Policy experts: Europe stuck between "rock and a hard place" on launch
It turns out that the economics of rocket reuse are pretty, pretty good.
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PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider
"We don't have access to the data on the hardware/servers," Iron Mountain told Ars.
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State judge orders Kalshi to stop offering sports bets and other wagers
Kalshi ordered to stop offering bets in Washington, must implement geofencing.
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Suspecting court of using AI, man injected prompts in filings to try to win case
Judge warns pro se litigants are using chatbots wrong and getting desperate.
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First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity
Airline-backed venture aims to develop a hybrid-electric commercial aircraft.
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Vulnerability giving attackers full control of Macs is under active exploitation
Screen-sharing bug lets remote hackers log in without a password.
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Choosing an AI model: one prompt, 11 models, different results
Article URL: https://www.netlify.com/blog/one-prompt-11-models-very-different-results/ Comments URL:…
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Where did the old web go? We followed 657,607 links to find out
Article URL: https://0.mk/blog/link-rot Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49289532 Points: 215 #…
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Nine PBS sues Iron Mountain over blocked access to archival data
Article URL: https://current.org/2026/08/nine-pbs-sues-iron-mountain-over-blocked-access-to-archival-data/ Comments…
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Mistral OCR 4.1
Article URL: https://docs.mistral.ai/models/ocr-4-1 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49288889 Points:…
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Choose Boring Technology (2015)
Article URL: https://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49289512…
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US wait times for cancer surgeries are getting longer and longer
Study finds wait times for cancer surgeries hit 10-year high.
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Trump declares 100 percent tariffs on many drones and all aircraft parts
The United States has already banned future foreign drones from entering the United States unless their companies kiss…
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The Trump admin will start letting private firms launch international cyberattacks
The Trump administration is launching a new program that will allow private firms to perform cyberattacks against…
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You can now just point at a mess and this robot vacuum will suck it up
Matic, my current favorite robot vacuum, just got a big upgrade. The company has launched Matic Cues, which brings…
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Gloomberb
Article URL: https://gloom.sh/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49285982 Points: 250 # Comments: 112
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2K launches new studio to build its ‘next blockbuster sports franchise’
2K is launching a new AAA game development studio, Small Axe Studios, with an ambitious goal: to build the company's…
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OpenAI hires new CRO as executive shake-up continues
Dali Rajic will take over as OpenAI's top salesperson.
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Meta adds AI screening to detect WhatsApp scams
Meta is launching an optional Scam Alert feature on WhatsApp that uses on-device machine learning to flag suspicious…
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Ford’s $28,000 Fathom EV nears production after $2 billion factory overhaul
Ford said today that its next-generation electric vehicle - recently dubbed Fathom - will go into production at the…
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ChatGPT Desktop (Codex Desktop) for Linux
Article URL: https://openai.com/codex/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49281916 Points: 244 #…
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Nintendo’s next Fire Emblem has a bold new structure
Nintendo's first Fire Emblem game for the Switch 2 is structured in an ambitious way. Unlike the well-loved Three…
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Flock CEO: ‘We got this one wrong’
Surveillance tech company Flock is rolling out updates to address reports of cops across the country abusing its tools…
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CFTC declares market emergency, orders Kalshi to continue to operate in New York
Article URL: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9281-26 Comments URL:…