Why 25 states are fighting Trump over $740 million in emergency funding
A coalition of governors and attorneys general is suing the Trump administration, arguing that the federal government wants to strongarm Democratic states into complying with some of its most controversial policy changes yet. The lawsuit, filed in a Rhode Island...
Vietnam is looking to restrict social media for kids; here’s a look at growing number of other countries doing the same
Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.
Vietnam is looking to restrict social media for kids; here are the growing number of other countries doing the same
Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.
Europe’s central bank gets hilarious alternative designs for the euro banknote after asking for feedback
Asking the internet for advice can be a dicey game: Users can either be helpful or take the chance to make a joke of it all—as the European Central Bank (ECB) has come to find out. The financial institution, which oversees banknotes in the European Union, unveiled on...
Europol flags 4,340 ‘horrific’ URLs linked to The Com
Europol and its partners' investigators flagged 4,340 “horrific” URLs for removal over several weeks in June and July as part of an ongoing crackdown on The Com (short for community), a loosely knit network of online groups whose young members participate in a range...
Tech leaders issue letter to train Uncle Sam about value of open weight AI
With the US government scrutinizing AI as much as ever, 25 technology companies, industry organizations, and venture capital firms published an open letter on Friday urging policymakers to support open weight AI models. The missive [PDF] of nearly a thousand words can...
Paramount agrees to delay Warner Bros. merger into 2027
The extended pause will give time to hear cases for blocking the deal from states and the WGA.
Waymo reportedly mulling a breakup with Uber
The contract between the two companies ends in May 2028, Uber told TechCrunch.
Jensen Huang has a message about AI doomerism for his fellow tech leaders
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wants other AI leaders to quit the doomerism. “The fact that [AI] is going to be the end of humanity—it’s complete nonsense,” Huang told Axios in an interview published Thursday. “The fact that this is going to destroy half of the American jobs...
The ‘Bayou Barbie’ finally has her own Barbie doll. Here’s where to buy it
Barbie has worn a black and white one piece swimsuit, a pink dress, and a silver space suit—and now thanks to a new collaboration, she can wear Reebok Angel Reese 1 too. Mattel unveiled its latest doll inspired by professional basketball player Angel Reese, a forward...
Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency and LLM-Generated Code Projects
Community-led open source project hosting site Codeberg has formally announced that projects whose code is largely or fully machine-generated through LLMs and other ‘AI’ tools will no longer be welcome. This follows on the heels of a similar ban on...
Volkswagen engineers charged with insider trading tied to Rivian joint venture
The indictment, which was unsealed Friday, alleges the Volkswagen engineers used confidential insider information to buy stock in Rivian.
Rogue OpenAI agents forced the ‘AI Kill Switch’ bill. Here’s what it would do
From 2001: A Space Odyssey to The Matrix, humans have long been afraid of tech going rogue. As artificial intelligence becomes more and more advanced, those fears have become more tangible—and after OpenAI models hacked into another company’s servers earlier this...
Cyclosporiasis update: CDC says parasite outbreak just spread to 4 new states. Full list of where to skip the lettuce
A nationwide outbreak of Cyclospora linked to lettuce, that’s causing explosive diarrhea, has now spread to four additional U.S. states, bringing it now to a total of nine states, according The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The update was first...
Midjourney is buying horoscope app Co-Star, which users will surely be thrilled about
Co-Star CEO Banu Guler is also becoming the company's Chief Design Officer.
Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY actually scales
Article URL: https://www.dbos.dev/blog/postgres-listen-notify-scalability Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49040296 Points: 8 # Comments: 0
Prime Video’s Blade Runner 2099 now has a trailer and release date of November 25
The eight-episode series stars Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer.
Amazon will give you a $350 gift card when you buy a new Samsung phone – here’s what to know
Samsung just launched its latest lineup of phones, and Amazon has free gift card offers on every single one.
Dev accidentally commits Copilot binary to FreeBSD ports repo
The FreeBSD project froze its ports repository on Wednesday. The reason turns out to be a slightly embarrassing Git-related oopsie where a version of Copilot got uploaded somewhere it should not have been. The announcement of the 2026 Ports Repository Freeze went out...
OpenAI gets sued over ChatGPT medical advice gone wrong
A former pastor is suing OpenAI over flawed medical advice that its ChatGPT chatbot allegedly gave him in 2025. The lawsuit was filed in San Francisco County Superior Court on Wednesday by Scott Winters, a 55-year-old resident of Florida who is represented by the...
Want part of Amazon’s $2.5 billion settlement? The deadline is Monday
If you’ve been an Amazon Prime member at some point in the past several years, you have until Monday to file a claim to be included in a $2.5 billion settlement. Eligible customers could receive up to $51 from a lawsuit brought against Amazon by the Federal Trade...
BGP ORIGIN attribute manipulation and its impact on the Internet
Article URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/bgp-origin-attribute/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49039490 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
I got into YC by hacking it
Article URL: https://obaid.wtf/jotbook/2026/07/18/how-i-got-into-yc-by-hacking-it.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49039448 Points: 9 # Comments: 0
Gsxui – Shadcn-style components for Go
Article URL: https://ui.gsxhq.dev/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49039395 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
E-ink Writing Deck Rocks a Typewriter Aesthetic
[Myth Made] has a goal to get into writing. However, she likes to do things the aesthetic way, rather than the easy way. Thus, she has eschewed simple word processing on a conventional computer, instead choosing to build a remarkably attractive writing deck styled...
IMAX vs IMAX 70mm: The difference between these two cinema formats
The different IMAX filming and projection formats have a dramatic impact on the theater viewing experience.
Why Cognition bought Poke: AI personality is becoming a competitive advantage
Why Cognition bought Poke: AI personality is becoming a competitive advantage Go to Source AI coding startup Cognition has acquired Poke, the AI assistant you text like a friend, in a deal valuing the startup in the low nine figures....
The Kids’ Guide to Piracy
Article URL: https://friendo.monster/posts/the-kids-guide-to-piracy.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49039099 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
PySINDy – A package for the sparse identification of nonlinear dynamical systems
Article URL: https://github.com/dynamicslab/pysindy Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49039007 Points: 3 # Comments: 1
DuckPGQ – A DuckDB community extension for graph workloads
Article URL: https://duckpgq.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49038481 Points: 5 # Comments: 0