Volkswagen engineers charged with insider trading tied to Rivian joint venture
The indictment, which was unsealed Friday, alleges the Volkswagen engineers used confidential insider information to buy stock in Rivian.
Rogue OpenAI agents forced the ‘AI Kill Switch’ bill. Here’s what it would do
From 2001: A Space Odyssey to The Matrix, humans have long been afraid of tech going rogue. As artificial intelligence becomes more and more advanced, those fears have become more tangible—and after OpenAI models hacked into another company’s servers earlier this...
Cyclosporiasis update: CDC says parasite outbreak just spread to 4 new states. Full list of where to skip the lettuce
A nationwide outbreak of Cyclospora linked to lettuce, that’s causing explosive diarrhea, has now spread to four additional U.S. states, bringing it now to a total of nine states, according The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The update was first...
Midjourney is buying horoscope app Co-Star, which users will surely be thrilled about
Co-Star CEO Banu Guler is also becoming the company's Chief Design Officer.
Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY actually scales
Article URL: https://www.dbos.dev/blog/postgres-listen-notify-scalability Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49040296 Points: 8 # Comments: 0
Prime Video’s Blade Runner 2099 now has a trailer and release date of November 25
The eight-episode series stars Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer.
Amazon will give you a $350 gift card when you buy a new Samsung phone – here’s what to know
Samsung just launched its latest lineup of phones, and Amazon has free gift card offers on every single one.
Dev accidentally commits Copilot binary to FreeBSD ports repo
The FreeBSD project froze its ports repository on Wednesday. The reason turns out to be a slightly embarrassing Git-related oopsie where a version of Copilot got uploaded somewhere it should not have been. The announcement of the 2026 Ports Repository Freeze went out...
OpenAI gets sued over ChatGPT medical advice gone wrong
A former pastor is suing OpenAI over flawed medical advice that its ChatGPT chatbot allegedly gave him in 2025. The lawsuit was filed in San Francisco County Superior Court on Wednesday by Scott Winters, a 55-year-old resident of Florida who is represented by the...
Want part of Amazon’s $2.5 billion settlement? The deadline is Monday
If you’ve been an Amazon Prime member at some point in the past several years, you have until Monday to file a claim to be included in a $2.5 billion settlement. Eligible customers could receive up to $51 from a lawsuit brought against Amazon by the Federal Trade...
BGP ORIGIN attribute manipulation and its impact on the Internet
Article URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/bgp-origin-attribute/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49039490 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
I got into YC by hacking it
Article URL: https://obaid.wtf/jotbook/2026/07/18/how-i-got-into-yc-by-hacking-it.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49039448 Points: 9 # Comments: 0
Gsxui – Shadcn-style components for Go
Article URL: https://ui.gsxhq.dev/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49039395 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
E-ink Writing Deck Rocks a Typewriter Aesthetic
[Myth Made] has a goal to get into writing. However, she likes to do things the aesthetic way, rather than the easy way. Thus, she has eschewed simple word processing on a conventional computer, instead choosing to build a remarkably attractive writing deck styled...
IMAX vs IMAX 70mm: The difference between these two cinema formats
The different IMAX filming and projection formats have a dramatic impact on the theater viewing experience.
Why Cognition bought Poke: AI personality is becoming a competitive advantage
Why Cognition bought Poke: AI personality is becoming a competitive advantage Go to Source AI coding startup Cognition has acquired Poke, the AI assistant you text like a friend, in a deal valuing the startup in the low nine figures....
The Kids’ Guide to Piracy
Article URL: https://friendo.monster/posts/the-kids-guide-to-piracy.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49039099 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
PySINDy – A package for the sparse identification of nonlinear dynamical systems
Article URL: https://github.com/dynamicslab/pysindy Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49039007 Points: 3 # Comments: 1
DuckPGQ – A DuckDB community extension for graph workloads
Article URL: https://duckpgq.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49038481 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Boox teases the incredibly tiny Picco ereader
It features a 3.97-inch monochrome e-paper display.
US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search
A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constitutional rights at the U.S. border.
Build Systems Discussion
Article URL: https://civboot.github.io/blog/2026-07-24-build-systems.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49039248 Points: 3 # Comments: 1
Anduril reportedly in talks to raise funding at $100B valuation, more than 3x last year’s mark
Anduril is said to be raising a new round of funding that may push its valuation up to about $100 billion, per Reuters.
PlayStation Network is experiencing a massive outage
Players may be unable to log into their account, play online or purchase games from the PlayStation Store.
Must have tool for agentic workspace and Mac users
Article URL: https://github.com/rohankc69/clickit Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49038260 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
The rise and fall of language diversity through the Holocene
Article URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adx4343 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49038181 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Apple won’t let me show my app
Article URL: https://wisedayplanner.com/blog/apple-wont-let-me-show-my-app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49038187 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
Be skeptical of OpenAI’s rogue hacker agent story
Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/24/openai-rogue-hacker Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49038060 Points: 21 # Comments: 5
Unitree As2-W
Article URL: https://www.unitree.com/As2-W/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49038045 Points: 5 # Comments: 1
Proving a Human Wrote Something
Article URL: https://gjtorikian.online/posts/proving-a-human-wrote-something/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49038059 Points: 5 # Comments: 3