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Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative

Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative

Article URL: https://cursor.com/changelog/origin-code-hosting Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334209 Points: 274 # Comments: 219…
The Amazon Tax

The Amazon Tax

Article URL: https://seths.blog/2026/08/the-amazon-tax/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49345263 Points: 343 # Comments: 254…
Why Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods may not be the ‘pervert pods’ consumers fear

Why Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods may not be the ‘pervert pods’ consumers fear

Apple’s leaked camera-equipped AirPods might avoid the privacy pitfalls of other AI wearables by preventing users from recording photos and videos.…
Tesla is finally launching the Cybercab — let’s hope it’s ready

Tesla is finally launching the Cybercab — let’s hope it’s ready

The Tesla Cybercab, that golden two-seater central to Elon Musk's robo-supremacist ambitions, is finally nearing it's public launch. Whether or not th…
Sun Clock

Sun Clock

Article URL: https://sunclock.net/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49333824 Points: 265 # Comments: 86…
Fairphone 6 and PostmarketOS working main camera

Fairphone 6 and PostmarketOS working main camera

Article URL: https://catcrafts.net/posts/fairphone-6-postmarketos-working-main-camera Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338285 Poin…
Peacock is raising prices by up to $3

Peacock is raising prices by up to $3

Peacock is raising prices across its streaming plans once again, with the company's cheapest ad-supported Select tier going from $7.99 to $8.99 / mont…
My parrot ate my keyboard

My parrot ate my keyboard

One of the great joys in life is having pets. The unconditional love, the snuggles, the excitement they show when you get home - these things add an e…
Oops! My cat is an iPad kid

Oops! My cat is an iPad kid

Pets, like children, come with the responsibility to keep them happy, healthy, and mentally stimulated - obligations I readily committed to before get…
An update on leaving Gmail for Fastmail

An update on leaving Gmail for Fastmail

Article URL: https://moddedbear.com/an-update-on-leaving-gmail-for-fastmail/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334409 Points: 247 #…
How to tell if your AI platforms’ accounts have been hacked

How to tell if your AI platforms’ accounts have been hacked

A guide on how to check if hackers have broken into your accounts on the most popular AI platforms.…
Linear algebra done right

Linear algebra done right

Article URL: https://linear.axler.net/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49326816 Points: 198 # Comments: 72…
GPT 5.6 Sol is the best "vision" model OpenAI ever released

GPT 5.6 Sol is the best "vision" model OpenAI ever released

Article URL: https://blog.roboflow.com/openai-gpt-5-6/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49329575 Points: 204 # Comments: 105…
Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub

Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub

Github has been down consistently over the last few months - does it make sense to switch to alternatives? Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/…
Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1T and 114k Lives a Year, Yale Study

Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1T and 114k Lives a Year, Yale Study

Article URL: https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/universal-health-coverage-could-save-one-trillion-dollars-and-114000-lives-every-year/ Comments URL: h…
Sonos finally added Live Activities controls for your iPhone lockscreen

Sonos finally added Live Activities controls for your iPhone lockscreen

Sonos released an update to its mobile app that finally introduces support for iOS' Live Activities, giving iPhone users quick access to playback cont…
Amazon, once an online bookseller, is destroying rare books to train AI models

Amazon, once an online bookseller, is destroying rare books to train AI models

Rare books are incredibly valuable for training LLMs, since these models have already trained on whatever's available online.…
The Analogue Pocket gets a Supreme makeover in red or gold

The Analogue Pocket gets a Supreme makeover in red or gold

Analogue and Supreme are teaming up to release metallic versions of the Analogue Pocket handheld in red and gold as part of Supreme's fall / winter 20…
YouTube is changing how it counts views to give the numbers a boost

YouTube is changing how it counts views to give the numbers a boost

YouTube will soon count a view as soon as a video starts to play, lining up with the system used by Instagram, TikTok, and its Shorts videos. The upda…
It’s about ethics in journalism, with Ben Smith

It’s about ethics in journalism, with Ben Smith

Today I’m talking to Ben Smith, the editor-in-chief of Semafor. Everywhere you go, people say they don’t trust the media — and yet they’ve never consu…
Protobuf has LSP support

Protobuf has LSP support

Article URL: https://buf.build/blog/protobuf-lsp Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49322573 Points: 163 # Comments: 111…
Satellite operators are in panic mode due to a worsening launch crisis

Satellite operators are in panic mode due to a worsening launch crisis

What happens if the Falcon rockets stop flying?…
The Download: dead robot friends and the “censorship-industrial complex”

The Download: dead robot friends and the “censorship-industrial complex”

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. …
GIMP Development Update

GIMP Development Update

Article URL: https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/08/16/dev-update-august-2026/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49326156 Points: 184 # Co…
Anthropic explains how Claude’s invisible text watermarks will work

Anthropic explains how Claude’s invisible text watermarks will work

Anthropic has clarified how it's planning to apply invisible watermarks to Claude-generated text in order to comply with Europe's AI transparency rule…
Whisker’s AI-powered litter robot thinks my cats swapped bodies

Whisker’s AI-powered litter robot thinks my cats swapped bodies

The greatest invention in pet tech in recent years is the litter robot. A machine that scoops your kitties' poop so you don't have to - what else coul…
How to take better photos of your pets

How to take better photos of your pets

Like the pets of any self-respecting millennial, my cats have their own Instagram account. Noodle and Loaf - aka Carb Cats - aren't exactly celebritie…
CookUnity Prepared Meal Delivery Review (2026): Chef-Centric Meals

CookUnity Prepared Meal Delivery Review (2026): Chef-Centric Meals

I’ve tried most of the ready-to-eat meal delivery services in the country. CookUnity is the one that feels like real cooking, from real chefs.…
Show HN: ThoughtDAG – An editable context graph for LLM conversations

Show HN: ThoughtDAG – An editable context graph for LLM conversations

Article URL: https://chenxiachan.github.io/thoughtdag/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49307700 Points: 132 # Comments: 59…
Anthropic's 'Watermark' Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of Writing

Anthropic's 'Watermark' Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of Writing

Article URL: https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/anthropics_watermark_text_adulteration_in_claude_is_a_perversion_of_writing Comments URL: https://news…