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This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we dig into a former Anthropic researcher’s AI doomsday warning, the latest upgrades from Apple’s event, and the census report that claimed Trump won the 2020 election.

The first time you need to adjust volume, you'll wish you'd spent that extra $20.

While the strengthening El Niño helped boost temperatures, climate change is the main culprit for making August so hot.

A new TrendForce report says the iPhone Duo is expected to capture 24,8% of the foldable smartphone market in 2026 alone, countering a 20% slump in the segment. Here are the details. more…

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Privacy is surveillance

Meta's newest app Muse is off to a slower start than the company's other apps, like Meta AI or Threads.

It's the hot new thing in tech, and it's where all the jobs are. Students who don't learn to use it fall behind. And to help them catch up in time, its creators are graciously providing the resources and curriculum for learning it, often pro bono. That's the narrative AI companies are pitching sc...

Article URL: https://merybenavente.me/blog/proof-of-capture Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49649222 Points: 55 # Comments: 39

Acquisition gives open source CSS framework 'a stable long-term home'

Article URL: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/agents-api/overview Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49649213 Points: 88 # Comments: 61

Nintendo is offering a 30% sale with its tariff refunds, as opposed as returning the money directly to customers.

Article URL: https://auberon.xyz/blog/posts/deathray/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49649124 Points: 44 # Comments: 11

If you missed yesterday’s “Surprise and Shine” event and don’t feel like watching the entire hour-plus-long video, Apple’s YouTube Channel has got you covered. Watch the event recap below. more…

Surfshark disclosed that hackers accessed one of its internal test servers after a configuration error exposed it to the internet. [...]

Asus gets conditional approval from the FCC for US router sales, while rival TP-Link continues to wait

Europe is looking inward, and perhaps to China, as the White House tries to cancel some NASA partnerships.

Microsoft Excel users report that this week's KB5002914 Office security update is breaking copy-and-paste operations and formula dragging, with affected users saying that removing or rolling back the update restores normal functionality. [...]

Article URL: https://www.inventbuild.studio/blog/genuine-creativity-is-your-new-moat Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49648732 Points: 119 # Comments: 62

iPhone Duo was unveiled this week, but won’t ship until October. And Apple reportedly has many other new products set to debut in October too, here’s what’s coming. more…

Human operator: don't touch CIS orgs. AI agents: look a squirrel!