Kalshi dishes out its first-ever lifetime ban to George Santos
The company says the ex-congressman didn't fully cooperate with its investigation into alleged insider trading.
VLC crosses 7 billion downloads
In our world of expensive streaming platforms, the very free and offline VLC media player has crossed 7 billion downloads.
El Niño is now stronger than at any point in the last 1,000 years, study finds
“One more warning sign here of what we're facing in a warmer world.”
Apple could discontinue 10+ popular products next week
Apple is holding its big September launch event next week, and as new products arrive, the company is expected to discontinue 10+ popular current devices. more…
Anthropic cracks down on hijacked user accounts mining AI tokens
Commodity malware steals authenticated sessions, letting thieves freeload on victims' paid usage
How to add and remove cards from Apple Wallet
It's easy to add all your various cards and passes to Apple Wallet, and they don't have to stick around once you're done using them.
Clipto uses AI to search terabytes of video and is now valued at $250M
The three-year-old startup says it reached $15 million in ARR and profitability before raising its latest $15 million round.
Motorless solid-state cooler uses heat to cool itself; could recycle processor heat into cooling — shape-memory alloy films could turn data center exhaust into refrigeration
German and Japanese researchers demonstrate a heat-driven elastocaloric cooler that uses shape-memory alloys to turn waste heat into cooling.
Debian won’t ban AI code from its Linux distribution
Debian voted to allow developers to use AI tools in their contributions to the Linux distribution's "development, maintenance, [and] documentation." The new policy on AI acknowledges that "responsible" use of AI can improve developers' productivity, and goes on to say, "generative AI is neither e...
Launch HN: Almanac (YC S26) – AI that knows your company
Hi HN, I'm Kushagra, one of three founders of Almanac, a Hermes with a brain that knows everything about your company. We started our journey with setting up Hermes for our company, thinking it must be easy. We wanted an agent that would know every context about our company, so we could ask quest...
Google Maps renames "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" even faster than US government
Google rolled out the Lake America change on Saturday, while the official US government maps are still waiting.
Sony’s WH-1000XM5 headphones are back down to their lowest price
Sony is one of many companies offering Labor Day discounts on tech products, though its week-long sale on the last-gen WH-1000XM5 is one of the most attractive deals I found upon logging in this morning. The comfy over-ear headphones offer some of the best sound quality and active noise cancellin...
How to disable your digital wallet if you lose your phone
Digital wallets are secure, since even if you lose your phone, they're protected by your lock screen. But you can disable your wallet to be safe.
AirPods 5: Here’s what rumors say will launch next week
Rumors indicate AirPods 5 are launching next week alongside iPhone 18 Pro, Apple Watch Ultra 4 and Series 12, and iPhone Ultra. Here’s what we know so far about the new AirPods. more…
George Santos Just Got Hit With Kalshi’s First-Ever Lifetime Ban
The former US representative was also fined more than $71,000 for allegedly attempting to manipulate the prediction market.
Save $240 on a four-item gaming build combo from Newegg – $1,113 buys a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB of Corsair DDR5 RAM, a Gigabyte X870E Motherboard, plus a free 240mm AIO and AMD game bundle
This Newegg 3-item bundle pairs the fast, gaming-focused Ryzen 7 9800X3D with 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 RAM and a Gigabyte X870E Aorus Pro board for only $1,113.99. That's a $240 savings, plus two freebies, making this one of the better combo deals available right now.
How AI could make it harder for governments to use hacking tools
AI is proving effective at finding and exploiting vulnerabilities. Some say this will make it harder for governments to use hacking tools and spyware and could reignite calls to backdoor devices.
Nvidia’s $3.5B MediaTek bet reveals its plan for tackling Big Tech’s AI chip buildout
Nvidia invests $3.5 billion into Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek. The deal shows how Nvidia plans to stay essential to AI infrastructure as Big Tech begins to build its own AI chips.
Read Tim Cook’s full memo to Apple employees on his last day as CEO
Today is Tim Cook’s last day as Apple CEO, with John Ternus set to take over tomorrow. To mark his last day in the role, Cook penned an emotional memo to Apple employees today. Read it below. more…
Deals: AirPods from $80, MagSafe Battery up to 60% off, AirTag 2 $20 each, Apple Pencil, more
The Amazon Labor Day sale is in full force with thousands of price drops alongside ongoing all-time lows on AirTag 2 from $20 each and the M6 Mac mini pre-order discounts (just make sure you grab the new Apple Polishing Cloth at $9 before it sells out). But for today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break we are...