Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/05/europe/cargo-plane-leipzig-disruption-intl Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49182229 Points: 10 # Comments: 1

SpaceX beat revenue forecasts in its first results as a public company, but surging AI expenditure and another quarterly loss left investors unimpressed. In unrelated but appropriately-timed space news, a discarded SpaceX rocket body is believed to have struck the...

Anthropic is building a team for designing its own custom AI chips. The Claude-maker said it would co-design hardware and models to help its technology run faster and more efficiently.

Once upon a time, telephones were primarily point-to-point communications systems. There were options for three-way and conference calls out there, but by and large the plain old telephone system was about connecting one handset to another for a direct conversation....

I fact-checked the internet's favorite battery tips, and most of them are horribly outdated.

A San Francisco startup is using AI to help businesses create marketing, launch, and other videos—without just generating unexciting “AI slop.”  Osmo Studio, which bills itself as a “storytelling studio with a software factory” rather than a pure tech business,...

The UK's data protection regulator has criticized London's Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) after its officers handed a victim's stalker details about her new phone number and home address, among other failures. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) today...

I create Windows 11 system restore points before most major changes - and you should, too. Here's why.

As streamers compete with social media giants for viewer attention, Disney+ is partnering with TikTok to bring creator content to its app.

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have eked out a little more life for instruments aboard the veteran Voyager 2 probe thanks to a power-saving effort called the "Big Bang." The procedure involved switching several powered devices at once, turning some off...

Beacon CRM has confirmed it was hit by a cyberattack that exposed data belonging to a growing list of UK charities. The company, which markets its software to charities and has more than 1,500 customers, said its investigation remains ongoing. However, it appears that...

An AI cloud startup with backing from Nvidia and Michael Dell plans to open AI factories in Norway and elsewhere, targeting multiple gigawatts of capacity by 2030. Volta describes itself as a vertically integrated AI infrastructure business set up to finance, build,...

Article URL: https://www.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/newsroom/attorney-general-brenna-bird-leads-coalition-demanding-transparency-from-openai-after-ai-breach-and Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49182052 Points: 7 # Comments: 1

Article URL: https://www.vincentschmalbach.com/time-serves-ai-bots-a-different-website/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49182041 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

Are you taking a business trip anytime soon? Southwest Airlines might have just made your life easier.  On Monday, the Dallas-based airline announced its new Business Priority program, which will be available in early 2027.  Enrolled business travelers will get...

Donald Trump’s America First approach to governing has produced plenty of unusual developments. But taking stakes in potential national champions in AI may be among the most curious. Late last month, the Commerce Department announced $874 million in proposed funding...

It seems like hardly a month has gone by this year without a popular fast-food chain announcing it is closing stores. Unfortunately, that continues to be true for August. The owners of Salad and Go, a drive-through fast-food chain that operated in the Southwestern and...

CrowdStrike co-founder Dmitri Alperovitch discusses how cyber operations support kinetic warfare, signal coming conflicts, and reshape the global battlefield. The post The Fourth Battlefield: The Growing Role of Cyber Operations in Global Conflict appeared first on...

Palo Alto Networks researchers have demonstrated attacks against Google’s synced passkey implementation. The post New Attack Methods Enable Malware to Hijack Passkey-Protected Accounts appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Windows is in decline, and both Macs and Linux are gaining ground at its expense.

Article URL: https://divingintheshallowend.com/three-six-mafia/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49181678 Points: 25 # Comments: 5

Article URL: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/psilocybin-could-kick-start-anorexia-recovery-early-results-suggest/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49181419 Points: 6 # Comments: 0