Gemini Spark now has Chrome web-browsing capabilities
Google's AI assistant can "use your logged-in accounts and saved passwords to handle tedious web errands."
Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire leads $1B round for nuclear startup Valar Atomics
Valar Atomics raised $1 billion at a $6 billion valuation after signing a development deal with Nvidia in June.
Smaller, faster, safer: running Kimi and GLM at scale
Article URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/smaller-faster-safer-models/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49158581 Points: 185 # Comments: 45
Celebrating 45 Years of Kermit with the First New C-Kermit Release in 15 Years
Article URL: https://changelog.complete.org/archives/44456-celebrating-45-years-of-kermit-with-the-first-new-c-kermit-release-in-15-years-and-working-with-a-decades-old-c-codebase Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49158474 Points: 16 # Comments: 3
N-able warns of N-central auth bypass flaw exploited in attacks
N-able is warning customers that hackers are exploiting an authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-18577) affecting both hosted and on-premises N-central servers. [...]
Show HN: Run an 80B Qwen in 4.3 GB of RAM on a Mac, and a 35B on an iPhone
Article URL: https://github.com/leonickson1/Swiftlet Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49158333 Points: 80 # Comments: 23
Base Power raises another $1B to save the grid using backyard batteries
Base Power’s $1 billion round will help the startup ramp production of its home batteries.
SearXNG in Rust
Article URL: https://github.com/MikeLuu99/searxng-rust Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49158141 Points: 8 # Comments: 2
Congress’s favorite AI tool? ChatGPT
House spending records show OpenAI's ChatGPT dominates paid AI use on Capitol Hill, with congressional offices relying on the chatbot to draft memos, summarize legislation, and assist constituent communications.
In a troubling sign, Nvidia RTX 50 series prices jump up to 30% in South Korea — TSMC wafer hikes and $20 GDDR7 modules push RTX 5090 past $5,100
The latest round of price increases affects the entire RTX 50 lineup, with premium models bearing the brunt of rising production costs.
Launch HN: Hoplite (YC S26) – Effortlessly deploy cloud coding agents
Hi HN, we’re Bence and Ryan, founders of Hoplite (https://hoplite.sh). Hoplite lets you deploy coding agents in the cloud, with a suite of tools that makes it incredibly easy to QA features. During onboarding, we port over your local setup - sessions, memories, MCP servers, and get your projects ...
Microsoft is bringing Xbox 360 games to PC
Building on its recently announced plans to bring original Xbox games to PC, Microsoft is also planning to let developers bring their Xbox 360 games to PC as well, according to a leaked document, seen by The Verge, that was sent to developers recently. Xbox 360 games will be able to run on the ne...
Here's why you shouldn't buy new headphones without Bluetooth multipoint
The feature is a must-have, but some modern headphones and earbuds still don't offer it.
Wispr Flow is preparing to launch a meeting notetaker, updated terms suggest
Wispr Flow's new terms of service indicate it will introduce a notetaker that generates meeting summaries and action items.
AI companies are now racing to the bottom — crashing token prices and competitive models push companies to cut costs
All major AI developers are cutting prices to compete with impressive new releases from China. But as they shave margins to remain competitive, the profits they'll need to fulfil investment confidence may end up further out of reach.
Show HN: Product analytics (and evals) for agent sessions on your MCP
Hi HN! We’re Theodore and Louis, founders of Armature (YC P26). We reconstruct the entire session behind the MCP tool calls you receive, including what the user asked their agent to do and what the agent thought. You wrap your MCP in 3 lines of code (our SDK is available in Typescript, Python and...
2026 Volkswagen Jetta Sport: The cheap car isn't completely extinct yet
At $25,305, you won't find many new cars for less. But you get what you pay for.
Explanation of INT8 ConvRot (FP8 is no longer needed)
Article URL: https://note.com/hirorohi03/n/n047a8c5f7f8b?hl=en Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49157645 Points: 10 # Comments: 4
Drone flyover reveals rapid progress at Elon Musk’s new ATCF chip fab — Texas site prepares for all-in-one logic, memory, and packaging facility
July drone flyovers of Elon Musk’s Advanced Technology Chip Fab in Texas appear to confirm progress has 'hit another gear.'
Apple will launch five new products next month, here’s what’s coming
We’re only one month away from Apple’s biggest product launch event of the year: the September iPhone event. Here’s what rumors say is coming.