Simplify your morning with this vibe-coded schedule app.
Tired of starting your morning staring at bright screens and stressful notifications? Raph, a creative technologist at Google, built a custom app called Glanceboard with…
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Intel is giving a startup the keys to its x86 (Atom) CPU kingdom
Reuters sources claim that Intel is entering into a secret agreement with RosaicLabs Inc., a company incorporated in Delaware just a couple of months ago.
Pandora's ad-free subscription is less than $10 a month in 2026: Is it worth it?
The Pandora experience is different from the Spotify one most of us are used to. Pandora Premium is worth it for some.
June in Servo: real world compat, media queries, SharedWorker, and more
Article URL: https://servo.org/blog/2026/07/31/june-in-servo/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49126765 Points: 193 # Comments: 61
X settles with advertising group after accusing it of coordinating a boycott
In a joint statement, X Corp. and the WFA said they were "putting the litigation . . . behind them" and that the agreement "resets the relationship between the two organizations." Neither side…
Did a OneDrive Photos app just appear on your PC? Here's what it does (and how to get rid of it)
Microsoft has quietly pushed out a new OneDrive Photos app to Windows 11 users. What's it all about?
qm – Multiplayer agent harness for work
Article URL: https://github.com/yc-software/qm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49126604 Points: 650 # Comments: 152
Amazon is splitting its $600 million tariff refund with customers - here's who's eligible
What you'll get back depends on how much you spent - but don't expect much.
Why Log Monitoring Is the Missing Link in Most Incident Response Workflows
Modern engineering teams have invested heavily in observability. Dashboards are populated, alerts are configured, on-call rotations are set. Yet when production incidents occur, the average time to resolution hasn’t dropped nearly as fast as the tooling has improved.
Ubisoft is shutting down its weird NFT game that came out two years after the whole craze died down
Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles is going the way of the Bored Ape.
Forget humans “in” the loop. Harness engineering puts humans “on” the loop.
AI has us quickly forgetting humans as the software delivery loop. Now, forget humans in the loop. For Thoughtworks’ distinguished The post Forget humans “in” the loop.
Nscale just bought Anyscale. Here’s why it matters for multi-cloud neutrality.
Cloud platform company Nscale announced this week a definitive agreement to acquire AI workload scaling specialist Anyscale, in a move The post Nscale just bought Anyscale. Here’s why it matters for multi-cloud neutrality. appeared first on The New Stack .
Spotify’s new ‘User Notes’ lets you add personal captions to playlist tracks
Spotify is rolling out a new feature that lets users add short notes to individual tracks on their playlists. Here are the details.
Looking for a new budget phone? This Motorola model is just $100, but only for a limited time
Over at Best Buy, the 2024 Moto G Play dropped down to $100, making this Android one of the budget buys around.
Don’t stop early: Case-folding source code at memory speed
How a branch-free loop and byte-space arithmetic let GitHub case-fold every byte of code search at >45 GiB/s on a single core.
Why Arbaeen – the Shiite Muslim pilgrimage of mourning – has a deep significance that brings millions to Iraq each year
Each year, millions of Shiite Muslims walk to Karbala to honor Husayn, the prophet’s grandson, whose death continues to shape their faith.
YouTube Bans Popular ASMR Artists, Accusing Them of Making 'Sexually Gratifying' Content
YouTube told ASMR artists including Bunnii, Slight Sounds, Rose, and others that their content broke the platform's sex and nudity policy.
Dispatches from O'Reilly: The best risk mitigation strategy in data? A single source of truth
Your semantic layer is a risk mitigation strategy. Not risk in the abstract, compliance-framework sense, but the practical, operational risk that quietly drains organizations every day..
Okta to acquire Permiso Security to strengthen identity threat detection
In a blog post, Okta cited data which shows that about 58% of executives have dealt with an AI-related security incident in the past year.
