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AI glasses face their first major government crackdown

AI glasses face their first major government crackdown

Norway wants time to write permanent rules for glasses that can record bystanders.…
EmTech Future 2026: When AI Meets Everything

EmTech Future 2026: When AI Meets Everything

Yossi Matias, Vice President & Head of Google Research, explores how AI is beginning to reshape biology, infrastructure, manufacturing, and scienc…
All hail electrification. But let’s talk about the hard part.

All hail electrification. But let’s talk about the hard part.

The IEA and climate negotiators want to set a target for shifting the economy to run on electricity.…
ICC judge on what U.S. sanctions mean for her and global courts

ICC judge on what U.S. sanctions mean for her and global courts

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2026/10/01/nx-s1-5977815/trump-icc-sanctions-kimberly-prost Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=499358…
Lyft settles landmark driver misclassification lawsuit for $272.5M

Lyft settles landmark driver misclassification lawsuit for $272.5M

Critics say workers are still owed far more.…
How Singapore's government-run dating service works

How Singapore's government-run dating service works

Article URL: https://www.singapore-samizdat.com/p/how-singapores-government-run-dating-service-firstdate-works Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.…
Automatic Transmission – a data-privacy study of connected vehicles

Automatic Transmission – a data-privacy study of connected vehicles

Article URL: https://automatictransmission.khoury.northeastern.edu/index.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49926628 Points: 228 …
Trump’s Crazy AI Rebrand Was a Loyalty Test for Tech Execs—and It Worked

Trump’s Crazy AI Rebrand Was a Loyalty Test for Tech Execs—and It Worked

For years these billionaires gushed obsessively about AI. But they meekly went along when Trump cancelled the term.…
DeepSeek Harness Desktop for macOS and Windows

DeepSeek Harness Desktop for macOS and Windows

Article URL: https://www.deepseek.com/en/harness/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49929489 Points: 237 # Comments: 119…
Election Deniers Think the GOP’s Terrible Midterm Polling Is a ‘Psyop’

Election Deniers Think the GOP’s Terrible Midterm Polling Is a ‘Psyop’

Dozens and dozens of high profile MAGA influencers and pundits have weighed in. “The laughable fake polls are rolling out,” Catturd posted on X.…
NYC is now the first city in America that bans sketchy subscriptions

NYC is now the first city in America that bans sketchy subscriptions

New York City residents struggling to get out of recurring subscription fees can now submit complaints to the city government. As of Thursday, the cit…
NASA squeezed Treasury, vibe coded, and broke the mold in bid to save Swift

NASA squeezed Treasury, vibe coded, and broke the mold in bid to save Swift

"We did some really, really cool stuff. I'm absolutely gutted we weren't able to get further."…
Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant.

Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant.

Reminder: The "border exemption" to your rights is real.…
AI needs $6T in annual revenue to justify data centre boom

AI needs $6T in annual revenue to justify data centre boom

Article URL: https://www.thenationalnews.com/future/technology/2026/09/29/ai-industry-needs-to-earn-6-trillion-by-2031-to-justify-data-centres/ Commen…
Why Is Sam Altman a Free Man?

Why Is Sam Altman a Free Man?

Article URL: https://prospect.org/2026/09/29/artificial-intelligence-agents-openai-microsoft-sam-altman-greg-brockman-ah-nice/ Comments URL: https://n…
The Disney protests were a wake-up call about the risks of streaming mergers

The Disney protests were a wake-up call about the risks of streaming mergers

Boycotting Disney is hard.…
RFK Jr. thinks AI will free us from the "tyranny" of medical facts, expertise

RFK Jr. thinks AI will free us from the "tyranny" of medical facts, expertise

AI is far from a perfect resource. But it seems to hallucinate less than Kennedy.…
Gemini 4 Argon

Gemini 4 Argon

Article URL: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-4-argon/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i…
Trump’s AI Safety ‘Accord’ Is a Fancy Pinky-Swear

Trump’s AI Safety ‘Accord’ Is a Fancy Pinky-Swear

Six major AI companies signed a voluntary agreement with the White House this week vowing to implement safeguards. It’s unclear how much that matters.…
The White House Is Starting to Panic Over the Midterms

The White House Is Starting to Panic Over the Midterms

President Donald Trump still thinks Republicans have a shot. His aides are less convinced.…
Discord gives more advertisers more tools to target its users

Discord gives more advertisers more tools to target its users

Discord is "opening the platform to advertisers, regardless of their budget."…
Asus won’t say how it escaped the US router ban

Asus won’t say how it escaped the US router ban

This spring, the United States banned all future foreign-made consumer routers - effectively all future routers - unless their makers could 1) convinc…
Trump ads paid for by US government allegedly violate anti-propaganda laws

Trump ads paid for by US government allegedly violate anti-propaganda laws

FCC unlikely to stop Trump ads described as illegal taxpayer-funded propaganda.…
Here's what actually happened in OpenAI's Australian gov't server hack

Here's what actually happened in OpenAI's Australian gov't server hack

Without a "full set of safeguards," agent accessed "system information and source code."…
Apple worked with Trump admin to remove ICE-tracking apps, lawmaker says

Apple worked with Trump admin to remove ICE-tracking apps, lawmaker says

Lawmaker rejects Apple excuse for banning ICE-tracking apps as unconstitutional.…
Anthropic Says It Discovered a Crispr-Like System. Now What?

Anthropic Says It Discovered a Crispr-Like System. Now What?

“The experiments are still in the queue. The PR is already live,” says one expert.…
Away’s New Series 3 Luggage Plays It Safe—That’s the Point

Away’s New Series 3 Luggage Plays It Safe—That’s the Point

Away’s third generation of its iconic luggage retains the familiar design while introducing invisible tech, such as a new wheel system and an improved…
It's Time to Investigate the AI Labs

It's Time to Investigate the AI Labs

Article URL: https://calnewport.com/its-time-to-investigate-the-ai-labs/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49883471 Points: 188 # Com…
So long Google, and thanks for all the nudes

So long Google, and thanks for all the nudes

Article URL: https://lecaro.me/20260921-google-less.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49881951 Points: 189 # Comments: 79…
Shark’s NeverChange Air Purifier Is Nearly Half Off Right Now

Shark’s NeverChange Air Purifier Is Nearly Half Off Right Now

Shark and other top air purifier brands are on discount ahead of Amazon Prime Big Deal Days.…