Mac Studio [3d]
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- Online Friends Are Real Friends [3d]
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- Big Food vs. the People [3d]
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- US Government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partner [3d]
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- Dubious research tied to Red Bull has shaped energy drink policy [3d]
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- Show HN: Shared memory graph for Claude and ChatGPT, over MCP [3d]
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- Next-Level Productivity Revealed to Be Smart Sticky Notes [3d]
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- Algorithms on billion-scale graph using 10GB RAM: I love DataFusion [3d]
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- A GTK4 SSH-askpass in Zig [3d]
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- Make Everything to Markdown [3d]
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- New Defcon Badges Pack a Unique Open-Source Chip That Doubles as a Security Key [3d]
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- Puberty blockers trial can start recruiting children [3d]
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- Is AI Reasoning Right for the Wrong Reasons? [3d]
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- 13 Models and 4 Agents on SWE Tasks: Go, Java, Python, Rust, TS [3d]
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- Admin: Terminally Ill Patients Aren't Exempt from Medicaid Work Requirements [3d]
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- Where .env Went Wrong [3d]
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- Elevators [3d]
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- Massively Parallel Postgres Backups [3d]
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- I built a f.lux alternative because the M5 Max firmware broke existing solutions [3d]
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- A big win for Android interoperability [3d]
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- The most official water costs $120k a gallon [3d]
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- Show HN: I built a cross-browser extension that controls fingerprinting surfaces [3d]
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- Maze Toys [3d]
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- Why ugly buildings create NIMBYism [3d]
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- Show HN: BitBang – Reach machines behind NAT from a browser, no account [3d]
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- How many people are dying as a result of USAID's demise? [3d]
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- Detect Dark Matter's Mark from Your Backyard [3d]
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- Authorize, don't authenticate [3d]
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- Run Kimi K3 using 29 GB of RAM at 0.50 tok/s [3d]
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- Cro – elegant reactive services in Raku [3d]
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- Better to Beg Forgiveness [3d]
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- U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio reaches 123% [3d]
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- Arch Linux disables AUR package adoption [3d]
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- Kelly Criterion Simulator [3d]
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- When transit passes were designed by hand [3d]
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- Situational Awareness Down 67% in July in AI Stock Rout [3d]
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- Anti-fraud tools can't keep pace with scammers exploiting cheap internet calling [3d]
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- Moonshot built on 20k Nvidia chip cluster from Alibaba [3d]
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- Another Reason Not to Use "AI" for Your Writing [3d]
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- Autoregressive Language Model on the 6502 Processor [3d]
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- About 60k migrants arrive in Ceuta in 24 hours, Spanish territory's leader says [3d]
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- Ruby Central's Destructive Legacy [3d]
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- Tasklet (YC P26) Is Hiring a Customer Success Engineer [3d]
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- The FTC clears quantum computing company IonQ's $1.8B acquisition of chipmaker SkyWater after the FTC's two members disagreed at first on imposing conditions (Jody Godoy/Reuters) [3d]
- Sources: OpenAI demoed a new "Astra" AI model family to US policymakers and regulators this week, touting its improved abilities to complete long-running tasks (The Information) [3d]
- Filing: Amazon has completed its $50B investment in OpenAI; source: OpenAI received the final tranche this week, taking Amazon's position to roughly 5% (Financial Times) [3d]
- Amazon shares closed up 15.32% on Friday, the biggest one-day jump since April 2012, after the company reported accelerating AWS revenue (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg) [3d]
- Roblox shares close down ~27%, its worst-ever daily percentage decline, after forecasting falling bookings and slowing revenue growth; RBLX is down 40%+ YTD (Kit Norton/Barron's Online) [3d]
- Sources: OpenAI has discovered other instances where AI agents escaped containment; none of the agents were thought to have left OpenAI's network (Reuters) [3d]
- FBI and EPA say water and wastewater utilities in at least seven states reported cyberattacks this week, with some causing flooding and other operational issues (James Rundle/Wall Street Journal) [3d]
- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signs the Children's Social Media Safety Act, a bill designed to limit children's access to "addictive" social media algorithms (Ben Szalinski/Capitol News Illinois) [3d]
- An in-depth account of the past two days inside Situational Awareness, as Aschenbrenner assured investors he would focus on changes to his portfolio management (Wall Street Journal) [3d]
- Google rolls back an image generation tool in Google Earth to add "stronger guardrails" after concerns arose it can be used to create deepfake satellite imagery (Geoff Brumfiel/NPR) [3d]
- Index Ventures has raised $2B in new capital: a $900M venture vehicle, $400M for seed financing, and an addition of $700M to a 2024 $1.5B growth fund (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg) [3d]
- Snap says its recommendation systems will be adjusted so only videos created by real people, not AI-generated ones, are eligible for Spotlight recommendations (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch) [3d]