Nuggit unveils £5M Creator Support Fund to help UK YouTubers turn channels into scalable businesses
Nuggit, the growth engine for creators, today announced the launch of a £5 million Creator Support Fund, a new initiative designed to enable UK-based YouTube creators to unlock growth in their…
Three insights you may have missed from theCUBE’s coverage of the AMD Advancing AI event
The momentum behind full-stack AI infrastructure reflects a broader shift in enterprise thinking. The value of AI now comes from integrated systems — not isolated accelerators — and from the ability…
Unity announces dedicated engine support for Netflix Games
Unity has launched dedicated engine support for Netflix platforms , making it easier for developers to ship titles on the streaming platform's ecosystem. Read more
iPhone 18 Pro Models Could Be Up to $300 More Expensive, Says Analyst
This year's iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max could be $250-$300 more expensive than existing iPhone 17 Pro models due to higher silicon and memory costs, an analyst claimed today.
Rosenblatt hikes AAPL to $300 on expected iPhone 18 demand, still underwater
Securities firm Rosenblatt is still bearish on Apple's future, seeing short term supply problems as well as difficulties matching the iPhone 17 range's success.
Samsung’s next tracker may look better while becoming harder to actually attach
Samsung’s Galaxy SmartTag 3 could adopt a new squircle design and central button, though losing the SmartTag 2’s built-in attachment loop may require another accessory.
Thinking Machines Lab unveils new Inkling version at 25pc size
Inkling-Small matches or exceeds Inkling on reasoning and agentic tasks, the company said. Read more: Thinking Machines Lab unveils new Inkling version at 25pc size
The Tech Download: Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf talks AI in warfare and manufacturing push
CNBC's Arjun Kharpal sits down on The Tech Download podcast with the defense company chief.
Can the internet survive rogue AI?
The internet may no longer be solely the domain of humans. Last week, OpenAI disclosed an “unprecedented cyberincident”: An experimental AI agent successfully hacked its way into the open internet.
12 top productivity tips for Microsoft Edge
We live and work in browsers. It’s where we spend most of our time — and it’s where we waste most of our time as well. Web browsing is slow, inefficient, and full of time-sapping annoyances.
Scotland's university procurement center confirms cybercrooks broke in
APUC investigating after criminals claim historical data theft
Absurd GPU Pricing Update Mid-2026: What Graphics Cards Cost Around the World
Eight months into the memory crisis, GPU prices remain inflated but surprisingly stable. We compare Nvidia, AMD, and Intel graphics card pricing across 10 countries to find the best and worst deals.
Video AI: MiniMax challenges ByteDance with low price, open weights for new H3 model
Chinese AI firm MiniMax has launched H3, its newest multimodal video generation model, pledging to break closed-source “dominance” through open weights and competitive pricing – as rival ByteDance rolls out its latest Seedance 2.5 model.
UK wants datacenters to pay a fee for grid connection requests
Refundable charge intended to discourage time wasters from filing applications that will never be realized
Experience the magic of Kosovo from anywhere with Street View
Google Maps brings Street View to Kosovo, offering a virtual tour of its vibrant cities, UNESCO World Heritage site, and natural beauty.
CISA’s 2026 SBOM Guidance Adds Hash Requirements and AI Coverage
CISA’s updated 2026 SBOM minimum elements expand software transparency requirements to AI, SaaS and open source while adding hashes, licenses and stronger validation.
AI can tell if your brain is aging faster than you are
A person’s sleeping brain may reveal warning signs of dementia long before memory problems begin. Researchers used machine learning to analyze EEG recordings from about 7,000 adults and found that an older-than-expected “brain age” was tied to a sharply higher dementia risk.
The intelligent network: Where security and automation converge
Secure automated networks provide the agility needed to support AI initiatives and increasingly data-intensive applications.
LinkedIn cracks down on users posting ‘AI slop’ after previously encouraging it
Microsoft Corp.’s LinkedIn is making a concerted effort to combat “AI slop,” or the low-quality, artificial intelligence-generated content that has been increasingly dominating user’s feeds. In a blog post today, LinkedIn Chief Product Officer Hari Srinivasan revealed that the company is adding a new “seems like AI slop” button for people…
Programmable networking chip startup Xsight Labs raises $300M
Israeli network chip startup Xsight Labs Ltd. said today it has closed on a $300 million funding round that brings its valuation to $2.8 billion. It’s planning to use the funds to help its programmable Ethernet switches and 800-gigabit data processing units push deeper into cloud and artificial intelligence networks.
