Get the best battery life for your MacBook by changing these settings
Laptop batteries don't last forever, but there are some things that you can do today that may affect the lifespan of your MacBook's battery.
G.Skill Trident Z5 NeoX RGB DDR5-6000 C30 2x16GB Review — EXPO ULL memory kit to max out your Ryzen
G.Skill's Trident Z5 NeoX is the brand's latest series with the AMD EXPO ULL feature, but can the DDR5-6000 C30 prove to be the fastest memory kit for AMD?
R-rated director's cut of X-Files film restores Chris Carter's original horror vision
Chris Carter chats with Ars about the film he originally wanted to make—and why it's more relevant than ever.
Introducing Toast 1
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Seven books I keep close because I love them
Article URL: https://blog.plover.com/2026/08/02/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299675 Points: 147 # Comments: 53
Taylor Farms' connections to Trump admin spurs probe into Cyclospora response
Senator Warren questions whether Taylor Farms' influence swayed Trump admin.
Self-hosted web push Cloudflare Worker, works on iOS
Article URL: https://kukuroo.cc/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299667 Points: 39 # Comments: 11
Tech Visionary Says the Big AI Labs Don’t Get What People Want
Tim O’Reilly built a publishing empire that AI is helping to destroy. Yet he loves AI—as long as it’s open source.
Qwen 3.8 27B
Article URL: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B-FP8 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299605 Points: 318 # Comments: 239
Hackers exploit macOS Screen Sharing flaw to deploy Monero miner
The Netherlands' National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning that hackers are actively exploiting a macOS authentication bypass vulnerability after public exploit code emerged. [...]
Apple proposes to take a 15% cut of purchases made outside the App Store
Apple is asking a federal judge to allow it to charge commissions of up to 15% on purchases made through external links in iOS apps.
2025 GOTY Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is down to $33
For RPG fans who dig Persona-style turn-based action and who are pursuing games with original stories and fantastic tunes, look no further than Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. This praise might come off sounding weird, but I really like that Sandfall Interactive’s breakout hit isn’t overly long comp...
Kog is going deeper to squeeze more inference out of GPUs
The idea that GPUs are poorly suited for agentic workflows may be a misconception, according to French startup Kog.
Scythe Magoroku Review: excellent RAM thermals, but needs improvement elsewhere
Scythe is back with another dual-tower air cooler, the Magoroku. This cooler performs best with an Intel Arrow Lake system.
Earth.nullschool.net
Article URL: https://earth.nullschool.net/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299364 Points: 23 # Comments: 12
Every Fucking Website (2020)
Article URL: https://lxe.github.io/everywebsite/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299222 Points: 558 # Comments: 325
OpenAI and Anthropic in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain ground
US groups release cheaper models after new challenges to their trillion-dollar ambitions.
French tax authority admits data heist after crook touts 2M records
Government disputes claims of continued access as investigators measure damage
AI Model Atlas – visualizing populations of ML models as interconnected 3D graph
Article URL: https://run.cosmograph.app/public/ca9fd1ad-fe83-4238-8b69-b707c633aef0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299102 Points: 25 # Comments: 4
tvOS 27 could push you to upgrade to new Apple TV 4K
tvOS 27 is coming next month as the next software version for Apple TV owners. And for two reasons, the update could push you to upgrade to a new Apple TV 4K.