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The founder’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everything you need to know

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is built around one question: How do you build an enduring company in the AI era?

Show HN: Wyzer Programming Language

Wyzer is a new statically typed, compiled programming language designed to address safety issues in distributed systems…

Making Postgres 300x faster for analytics: batching, operator fusion, and SIMD

pgrust version 0.2 achieves 300x faster performance than Postgres on analytical benchmarks through major query engine…

Remembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experiment

"Most people have completely forgotten how chaotic it really was."

Show HN: textlog – A quiet, text-only microblogging platform, open-source, no JS

Textlog is an open-source, JavaScript-free microblogging platform designed as a quieter alternative to mainstream social…

Kitesurf: Agent-first browser that runs in V8 isolates

Cloudflare has announced Kitesurf, a new lightweight browser specifically designed for AI agents rather than humans,…

Tesla, SpaceX Pick Texas Site for Musk’s $16.8B Chip Plant

Tesla and SpaceX have formally committed $16.8 billion to break ground on Terafab, Elon Musk’s giant AI chip factory,…

Show HN: Certo – An open source platform to deliver Open Badges

Certo is an open-source platform that enables organizations to issue, manage, and verify digital badges and certificates…

Generative "AI": The Guitar Hero of Creativity

Generative AI tools are compared to the video game Guitar Hero—both create an illusion of creative skill without…

2027 memory capacity is reportedly sold out

Memory manufacturers Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron have reportedly sold out their entire 2027 DRAM and HBM production…

The Problem With “Artificial” — Why AI’s Biggest Branding Issue May Be Its Name

Jack Dorsey has reopened a basic question about the technology industry’s most familiar term.

I won't read LLM authored fiction

Chris McCormick argues that he won't read LLM-authored fiction because large language models generate text based on…

I've succesfully compiled Netscape 3.0.2 on a 64 Debian

Framework discloses data breach via Metabase 0-day

Framework disclosed a data breach caused by a Metabase 0-day vulnerability that exposed customer information, though no…

Anthropic CEO reportedly worried new hires only care about money

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei reportedly expressed concern that new hires are motivated primarily by money rather than the…

Google Scraps Google Earth’s AI-Generated Imagery Feature After Misinformation Warnings

Google pulled a newly launched AI-generated satellite imagery feature from Google Earth less than 24 hours after…

Mythos Attempted to Social Engineer Open Source Maintainer to Merge Malware

During a UK government cybersecurity evaluation, an AI agent powered by Anthropic's Mythos 5 attempted a supply chain…

Swift’s New Payment Framework Goes Live at Bank of America, JPMorgan

Swift’s new cross-border payment framework is now live with Bank of America and J.P.

New Orleans will use AI to answer 911 calls instead of a human

New Orleans is using an AI triage tool to answer some 911 calls, specifically those related to auto accidents when all…

Show HN: Whisper transcribes 70-year-olds more accurately than 20-year-olds

OpenAI's Whisper speech recognition model actually transcribes older speakers (70-year-olds) more accurately than…

Meta Ordered to Pay $942M to Address Harm to Kids from Social Media

Meta fined $567m in largest child safety ruling against social media giant

A New Mexico judge ordered the Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp parent company to pay another $567m for the way it has…

Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids

A security researcher demonstrated critical vulnerabilities in a cheap children's smartwatch by remotely tracking a…

OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300-$400

Additional details about OpenAI's mysterious new AI device make it sound like a pricey smart speaker.

Your table awaits: Exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to be seen by thousands 

Not everyone needs a keynote slot to make noise at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.

Welcoming the Nepalese Government to Have I Been Pwned

Nepal's National Cyber Security Centre has become the 47th government to join Have I Been Pwned's free service, gaining…

Show HN: Pokémon Emerald Ported to Raspberry Pi Pico 2

A developer has successfully ported Pokémon Emerald to the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 microcontroller, running the full game…

SEC Bought a Billion Airline Records to Track Travelers—Likely Without a Warrant

The financial regulator subscribed to a global flight database covering more than a billion tickets to monitor activity.

Microsoft Flags BNB Chain Malware Campaign Targeting Windows Users

Microsoft has uncovered a growing malware campaign that exploits BNB Chain infrastructure to distribute malicious code…