Spotify has roped the indie publisher Kobalt into its AI platform for covers and remixes
Spotify's forthcoming paid add-on lets fans generate content via "AI-powered creative tools."
Instagram introduces a redesigned wordmark
The social media giant says it was time for a sharper and more modern look after a decade.
Trump wants to grant private cyber firms a license to hack back
Donald Trump is allowing government agencies to contract private cybersecurity companies to carry out operations against cyber-enabled transnational criminal organizations (CE-TCOs). The US President signed a memo on Wednesday confirming a strategy hinted at earlier...
This JCB doesn’t dig – it does 406 mph
A JCB has set a new world land speed record, passing 406 mph (653 kph) at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats. The JCB in question isn't a digger or a dumper, but a hydrogen-powered racer known as the JCB Hydromax, driven by retired Royal Air Force fighter pilot Wing...
Microsoft kills off unsuccessful AI features while merging its separate Copilot apps
Microsoft is simplifying Copilot by combining its consumer and business apps, and dropping AI-generated podcasts, Group Chats, Deep Research, and its Mico character.
Text AI watermarks will always be trivial to remove
Article URL: https://www.seangoedecke.com/text-ai-watermarks/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49287153 Points: 7 # Comments: 1
Here are 3 little-known iPhone shortcuts to up your game when typing and texting
Texting friends, replying to a business email, tapping out some text for a social media post. We do a lot of writing on our smartphones, which are increasingly essential for our work and personal lives.But did you know about the many keyboard tips and tricks that can...
Holograms, From Your Plotter
When mass-printed holograms appeared on magazines in the 1980s they were a huge novelty, before degrading to the level of kids’ stickers in the years since. At the time they were seen as not for ordinary people to make, but the truth is they can be created without...
I wore Samsung’s and Apple’s Ultra smartwatches for 3 weeks – apps made all the difference
The Apple Watch Ultra 3 and the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 are top-tier rugged smartwatches with similar features, but one stands out.
The most popular GameCube emulator is no longer the only one
The most popular GameCube emulator is no longer the only one Go to Source Everyone thinks of Dolphin for GameCube emulation, but what if there was another option? This newcomer emulator could be your next party night choice.
You’re using DND all wrong: 5 powerful Do Not Disturb settings to try on your iPhone today
DND is so much more than a way to silence your phone.
McDonald’s Built a 515-Page Dossier on Me. It Says I’ll Never Stop Eating There
Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/mcdonalds-built-a-515-page-dossier-on-me-it-says-ill-never-leave/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286662 Points: 11 # Comments: 0
Nvidia’s new $500B plan is risky but brilliant, especially for aging GPUs
Nvidia has a plan to make sure its GPUs won't lose value. It wants to convince a new crop of financiers to keep lending for AI buildouts.
Mystery attacker spent a year raiding Salesforce and ServiceNow portals
Someone has spent more than a year rifling through Salesforce and ServiceNow portals around the world, harvesting data that organizations accidentally left open to anyone who came looking. Researchers at Reco have named the operation "City-Forum" after a domain...
The largest battery-electric plane ever made has flown for the first time
Heart Aerospace's X1 all-electric demonstrator flew for 27 minutes on just $5 of electricity.
The backup Microsoft never promised you
Confidence in an organization's cyber recovery capabilities deserves scrutiny. If a ransomware attack disables the SaaS data tenanted in the Microsoft cloud ecosystem, the data the business depends on as its lifeblood, the pace at which operations resume rests on...
Who really needs a cocktail robot?
Bartesian's cocktail makers would be best described like a Keurig or Nespresso machine, but for alcoholic drinks.
Kubernetes on Oxide: How Customer Needs Shaped Our Integrations
Article URL: https://oxide.computer/blog/kubernetes-on-oxide Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286485 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
US vs. UK Baby Names 2025: The Biggest Top Differences Visualized
Article URL: https://namedaisy.com/blog/us-vs-uk-top-100-baby-names-2025 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286435 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Graduate Student Proves a Quantum Uncertainty Principle for Fractals
Article URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/graduate-student-proves-the-fractal-uncertainty-principle-20260812/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286424 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 21 Deals Announced in July 2026
Significant cybersecurity M&A deals announced by Barracuda, CrowdStrike, Cyera, Okta, Palo Alto Networks, and Qualcomm. The post Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 21 Deals Announced in July 2026 appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Spaghettifying DRAM
Article URL: https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/skitter-creek-bath-salts Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286341 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Heart Aerospace Completes First Flight of Largest Electric Aircraft
Article URL: https://www.heartaerospace.com/newsroom/heart-aerospace-completes-first-flight-of-world-s-largest-electric-aircraft Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286270 Points: 6 # Comments: 2
Time to Move On: Querying Without Nulls and Bags
Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.10863 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286030 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Show HN: MCP Memory – Fast Agent Memory Using Google’s OKF and SQLite FTS5
Article URL: https://github.com/fellowgeek/mcp-memory Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286073 Points: 7 # Comments: 1
Gloomberb
Article URL: https://gloom.sh/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49285982 Points: 8 # Comments: 0
I Built a 500k-Domain Search Engine for Makers in a Weekend for $10
Article URL: https://alexmorleyfinch.github.io/marlin/history/v1/article/the_birth.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49285718 Points: 10 # Comments: 1
Anthropic: Introducing The Conceptual Reasoning Index
Article URL: https://alignment.anthropic.com/2026/conceptual-reasoning-index/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49285909 Points: 6 # Comments: 3
AI agents lie, cheat and steal. That is putting off users
Article URL: https://www.economist.com/business/2026/08/12/ai-agents-lie-cheat-and-steal-that-is-putting-off-users Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49285604 Points: 16 # Comments: 4
Why Are Rivers So Mathematical?
Article URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-are-rivers-so-mathematical-20260810/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49285461 Points: 6 # Comments: 0