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Waze is getting a bunch of new AI-powered features

Waze is getting a bunch of new AI-powered features

Waze is getting an AI makeover. Google is integrating its flagship AI assistant, Gemini, into the driving app with the goal of letting users personali…
Count Binface

Count Binface

Article URL: https://countbinface.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48887753 Points: 221 # Comments: 104…
Understanding the Odin programming language

Understanding the Odin programming language

Article URL: https://odinbook.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48880499 Points: 147 # Comments: 87…
Irish datacenters now guzzle 23% of the country's electricity

Irish datacenters now guzzle 23% of the country's electricity

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/07/11/irish-datacenters-now-guzzle-23-of-the-countrys-electricity/5270013 Comments URL: https://…
Since Chromium 148, Math.tanh is now fingerprintable to link underlying OS

Since Chromium 148, Math.tanh is now fingerprintable to link underlying OS

Article URL: https://scrapfly.dev/posts/browser-math-os-fingerprint/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48884853 Points: 198 # Comment…
Weightlifting beats running for blood sugar control, researchers find (2025)

Weightlifting beats running for blood sugar control, researchers find (2025)

Article URL: https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/11/research_fralinbiomed_yanweightlifting.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48876…
Show HN: Mindwalk – Replay coding-agent sessions on a 3D map of your codebase

Show HN: Mindwalk – Replay coding-agent sessions on a 3D map of your codebase

Article URL: https://github.com/cosmtrek/mindwalk Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48878682 Points: 144 # Comments: 62…
Woman in Brazil enslaved for 55 years by 3 generations of the same family

Woman in Brazil enslaved for 55 years by 3 generations of the same family

Article URL: https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-07-10/woman-rescued-in-brazil-after-being-enslaved-for-55-years-by-three-generations-of-the…
The shingles vaccine may reduce the risk of dementia

The shingles vaccine may reduce the risk of dementia

https://archive.ph/PzPop Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48881874 Points: 161 # Comments: 119…
How to Read More Books

How to Read More Books

Article URL: https://scotto.me/blog/2026-07-12-how-to-read-more-books/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48882056 Points: 153 # Comme…
Claude Code sends 33k tokens before reading the prompt; OpenCode sends 7k

Claude Code sends 33k tokens before reading the prompt; OpenCode sends 7k

This started based off of a hunch. We usually use OpenCode, but were 'forced' to use Claude Code for a while due to issues with Meridian. In that time…
I love LLMs, I hate hype

I love LLMs, I hate hype

Article URL: https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2026/07/12/i-love-llms.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48883343 Poin…
Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? is hypnotic, healing, and hopeful

Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? is hypnotic, healing, and hopeful

Matmos are an incredibly accomplished duo between their own solo records like the masterpiece A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure and production class…
Lorde says Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses are ‘not sexy’

Lorde says Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses are ‘not sexy’

Lorde was performing at the Real Cool Festival in Madrid on Thursday and took some time during her set to speak out against AI glasses. While she didn…
Under federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off or lose financial aid

Under federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off or lose financial aid

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/30/nx-s1-5835631/turner-camhi-do-no-harm-college-loans Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=488…
Ghostel.el: Terminal emulator powered by libghostty

Ghostel.el: Terminal emulator powered by libghostty

Article URL: https://dakra.github.io/ghostel/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48879504 Points: 190 # Comments: 30…
RISCBoy is an open-source portable games console, designed from scratch

RISCBoy is an open-source portable games console, designed from scratch

Article URL: https://github.com/Wren6991/RISCBoy Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48876245 Points: 186 # Comments: 26…
Old and new apps, via modern coding agents by Terry Tao

Old and new apps, via modern coding agents by Terry Tao

Article URL: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/07/11/old-and-new-apps-via-modern-coding-agents/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Apple’s failed self-driving car program left a legacy of powerful AI chips

Apple’s failed self-driving car program left a legacy of powerful AI chips

Apple's self-driving car program never really got off the ground, but it may have been what made the company's chips the powerful AI performers they a…
Show HN: Learn by rebuilding Redis, Git, a database from scratch

Show HN: Learn by rebuilding Redis, Git, a database from scratch

Article URL: https://shipthatcode.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48871973 Points: 183 # Comments: 60…
Stop Telling Me to Ask an LLM

Stop Telling Me to Ask an LLM

Article URL: https://blog.yaelwrites.com/stop-telling-me-to-ask-an-llm/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48876441 Points: 184 # Comm…
How Philips Hue got the smart home right

How Philips Hue got the smart home right

The state of the smart home can be frustrating, because it is just so obvious how things ought to work. You should be able to control everything from …
One of SteelSeries’ best gaming headsets is over $100 off

One of SteelSeries’ best gaming headsets is over $100 off

SteelSeries has the Arctis Nova Pro Wireless gaming headset on sale for $239.99 (currently between $300 and $350 at other retailers). The Xbox version…
Blue Prince became a bonding — and learning — experience for my family

Blue Prince became a bonding — and learning — experience for my family

I've always been the gamer in the family. When my son was born nearly 11 years ago, gaming was one of the things I looked forward to sharing with him.…
How Doctors die. It’s not like the rest of us (2016)

How Doctors die. It’s not like the rest of us (2016)

Article URL: https://archive.cancerworld.net/featured/how-doctors-die/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48876741 Points: 197 # Comme…
The real mystery behind Moana: After 1,700 years, why did Polynesians suddenly sail east?

The real mystery behind Moana: After 1,700 years, why did Polynesians suddenly sail east?

New climate evidence adds context to these long voyages.…
The fight against AI data centers is just beginning

The fight against AI data centers is just beginning

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the data center buildout, follow Emma Rot…
Here’s How Apple Is Updating Its Child Safety Features in iOS 27

Here’s How Apple Is Updating Its Child Safety Features in iOS 27

Apple has announced several new Child Safety features coming soon to iPhones and other devices. Here’s what’s changing.…
28 Best STEM Toys for Kids (2026): Learning Made Fun

28 Best STEM Toys for Kids (2026): Learning Made Fun

We found lots of math-filled and science-rich toys for tiny nerds to assemble, bake, squish—or even tear apart and rebuild.…
Modern decor may be straining people's brains

Modern decor may be straining people's brains

Article URL: https://studyfinds.com/modern-decor-may-be-straining-peoples-brains/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48873424 Points: …