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Initial focus for our partnership with Motorola is a regular non-folding device

Initial focus for our partnership with Motorola is a regular non-folding device

Article URL: https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/117136278553665985 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49395605 Points: 141 # Commen…
I spent $266 and four AI models to own my tablet. GLM-5.3 finished it in a day

I spent $266 and four AI models to own my tablet. GLM-5.3 finished it in a day

Article URL: https://ericpardee.github.io/fire-hd-ownership/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49409073 Points: 3 # Comments: 0…
Slovakia finds Russian backdoor in traffic speed cameras

Slovakia finds Russian backdoor in traffic speed cameras

Article URL: https://risky.biz/risky-bulletin-slovakia-finds-russian-backdoor-in-traffic-speed-cameras/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite…
Your Expired Visa Card Could Be ‘Zombified’ to Make Contactless Payments

Your Expired Visa Card Could Be ‘Zombified’ to Make Contactless Payments

Plus: Apple sends out an “unprecedented” number of spyware warnings, Ukraine hits a Russian ecommerce giant with cyber and drone attacks, and more.…
HoverAir’s transforming modular drone has already been halted in the US

HoverAir’s transforming modular drone has already been halted in the US

I am so sorry, fellow US gadget fans: the FCC's drone ban appears to have struck again. The HoverAir Versa - a baby steadycam with snap-on propeller w…
Nvidia partners with data center developer Cloverleaf

Nvidia partners with data center developer Cloverleaf

Nvidia continues to pour money into data center development — just as AI data centers bring lots of money into Nvidia.…
Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine

Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine

Anthropic forbids its Claude models from generating sexually explicit content. But a series of tests conducted by TechCrunch found that it didn't take…
Tesla’s Door Handles Lead to Its Biggest Recall Yet

Tesla’s Door Handles Lead to Its Biggest Recall Yet

A Chinese agency says the two recalls affecting some 3 million vehicles can mostly be fixed by over-the-air updates—but they will also require physica…
I accidentally logged hundreds of thousands of phone calls to military bases

I accidentally logged hundreds of thousands of phone calls to military bases

Article URL: https://lina.sh/blog/hijacking-e164-arpa Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49387570 Points: 281 # Comments: 34…
Fighter jets help destroy Russian drone boat near European offshore gas platform

Fighter jets help destroy Russian drone boat near European offshore gas platform

Romania blew up drone boat to protect lives of several hundred rig workers.…
They survived 9/11; 25 years later, their bonds remain unbroken

They survived 9/11; 25 years later, their bonds remain unbroken

Survivors reconnect with those who saved them in National Geographic's 9/11: Reunited.…
China Is Strapping ‘Digital Bombs’ to Civilian Infrastructure—Is the US Ready?

China Is Strapping ‘Digital Bombs’ to Civilian Infrastructure—Is the US Ready?

This week on “Uncanny Valley,” Andy Greenberg discusses sitting in on a war game simulating a cyberattack from the Chinese hacking group Volt Typhoon…
Meta brings Pocket, an app that lets you vibe-code and share games, to US users

Meta brings Pocket, an app that lets you vibe-code and share games, to US users

Meta is bringing Pocket, its experimental AI-powered app for creating and sharing interactive games, to users across the U.S. after quietly testing it…
Inertia Enterprises finds a way to make its fusion fuel fast

Inertia Enterprises finds a way to make its fusion fuel fast

Fusion power startup Inertia Enterprises reduced the fuel filling process from a week to just a few hours. It's one of ten hurdles the company must ov…
AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint

AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint

Article URL: https://blog.laserphile.com/2026/08/aliexpress-webpage-keeping-multipoint.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4937258…
Amazon’s drone deliveries are landing in pools and ponds

Amazon’s drone deliveries are landing in pools and ponds

Amazon's speedy drone delivery service will soon reach 500 cities across the US - but that might just mean there are more pools to drop packages into.…
Amazon aims for delivery drones to reach 500 US neighborhoods by end of 2026

Amazon aims for delivery drones to reach 500 US neighborhoods by end of 2026

US residents face trade-offs as delivery drone services such as Prime Air expand.…
Does giving a camera wings dodge the FCC’s drone ban?

Does giving a camera wings dodge the FCC’s drone ban?

HoverAir drones always have intriguing gimmicks. This one folds flat to fit in your pocket. This one can land on water. Another can charge inside its …
Elon Musk Is Expected to Point His Money Machine at Texas

Elon Musk Is Expected to Point His Money Machine at Texas

Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk is expected to spend up to $200 million in the midterms. It could be a big boost for GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton…
Stripe didn’t really buy OpenRouter because of the ‘singularity’

Stripe didn’t really buy OpenRouter because of the ‘singularity’

What does a payments giant want with a startup that routes prompts between different AI models? Stripe says it's because of "the singularity" but it's…
OpenLogi

OpenLogi

Article URL: https://openlogi.org/en Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49355606 Points: 365 # Comments: 74…
How does IKEA come up with names for its products?

How does IKEA come up with names for its products?

Article URL: https://www.ikea.com/se/en/customer-service/knowledge/articles/6f564c4d-2ccc-46de-b643-545a3948dc79.html Comments URL: https://news.ycomb…
New paper shows that 37% of workers in US saw real wages decline from 2021-2024 [pdf]

New paper shows that 37% of workers in US saw real wages decline from 2021-2024 [pdf]

Article URL: https://bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/BFI_WP_2026-108-1.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49355142 Poi…
Babies born under sugar rationing grew into adults with lower cancer risk

Babies born under sugar rationing grew into adults with lower cancer risk

Article URL: https://theconversation.com/babies-born-under-sugar-rationing-grew-into-adults-with-lower-cancer-risk-289873 Comments URL: https://news.y…
Field measurements of neighborhood-scale air temperature impacts of data centers

Field measurements of neighborhood-scale air temperature impacts of data centers

Article URL: https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/sustainablebuildings/article/7/2/024501/1233035/Data-Center-Waste-Heat-as-an-Emerging-Urban Commen…
Beware Management Consultants

Beware Management Consultants

Article URL: https://about.iceland.co.uk/our-story/the-dark-ages/beware-management-consultants/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=493…
Cursor capitalizes on Github frustration, launches rival hosting platform

Cursor capitalizes on Github frustration, launches rival hosting platform

Cursor, known for its AI Code Editor, is launching a new code hosting platform to rival developers' long preferred favorite, Github.…
Ukrainian drones overwhelm Russian tanks’ new active protection system—for now

Ukrainian drones overwhelm Russian tanks’ new active protection system—for now

Tanks with defensive tech for shooting down drones are still proving vulnerable.…
Against all odds, SpaceX finally tugs Starship into port after 24 days at sea

Against all odds, SpaceX finally tugs Starship into port after 24 days at sea

"A team of SpaceX engineers is on their way to conduct additional analysis on the vehicle."…
Israel creates fake think tank in likely attempt to dupe AI chatbots

Israel creates fake think tank in likely attempt to dupe AI chatbots

Article URL: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-influence-chatgpt/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49337392 Points: 265 # Com…