- Sources: NXP is in talks to buy Ambarella, which has a market cap of ~$3.3B and makes image-processing chips for security cameras and self-driving cars (Oliver Barnes/Financial Times) [3d]
- OpenAI says its models now have more than 1B active users and are used by more than 2M businesses (Katherine Hamilton/Wall Street Journal) [3d]
- Trump says he does not think Iran is behind a cyberattack on Minnesota water systems: "I think I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent" (Reuters) [3d]
- Filing: Microsoft's product R&D roles declined for the second straight year as the company's total FY2026 headcount fell for the first time since 2016 (Todd Bishop/GeekWire) [3d]
- SpaceXAI says it will remove 69 gas turbines used to power the Colossus data centers near Memphis by July 2027, as it moves to a 1.2 GW natural gas power plant (Tim De Chant/TechCrunch) [3d]
- South Korea plans to inject ~$14B into its sovereign wealth fund for strategic investments in AI, data centers, and infrastructure, after a rout in tech stocks (Haram Lim/Bloomberg) [3d]
- MediaTek says its board has approved a discretionary $5B financing budget to support long-term growth, including its expansion into AI chips for data centers (Wen-Yee Lee/Reuters) [3d]
- DeepSeek V4 Flash scores 50 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, matching Gemini 3.6 Flash and up 10 points from the preview launch in April (Artificial Analysis) [3d]
- Google starts rolling out access to Gemini Spark for Google AI Pro subscribers to over 160 countries and adds a Chrome auto browse integration on desktop (Abner Li/9to5Google) [3d]
- Sources: Moonshot has a computing power agreement with Alibaba for the use of ~20K Nvidia chips; some say the deal is for H200 chips, which Alibaba denies (Mackenzie Hawkins/Bloomberg) [3d]
- AI-generated images, video, audio, and text on matters of public interest designed to look authentic must be labeled in the EU under the AI Act from August 2 (Jennifer Rankin/The Guardian) [3d]
- A German court rules that Suno has violated copyrights and must disclose illicit revenue after Germany's state-mandated licensing agency GEMA sued in 2025 (Elizabeth Grenier/Deutsche Welle) [3d]
- Sources: Eric Trump-backed Space-Eyes, which develops AI-powered defense tech for the public sector, agrees to go public via a SPAC merger at a $638M valuation (Reuters) [3d]
- I electrocuted my own vagus nerve every day for a week to find out if brain health wearables are worth the hype [3d]
- Pentagon is looking for drone bombers, but don't expect a B52 replacement, as they'd carry only an 18 lb payload [3d]
- Grab 1.54TB free cloud storage for life — but you will need to sign up to 43 services [3d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Saturday, August 1 (game #1650) [3d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, August 1 (game #1147) [3d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, August 1 (game #881) [3d]
- Seagate reveals more on its 50TB HDD plans — but looks like we'll still have a long wait to buy one [3d]
- Quote of the day by The Odyssey director Chris Nolan: 'AI researchers refer to the present moment as an 'Oppenheimer moment'' — putting into perspective the scale of change AI will bring [3d]
- Japan just got a 999g laptop with a 30-hour battery — and you probably can’t buy it [3d]
- Why are home servers trending? I took the plunge in an attempt to demystify the quiet tech community of tinkerers that are choosing to build, upcycle and host it themselves [3d]
- This hilarious robot collapse reminds me that robot development is nowhere near where it needs to be, but a huge breakthrough from DeepMind could change all that [3d]
- Ukraine built a stealth electric bike that powers drones and zooms over landmines [3d]
- 'We've set this company up in preparation for this moment' — as PlayStation scraps discs, these companies are ready to keep physical games alive [3d]
- Miss your CD collection? This wall-mounted display for Spotify and Apple Music promises to bring back its ‘feeling of connection’ — but its maker insists he doesn’t want to kill off physical media [3d]
- 7 new horror movies on Netflix, Paramount+, Shudder, and more in August 2026 [3d]
- Exclusive: 'We...ask the impossible of these guys, and they figure it out': I saw inside Beats' labs to see how 12 years with Apple changed the company — and why 'the testing, the tuning, the science behind the fit and the sound' is the hidden secret [3d]
- I stopped using ChatGPT Voice like a smart speaker — and it became far more useful [3d]
- Keeper Security's top-rated password manager is now 50% off, and it's the best security upgrade you'll make this year [3d]
- What is the release date for House of the Dragon season 3 episode 7? [3d]
- Magic: The Gathering’s most controversial change is coming to Dungeons & Dragons — starting with its first official World of Warcraft expansion [3d]
- Apple and Google are hosting hundreds of dangerous VPN links — here is why your device is at risk [3d]
- I'm incredibly excited for The Witcher 4 - but CD Projekt Red needs to avoid the same performance issues The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 once had [3d]
- First your age, next your identity: Inside the 'hack' that broke the EU age verification app's privacy promises [3d]
- '8K Blu-ray would be a technical feat in search of a problem to solve’. I talked to the Blu-ray Disc Association, player manufacturers and TV makers about what comes after 4K Blu-ray, and the future of physical media [3d]
- 'C-suite executives need to upskill themselves to really understand the threats': AI is becoming a tool for attackers and defenders, but true resilience requires a constantly changing strategy, says former GCHQ intelligence expert [3d]
- 7 new movies and TV shows to watch on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max, and more this weekend (July 31) [3d]
- TechRadar's first crossword is here — puzzle #1, Friday, July 31 [3d]
- Lioness season 3 is Taylor Sheridan's most scathing, brutal, and AI-wary outing yet — but the new Paramount+ series is still making sure that the Yellowstone creator is the action hero of the hour [3d]
- Why traditional security checks are failing in the age of AI-driven fraud [3d]
- The surge in AI-driven fraud requires coordinated global defense [3d]
- I can't believe it's taken LinkedIn so long to push back against AI slop — but will its changes really stop all the cringey updates? [3d]
- I swapped my iPhone for the distraction-free Balance Phone to curb my social media habit, and it wasn't quite the digital detox I expected [3d]
- Air stylers are being sold as a one-size-fits-all solution for 'healthy curls' — but that's just not accurate, says major haircare brand founder [3d]
- Disney+ just lost 4K and all HDR support in parts of Europe, so you have to ask what the point of a Premium subscription is — and this is exactly why physical media is on the rise [3d]
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