This battleground state just got closer to electing its first Black governor
Moderate Democrat David Crowley won the Wisconsin primary for governor, defeating a democratic socialist who fell short while trying to deliver another win for progressives in a battleground state.Crowley, the Milwaukee county executive, is vying to become Wisconsin’s...
This is Google Play’s First Third-Party App Store in the US
As its name suggests, Aptoide Games focuses on mobile games and doesn't cover every app category.
Procrastineers Rejoice! 2026 Supercon Call For Participation Extended
A few weeks ago, we put out the call for participation for this year’s 2026 Hackaday Supercon, taking place in Pasadena, CA this November. Today was going to be the deadline, but like you, we often let things pile up and put things off, so we’re extending another two...
I’m more excited about smartphone colors than any actual new features in 2026
Forget AI, we are most looking forward to fun new colors this coming hardware season.
Mesh, Automattic’s CRM for everyone, comes to Android
Mesh, an AI-powered contacts app and relationship manager from Automattic is now an Android app.
Wednesday, August 12: GitHub, Incident with Pull Requests and Issues
Article URL: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/76t89hbfb09h Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49274894 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Article URL: https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49274600 Points: 18 # Comments: 5
Why Stream ring-maker Sandbar says the future of AI wearables is voice
AI notetaking hardware has taken off over the past couple of years, with credit-card-sized devices, pendants, pins, and even transcribing earbuds all promising to capture your meetings and turn them into summaries and action items. Now, a whole wave of wearables —...
Anthropic to Add Invisible Watermarks to Claude-Generated Text
Going forward, models that launch in the EU will mark content from their first day.
HDMI splitter vs. HDMI switch: How are they different?
If you've got a jumble of HDMI cables behind your entertainment center, one of these devices might help.
Tesla wants to build a $10B solar factory in Texas
Tesla wants to build a massive solar factory in Texas, but first it wants the state to chip in to defray the costs.
Form Energy raises $750M to build more 100-hour batteries for the grid
Form Energy has landed Google and Crusoe as customers. Now, it has raised $750 million to expand manufacturing to deliver its massive, 100-hour batteries.
Bumble is tossing one of its key original features
Finding a connection on Bumble works differently now, with the dating app changing one of its flagship messaging rules. Bumble is now letting any user make the first move, moving away from one of its signature features, which only allowed women to send the first...
Cloudflare Report Shows Massive Spike in High-Volume DDoS Attacks: Here Is What the Data Shows
Cloudflare says 805 DDoS attacks topped 1 Tbps in Q2 2026 as high-bandwidth attacks surged, raising new concerns for network defenses. The post Cloudflare Report Shows Massive Spike in High-Volume DDoS Attacks: Here Is What the Data Shows appeared first on TechRepublic.
FBI, NCAA Warn Hackers Are Targeting College Athletes’ Private Photos
Hackers are targeting college athletes’ accounts to steal intimate photos, prompting a new FBI and NCAA initiative focused on prevention and support. The post FBI, NCAA Warn Hackers Are Targeting College Athletes’ Private Photos appeared first on TechRepublic.
Grok 4.6
Article URL: https://x.ai/news/grok-4-6 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49274027 Points: 26 # Comments: 15
How to Save 70% on Cloud Costs: Re-architecting AWS to Proxmox LXC
The VMware ExodusWith Broadcom's acquisition of VMware causing massive licensing fee hikes, enterprise companies are scrambling for alternatives. The default reaction is often a lift-and-shift to AWS or Azure. However, this often replaces licensing bloat with compute...
How to Automate IAM Least Privilege Policies in AWS Using Access Analyzer: A Quick Guide
The Challenge: Replacing Wildcards with Granular PermissionsTo implement least privilege, you must know exactly which API calls your application makes. Guessing leads to application downtime, while wildcards lead to security vulnerabilities.The Solution: Automated...
The TechBeat: Books as Code: Writing and Publishing Books with Markdown and Git (8/12/2026)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## Navigating Claude Code: The Full Workflow By @efimovov_5guqm5 [ 9 Min...
Manufactured Trust? An Analysis of Invited Reviews in the Prop Trading Industry
Trust has become one of the most valuable currencies in the proprietary trading industry. With prop firms promising left and right how trustworthy they are, traders look for more signals to determine which firm they can truly trust, such as Trustpilot reviews. A...
79 Blog Posts To Learn About Java Programming
Let's learn about Java Programming via these 79 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. Java is a widely-used, object-oriented programming...
Sponsor Startups of the Year 2026 and Reach One of the Web’s Largest Startup Communities
Sponsorships for HackerNoon's Startups of The Year 2026 are now open! Startups of The Year is HackerNoon's annual community-driven awards program celebrating the world's most innovative startups across industries and cities.If your company builds products or services...
Building Scalable Web Applications with Modern Backend Architecture
Modern web applications are no longer simple collections of frontend pages and backend endpoints. As applications grow, developers need to think about performance, scalability, security, maintainability, and reliability from the beginning. A well-designed backend...
How AI Agents Are Changing Software Development
Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving beyond simple chatbots and code completion tools. Modern AI systems can now understand context, use external tools, interact with APIs, analyze large amounts of information, and perform multi-step tasks. This evolution has led...
Four Brothers from the Philippines, One App: Building Todochi for Shipaton 2026
Hello, world!We are the Lagooners, a team of four brothers from the Philippines participating in RevenueCat's Shipaton 2026. This is the first hackathon we've entered together, and we certainly hope it won't be our last.Like many developers, we've always had ideas...
Lovable confirms new $13.3B valuation, raises another $400M
This new funding comes after Lovable hit $500 million in annualized run rate revenue in June, the startup told TechCrunch.
Facebook officially rolls out its standalone Creator Studio app with AI tools for creators
The new app launches with Facebook's AI creator assistant built into it, providing creators with personalized recommendations based on their content style, performance, audience engagement, and goals.
Trump’s order on vaccines is a win for MAHA voters and an attack line for Democrats
President Donald Trump pivoted the nation’s attention back to vaccines this week with an executive order that aims to scale back the childhood immunization schedule and space out shots into separate visits.After acting to overhaul the nation’s vaccine policy and...
How a $250 million acquisition collapsed into allegations of fraud and forged signatures
Investors are still waiting for their share of the $250 million windfall, and VideoVerse co-founder Vinayak Shrivastav is now at the center of multiple legal cases.
Hackers are hunting for your private photos, FBI warns: 6 ways to avoid a sextortion nightmare
Hackers are hunting for your private photos, FBI warns: 6 ways to avoid a sextortion nightmare Go to Source Hackers who steal compromising images of you from social media and personal accounts are selling them on the dark web. Here's...