AI-driven memory crunch jolts India’s smartphone market
India's smartphone slowdown highlights how the AI boom is reshaping consumer electronics, from pricing and demand to corporate strategy.
The Zilog Z80 has turned 50
Article URL: https://goliath32.com/blog/z80.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48951461 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
ICE Flight Monitor Interactive Dashboard
Article URL: https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/ice-flight-monitor-interactive-dashboard Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48951014 Points: 11 # Comments: 1
How flexible funding can help communities and people thrive
There is a common misperception that philanthropy is inherently rigid, with funding and grant agreements tied to narrowly defined activities. Thankfully, this viewpoint is rapidly changing. Modern philanthropy is increasingly recognizing the importance of flexible...
The BornHack 2026 Cyber Ægg Is A Badge With A Life Afterwards
A problem facing the designers of event badges is this: what happens to the badge after the event? It’s one that designers have tried to solve in many ways with varying levels of success, whether that be by making it a dev board, a games console, a mesh-networked...
Apple and Google ordered to purge ‘nudify’ apps from App Stores
In letters sent to Apple and Google, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said that both companies have long been aware that they are hosting apps in violation of state law.
Why the People Who Could Fix It Are the First to Leave
Article URL: https://www.hackingleadership.com/p/why-the-people-who-could-fix-it-are-the-first-to-leave Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48951147 Points: 8 # Comments: 0
Women and men in the C-suite see two different workplaces
Every 20 years since 1965, Harvard Business Review publishes an article with the results of a survey asking men and women executives nearly identical questions about the perception of women in executive roles. In 1965, 2,000 executives were surveyed, of which a...
Nike nearly ended an investigation into its DEI practices—until Trump took office
When the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission opened an investigation into Nike’s diversity practices, it was unusual for a number of reasons. The federal agency’s mission has long been to enforce anti-discrimination laws, which involved pursuing claims brought by...
Show HN: A zoomable timeline of 4M Wikipedia events
I'm building a journal app in Kotlin Multiplatform and for this purpose I have created a zoomable timeline interface.This is a side-project where I reuse the timeline interface to display 4 million events imported from Wikipedia / Wikidata, scored using PageRank....
SpaceX stock drops to a new low and loses $1T in value in a month
Article URL: https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-stock-drops-new-low-ipo-price-starship-launch-scrubbed-2026-7 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48950580 Points: 13 # Comments: 6
A Year On: The DOGE Disaster
Article URL: https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-year-on-the-doge-disaster Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48950667 Points: 13 # Comments: 1
Nuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation
The potential deal highlights a growing trend of complex, multi-stage funding rounds that mask true entry prices.
Seven Malicious Vite npm Packages Use Blockchain C2 to Deliver a RAT
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of seven malicious npm packages targeting the Vite frontend tooling ecosystem as part of a software supply chain attack. The malicious package campaign, codenamed ViteVenom by Checkmarx, marks an expansion of...
Zoox issues software recall because its robotaxis may be confused by smoke
The NHTSA recently called for autonomous vehicle companies to improve how cars respond in emergency situations.
What Zelensky risks by firing Ukraine’s tech-minded defense minister
On July 15, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, the official most closely identified with Ukraine’s much-lauded effort to turn drones, software, and commercial technology into military advantage. The move could have...
How an old meme is giving Claire’s some much-needed attention
A staple of the millennial mall experience, Claire’s is known as the place where teenagers can score whimsical jewelry and get pierced. But on social media, the accessory retailer is also a dentist office, a surgical procedure room, and a go-to stop for any medical...
The Odyssey in IMAX is worth a long journey of your own
The Odyssey in IMAX is worth a long journey of your own.
Homomorphically encrypted CIFAR-10 inference in 200ms
Article URL: https://sofar.belfortlabs.cloud/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48949240 Points: 6 # Comments: 2
Learning a few things about running SQLite
Article URL: https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/07/17/learning-about-running-sqlite/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48950122 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Apple Music and Apple One prices rise for the first time in years
Apple is blaming an Apple Music price hike on "rising licensing costs."
Is the Apple TV 4K still worth buying after the price hike?
Apple's streaming box is now much more expensive than comparable alternatives. Should you opt for a Fire TV or Roku instead?
Here are the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8 and Z Fold 8 camera and battery specs, apparently
Camera upgrades in the Z Flip 8, Fold 8 and Fold 8 Ultra appear to be slim.
Mozilla speeds Firefox release schedule to biweekly
Firefox releases will soon get even closer together – but not ESR ones, which remain annual, with the next one due out soon. The change was announced last week on the [email protected] mailing list by Mozilla’s director of engineering Sylvestre Ledru: “We are...
Billing software error sends billion-dollar AWS estimates
Your AWS billing estimate might look just a little inflated right now. If you woke up to find an email from Amazon Web Services this morning telling you that you’d gone over your billing threshold by a few hundred million dollars, don’t panic: Something’s gone wrong...
Microsoft cuts OneDrive support for older Windows 10 versions next month
Microsoft will end OneDrive synchronization support next month for older versions of Windows 10, leaving users without client updates, fixes, or technical assistance. According to a post on the company's Message Center, OneDrive sync app updates will continue on...
AI spam filters are getting suckered by old-school text salting
Notice more spam getting through that corporate email filter lately? Attackers are using a technique known as "text salting," which hides benign-looking words intended to confuse some AI-powered email filters, says cybersecurity firm Barracuda. The email security...
I replaced my space heater and ceiling fan with one Dyson appliance
Designed for year-round comfort, the Dyson Hot+Cool HF1 combines quiet operation and simple controls with Dyson's signature bladeless design.
How Apple’s big lawsuit could disrupt OpenAI’s IPO plans
Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not messing around. The complaint alleges a pattern of misconduct reaching all the way up to OpenAI’s chief hardware officer and claims more than 400 former Apple employees now work at the...
A rare weather phenomenon is on track for a ‘hostile’ clash with the Super El Niño
This has been a summer of extreme weather, so brace yourself—it looks like Mother Nature may have another curveball up her sleeve. As if we don’t have enough to worry about—from the apocalyptic-looking, yellow, smokey skies in the Northeast from the Canadian...