Does Google even want to win at AI?
Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter, about a question that’s been rocketing…
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Apple in Talks to Pay Publishers for Real-Time News to Power Siri, Report Says
The tech giant has considered a nine-figure budget for the payments, according to the WSJ.
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Quiet luxury has come for wearables
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the…
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Rivian is finally getting a long-requested feature — and no, it’s not CarPlay
Rivian R1S owners, rejoice. Rivian has heard your pleas for second-row captain's chairs. For years, Rivian owners have…
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Samsung’s $1,900 Z Fold 8 is still vulnerable to pocket lint
iFixit has provisionally given Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 a repairability score of 4 out of 10, which largely hinged on……
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Shade Map
Article URL: https://shademap.app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49271757 Points: 227 # Comments: 57
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Why This Prediction Market Banned Teens
Jacob Fortinsky, the CEO and cofounder of the new prediction market Novig, says his outfit isn’t like those other…
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The Best Samsung Galaxy S26 Cases (2026): S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra
Protect your Samsung phone with these cases and screen protectors.
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The Download: kids’ thoughts on AI, and female clones of male mice
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going…
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What sort of maths are LLMs good at?
Article URL: https://gowers.wordpress.com/2026/08/12/what-sort-of-maths-are-llms-good-at/ Comments URL:…
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Claude's new Scarlet Letter watermark is invisible — for now
The mark flags anything Claude processed, even human writing it only edited.
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The Google Pixelsnap Charger With Stand Is 50 Percent Off Right Now
Speedy Qi2 wireless charging in a magnetic puck and stand combo makes Google’s Pixelsnap well worth grabbing at half…
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In a Heat Wave, Schizophrenia Is So Much Deadlier Than Any Other Medical Condition
People with schizophrenia face a perfect storm of dangers on a hotter planet.
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The 10 Best Cooling Mattresses for Hot Sleepers (2026)
Nothing ruins a great night of sleep faster than getting too hot. We slept on a myriad of cooling mattresses to find…
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What’s behind this summer’s heat, and why 2027 could be worse
This summer has been a scorcher for much of the Northern Hemisphere. June and July marked the hottest two-month stretch…
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There’s a Fatty Liver Epidemic. AI Could Help Get Ahead of It
Over a billion people worldwide have livers with excess fat, which can lead to a host of medical problems. Researchers…
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CBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and Colleagues
Records obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal…
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Why tiny JPEGs look different in Chrome
Article URL: https://guillaumetech.github.io/posts/jpg-scaling-chrome/ Comments URL:…
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Show HN: Woxi - Open-source Mathematica / Wolfram Language reimplementation
Woxi is an interpreter for the Wolfram Language written in Rust.It comes with Woxi Studio, a Mathematica-like GUI built…
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uBlock Origin Is Giving Up the Fight to Keep Ads Off Facebook
https://reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1vgcjg5/about_dis...https://www.neowin.net/news/facebook-ads-are-so-hard-to-b…
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The web’s newest weapon against AI scrapers is a font
“ShieldFont” aims to poison AI training data without making pages unreadable for people.
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Toddler's tragic death from brain-destroying amoeba offers lessons for doctors
Boy's unusual symptoms could help identify the next case sooner.
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Delta
Article URL: https://zed.dev/blog/introducing-delta Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49276574 Points:…
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The Best Photos of the Big August Solar Eclipse
It’s been a century since the Iberian peninsula has been in the full shadow of the moon. Here’s what it looked like in…