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Top researchers leave USA for the Netherlands (in Dutch)

Top researchers leave USA for the Netherlands (in Dutch)

Article URL: https://www.nwo.nl/nieuws/eerste-internationale-wetenschappers-via-het-tulp-fonds-naar-nederland Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.c…
StreetComplete: Fixing OpenStreetMap, one tiny quest at a time

StreetComplete: Fixing OpenStreetMap, one tiny quest at a time

Article URL: https://streetcomplete.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48816883 Points: 275 # Comments: 56…
New virus catalog reveals which pathogens pose the greatest threat

New virus catalog reveals which pathogens pose the greatest threat

The data can help predict what a future pandemic virus might look like.…
Shut Those Laptops! Anthropic Puts Its Claude Cowork Agent on Your Phone

Shut Those Laptops! Anthropic Puts Its Claude Cowork Agent on Your Phone

Claude Cowork now keeps working on tasks even after you close your laptop. It’s part of a larger push toward smartphone-controlled agents.…
Microsoft Can Track Users via a Windows Device ID

Microsoft Can Track Users via a Windows Device ID

Article URL: https://www.pcmag.com/news/a-hackers-arrest-reveals-microsoft-can-track-users-via-a-windows-device Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator…
98% Isn't Much

98% Isn't Much

Article URL: https://whynothugo.nl/journal/2026/07/03/98-isnt-very-much/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48816959 Points: 219 # Com…
Discord accidentally banned over 8,000 people for posting grids and other ‘benign’ images

Discord accidentally banned over 8,000 people for posting grids and other ‘benign’ images

Discord says a bug affecting its safety system caused it to mistakenly ban more than 8,000 accounts since May. The platform's statement follows a wave…
Small AI Models Gain Traction In places with unreliable networks

Small AI Models Gain Traction In places with unreliable networks

Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/small-language-models-ai-pharmaceuticals Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48812055 Points: 19…
Microsoft fixes storage-hogging Windows 11 folder

Microsoft fixes storage-hogging Windows 11 folder

Microsoft is addressing a Windows 11 bug that caused a folder to take up several gigabytes of storage space. As spotted earlier by Windows Latest, Mic…
iRobot’s newest floor cleaner isn’t a robot

iRobot’s newest floor cleaner isn’t a robot

iRobot just announced its first ever non-robotic floor cleaner. The $399 Roomba Electro Plus is a 5-in-1 hard-floor cleaner that combines vacuuming, m…
The Best iPhone 17 Cases (2026): Our Picks After Testing 100+

The Best iPhone 17 Cases (2026): Our Picks After Testing 100+

Protect your expensive iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone Pro, or iPhone 17e with our favorite cases and screen protectors.…
Hisense UR9 RGB MiniLED: An Affordable TV in Its Class

Hisense UR9 RGB MiniLED: An Affordable TV in Its Class

The brand’s UR9 competes with similar offerings from higher-end brands like Samsung and LG.…
Why worms (and microbes) are catching on as a manure pollution solution

Why worms (and microbes) are catching on as a manure pollution solution

Anthony Agueda, a third-generation California dairy farmer, pulls a rake through a bed of dark, wet wood chips on his family’s land in Hickman, a tiny…
Nothing’s new earbuds can record calls and what you’re listening to

Nothing’s new earbuds can record calls and what you’re listening to

Nothing announced a new pair of budget-friendly wireless earbuds, but not as part of the company's affordability-focused sub-brand, CMF. The new Nothi…
British Space Startup Launches Longevity Lab Into Orbit

British Space Startup Launches Longevity Lab Into Orbit

The lab will beam back data to train AI models to predict how proteins behind age-related diseases like Alzheimer’s and certain cancers behave.…
People Used to Control Machines. They Don’t Anymore

People Used to Control Machines. They Don’t Anymore

In a world regulated by devices, humanity has become disconnected from the physical world—from stick-shift cars to postcards.…
Erling Haaland Is Everywhere at the World Cup. Most of It Is AI

Erling Haaland Is Everywhere at the World Cup. Most of It Is AI

Norwegian striker Erling Haaland isn’t just a footballer anymore. He’s become an internet character perpetuated by fans and AI.…
Pete Holmes Is Not Reading Your Email

Pete Holmes Is Not Reading Your Email

“You can make a living, you can have a life, and leave 55,000 emails unread with a big fuck off.”…
Hoto’s PixelDrive screwdriver is down to $60, matching its best price

Hoto’s PixelDrive screwdriver is down to $60, matching its best price

If your Prime Day purchases included a new desk, TV stand, bookshelf, or other furniture you still haven’t assembled, Hoto’s PixelDrive co…
How Kalshi Infects the News

How Kalshi Infects the News

Article URL: https://www.publicnotice.co/p/kalshi-cnn-cnbc Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48804123 Points: 177 # Comments: 157…
Aluminum foil (2021)

Aluminum foil (2021)

Article URL: https://dernocua.github.io/notes/aluminum-foil.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48804297 Points: 192 # Comments: 8…
Resetting Xbox

Resetting Xbox

Article URL: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/07/06/resetting-xbox/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48804993 Points: 274 # Comments…
AMD Ryzen AI Halo – $4k AI Dev Kit

AMD Ryzen AI Halo – $4k AI Dev Kit

Article URL: https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/07/06/amd-ryzen-ai-halo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48805624 Points: 198 # C…
Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents

"The reality is, when you're optimizing for production, you start looking at a price/performance," Guillermo Rauch tells TechCrunch.…
Reddit is using LLMs to solve a problem LLMs largely created

Reddit is using LLMs to solve a problem LLMs largely created

In the AI era, platforms have no choice but to fight fire with fire to cull spam.…
Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries

Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries

Article URL: https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Support/Nintendo-Switch-2/Information-about-upcoming-battery-related-revisions-to-some-Nintendo-products-3…
F1 in Britain: Automated software to blame for crushing expectations

F1 in Britain: Automated software to blame for crushing expectations

Sometimes races finish behind a safety car, but it's not always satisfying.…
Secret Claude tracker shocks users after Anthropic’s anti-surveillance stance

Secret Claude tracker shocks users after Anthropic’s anti-surveillance stance

Anthropic accused of spying on users; engineer says “experiment” is over.…
Katalyst's satellite rescue mission is now in pursuit of NASA's Swift

Katalyst's satellite rescue mission is now in pursuit of NASA's Swift

It will take several weeks for the Link spacecraft to rendezvous with NASA's Swift observatory.…
Five questions for Dr. Rubin, who’s armed with a mic and a bowtie

Five questions for Dr. Rubin, who’s armed with a mic and a bowtie

Bullshit is cheap but truth is expensive. Anyone with half a brain cell can post wild misinformation that goes mega viral, which wastes the time and e…