Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human
The startup is building voice models designed to make AI phone calls pass the Turing test.
iOS 27 adds new reason to upgrade your iPhone screen size
iOS 27 includes lots of hints that the iPhone Ultra is coming, and one such hint—expanded landscape support—offers a new reason to upgrade your iPhone screen size, even if you’re not getting the foldable.
Show HN: BitBang – Reach machines behind NAT from a browser, no account
Article URL: https://github.com/richlegrand/bitbang-cli Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49123789 Points: 27 # Comments: 2
WhatsApp is testing a new folder for messages from large businesses
WhatsApp will automatically move messages from large businesses to a new folder a few hours after you receive them.
How do you plan on buying your next iPhone? [Poll]
Apple made a big change to iPhone purchasing options this week. Not only did it launch the Apple Upgrade leasing program, but it also killed the iPhone Upgrade Program. With the iPhone 18 lineup just over a month away, I’m curious: how do you plan to buy your next iPhone?
Update Teams mobile app by October or lose your calendar
A nice little summer job for someone
Authorize, don't authenticate
Article URL: https://blog.marcua.net/2026/07/31/authorize-dont-authenticate.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49123468 Points: 42 # Comments: 8
Run Kimi K3 using 29 GB of RAM at 0.50 tok/s
Article URL: https://github.com/sqliteai/waste Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49123386 Points: 24 # Comments: 4
It’s time to panic about AI safety
When the phrase "OpenAI hacked Hugging Face" has more or less entered mainstream culture, you know we have an AI problem. This week, we learned more about exactly how OpenAI's agent broke out of a sandbox and autonomously traversed the web, including a bunch of other supposedly secure web service...
AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust
The AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” than the humans.
ESET tracks rise in malicious AI skills and adaptable malware
Attackers are adapting established techniques to AI platforms, emerging technologies, and changing user behavior. ESET's new threat report examines the rise of malicious AI skills, AI-assisted malware, ClickFix attacks, record quishing activity, and ransomware tools designed to disable security s...
How to fight a data center
If you're worried about noise, utility costs, or pollution: here's how to fight against a data center.
Arch Linux disables AUR package adoption
Article URL: https://lwn.net/Articles/1086489/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49123208 Points: 70 # Comments: 37
The C ``Clockwise/Spiral Rule''
Article URL: https://c-faq.com/decl/spiral.anderson.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49123199 Points: 37 # Comments: 11
Charities remain locked out of CAF Bank online accounts
A week into shutdown, 14,000 customers still have no restoration date and some are struggling to pay staff
iOS 27 gives Apple Mail my most wished for feature upgrade
Apple’s Mail app in iOS 27 promises to offer the feature upgrade that’s been at the top of my wishlist for years: search that “just works.”
iPhone 18 Pro may launch at $1,399 starting price, per report
iPhone 18 Pro is coming very soon, and it might cost much more than its predecessor, with a second report now predicting a starting price around $1,399.
Tesla reportedly might sell its China business ahead of a SpaceX merger
Tesla had already reportedly prepped for the idea in the event that Beijing invades Taiwan.
Anthropic says Claude accidentally hacked real companies too
Anthropic just realized several of its Claude AI models hacked into the systems of three different organizations during testing, acting on their own and without the company noticing. The revelation comes days after rival OpenAI said one of its own models had breached developer platform Hugging Fa...
Situational Awareness down 67% in July in AI stock rout
Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/situational-awareness-down-67-in-july-in-ai-stock-rout-cd19901f Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49122994 Points: 119 # Comments: 111