Nitter no more? X sends in the lawyers to shut down open source project
X, the social media mouthpiece of free speech absolutist Elon Musk, has reportedly sent legal takedown notices to Nitter and related service XCancel over alleged data scraping and rules violations. XCancel's home page now contains some minimal text stating: "On Monday...
IKEA and Xbox have fully unveiled their new furniture collection at Gamescom
Who hasn't dreamt of sitting on a green stool modeled like a thumbstick?
Ring introduces a new encryption standard, makes it the default for cloud features
Ring says users can still opt for end-to-end encryption.
Bill Gates wants to see a robot tax and ‘Human Reserved’ jobs to mitigate harms from AI
Gates is mostly in the Responsible AI camp, but there are a few ideas in here we hadn't heard before.
Microsoft sketches out a Whiteboard extension
Microsoft is giving customers who are still clinging to its doomed legacy Whiteboard technology a lifeline, and has pushed the deletion date to October 16, 2026. The migration tooling for "legacy enterprise whiteboards" will be retired on September 25, 2026, and the...
CISA confirms hackers targeted over 100 US water systems during July
The federal cyber agency's warning comes amid a wave of suspected Iran-backed cyberattacks targeting critical water systems across the United States.
How to avoid asking stupid questions in meetings
It is rather common these days to say that there are no such things as stupid questions, but (and apologies if this sounds stupid) does anyone actually believe that? Interestingly, we tend to praise those who ask smart questions but rarely condemn the reverse. Yet,...
Meta will pay up to $18 billion to settle states’ lawsuit alleging harms to young users
Meta will pay up to $18 billion to settle states' lawsuit alleging harms to young users Go to Source The company called on YouTube and TikTok to join it in setting time limits for teens.
NovaCookies Campaigns Abuse Genuine Docusign Notifications to Steal Microsoft 365 Sessions
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) phishing toolkit called NovaCookies that's used as a proxy to redirect Microsoft 365 sign-ins, while capturing authenticated sessions in the process. In a report shared with The...
CISA Red Team Compromised Two Critical Infrastructure Orgs, One Detected Nothing
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published the results of two red team assessments it conducted simultaneously against two critical infrastructure organizations, using what it described as similar tradecraft while recording sharply...
Surprise: Z.ai is the AI lab behind the mysterious Ox Alpha model
Z.ai confirms it is behind Ox Alpha, the mysterious open AI model topping benchmarks and leaderboards, and its weights are set to be released soon.
Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account
Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account Go to Source Article URL: https://twitterwebviewer.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49449576 Points: 5 # Comments: 2
GLM-5.3-Flash
Article URL: https://z.ai/blog/glm-5.3-flash Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49449507 Points: 41 # Comments: 0
GoPro Mission 1 Pro ILS review: Interchangeable lenses make this a GoPro like no other
The Mission 1 ILS is a camera with great potential and a learning curve.
Hackaday Europe 2026: PCBs With A Plot
Printed circuit boards were developed first for function over form. They were a way to mount components and connect them in a stable, robust fashion, while taking into regard things like packaging and cooling requirements to enable a circuit to function. Circuit...
Exclusive: Mate Security launches Gamebooks to govern how AI agents run investigations
Exclusive: Mate Security launches Gamebooks to govern how AI agents run investigations Go to Source Security operations startup Mate Security Ltd. today launched Gamebooks, a set of structured investigation procedures that govern what...
America now has 3 times the amount of gas power in development as China, thanks to data centers
The U.S. data center boom is driving such a surge in gas power developments that we are now outpacing China, with nearly three times the amount of gas-fired capacity in the works. In the first half of 2026 alone, the number of gas-fired capacity under development for...
SoundCloud will let you buy music directly from artists
SoundCloud will let you buy music directly from artists.
Meta reaches $16.68B settlement over social media harms to children
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/meta-settles-with-us-states-over-social-media-harms-2026-08-26/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49448819 Points: 29 # Comments: 5
Meta settles for $18 billion in lawsuit brought by 29 states over social media harms to children
The lawsuit alleged that Meta knowingly designed platforms like Instagram and Facebook to addict children, despite knowing about the harms the platforms could pose to young users.
7 bad leadership patterns that drive good employees away, and how to fix them
Managers rarely wake up intending to drive away talented employees. Yet every week, employees quietly decide they’ve had enough—not because of one terrible meeting or one bad day, but because they’ve experienced the same behaviors and conduct over and over again....
Arc’teryx is redesigning every product it makes to be fully recyclable
A decade ago, the best way to sell a product was to say it was sustainable. A new crop of startups promised a greener future through merino wool sneakers, dresses made from deadstock, and rain jackets without a trace of virgin plastic in them. Today, the fashion...
Today is ‘Pay What You Can’ day: See a list of restaurants that participate
Here’s a wholesome story for your heart and belly: Today (August 26, 2026), restaurants from around the world are participating in a pay-what-you-can initiative. More than 100 restaurants are offering up their usual food menu and high-quality service to customers,...
Robot brain builders are pushing out of their GPT-2 era
Robot bodies are waiting for their AI brains to catch up.
AWS Acquires DuckDB
Article URL: https://ducklabs.com/news/2026/08/26/ducklabs-to-join-aws Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49448321 Points: 91 # Comments: 8
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: A New Architecture, Towards Ultimate Cost-Efficiency
Article URL: https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.8-flash-next Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49448210 Points: 29 # Comments: 8
A curmudgeon tries a language server
Article URL: https://entropicthoughts.com/curmudgeon-tries-language-server Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49448150 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
Bill Gates: The turbulent AI era is here
Article URL: https://www.gatesnotes.com/work/make-ai-work-for-everyone/reader/a-turbulent-ai-era-and-critical-choices-to-make Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49448137 Points: 23 # Comments: 11
Bluesky now lets you upload 10-minute long videos
Bluesky's new 10-minute video support includes faster upload speeds, too.
4 AI development skills you need, according to Andrew Ng – and what experts say he’s missing
The rise of generative and agentic AI has dramatically changed the software-building process - and the skills required.