Apple Might Want to Record Your Next Genius Bar Visit
The brand is reportedly testing an AI note-taking tool that gives "Geniuses" more time to talk to customers.
Lego just unveiled a 1,500-piece X-Files set, complete with Mulder, Scully and a grey alien
The first Lego X-Files set costs $200 and will be available in August.
US threatens sanctions against Chinese AI models over IP theft
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. could sanction Chinese open AI models over alleged IP theft, expanding the Trump administration's campaign to slow China's AI advances.
Tired of xargs?
What if you want to do something in Linux for a lot of files? [Numerator] was tired of using xarg and other ways to handle this job and created bashumerate. Some examples in the post of the “other ways” include: find . -name '*.log' | xargs rm find . -name '*.sh'...
ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125M to Find Voter Fraud
Article URL: https://www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-thomson-reuters-125-million-to-find-voter-fraud/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48993448 Points: 13 # Comments: 0
Ernst & Young breach exposes client tax data – find out if you’re at risk and what to do next
Ernst & Young breach exposes client tax data - find out if you're at risk and what to do next Go to Source For two weeks, attackers had access to a third-party support ticket system containing customer tax information.
Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber
Article URL: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48993414 Points: 27 # Comments: 2
These cities just became America’s hottest buyer’s markets
Home buyers are increasingly regaining the upper hand in most major U.S. metro areas, but the amount of leverage they wield depends entirely on where they’re buying. The second quarter marked the most buyer-friendly spring for the U.S. housing market in eight years as...
This Spotify setting makes your music feel DJ mixed
This Spotify setting makes your music feel DJ mixed Go to Source Spotify's DJ-inspired tools are loads of fun, but probably won't land you any bar mitzvah gigs.
Oracle could face $7B collateral bill for Wisconsin data centre
Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/b37030b6-bda8-4ba9-8e08-e6b88687b8f5 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48993488 Points: 4 # Comments: 1
Amid Increased Scrutiny, ICE Detention and Deportation Data Goes Dark
Article URL: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/15/ice-data-immigration-detention-transparency Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48993465 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Garmin finally made a screenless fitness tracker
The Cirqa Smart Band is Garmin's answer to Whoop and the Fitbit Air.
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Article URL: https://console.cloud.google.com/agent-platform/publishers/google/model-garden/gemini-3.6-flash Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48993130 Points: 9 # Comments: 4
Sarah’s Wager
Article URL: https://colossus.com/article/sarah-guo-conviction/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48992960 Points: 10 # Comments: 0
Claude Is Not a Compiler
Article URL: https://blog.exe.dev/claude-is-not-a-compiler Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48993059 Points: 12 # Comments: 2
Apple Defeats Liability for Not Scanning iCloud for CSAM
Article URL: https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2026/07/apple-defeats-liability-for-not-scanning-icloud-for-csam-but-the-judge-was-not-pleased-amy-v-apple.htm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48992870 Points: 24 # Comments: 4
PCjs Machines
Article URL: https://www.pcjs.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48992323 Points: 38 # Comments: 3
Trump’s 50% tariffs on Canada would include goods previously protected by the USMCA trade pact
President Donald Trump on Monday imposed 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods, declaring that Canada has unfairly discriminated against American autos, alcohol and dairy products.The move could unleash a new wave of economic chaos, with risks of higher inflation and...
90,000 Flock cameras have quietly gone up in the US: What they track and how to check your city
Flock cameras are everywhere - even in my small town, quietly using AI to identify your car and surveil your movements. But did you consent? Probably not.
Samsung aims to help you make more sense of health data with a new AI-powered assistant
The Health Assistant chatbot is available "in beta for eligible US users," Samsung says.
Windows 11 Start menu changes trickle into Beta, movable taskbar still MIA
Microsoft is moving more of its redesigned Start menu into the Windows 11 Beta channel, although the long-awaited movable taskbar remains confined to experimental builds. Build 26220.8925 was released last night to Windows Insiders in the Beta channel and has "a...
Light’s new $299 flip phone has no apps and T9 texting, but aims to connect its users
The minimalist brand's new flip phone takes an accessible approach to its brutally minimalist platform - with a gentle touch.
Nvidia shows off Vera Rubin platform for tokenmaxxing
Last week, Nvidia invited a handful of journalists to a briefing about AI infrastructure to help convey the physical reality behind simulated intelligence. "Infrastructure is physical, it's real," said Ian Buck, general manager of Nvidia's hyperscale and HPC computing...
The Light Flip is a minimalist flip phone that leaves out all those distracting apps
The new Light Flip is a mashup of the Light Phone III and an old-school flip phone.
Light made a flip phone. It’s colorful and it’s cheap.
Light co-founder Kaiwei Tang helped create the Motorola Razr, and he's as surprised as anyone that over twenty years later, the flip phone is relevant again.
Critical SharePoint RCE CVE-2026-50522 Under Active Exploitation After Public PoC
A third SharePoint Server flaw patched by Microsoft as part of its Patch Tuesday update for July 2026 has come under active exploitation, per watchTowr. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-50522 (CVSS score: 9.8), a critical deserialization of untrusted data in...
After TikTok, Snap settles social media addiction case
Snap is the latest big tech company to settle a lawsuit that claimed social media platforms are harmful to children and young adults. The company has reached a “tentative” agreement in a case that was set to go to trial later this month. TikTok recently settled its...
AI music generator Suno breach affects 55M users, per Have I Been Pwned
A hacker took names, phone numbers, and physical addresses of millions of customers who used AI music generator Suno.
The UK will legalize plug-in solar on August 27
The UK has finally set a date for the legalization of plug-in solar panels.
Over 400 Linux CVEs published in the last 24 hours alone
Article URL: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48992669 Points: 5 # Comments: 0