Dell just dropped the price of this award-winning laptop to 50% off – and I highly recommend it
We granted the Dell 14 Plus an Editors' Choice award for great hardware and design. Now, the high-end version of the PC is over $1,000 off.
A solid-state “atomic channel” for separating rare earth elements
Article URL: https://pme.uchicago.edu/news-events/news/cleaner-route-purifying-rare-earth-elements Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49025831 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Geekbench 7
Article URL: https://www.geekbench.com/blog/2026/07/geekbench-7/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49025812 Points: 6 # Comments: 1
The 3 words that fuel innovation
Phil Haid shares why one simple question can transform how teams collaborate and innovate.
Why uncertainty fuels great ideas
Leena Jain shares that AI can predict what’s likely. Breakthrough ideas often begin with uncertainty instead.
Windows 11 Security Cheat Sheet: BitLocker, Passkeys, and Defender Explained
Learn how BitLocker, passkeys, Microsoft Defender, and other Windows 11 security features protect your data, accounts, apps, and devices. The post Windows 11 Security Cheat Sheet: BitLocker, Passkeys, and Defender Explained appeared first on TechRepublic.
How do we remain human while using AI?
Muneer Panjwani says that AI can synthesize information at remarkable speed, but creativity, intuition, and original thinking remain distinctly human.
Bethesda accused of breaking Canadian labor laws with Montreal layoffs
The fallout from the big Xbox layoffs continues to develop.
EU gives antritrust approval to the Saudi-led $55 billion takeover of EA
The deal isn't done yet, but it's getting closer.
The Arguments Against Open Source AI Are Very Bad
Article URL: https://tombedor.dev/arguments-against-open-source-ai-are-very-bad/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49024643 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
What happened to TheNumbers.com
Article URL: https://stephenfollows.com/p/what-just-happened-to-thenumberscom-should-worry-us-all Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49024691 Points: 42 # Comments: 1
What just happened to TheNumbers.com should worry us all
Article URL: https://stephenfollows.com/p/what-just-happened-to-thenumberscom-should-worry-us-all Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49024691 Points: 13 # Comments: 0
Trump Media’s $100k-a-month Truth Social scheme is the president’s most desperate grift yet
The Trump Media & Technology Group announced last week that it would soon offer a new product for financial services companies: a real-time feed of posts from the “highest-ranking” accounts on Truth Social, the right-wing social media platform that will have your...
A California city wants to ban new drive-thrus. Here’s why
Napa might have some of the country’s best wine, but it might soon lose an icon of American culture: drive-thrus. The city in Northern California has a proposed ban on drive-thrus as part of a move to shift the city away from car dependency as well as lowering carbon...
US government says Iran-linked hackers are disrupting American water and energy providers
An updated government advisory warns that Iranian hackers are exploiting systems used by water and energy providers.
AMD attacks the rack with Helios systems that rival Nvidia’s
Could Nvidia's days of datacenter dominance be threatened? With the launch of Helios, AMD’s first true rack-scale AI platform, the House of Zen is done playing catch up. The company claims the rack system is powered by the fastest AI accelerators on the market. And,...
Qobuz overhauls its music player and adds real-time lyrics
The latest updates to Qobuz make it an even better alternative to Spotify.
Multi-turn attacks broke AI models 88% of the time — single-turn testing missed it, Cisco AI security lead warns at VB Transform 2026
When Cisco ran 6,986 multi-turn attacks against 15 flagship models, attackers who adapted across the conversation broke through as often as 88.3% of the time. Amy Chang, Cisco's head of AI threat intelligence and security research, brought that finding to the agentic...
Samsung will support the Galaxy Watch 9 and Ultra 2 with five years of updates
Samsung's new wearables will receive Wear OS updates until 2031.
Runway bets on AI model routing as generative media gets crowded
Runway bets on AI model routing as generative media gets crowded Go to Source Runway no longer wants to be just another AI model company. It wants to become the infrastructure layer for generative media. On Thursday, the startup...
Runway launches AI model router as generative media gets crowded
Runway no longer wants to be just another AI model company. It wants to become the infrastructure layer for generative media. On Thursday, the startup launched Runway Media Router through Runway Dev, its developer platform, released earlier this month, that provides...
Launch HN: Screenpipe (YC S26) – Power your agents by your 24/7 screen recording
Hi Hacker News, I'm Louis. I built Screenpipe (https://screenpipe.com). Screenpipe is an app that records your screen and audio locally (only!), and gives AI agents a searchable memory of what you've seen, said, and heard. This makes it easier to automate your...
Conflict in the Strait of Hormuz has oil producers looking to spend billions to bypass it
Before the war in Iran, roughly 15 million barrels of Persian Gulf oil were shipped each day through the Strait of Hormuz. Within a few years, much of that oil could bypass the strait.As Iran’s chokehold over the strait drags on and oil prices surge, countries across...
Hackaday Europe 2026: Half Quad, Half Blimp: Test. Fly. Survive.
A great many drones out there, whether homebuilt or store-bought, follow the same basic format. Four motors, some kind of controller, and a lithium-polymer battery supplying the juice to keep everything in the air. It’s a format that produces a remarkably capable air...
OpenAI makes ChatGPT Health available to all U.S. users
Users can also integrate their personal data from services like Apple Health, Function, and MyFitnessPal.
Year-long Russian attacks infect users as soon as they look at an email
Kremlin cyber goons have been breaking into government and commercial networks for at least a year by exploiting a Zimbra bug with a novel twist on Russia’s usual phishing expeditions: this attack occurs as soon as the victim looks at an email, with no need to even...
Best Buy is selling the LG C5 OLED for nearly 50% off – and I recommend it
It may be one generation behind, but the LG C5 OLED TV still offers plenty of reasons to pick one up, especially at this price during the Black Friday in July sale.
ThreatsDay: Android Spyware, PLC Attacks, AI Image Prompt Injection + 12 More Stories
Most of this week's trouble came dressed as something useful. A package stole data. A fake extension opened remote access. A safety app became spyware. An image gave hidden orders to an AI agent. Other threats hid in open systems, weak code, and normal network...
Xbox is testing free, ad-supported cloud gaming
Microsoft is borrowing from the GeForce Now playbook with an ad-supported cloud streaming test.
I’ve used Linux for 30 years, and this free security suite does it all – almost perfectly
Linux may be the most secure OS available, but it can always use extra security. BastionGuard 2 promises some serious security.