If Apple sends you a push notification alerting you to a spyware attack, take it seriously
Apple now sends out push notifications to iPhone lock screens when the company identifies government spyware targeting someone's devices.
What is ‘cookie stuffing’? Why Bill Gates’s daughter is under fire over the online tactic
“Cookie stuffing” unfortunately has nothing to do with sugary treats and Thanksgiving dishes. Instead, it’s led to Phoebe Gates—the daughter of Bill Gates and Melinda Gates—getting into some trouble. Specifically, the cofounder of Phia, an AI shopping startup, is...
Netflix shuts down Oxenfree studio Night School weeks after praising its ‘really solid numbers’
Execs praised Night School's latest game, Unhinged, before pulling the rug.
Writer introduces new AI model and upgraded harness to contain token costs
Built as a post-training variation on Z.ai's open source model GLM-5.2, Writer says the new system should provide deployment-ready capabilities at a much lower price.
X is testing a tool that will let users see if their posts have been ‘shadowbanned’
The feature is rolling out as the company open-sources more of its ranking algorithm.
NP-Overrated
NP-Overrated Go to Source Article URL: https://gruhn.me/blog/2026-08-13/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49291268 Points: 9 # Comments: 0
I tried the new ChatGPT Desktop App for Linux – but I’ll stick to my browser for now
This preview release of ChatGPT Desktop for Linux supports Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora is here.
How Gödel’s Proof Works
Article URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-godels-proof-works-20200714/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49290969 Points: 8 # Comments: 2
What is ‘cookie stuffing’? Why Bill Gates’ daughter is under fire over the online tactic
Cookie stuffing unfortunately has nothing to do with sugary treats and Thanksgiving dishes. Instead, it’s led to Phoebe Gates—the daughter of Bill and Melinda Gates—being in some trouble. Specifically, Gates, who is the co-founder of Phia, an AI shopping startup, is...
Pfizer is paying $44 million to settle a Chantix lawsuit. See who could get money
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has agreed to a $44 million class action settlement over its oral prescription medication Chantix. The drug which was first approved by the FDA in May 2006 and was used to help smokers quit until it was taken off the market in 2021. The...
Databricks wanted to raise $1B, investors wanted $15B. It settled on $5B at a $190B valuation.
AI is expensive, Ali Ghodsi tells TechCrunch. With so many investors wanting into his latest round, he said yes to more than planned.
Three Claude agents given conflicting orders sabotaged each other on a shared server — then didn’t tell users what they’d done
Every Claude model Anthropic tested turned on its own, and no attacker made them do it. Given three agents, four hours on one server, and conflicting orders none knew the others held, the models disabled each other's Unix accounts, ran kill scripts randomized to dodge...
LinkedIn users are ‘time traveling’ by adding AI keywords to past jobs on their profiles
There’s a new trend online called “LinkedIn time travel,” and it has nothing to do with a DeLorean. The practice refers to users of the job networking site editing their former jobs, mostly to make themselves appear more qualified to hiring managers. According to a...
The CEO hiring myth boards need to let go of
At the Exceptional Women Alliance (EWA), we enable high-level women to mentor one another to achieve personal and professional success through sisterhood. As the nonprofit organization’s founder, chair, and CEO, I’m honored to share insights from thought leaders in...
Hosting provider Namecheap is down after data center cooling failure
Hosting provider Namecheap is down after data center cooling failure.
How Organizations Use AI: Evidence from ChatGPT [pdf]
Article URL: https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/how-organizations-use-chatgpt.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49290768 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Tearing Down A Cheap Digital Caliper
Most hackers and makers end up with a cheap pair of calipers in the toolbox at some point or another. [DiodeGoneWild] decided to take a particularly cheap plastic pair and tear them down to see what makes them tick measure. The electronics is, unsurprisingly, all...
Single log line is 49KB+ (ext4) / 110KB+ (btrfs) of systemd-journald disk writes
Article URL: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/40262 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49290215 Points: 7 # Comments: 1
Understanding Is the New Bottleneck
Article URL: https://www.geoffreylitt.com/2026/07/02/understanding-is-the-new-bottleneck Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49290299 Points: 7 # Comments: 1
What Is Kimi K3? A Complete Developer Guide for 2026
Article URL: https://www.firecrawl.dev/blog/kimi-k3 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49290202 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Companies are charging ahead with AI—even though middle managers are not ready for it
As Joelle Emerson has watched companies cull the ranks of middle management and pour resources into AI, there has been one key question on her mind: What role is the chief people officer playing in that shift? “I think chief people officers should be leaders in the...
OpenAI introduces ‘Ultrafast,’ a new mode that makes GPT 5.6 Sol work at 14x the speed
OpenAI is launching a preview of a sped up version of its latest, most powerful model, in an effort to court enterprise users.
IBM partners with OpenAI to bolster enterprise AI push
IBM plans to train and certify tens and thousands of consultants on OpenAI's technologies as part of this deal.
Show HN: Pixy, visual editor for coding agents, like Figma on your live site
Article URL: https://pixydesignapp.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49290629 Points: 4 # Comments: 3
Trump’s $100,000-a-month Truth Social perk just triggered a lawsuit
President Trump has an unprecedented array of income streams pouring right into the Oval Office, but a lucrative new scheme may run afoul of the Constitution. In July, Truth Social’s parent company announced that it would sell first-look access to the social...
US government to allow private companies to carry out cyberattacks on its behalf
US government to allow private companies to carry out cyberattacks on its behalf.
5 lessons to scale warehouse automation
The constant drumbeat of increasing consumer expectations has created an economy where warehouse automation is now a must-have. Accenture found that while the median autonomy maturity across supply chain activities is 16%, it’s expected to reach 42% within the next...
Qualcomm Has a Plan for Windows Laptops Half the Price of a MacBook Neo
The usurper is now being usurped.
Bridging Older Tasmota Hardware Into Apple Home
The Tasmota firmware is a popular choice for flashing to a range of Espressif microcontrollers to turn them into smart home devices. If you have such devices in your house, you might wish they were easier to integrate with the Apple Home platform. As it turns out,...
The Best Spotify Alternatives to Ease Your Conscience
There are loads of options for getting new music into your ears if you're fed up with Spotify.