An OpenAI Strategist Says AI Labs Should Rival Government Power

Drones spotted over German base days after Leipzig bomb incident

Police are investigating a drone sighting over a miltary base reportedly used for housing Patriot missile system parts.

TechCrunch Mobility: Zoox prepares for launch and Uber’s AV empire

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is…

Two Blocks and Out: How Bitcoin’s BIP-110 Fork Lost Momentum

BIP 110, a temporary soft fork designed to limit non-financial data recorded on Bitcoin, indeed caused a split at block…

Royalty, bombers and racing fairytales - Chepstow at 100

BBC Sport Wales recalls the major events at the Monmouthshire track that is celebrating its centenary.

UnYOLO: Agent credential broker and policy engine for your GitHub account

unYOLO is a framework that acts as a credential broker and policy engine for GitHub and other services, allowing agents…

Chermiti injured after Rangers reject bid for striker

Rangers reject an offer for striker Youssef Chermiti, with manager Derek McInnes confirming that it did not meet the…

Every fast write moves work somewhere else

Storage engines must choose when to confirm a write's success to the client, balancing speed against…

3 Crypto Picks to Buy Now and Hold for Years — SOL, LINK, and BTC

Solana offers high growth potential through speed, low fees, and strong network activity.

Ecuador charges ex-minister over presidential candidate assassination case

Prosecutors accuse six others, including the leader of cartel Los Lobos, of having an indirect role in the murder of…

Show HN: Vibez – Open-Source Rust Based Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)

Vibez is an open-source, Rust-based digital audio workstation that organizes music production into three workspaces:…

Criminal Deception in Silicon Valley

Man arrested after boat capsizes near Statue of Liberty killing woman and infant

Twelve people were rescued from the water after a large search and rescue operation, police say.

Human vs. AI – Diff-based line-level provenance for text under agentic editing

A tool called "Us vs.

Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's

A 2024 study found that taxi and ambulance drivers have significantly lower rates of Alzheimer's-related deaths compared…

Saylor Drops ‘Doing Business’ Message, Sparks Strategy Bitcoin Mystery

Michael Saylor posted Strategy’s bitcoin chart on Aug. 9 with a two-word caption.

Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM

Windows 11's built-in Weather app consumes over 1 GB of RAM—roughly five times more than Apple's native Weather…

Tom Stanton's supersonic trebuchet breaks sound barrier with gravity alone

Tom Stanton has built a gravity-powered trebuchet that launched a 4-gram projectile at 776 miles per hour—breaking the…

Local Stablecoins Strengthen the Dollar: The IMF Explains Why

Local stablecoins, supposed to reduce dependence on the dollar, might instead accelerate it.

Everton's McNeil & Palace's Johnson poised for swap

Everton and Crystal Palace are in talks about a swap deal that would see Toffees' winger Dwight McNeil join the Eagles,…

Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy

On the latest episode of Equity, we spoke to Jill Lepore about "government by machines" and why Elon Musk is a bad…

I Wanted to Own the Harness. Then Codex Desktop Won

Cool URIs Don't Change (1998)

A "cool URI" is one that never changes, yet millions of links become broken because organizations lack foresight when…

Show HN: Today's cities on a globe of Earth's tectonic past and future

A developer created an interactive globe visualization that shows today's cities and countries positioned on Earth's…