As rivals chase acquisitions, Peacock bets on bundles through a new deal with YouTube
While much of the streaming industry is focused on mergers and acquisitions, NBCUniversal is expanding its reach through partnerships, with its latest move bringing Peacock directly to YouTube. On Monday, NBCUniversal and YouTube announced a multi-year global...
Spotify is experiencing another major outage
A second gremlin is rolling through Spotify this evening.
Launch HN: Rise Reforming (YC S26) – Turning Waste Gases into Valuable Chemicals
Hi HN! This is George, Lucas, and Jona from Rise Reforming (https://www.rise-reforming.com/). We’re developing a process to convert gas produced at landfills, farms, and wastewater plants (“biogas”) into higher value chemicals. Our technology is modular, designed to...
OpenAI’s New ChatGPT Health Wants You to Connect Your Medical Records
It's now available in the US on the web and iOS.
PSA: your Claude shared chats and Artifacts may have ended up on Google
An untold number of Claude chats and Artifacts — the interactive mini apps and documents users can build inside Claude — were found publicly searchable on Google over the weekend, after Reddit users discovered that typing search operators like “site:claude.ai/share”...
Google Pixel 11 launch event: Everything we expect as price increase rumors grow
Here's what the rumor mill tells us Google might be preparing for its next Pixel launch.
iOS 26.6, macOS 26.6 and the rest are out, addressing security fixes
Apple's latest software updates are primarily focused on security fixes.
Gigabyte Aorus RTX 5080’s PCB Might Be the Weirdest One Yet
Bizarre, but clearly inspired by Nvidia's Founders Edition cards.
NVIDIA Forms 37-Member Open Secure AI Alliance and Open-Sources NOOA Framework
NVIDIA and 36 other organizations have formed the Open Secure AI Alliance to develop and share open technologies, techniques, and tools for securing software and artificial intelligence (AI) agents. The 37-member group spans cloud, security, enterprise software, and...
RAM costs more for phones, too – so how much do you actually need?
RAM costs more for phones, too - so how much do you actually need? Go to Source Manufacturers keep putting more and more memory into new phones, and we're the ones paying for it.
Reviving a Retro Mouse with BlueTooth low Energy support
One of the disadvantages to collecting retro peripherals is that they’re not necessarily easy to use anymore. [eSPee77] changes that by retrofitting a Genius GM-6000 mouse with modern hardware, all while preserving the feel. To make this mouse without compromising on...
Lawyers, teachers, and students face consequences when they use AI to do their jobs. What about politicians?
Artificial intelligence makes mistakes all the time: adding extra fingers to generated images of humans or hallucinating data just to please its user. But sometimes, mistakes rest entirely on the humans using it, a Canadian lawmaker has come to find out. In a now...
CEO of this $4 billion homebuilder says Sun Belt new home prices are down more than headlines suggest
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Doug Bauer, CEO of Tri Pointe Homes—America’s 19th largest homebuilder—thinks the phrase “affordability” gets overused. “It’s a catchy term,” Bauer...
Microsoft launches AI cybersecurity model, agentic defense platform to cut enterprise security costs
Microsoft opened a new front in the AI security wars on Monday, unveiling its first custom-built cybersecurity model and a sweeping agentic defense platform — and making an argument that could reshape how enterprises buy AI: the future belongs not to the biggest...
Self-contained highly-portable Python distributions
Article URL: https://gregoryszorc.com/docs/python-build-standalone/main/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49073942 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Google promised not to show ads based on your emails. AI could undo that
Since 2017, Google has promised not to show ads based on users’ Gmail messages. While that policy isn’t changing today, Google may be laying the groundwork for personalized ads based on AI insights from users’ inboxes. Google’s support documents already acknowledge...
Our electric grid wasn’t built for this kind of demand
The U.S. electric grid is the largest and most expensive machine on the planet. Its interconnected pathways cover nearly 7 million miles, serve 400 million customers, and its value is placed at about $1.5 trillion. To build it today, the grid would cost almost $5...
Exercise works for depression. So why isn’t it treated like real medicine?
Article URL: https://bigthink.com/mind-behavior/exercise-works-for-depression-so-why-isnt-it-treated-like-real-medicine/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49073691 Points: 13 # Comments: 0
The glaring hole in Congress’s plan for an AI kill switch
After OpenAI’s latest model broke containment and went rogue, Congress acted fast, introducing a bipartisan bill that called for the creation of an AI kill switch, which lawmakers said would ensure the technology could not get the upper hand on humans. As written, the...
Yahoo’s Biggest AI Bet Is a Chatbot
AI hallucinates, but Yahoo is working on it. Yahoo Scout is the company’s all-in bet on AI search, one that actually shows its sources so users can double-check the information. In this episode of Adventures in AI, Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone talks about why AI lies to you...
Microsoft launches its first cybersecurity model, plus a new agentic cybersecurity system
Microsoft bolstered its AI cybersecurity offerings this week with the launch of its first AI security model and a new security platform.
Regain Some Trust in Unknown USB Drives
For how useful USB thumb drives are for quickly toting around and copying files from one computer to another, they can be a bit of a security headache. Programs can be loaded on them with all kinds of malware; they can be obscured in some ways that are difficult to...
Jensen Huang’s first-ever post on X is in defense of open access to AI models
Article URL: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/jensen-huangs-first-ever-post-on-x-is-in-defense-of-open-access-to-ai-models-alongside-google-openai-and-meta/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49073267 Points: 8 # Comments: 0
Apple sued after alleged App Store crypto scam cost users $1.8M
Apple is facing a lawsuit from three users who say they collectively lost more than $1.8 million after downloading a fraudulent crypto wallet from the App Store, challenging the company’s longstanding claims that its app review process keeps users safe from scams.
Canceling “Hey”
Article URL: https://chadnauseam.com/random/cancelling-my-hey Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49073007 Points: 45 # Comments: 0
Amazon’s new satellite network for mobile phones could turn up the heat on SpaceX
Amazon’s new satellite network for mobile phones could turn up the heat on SpaceX Go to Source Amazon is expanding its plans for providing satellite connectivity to mobile phones.
Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Masino steps down: Can successor David Deno keep CBRL’s momentum after another stock drop?
Just when Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Masino seemed to be finally clawing her way back from last year’s logo debacle, the company announced on Monday she is stepping down. Masino, who joined Cracker Barrel in 2023, will be succeeded by David Deno, most recently the CEO...
Dysphoria IoT Botnet Adds Blockchain C2 and Victim Relays After JackSkid Disruption
Dysphoria, an Internet of Things (IoT) botnet line tracked by CNCERT and XLab, has adopted blockchain-based name services and infected-device relays after a March law-enforcement operation against JackSkid infrastructure. The researchers say the design makes the...
Antares raises $470M to build nuclear reactors for the U.S. military
Antares has raised $470 million to build small modular reactors — 100 kW to 1 MW — for U.S. Air Force bases.
What’s the difference between USB 3.0 & 2.0 and which should you use?
The ports look the same, but one is much faster than the other.