Apple's iPhone 18 Pro has an A20 Pro chip and smaller Dynamic Island
The new handset now comes in a burgundy colorway.
Growing proof that autonomous cars save lives
Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/are-self-driving-cars-safe Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49629886 Points: 303 # Comments: 497
Popular navigation apps unlikely to ditch Mercator maps despite UN resolution
UN-backed Equal Earth map has educational value but won’t alter navigation apps.
iPhone 18 Pro officially announced: Here’s what’s new
iPhone 18 Pro is now official. Apple just kicked off its big event today, and the first new products include the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. more…
Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro has a dynamic-aperture main camera
Apple announced the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max at its event on Wednesday. The 18 Pro and Pro Max come in deep black, silver, "glacier," and burgundy, with color-matched back glass. They also have a new A20 Pro chip and purportedly the longest battery in an iPhone. The iPhone 18 Pro start...
Microsoft has new AI privacy rules for schools
Microsoft agreed to a set of safety and privacy principles for AI in schools a week after two major school systems announced a ban on student-facing AI. In a new agreement with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the second-largest teachers union in the US, and its New York City affiliate...
Switch 2 Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition preorders hit $1,000 on eBay — Amazon and Walmart are your last shot at $520 MSRP
Scalpers have started selling preorders of the Nintendo Switch 2 The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition on eBay, starting at $700.
Apple’s John Ternus era begins: ‘It is great to be here’
Apple's latest product event began with something the company hasn't seen in more than a decade: a new CEO at the helm. And he got a standing ovation. "First of all, thank you, it is great to be here," John Ternus said as he opened Wednesday's event excited about Apple's future in what is his fir...
Anthropic researcher quits with a warning: Self-improving AI could "kill us all"
"We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!"
Chinese researchers find egg-cellent way to keep space debris from scrambling craft
Eggy armor cuts projectile speed in simulations as LEO gets increasingly crowded
The Neo Geo console remake has been delayed to September 16, 2027
The retro console was supposed to ship in November.
US says Chinese firms extracted billions of tokens from frontier AI models
U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies say that six Chinese AI companies conducted industrial-scale distillation attacks on American frontier AI models since at least late 2024. [...]
DOJ wants more answers on Fox’s $22B Roku deal
Fox’s $22 billion plan to buy Roku has hit a new hurdle. The Justice Department sent Fox and Roku what’s known as a “second request” on Tuesday, asking the companies to turn over more data and documents as it takes a closer look at the deal. That’s a fairly standard step in a major antitrust […]
Ocarina of Time remake physical preorders are $10 off at Walmart
The physical copy of the upcoming Ocarina of Time remake with its sparkly cover. | Image: The Verge Nintendo announced a variety of new titles at its September livestream, but among the most talked-about is the remastered The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Switch 2. Walmart has the physic...
Prime Video releases full trailer for Mike Flanagan's Carrie
"All I ever wanted was to go to school."
Some of Dyson’s $500 toothbrushes are breaking
The CameraJet is an AI-powered toothbrush with a camera that detects gaps between your teeth and shoots mouthwash into them. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Early users of Dyson's CameraJet are reporting that water is getting into the battery compartment of the newly launched $49...
Google's AI genome system evaluates every possible one-base change
Most one-base changes to the human genome do nothing, but a few are significant.
The UN challenges five centuries of cartography
Article URL: https://www.not-ship.com/united-nations-map/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49629209 Points: 73 # Comments: 123
You Can Now Destroy Flock Cameras for Cash in GTA V
A new GTA mod lets you smash and shoot Flock’s automatic license plate readers around the fictional Los Santos.
Everything announced during Nintendo Direct
Here's a quick rundown of what Nintendo has going on.