Data centres are power hungry – but they don’t have to be a burden on NZ’s grid
AI data centres are contentious for consuming large resources. But with the right incentives and regulation, can they make for more flexible electricity systems?
MacBook Ultra's New Design Won't Stay Exclusive for Long
The touchscreen and the OLED panel have dominated discussion about Apple's next high-end laptop, but the redesign wrapped around them may prove to be an equally consequential change, largely because…
This AI notetaker won't sell surveillance to your boss
Granola CEO Chris Pedregal on invisible AI bots, the coming fight over who sees your transcripts, and why he turns down the companies that ask for them
llm 0.32rc2
Release: llm 0.32rc2 Hot on the heels of RC1 , this fixes a dependency issue and also adds two neat new features: The default model for users who have not set their own default is now GPT-5.6 Luna .
Pixel Watch 5 leaks in official-looking images with same charging system
The latest Pixel Watch 5 leak today provides further confirmation that the external design and case will be identical to the last generation.
Stacked sessions and pull requests in the GitHub Copilot app
Learn how I modernized an old codebase of mine using stacked sessions and pull requests in the GitHub Copilot app. The post Stacked sessions and pull requests in the GitHub Copilot app appeared first…
Your trusted knowledge layer: Introducing Stack Internal's new platform experience
Introducing new Stack Internal capabilities as part of our upcoming platform experience. Our latest release turns your existing foundation of knowledge into enterprise memory that your people, teams…
Here’s What CNET Readers Want to Change About the iPhone – and Why It Probably Won’t Happen Soon
CNET readers expect to see a new foldable iPhone this year, but that’s not what’s at the top of their wish list.
If You Were Apple’s CEO, What iPhone Changes Would You Make? CNET Readers Chime In
A foldable iPhone could be coming soon, but CNET readers would make other changes instead.
China’s smart-vacuum giants swept up in US robot ban, hitting top options for Americans
The fallout from Washington’s fresh import ban on foreign robots appears poised to disrupt the American living room, threatening to lock out market-dominating Chinese smart vacuums.
Security updates for Thursday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, libtiff, libXfont2, nodejs:22, nodejs:24, and rest), Debian (expat and nss), Fedora (libssh, nginx, nginx-mod-brotli…
- Multiple Linux distributions released security updates on Thursday
- Updates addressed vulnerabilities in packages like gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free and libtiff
- Aimed at improving security and stability of affected software
Best in Class: Stream PC Games and Study on the Same Laptop With GeForce NOW
Back to school means balancing assignments, deadlines and downtime. GeForce NOW makes it easy to have it all. With cloud gaming, everyday laptops used for class can also become GeForce RTX-powered gaming setups.
A Remote Indigenous Community Built One of Canada’s Fastest Fiber Networks
In February 2024, a young man lay somewhere on the frozen shore of James Bay, Canada, surrounded by snow and darkness, succumbing to hypothermia. When he failed to get home on time, his frantic mother sent a Facebook message to Elizabeth Kataquapit, then chief of the indigenous community Fort Albany First Nation in northeastern Ontario.
Ant Group spin-offs pursue independent growth with strategic capital moves
The three independent spin-offs of Chinese fintech giant Ant Group are accelerating their capital-raising efforts, forging distinct financial paths after gaining operational autonomy in 2024. Ant Digital Technologies is preparing a financing round ahead of its initial public offering, according to Chinese financial news outlet STAR Market…
Chinese motorcycle exports roar to record highs amid tech gains, upmarket push
Chinese motorcycle exports hit a record in the first half of the year as domestic manufacturers, armed with their own technology gains, targeted upmarket segments long dominated by Honda, Yamaha and BMW. Exports reached 26.2 million units worth US$11.28 billion, rising 23.2 per cent in volume and 26.3 per cent in value year on year…