New York City’s last pickpocket doesn’t need a smartphone
Hello once again from Toronto, where for a week every year I watch far too many movies and tell you all about them. The…
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Meta says it’s changing AI suggestions after posing invasive personal questions
Meta says it's making changes to the prompts suggested by its AI chatbot after a viral video showed it digging for…
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Rocket Report: Europe joins the commercial launch club; a Ravn X sighting?
"We felt like now is the time to pour gas on that fire."
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Could United Launch Alliance's money problems finally force its owners to sell?
ULA is preparing to resume launching the Vulcan rocket in the coming weeks.
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What happens when quantum mechanics and relativity meet?
Experiment put atoms in a superposition of trajectories to find out.
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ClickFix attacks infecting PCs and Macs are going viral
Simplicity—combined with the difficulty of getting stuff done—makes ClickFix ideal.
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Claude users found ways around safeguards for bioweapons research
Some dangerous biology looks much like legitimate research, complicating AI safeguards.
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Ikea supersized its cheap Bluetooth speaker and added an optical input
Ikea's new Badkruka wireless Bluetooth speaker is now available in the US for $59.99. It's reminiscent of the colorful…
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Samsung says ‘Tim Cook’ bought a Galaxy Fold
That isn't Apple's former CEO promoting the Galaxy Z Fold 8 in a new Samsung ad - "Tim Cook from Palmerston North" just…
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Why Apple’s next computer should be for the smart home
John Ternus didn't mention Apple Home once during his first keynote as Apple CEO. But he did open by describing an…
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OpenAI Agents API
Article URL: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/agents-api/overview Comments URL:…
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How 9/11 Made Everyone a Conspiracy Theorist
Crackpot theories were once the stuff of shortwave radio, but September 11 unleashed the Age of Alex Jones.
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Apple addresses iPhone Duo copycats
Apple was far from the first company to announce a passport-shaped folding phone this year, but that doesn't mean it…
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Astra for Coding: Why Are We Doing This Again?
Article URL: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/9/7/astra-why/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49654229…
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Meet the under-35s shaping the future of biotech
Every year, MIT Technology Review puts together a list of some of the brightest and best young minds working across…
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The US and Mexico Announce They’re Teaming Up Against Drones
The new joint operation uses laser-based technology capable of detecting, tracking, and disabling commercial drones…
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Samsung Galaxy S26 FE Review: Same as Before, but for More Money
Samsung is resting on its laurels with the midrange S26 FE, with an unwelcome price bump and only a new processor to…
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Why So Many AI Researchers Think the Machines Could Kill Everyone
A combination of rapid advances, recursive self-improvement, and agentic swarms are genuinely “spooking people” inside…
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Technique for Manipulating Satellite Photos Now Reveals Ancient Images (2025)
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Don't let anyone take away your big box of cables
Article URL: https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/hands-off-my-cables/ Comments URL:…
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Boy developed "toasted skin" condition from using a laptop every day
Laptops don't usually get hot enough to burn—but they can still be harmful.
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OpenAI Wants to Know if an AI Industry Slowdown Would Even Be Legal
AI leaders worry antitrust law could stand in the way of what they view as an increasingly urgent push to coordinate a…
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Cognition launches new SWE-2 model, Rivaling Fable 5.1 and GPT-Astra
Article URL: https://cognition.com/blog/swe-2 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645443 Points: 290 #…