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Incident with Github.com

Incident with Github.com

Article URL: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330684 Points: 320 # Comments: 2…
Meet the only known trebuchet casualty in history

Meet the only known trebuchet casualty in history

"It highlights the brutality of medieval warfare," said paleopathologist Jo Buckberry.…
Uber partners with Zipline on Eats drone deliveries

Uber partners with Zipline on Eats drone deliveries

Uber is teaming up with drone company Zipline to start airborne takeout deliveries later this year, with the goal of reaching one million daily drone …
VisionQuest trailer kicks off Disney's D23 fan event

VisionQuest trailer kicks off Disney's D23 fan event

Also: Ahsoka S2 teaser, Doomsday trailer, news about MCU's X-Men and Star Wars: Starfighter…
Anthropic shares more details about how Claude’s new watermarks will work

Anthropic shares more details about how Claude’s new watermarks will work

How will the watermarking actually work? Can it be hidden with editing? And how does this affect code?…
Introducing Toast 1

Introducing Toast 1

Article URL: https://www.mixedbread.com/blog/toast-1 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299746 Points: 213 # Comments: 65…
I turned my RSS feeds into an e-ink newspaper to stop reading on my phone

I turned my RSS feeds into an e-ink newspaper to stop reading on my phone

Article URL: https://heyjonny.dev/posts/rss-to-eink-newspaper/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299081 Points: 213 # Comments: 93…
Auto-research with codex: How I achieved a 232x Faster Kernel

Auto-research with codex: How I achieved a 232x Faster Kernel

Article URL: https://sankalp.bearblog.dev/autoresearch/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49309549 Points: 220 # Comments: 59…
Ukraine strikes major Russian rocket factory with cruise missiles

Ukraine strikes major Russian rocket factory with cruise missiles

"Flamingo missiles were used. A good achievement."…
SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition

SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition

AI coding startup Cursor is now officially a part of SpaceX.…
Star Wars: Ahsoka season 2 and Starfighter get teased at D23

Star Wars: Ahsoka season 2 and Starfighter get teased at D23

Season two of Star Wars: Ahsoka is still months away, but Lucasfilm still took the opportunity to tease it a bit at D23. The company dropped the first…
The other Sean Byrne doesn't exist

The other Sean Byrne doesn't exist

Article URL: https://conic.al/writing/the-other-sean-byrne-doesnt-exist/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49307592 Points: 273 # Com…
Disney D23 2026: Everything announced for Star Wars, Marvel, and more

Disney D23 2026: Everything announced for Star Wars, Marvel, and more

The annual Disney fan event showed off the cast of Marvel’s X-Men movie, plus a new trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, and our first look at the Vi…
NP-overrated

NP-overrated

Article URL: https://gruhn.me/blog/2026-08-13/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49291268 Points: 234 # Comments: 161…
Why does Opus 5 feel worse to work with?

Why does Opus 5 feel worse to work with?

Article URL: https://mun-logadan.github.io/why-does-opus-5-feel-worse/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296740 Points: 296 # Comme…
Hyperscalers might regret embracing natural gas if new forecast proves correct

Hyperscalers might regret embracing natural gas if new forecast proves correct

Natural gas prices could triple in some parts of the U.S., which could saddle hyperscalers with massive bills to power their AI data centers.…
OpenAI and Anthropic in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain ground

OpenAI and Anthropic in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain ground

US groups release cheaper models after new challenges to their trillion-dollar ambitions.…
Kog is going deeper to squeeze more inference out of GPUs

Kog is going deeper to squeeze more inference out of GPUs

The idea that GPUs are poorly suited for agentic workflows may be a misconception, according to French startup Kog.…
The 4 Best Planners of 2026: Roterunner, Hobonichi, Cloth & Paper

The 4 Best Planners of 2026: Roterunner, Hobonichi, Cloth & Paper

If digital calendars are leaving you lacking, these WIRED-tested paper agendas and notebooks could change your life.…
I Wore an Electrical Muscle Stimulation Body Suit to Zap Myself Into Fitness

I Wore an Electrical Muscle Stimulation Body Suit to Zap Myself Into Fitness

Can electrifying your workout offer a shortcut to a stronger, fitter you? I sweated in a skintight EMS suit for two months to find out.…
Best Pixel 10 Cases and Accessories (2026): Mous, dbrand, Bellroy

Best Pixel 10 Cases and Accessories (2026): Mous, dbrand, Bellroy

Protect your Pixel 10a, Pixel 10, or Pixel 10 Pro XL with a tried-and-true phone case, screen protector, and Qi2 charger.…
These ‘Masturbation Consultants’ Were Hired to Pleasure Themselves With AI

These ‘Masturbation Consultants’ Were Hired to Pleasure Themselves With AI

Joi AI hired 10 people to masturbate using AI companions as part of a monthlong “wellness” study. The company claims the practice could help “solve ma…
FTC Strikes Deals to Ignore Unlawful Credit Discrimination

FTC Strikes Deals to Ignore Unlawful Credit Discrimination

The agency signed agreements to not enforce parts of three federal court orders against auto dealers accused of discrimination—and didn’t notify judge…
Ukrainian drones wipe out entire US tank brigade in live war game

Ukrainian drones wipe out entire US tank brigade in live war game

Ukrainian drone pilots teach the US military and NATO hard battlefield lessons.…
Spaghettifying DRAM

Spaghettifying DRAM

Article URL: https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/skitter-creek-bath-salts Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286341 Points: 297 # Commen…
Anthropic set AI agents loose on the same task. They started a turf war.

Anthropic set AI agents loose on the same task. They started a turf war.

Anthropic researchers found AI agents can clash, collude and coordinate in unexpected ways, raising new questions about whether today’s safety tests c…
We've flown a radiation-blocking vest to the Moon and back, and it worked

We've flown a radiation-blocking vest to the Moon and back, and it worked

Let's shield the astronauts instead of the spacecraft.…
Wolverine on the PS5 made me care about Marvel’s mutant for the first time

Wolverine on the PS5 made me care about Marvel’s mutant for the first time

Going into my demo of Marvel's Wolverine, I mainly wanted to try out the game's very bloody combat. And it is delightfully bloody. But after two-ish h…
Russian drones found near vital European offshore gas site, get blown up

Russian drones found near vital European offshore gas site, get blown up

This follows many drone incursions into Romania and a failed attack in Germany.…
Accel closes oversubscribed $550M India fund within weeks, 19 months after its last

Accel closes oversubscribed $550M India fund within weeks, 19 months after its last

The U.S. VC firm still has more than 55% of its previous $650 million India fund available for deployment.…