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Vertu wants executives to pay $6,880 for an AI agent — here’s how it actually performs

Vertu wants executives to pay $6,880 for an AI agent — here’s how it actually performs

From AI workflows to battery life and security, here's what it's really like to live with Vertu's luxury foldable every day.…
The Zoom hack that says, ‘Don’t record me’

The Zoom hack that says, ‘Don’t record me’

If every meeting, watercooler conversation, and date gets transcribed and summarized, who's actually reading any of it?…
What Cities From Chicago to Washington, DC, Look Like Under a Blanket of Wildfire Smoke

What Cities From Chicago to Washington, DC, Look Like Under a Blanket of Wildfire Smoke

The US is home to some of the most polluted air on the planet as smoke from 120 out-of-control Canadian wildfires drifts across the border.…
AWS Billing Glitch Hits Customers With Billion-Dollar Fees

AWS Billing Glitch Hits Customers With Billion-Dollar Fees

An error with the cloud computing giant’s billing operation caused some customers’ monthly bills to rise from a few cents to billions of dollars.…
AI-driven memory crunch jolts India’s smartphone market

AI-driven memory crunch jolts India’s smartphone market

India's smartphone slowdown highlights how the AI boom is reshaping consumer electronics, from pricing and demand to corporate strategy.…
Agility Robotics plants its flag in Tesla’s backyard

Agility Robotics plants its flag in Tesla’s backyard

Agility is opening a new training center for its Digit robots in Fremont, California.…
Polymarket’s Corporate Structure Is a Mystery—Even to Some of Its Former Employees

Polymarket’s Corporate Structure Is a Mystery—Even to Some of Its Former Employees

The prediction market’s Panamanian operation seems odd, even for a company whose CEO had his apartment raided by FBI agents.…
Apple’s lawsuit couldn’t come at a worse time for OpenAI

Apple’s lawsuit couldn’t come at a worse time for OpenAI

Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not messing around. The complaint alleges a pa…
How Apple’s big lawsuit could disrupt OpenAI’s IPO plans

How Apple’s big lawsuit could disrupt OpenAI’s IPO plans

Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not messing around. The complaint alleges a pa…
Panasonic Japanese Microwave Review (2026): True 1-Button Cooking with Temperature Sensing

Panasonic Japanese Microwave Review (2026): True 1-Button Cooking with Temperature Sensing

The Japanese Microwave measures food temperature directly, and stops cooking when food’s hot. It’s kinda terrific.…
It's official: EU will force Google to share search data and open up AI on Android

It's official: EU will force Google to share search data and open up AI on Android

Google says these changes could endanger user privacy and security.…
Netflix says around 300 titles used generative AI

Netflix says around 300 titles used generative AI

Netflix says roughly 300 titles on its platform used generative AI, most of which occurred in post-production. The streaming service revealed the news…
Energy IPOs surge as investors hunt for ways to play AI boom

Energy IPOs surge as investors hunt for ways to play AI boom

Companies coming to market are raising money at fastest pace this century.…
OnePlus ends phone releases in US and Europe, further reducing smartphone choice

OnePlus ends phone releases in US and Europe, further reducing smartphone choice

OnePlus promises to continue supporting the phones it's already released.…
SpaceX stock erases all its gains and slides below IPO price in intraday trading

SpaceX stock erases all its gains and slides below IPO price in intraday trading

Article URL: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-07-16/spacex-stock-erases-gains-slides-below-ipo-price-in-intraday-trading Comments URL: http…
Governments, companies, nonprofits should invest in free, open source AI [pdf]

Governments, companies, nonprofits should invest in free, open source AI [pdf]

Article URL: https://www.siegelendowment.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/fortune-david-siegel-open-source-ai.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator…
OnePlus, the ‘Flagship-Killer’ Smartphone Brand, Is All but Dead

OnePlus, the ‘Flagship-Killer’ Smartphone Brand, Is All but Dead

The original OnePlus phone disrupted the mobile market 13 years ago with its affordable price and top-end specs. Now, the company is exiting North Ame…
OnePlus officially gives up on the US and Europe

OnePlus officially gives up on the US and Europe

OnePlus has confirmed what industry observers have long expected: it's quitting the US and European markets, and will no longer launch new products in…
Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model

Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model

Inkling, a 975-billion-parameter open source model, was trained to understand video and audio. It could help Thinking Machines establish itself among …
SpaceX slips below its $135 IPO price ahead of Starship launch

SpaceX slips below its $135 IPO price ahead of Starship launch

The stock has steadily fallen from the euphoric post-IPO high, showing that markets may be sobering up to the promises CEO Elon Musk made before and a…
Something’s glowing on the Pixel 11’s camera bar

Something’s glowing on the Pixel 11’s camera bar

A new teaser for Google's upcoming Pixel 11 lineup reveals that the phones will feature some kind of glowing orb on the camera bar, as reported by 9to…
AI Isn’t Smarter Than a Baby—Yet

AI Isn’t Smarter Than a Baby—Yet

Babies are tremendous learning machines, and key advances for AI may soon be found in the architecture of their little brains.…
Lucid’s bankruptcy rumor is a bad sign for the EV future

Lucid’s bankruptcy rumor is a bad sign for the EV future

Lucid Motors found itself in a tough bind this week, fending off bankruptcy rumors and watching its stock price plunge as a result. The company quickl…
Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba’s Qwen AI

Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba’s Qwen AI

Apple Intelligence is headed to China after regulators approved Apple’s AI services through a partnership with Alibaba. The long-rumored deal will bri…
Sleep regularity is a stronger predictor of mortality risk than sleep duration (2023)

Sleep regularity is a stronger predictor of mortality risk than sleep duration (2023)

Article URL: https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/47/1/zsad253/7280269 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48919363 Points: 264 # Com…
Reelful’s AI turns your camera roll into short-form videos for social media

Reelful’s AI turns your camera roll into short-form videos for social media

The app is designed for people who want to create social content, but find traditional video editing tools too complex or time-consuming.…
Anthropic, Blackstone bet the next trillion-dollar AI business is implementation, not models

Anthropic, Blackstone bet the next trillion-dollar AI business is implementation, not models

Anthropic-backed Ode launches as AI labs bet that embedding forward-deployed engineers inside enterprises is the key to accelerating enterprise AI ado…
Spotify’s Daniel Ek is bringing his body-scanning clinics to the US

Spotify’s Daniel Ek is bringing his body-scanning clinics to the US

Spotify founder Daniel Ek's body-scanning startup, Neko Health, is setting its sights on the United States after raising $700 million from a star-stud…
Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail

Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail

Article URL: https://fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_park_computers/index.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48915709 Points: 273 # C…
Lawsuit claims Meta's layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans

Lawsuit claims Meta's layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans

Meta denies using AI to terminate workers with disabilities and medical problems.…