Are Brain Waves the Missing Link for Physical AI?
Hey Hackers! Welcome back to another edition of HackerNoon’s 3 Tech Polls Newsletter, a weekly retrospective on timely debates shaping the global tech ecosystem. Results from our Poll of the Week anchor the newsletter, supported by related conversations from around...
ClickHouse and Hud Team Up to Add Runtime Intelligence to AI Software Development
Artificial intelligence is transforming how software is built, but it is also creating new operational challenges for engineering teams. As AI coding assistants generate larger portions of production code, organizations are looking beyond code generation itself and...
The most overrated business advice is ‘follow the rules’
The CEO and cofounder of Bogg sits in the Fast Company hot seat to share her candid take on leadership—and why ‘follow the rules’ is the most overrated advice in business.
Extreme heat from human-caused climate change could make flight delays more common. Here’s why
Airline passengers know to expect possible flight delays when weather forecasts call for thunderstorms, heavy snow or strong wind. The omens are less obvious on a hot summer day with clear skies.Yet extreme heat also disrupts flights and travel plans. On the hottest...
Microsoft tells engineers to curb their token-burning enthusiasm
Concerned about cost, Microsoft is reportedly warning employees against wasteful AI use. In an email seen by 404 Media, Microsoft Executive Vice President Jay Parikh warned that individual divisions would be given targets and could face restrictions. "Tokenmaxxing is...
Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google
Shopify says AI isn’t cannibalizing search traffic the way it has for publishers. Instead, AI-driven traffic and orders to Shopify stores tripled year over year in Q2.
Want a free Photoshop alternative on Linux? How to get Affinity today: 2 ways
One method is easier, but the other gets you faster, more reliable performance.
Samsung and Mousterian move ahead with floating datacenter for Texas
Plans for floating datacenters in the US have advanced beyond the handshake stage, with Samsung Heavy Industries and Mousterian Corporation signing an engineering contract. Dallas-based Mousterian, which describes itself quaintly as "a developer of water-adjacent...
Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasks
Hark claims that its browser use agent is faster and cheaper than competition.
Fed’s Kashkari says ‘now is the time to start slowly moving’ rates up
Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/05/feds-kashkari-says-now-is-the-time-to-start-slowly-moving-rates-up.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49184251 Points: 9 # Comments: 0
Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines for a Pretextual Weed Search
Article URL: https://www.404media.co/cops-used-flock-to-track-a-man-across-state-lines-to-create-pretext-to-search-his-car-for-weed/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49184190 Points: 26 # Comments: 1
AI deepfakes are already in full force this election season
For years, we’ve been warned about the deleterious effects of deepfakes on our elections: AI-generated videos that can dupe voters into believing candidates have said or done things they haven’t. Now, well into the generative AI revolution and with the midterms months...
Marriage meets leadership
The Poppi cofounders share how trust keeps both their business and relationship strong.
Cloudflare OS
Article URL: https://os.cloudflare.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49184083 Points: 6 # Comments: 4
Citigroup, Idaho, and Build-a-Bear Launched a Coordinated Attack on Me
Article URL: https://knock-knock.net/blog/citigroup-idaho-build-a-bear/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49183953 Points: 14 # Comments: 1
Google Assistant is going away on Mobile Devices
Article URL: https://images.seroundtable.com/google-assistant-going-away-laEdSzU1.png Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49184041 Points: 12 # Comments: 2
Reading a Thermocouple with Mercury and a Potentiometer
If you’ve ever thought about the nomenclature of electrical components, potentiometer stands out as a strange name, etymologically suggesting something like a voltmeter. In fact, the component took its name from a voltage-measuring instrument also named the...
Delta passengers can now play DraftKings at 35,000 feet—for free
Customers flying Delta Air Lines now have a new form of onboard entertainment available from an unexpected partner: DraftKings. Starting this week, passengers ages 21 and older will be able to access SkyPicks, a new free-to-play in-flight sports prediction game. Those...
How to use Android Auto without turning off your VPN
A VPN might compromise your Android Auto experience at first, but there are some easy workarounds.
Windows Could Soon Play Xbox 360 Games, Too
The rollout is expected over the next couple of years.
Zoox begins charging for robotaxi rides in Las Vegas
This marks the official launch of Zoox's commercial operations.
Zoox to start charging for robotaxi rides in Las Vegas
This marks the official launch of Zoox's commercial operations.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s Real World AI Stage features robots, automated factories, and extinct animals
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s Real World AI Stage features robots, automated factories, and extinct animals Go to Source On our new Real World AI stage, we’ll be focusing on the intersection between the digital and physical, and all the...
Why you should practice ‘Inside Out’ leadership
We are all on a quest. The job role we fulfill or the products we sell are just the costumes and exterior wrapping. It turns out that the real destination of leadership journeys isn’t the product we are selling—it’s the finely tuned inner wisdom we achieve. And it’s...
Trojanized npm Packages Decode C2 IP From Ethereum Recipient Addresses
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged an evolution of the EtherHiding blockchain-based command-and-control (C2) technique that conceals the C2 server IP address inside a made-up destination address of a completely empty Ethereum transfer. The new dead drop resolver...
Veeam, Terraform MCP, Django Patch Critical Flaws, Led by CVSS 10.0 Cross-Tenant Bug
HashiCorp, Veeam, and the Django Software Foundation have patched 11 vulnerabilities across Terraform MCP Server, Veeam Service Provider Console, and Django. The three most serious: An unauthenticated flaw in Veeam's console that hands over a managed agent's...
Operationalize AI at scale with HPE and NVIDIA
While many organizations have AI projects underway at various stages of maturity, most are experiencing challenges scaling AI across their IT landscape. That is because many AI strategists have yet to work out how to build, operate, and extract value from their AI...
Trump says a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could happen any day now
U.S. President Donald Trump said a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come as early as Wednesday, as Iran and Oman inched toward an agreement on the critical waterway that could ease pressure on the global economy and potentially help bring an end to the...
Google Assistant will vanish from Android phones and connected devices in September
Like birthdays in late May and most of June, it's all about Gemini.
As Gen Z reconsiders dating apps, Tinder’s IRL events expand to dozens more cities
Tinder is expanding its in-person events feature from an initial Los Angeles test to 26 cities worldwide by the end of September.