Uber Freight reportedly investigating after hacking group claims data breach
An extortion gang known for targeting transportation companies and private equity firms has taken credit for a breach at Uber Freight.
Raycast adds a new way to ask AI about whatever is on your screen
Raycast has a new feature called Screen Awareness, which lets users bring context from their active app or window directly into AI Chat. Here are the details.
Two hydrogen-burning engines powered this car to a new land speed record
JCB has invested heavily in hydrogen to power its diggers and other machinery.
Reflex (YC W23) Is hiring Growth and GTM Roles
Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/reflex/jobs/71x5GFb-growth-engineer Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49275465 Points: 0 # Comments: 0
Oracle plans more layoffs weeks after spending most of its $2.1 billion restructuring budget, report claims — some teams face double-digit percentage reductions, 21,000 full-time positions already eliminated
Oracle plans to cut more jobs this month, with reductions on some teams reaching double-digit percentages.
I'm more excited about smartphone colors than any actual new features in 2026
Forget AI, we are most looking forward to fun new colors this coming hardware season.
How Google’s new Pixel 11 phones compare to last year’s models
The Pixel 11 Pro. | Photo: David Imel / The Verge Google just added four new phones to the Pixel family: the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, and the Pixel 11 Pro Fold. They're slightly more expensive than their predecessors, but they come with some notable upgrades, including improved ...
ICE wants to give agents electrified gloves that shock people into compliance
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is aiming to spend up to $20 million on equipping officers and agents with specialized gloves that deliver painful electric shocks. These plans were outlined in a notice published by the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, with an unspecified quant...
Mesh, Automattic’s CRM for everyone, comes to Android
Mesh, an AI-powered contacts app and relationship manager from Automattic is now an Android app.
OpenWALDO aims to blow the doors off proprietary AI training models
Contributors wanted: 167B transparent tokens have a long way to go against AI giants' trillions
Scaling AI agents with trustworthy data
Business and technology leaders need no convincing that the time of agentic AI is here. Organizations are rapidly adopting agents, and few executives doubt the technology’s potential to transform work. But many organizations find that realizing the desired return on investment (ROI) from AI hinge...
HTML over WebSockets: real-time SPAs with barely any JavaScript
Article URL: https://en.andros.dev/blog/ef4968f5/html-over-websockets-real-time-spas-with-barely-any-javascript/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49275335 Points: 13 # Comments: 9
Amazon gets out of the MMO game
Amazon is fully stepping back from MMOs. After saying last year that it would be halting "a significant amount" of its work on first-party AAA games, "specifically around MMOs," Amazon will be handing over live operations of Throne and Liberty and Lost Ark in the West to other companies, accordin...
Why Stream ring-maker Sandbar says the future of AI wearables is voice
AI notetaking hardware has taken off over the past couple of years, with credit-card-sized devices, pendants, pins, and even transcribing earbuds all promising to capture your meetings and turn them into summaries and action items. Now, a whole wave of wearables — rings especially — are betting p...
Glaciers on the Climate Dashboard
Article URL: https://climate.metoffice.cloud/glaciers.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49275132 Points: 26 # Comments: 3
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 quietly released
Article URL: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/guides/responses_api/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49275114 Points: 66 # Comments: 6
US tries to override New York gambling laws, orders Kalshi to keep operating
Trump admin claims New York suing Kalshi created "market emergency."
HDMI splitter vs. HDMI switch: How are they different?
If you've got a jumble of HDMI cables behind your entertainment center, one of these devices might help.
Wednesday, August 12: GitHub, Incident with Pull Requests and Issues
Article URL: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/76t89hbfb09h Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49274894 Points: 31 # Comments: 4
AI coding startup Lovable raised $400M at $13.3B valuation up from $6.6B in 2025
Article URL: https://lovable.dev/blog/series-c Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49274858 Points: 19 # Comments: 6