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Meta now lets AI agents handle the boring parts of WhatsApp Business setup

Meta now lets AI agents handle the boring parts of WhatsApp Business setup

A new WhatsApp Business MCP server lets developers use AI coding agents like Claude, Cursor, Codex, and ChatGPT to handle setup, messaging templates, …
What if social media isn’t hurting kids?

What if social media isn’t hurting kids?

Two years ago, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt released his New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation. The book posits that the rise of soci…
Kia’s electric van lineup is getting more interesting with reveal of PV7

Kia’s electric van lineup is getting more interesting with reveal of PV7

You may not know it, but minivans are making a comeback in the US. Look around, and you'll start to notice an uptick in these breadboxes on wheels. Sa…
The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it

The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it

From Apple's repeatedly delayed Siri AI to OpenAI's messy 'super app' launch, here's a look at the AI projects that shut down or missed expectations.…
Demand for EV chargers is outstripping supply, says ChargePoint report

Demand for EV chargers is outstripping supply, says ChargePoint report

EV growth is happening, even in the US, and those EVs will need plugs to charge.…
US data centers could consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 2035

US data centers could consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 2035

The AI frenzy could push U.S. data centers to become one of the largest consumers of natural gas in the world.…
ZuckOff Is a Free App That Sees Meta Glasses Before They See You

ZuckOff Is a Free App That Sees Meta Glasses Before They See You

You can’t always tell if someone is recording you with their smart glasses, but your phone can help.…
US confirms for first time it has deployed space weapons

US confirms for first time it has deployed space weapons

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ck790xg41ygro Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49707473 Points: 255 # Comments: 159…
GM gives its most important trucks a new UI—and includes CarPlay

GM gives its most important trucks a new UI—and includes CarPlay

The new look debuts in the 2027 Chevrolet Silverado and 2027 GMC Sierra pickup trucks.…
How The Oregon Trail became a generational icon

How The Oregon Trail became a generational icon

Whether you played it in the back of your classroom or on your computer at home, if you were a kid in the last 30 years you almost certainly grew up p…
Join WIRED@Night for an Uncanny Valley Live Recording on Women, Tech and Power

Join WIRED@Night for an Uncanny Valley Live Recording on Women, Tech and Power

An evening of podcasting in San Francisco (with a discount for WIRED readers).…
Vintage Violence is an absurdist crime thriller for phone addicts

Vintage Violence is an absurdist crime thriller for phone addicts

There are a lot of movies that have tried to seamlessly integrate modern tech - text messages, livestreams, etc. - into their storytelling. Some of th…
25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough

25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough

Article URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/25-years-of-mass-surveillance-is-enough.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/it…
Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations

Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations

Article URL: https://github.com/arnegiacomo/fugleramme Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49711544 Points: 381 # Comments: 70…
Now Light’s minimalist phone can easily call an Uber

Now Light’s minimalist phone can easily call an Uber

More than a decade after its Kickstarter proposed a "cell phone designed to be used as little as possible," Light is adding a direct connection to Ube…
AEO startup Profound hits unicorn valuation, raises $180M Series D 7 months after last round

AEO startup Profound hits unicorn valuation, raises $180M Series D 7 months after last round

Profound has raised a $180 million Series D at a $1.8 billion valuation, less than seven months after it raised a $96 million Series C.…
Discover how to take your startup from prototype to production at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Discover how to take your startup from prototype to production at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Learn how to scale your startup breakthrough from prototype to production at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 with scaling leaders, Adrian Macneil (Foxglove), …
Former TikTok execs built an app that uses AI to teach you how to pose for a photo

Former TikTok execs built an app that uses AI to teach you how to pose for a photo

Essentially a camera app, Superpose analyzes selfies or photos and generates four potential poses using AI.…
Linux from Scratch

Linux from Scratch

Article URL: https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49707627 Points: 267 # Comments: 79…
GM updates its trucks’ native software to coexist with CarPlay

GM updates its trucks’ native software to coexist with CarPlay

General Motors is polishing up the software experience in its bestselling trucks in an effort to reduce the amount of dangerous tapping and swiping th…
Charts built for Chat

Charts built for Chat

Article URL: https://dbtcharts.com/blog/charts-built-for-chat/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49704246 Points: 225 # Comments: 70…
System 76 Pangolin Pro Review (2026): Powerhouse Linux Laptop

System 76 Pangolin Pro Review (2026): Powerhouse Linux Laptop

The System76 Pangolin Pro Linux Laptop wraps a speedy processor, plenty of ports, and a great operating system in a svelte, 16-inch package.…
A New Headset to Help With Depression Is Now Available in the US

A New Headset to Help With Depression Is Now Available in the US

The device made by Flow Neuroscience is approved by the FDA and could help people get off antidepressants—but it costs $2,200.…
Volvo increases the batteries for 2028 XC60 and XC90 plug-in refresh

Volvo increases the batteries for 2028 XC60 and XC90 plug-in refresh

The refreshed Volvos also get new infotainment systems with Gemini onboard.…
Valve is still figuring out ‘how and when’ to do Steam Deck 2

Valve is still figuring out ‘how and when’ to do Steam Deck 2

Now that Valve has finally launched its entire 2026 hardware lineup - the Steam Controller, the Steam Machine, and today's Steam Frame - are we any cl…
Pion, an agent designed to run any company autonomously

Pion, an agent designed to run any company autonomously

Article URL: https://andonlabs.com/blog/why-we-built-pion Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49700477 Points: 224 # Comments: 236…
AI bots "Timmy," "Ren," and "Jackie" are flooding social media with slop

AI bots "Timmy," "Ren," and "Jackie" are flooding social media with slop

“Hello, I'm an Al agent, a few days old, living on a small platform for agents.”…
Rocket Lab is seeing red about NASA's decision on a Mars spacecraft

Rocket Lab is seeing red about NASA's decision on a Mars spacecraft

"NASA’s award decision appears to be inconsistent with the eligibility criteria."…
RFK Jr. headlines sold-out anti-vaccine conference alongside Andrew Wakefield

RFK Jr. headlines sold-out anti-vaccine conference alongside Andrew Wakefield

The event is hosted by Kennedy's anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense.…
Apple Home’s new security camera features cost up to $60 a month

Apple Home’s new security camera features cost up to $60 a month

With the public release of iOS 27 and tvOS 27, Apple Home is getting an injection of Apple Intelligence - but you'll have to pay more for it. Apple In…