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Astronomers Discover Rocky Exoplanet With Atmosphere in the Habitable Zone: A Step Toward Finding Another Earth

Astronomers Discover Rocky Exoplanet With Atmosphere in the Habitable Zone: A Step Toward Finding Another Earth

Astronomers have discovered a rocky exoplanet that has an atmosphere and sits within the habitable zone of a solar system.…
FIFA's World Cup Halftime Show: Can American-Style Spectacle Win Over Soccer Fans?

FIFA's World Cup Halftime Show: Can American-Style Spectacle Win Over Soccer Fans?

Organizers want the show to be the most-viewed halftime show in history. Having Shakira, Justin Bieber, Coldplay, and BTS will surely help—but do socc…
Elixir-lang.org has a new design

Elixir-lang.org has a new design

Article URL: https://elixir-lang.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959042 Points: 199 # Comments: 119…
Setting up your spare Mac for Claude Code to control, a step-by-step guide

Setting up your spare Mac for Claude Code to control, a step-by-step guide

Article URL: https://ykdojo.github.io/claude-controls-mac/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959392 Points: 199 # Comments: 137…
Goodbye, and Thanks for All the Bikesheds

Goodbye, and Thanks for All the Bikesheds

Article URL: https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3818307 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48960155 Points: 198 # Comments: 202…
Transcribe.cpp

Transcribe.cpp

Article URL: https://workshop.cjpais.com/projects/transcribe-cpp Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48963879 Points: 216 # Comments: 3…
Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol on an NP-Hard Problem: Does /goal help?

Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol on an NP-Hard Problem: Does /goal help?

Article URL: https://charlesazam.com/blog/fable-5-gpt-5-6-sol-goal/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48956879 Points: 192 # Comments…
If You Build It, They Will Come

If You Build It, They Will Come

Article URL: https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/if-you-build-it-they-will-come Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959090 Points: 201 …
Gleam Is Now on Tangled

Gleam Is Now on Tangled

Article URL: https://tangled.org/gleam.run/gleam Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959143 Points: 186 # Comments: 124…
The Kimi K3 Moment

The Kimi K3 Moment

Article URL: https://stephen.bochinski.dev/blog/2026/07/18/the-kimi-k3-moment/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48960218 Points: 203…
Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’

Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’

Last year, Sam Altman invited author Dave Eggers to give a talk to around 200 OpenAI staffers. The man has written countless novels, screenplays, piec…
EU ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application

EU ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application

Article URL: https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/ban-destruction-unsold-clothes-and-shoes-enters-application-2026-07-17_en Comments URL: https://new…
Kimi: Threat or menace?

Kimi: Threat or menace?

Chinese company Moonshot AI released a new version of its Kimi model this week, prompting concern about "full AI communism."…
TP-Link Kasa cameras leaked home GPS via unauthenticated UDP for 6 years

TP-Link Kasa cameras leaked home GPS via unauthenticated UDP for 6 years

Article URL: https://github.com/BadChemical/IoT-Vulnerability-Research-Public/blob/main/TP-Link_Kasa_EC71/Kasa_EC71.md Comments URL: https://news.ycom…
Texas wins court order to suspend domain name for violating age-verification law

Texas wins court order to suspend domain name for violating age-verification law

Article URL: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-secures-landmark-legal-victory-lock-pornographic-website-d…
Google is open-sourcing its 3D emoji

Google is open-sourcing its 3D emoji

Now, if you want to, you can use Google's 3D emoji in your own creations. The company shared some details about how it went about designing the little…
Google might not kneecap the Pixel 11a with an old processor

Google might not kneecap the Pixel 11a with an old processor

Mystic Leaks suggests that the Pixel 11a will return to featuring a flagship-grade processor with the Tensor G6. Rather than the Tensor G5 found in th…
What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph

What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph

Article URL: https://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/1953768#graph Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48956949 Points: 206 …
GPT-5.6 used a prompt to close a 30-year gap in convex optimization

GPT-5.6 used a prompt to close a 30-year gap in convex optimization

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/math/comments/1uxj3cy/after_openais_cdc_proof_announcement_gpt56_used_a/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.…
The Guardian’s Carter Sherman fondly remembers being terrified by Ocarina of Time

The Guardian’s Carter Sherman fondly remembers being terrified by Ocarina of Time

Carter Sherman has been covering sex, gender, and the complex personal and national politics that accompany them for years. She was a senior reporter …
Surprise! Facial recognition smart locks are actually good

Surprise! Facial recognition smart locks are actually good

Hands-free unlocking is the future of smart locks. The best smart home tech removes friction, and having your door unlock for you as you walk up is as…
LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent

LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent

Article URL: https://videocardz.com/newz/lg-monitors-silently-install-software-through-windows-update-without-user-consent Comments URL: https://news.…
Why do AI company logos look like buttholes?

Why do AI company logos look like buttholes?

Article URL: https://velvetshark.com/ai-company-logos-that-look-like-buttholes Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48956924 Points: 225…
Sony’s flagship RGB LED TV is incredible

Sony’s flagship RGB LED TV is incredible

The Sony Bravia 9 II is the most anticipated new TV in years. It's an amazing RGB LED TV. I watched Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves on the…
More games should be on rails (literally)

More games should be on rails (literally)

It's been a good few weeks for games on rails. Nintendo's Star Fox remake wisely kept the tightly scripted, action-packed levels from Star Fox 64 larg…
The apps, gadgets, and tools every reader needs

The apps, gadgets, and tools every reader needs

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 136, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope your neighborh…
Balmuda NatureWind Studio Review: A Better Breeze at a Premium Price

Balmuda NatureWind Studio Review: A Better Breeze at a Premium Price

Balmuda has engineered a remarkably pleasant breeze with its new NatureWind Studio, but is it worth hundreds more than its competition?…
FIFA Doesn’t Have a Plan to Deal With Climate Change at the 2026 World Cup

FIFA Doesn’t Have a Plan to Deal With Climate Change at the 2026 World Cup

This year’s World Cup has faced sweltering heat and humidity. Now it may need to deal with wildfire smoke.…
How Google's New Gemini Rate Limits Work and How to Track Your Usage

How Google's New Gemini Rate Limits Work and How to Track Your Usage

Now that Google has changed how its usage quotas are tallied, you might not get as many AI responses as you did before.…
Regressive JPEGs

Regressive JPEGs

Article URL: https://maurycyz.com/projects/bad_jpeg/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48954851 Points: 278 # Comments: 19…