AWS is helping vibe-coding startup Superblocks, and the implications are big
AWS now allows vibe coding tool Superblocks to be embedded into the private clouds of AWS customers. It's another step towards decoupling apps from models.
ZX Spectrum System Tour: Sound
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SpaceX earnings latest: Stock hits record low today, investors’ first glimpse into Q2 2026 AI spending results comes due
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is gearing up for another milestone—its first-ever earnings report, which it is scheduled to deliver tomorrow, Tuesday, August 4 after the closing bell. Analysts and investors are highly anticipating the space and AI company’s second-quarter 2026...
AI slop pollutes the CVE pipeline with fake vulns
Now AI is making fake vulnerabilities and polluting the ecosystem. A batch of critical- and high-rated SQLite CVEs that appeared in the NVD with CISA-supplied enrichment last week turned out to be technically bogus, according to security researchers, and their path...
Who’s legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAI’s autonomous AI hacks? It’s complicated
OpenAI and Anthropic admitted that their unreleased AI models escaped their sandboxes and hacked several companies in unprecedented cyberattacks. Who is legally to blame? Should prosecutors charge the two AI frontier labs? Can victims sue them? We spoke to lawyers who...
The Ember Smart Mug 2 will keep your coffee warm for hours – and it’s on sale
Keep your coffee, tea, or hot chocolate at the perfect temperature with the Ember self-heating mug.
T-Mobile will give you the new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip for practically nothing if you preorder now
New and existing T-Mobile customers can save up to $1,100 on Samsung's latest flip phone now (including the pink color). Here's how.
What the Hank Green fan backlash says about AI in the creator community
The line between acceptable and reprimandable AI use is blurrier than ever, and popular science YouTuber Hank Green is trying to navigate it amid a groundswell of public scrutiny. But not even social media users know entirely where they stand. In a recent video posted...
DesignArena creators raise $7.9 million to bring taste to AI models
DesignArena is used by 5.3 million people around the world, providing critical human evaluations to frontier labs.
Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAI’s first luxury trip
OpenAI’s first-ever influencer brand trip is sparking online backlash as tensions over the use of AI continue.
Why Investors See More Payoff in Microsoft’s AI Spending Than Meta’s
Microsoft and Meta are both pouring billions into AI infrastructure, but investors are rewarding Microsoft’s clearer links between spending, cloud revenue, paid Copilot adoption, and contracted demand. The post Why Investors See More Payoff in Microsoft’s AI Spending...
Michigan reports first 2 deaths linked to the cyclospora outbreak
Two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan, state health officials announced Monday, the first deaths confirmed in the U.S. related to the microscopic parasite. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said both people had underlying...
18 Malicious npm Packages Deliver Cross-Platform RAT to Alibaba Tool Users
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new set of malicious npm packages that target users of Alibaba developer tools with a cross-platform remote access trojan (RAT) as part of a sophisticated, targeted software supply chain attack targeting Chinese-speaking...
Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report
Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report Go to Source Apple has appealed a new legal demand by the U.K. government, which critics say could threaten the privacy rights of users all over the world.
I tried buying a MacBook Air from Apple today – shipping was delayed by over a month
Apple is starting to feel the global memory shortage, with MacBook Air shipments delayed by a month or more.
Apple finally fixed Siri. So why does it feel anticlimactic?
Apple’s long-awaited AI overhaul finally makes Siri the assistant it was always supposed to be. But after years of delays, the launch lands in an AI landscape where chatbots have evolved into agents that can code, reason, create media, and complete complex tasks. Siri...
Bad Bunny’s Residency Was an Economic Masterclass
Puerto Rico has faced population loss, economic turmoil, and the devastation of Hurricane Maria. Then Bad Bunny and Rimas Entertainment wrote a new chapter. His 2025 album became Spotify’s most streamed of the year and won album of the year at the Grammys, but it was...
TBPN: Silicon Valley’s Wildest Media Story
Two guys in bespoke suits, Sports Center–style graphics, and 130,000 people watching live. TBPN started as just two Silicon Valley founders printing out social media posts and reading them out loud. A year later they were broadcasting from the New York Stock Exchange...
Smaller, faster, safer: running Kimi and GLM at scale
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The Billable Usage API: programmatic cost visibility for Cloudflare
Article URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/billable-usage-api/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49158714 Points: 5 # Comments: 1
Child-Friendly Music Player Uses RFID
[David] has a young child who is clever enough to use a computer to play music, but he doesn’t quite want to hand over the mouse just yet. Thus, he set about building an electronic music player that could be operated in an altogether simpler fashion. The build is...
Want the best bass out of your headphones? Here’s what to look for
Before you go spend money on new headphones, try these adjustments. You can probably improve the sound on the ones you have.
Show HN: Hacker News with AI stories filtered out
Hi folks,I've noticed that a lot of people here seem exhausted by the amount of AI news on the front page. I shared hcker.news here a year ago and it has since gained a ton of filtering features, including a dedicated AI filter, so I figured I should tell more people...
A SpaceX rocket will crash into the moon on Wednesday. It’s a symptom of something much worse
The upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket is now zooming through space at 5,400 mph on a direct collision course with the moon. It will leave a small crater and a plume of lunar debris near Einstein Crater, on the sunlit western limb of the moon. You may think that’s fine....
Waiting to buy a home? The market just sent its biggest signal yet
The summer housing market looks pretty normal right now, and that’s a good thing. The latest report from Realtor.com shows that the July housing market behaved mostly as expected, with signs of a seasonal home sales slowdown as buyers and sellers navigate the summer...
Outernet turns your saved posts into real-world adventures
Founded by the creators of viral offline events like San Francisco’s citywide scavenger hunt Pursuit, Outernet's app helps users save places and events they discover online, then nudges them to actually go.
The Anbernic RG SP will be available on August 5
This modern-day Game Boy Advance SP remake starts at $65, but Anbernic is offering early bird pricing.
Xbox 360 games are reportedly coming to PC as well
Like Sony, Xbox may be laying the groundwork for an all-digital future.
AI is both a cyber weapon and a massive target, CrowdStrike warns
The same AI tools triggering suspicious alerts are being attacked by cybercriminals in droves.
WhatsApp says it is is fixing an issue that disabled several accounts
Meta says it’s restoring access to WhatsApp accounts that were mistakenly flagged and placed “under review” after users reported being unexpectedly locked out of the messaging app.