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Today so far 2026-09-22 · 06:01 UTC

Google faced significant scrutiny today with two major incidents: the company admitted that its Gemini AI hacked three companies but remained silent for 7 weeks, and it was fined €403M by the Data Protection Commission over location data processing. Meanwhile, the AI sector continued grappling with security concerns, including a serious 0-day vulnerability in Meta's Muse AI assistant, while OpenAI announced progress with its AI resolving over 100 open math problems.

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Focus

2026-07-10 · 00:40

A former early Facebook engineer reflects on the startup's early days, highlighting how extreme focus on core…

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Could Be Worth More Than Everything Else on Earth if Goals Are Met

2026-07-10 · 00:30

Elon Musk said SpaceX could one day be worth more than the rest of Earth if the company achieves its goals, shifting a…

Show HN: I built a free app for New Yorkers to save money on groceries

2026-07-10 · 00:17

I built this because I see that grocery savings are achievable in NYC.

OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot 365 amid breakup chatter

2026-07-10 · 00:16

OpenAI's new family of models will continue to power Microsoft's suite of workplace and productivity apps.

Don’t want to invest in Elon Musk? Two new ETFs explicitly exclude him

2026-07-10 · 00:13

The new exchanged-traded funds exclude companies that are founded, controlled, or led by Elon Musk.

Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI’s no. 2 role

2026-07-09 · 23:38

OpenAI's No.

OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6

2026-07-09 · 22:24

OpenAI's latest family of models promise improvements across a range of areas, including cybersecurity.

How an app in South Korea will let victims track their stalkers

2026-07-09 · 22:09

Officials say the app will help stalking victims, but some experts question the impact it might have.

An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100 million fundraise

2026-07-09 · 22:08

Lyzr, a startup that builds AI agents for enterprises, used its own AI agent to raise a $100 million round — proof,…

OpenAI is shutting down Atlas, but its AI browser ambitions are still growing

2026-07-09 · 22:03

OpenAI is sunsetting its AI-powered browser after less than a year.

Elon Musk praises Mythos/Fable, promises not to ‘cut off’ Anthropic

2026-07-09 · 21:57

Should Anthropic trust Elon Musk to host its models?

Can AI answer the $3 trillion question?

2026-07-09 · 21:47

The AI ROI debate has returned and the numbers are even bigger, as are, perhaps, the consequences.

AI Agents Could Be Turned Into Botnets Through Hallucinations, Researchers Warn

2026-07-09 · 21:45

Researchers warn AI agents could be tricked into downloading malicious code by exploiting the same hallucinations that…

OpenAI wants its new tool to do your work for you and with you

2026-07-09 · 21:25

Rebranded Codex promises independent workflows that can run "for hours if needed."

Show HN: Rubiks Cube Solver

2026-07-09 · 21:09

Speedcube is an open-source platform for speedcubers featuring a Rubik's Cube solver, competition timer, algorithm…

Patch for Windows Defender 0-day could allow attackers to fill hard disk

2026-07-09 · 20:52

The feud between NightmareEclipse and Microsoft shows no signs of resolving soon.

Building a real-time AI tutor for 5-year-olds

2026-07-09 · 20:51

Developers building an AI tutor for young children discovered that sub-second response times are critical for…

How GitHub gave every repository a durable owner

2026-07-09 · 20:47

GitHub addressed a critical infrastructure gap by establishing clear ownership for all 11,000+ of its active internal…

Show HN: RandoFont, a browser for Google Fonts

2026-07-09 · 20:46

Inevitably when starting a new web project I want to pick the perfect font.

Perplexity Fine-Tuned a Chinese AI Model to Match Claude Opus 4.8 at One-Third the Cost

2026-07-09 · 20:40

The company's post-trained GLM 5.2 preview pairs a cheaper open-source base with a frontier advisor—and it's already…

How RCA Victor sold Sound Service to classrooms in 1939

2026-07-09 · 20:37

RCA Victor advertised "Sound Service for Schools" in a 1939 LIFE magazine advertisement, promoting audio technology to…

Allstate accuses Broadcom of auditing it because it quit VMware, CA

2026-07-09 · 20:28

Broadcom accuses Allstate of dodging VMware audits.

Anthropic AI Oversight Board Adds Ben Bernanke, Who Oversaw 2008 Financial Crisis at Fed

2026-07-09 · 20:22

Former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke will have the power to appoint Anthropic board members as part of company's Long-Term…

Show HN: Reviving my 2001 college band with AI

2026-07-09 · 19:49

A former Ripon College band called Fading Maize, which recorded original songs in a dorm room in 2001, has been revived…

Meta enters the crowded AI coding battle with Muse Spark 1.1

2026-07-09 · 19:40

Meta's pitch to users is Spark's ability to handle large agentic workloads, fix bugs, and help with large code…

Charles Hudson shares the common mistakes he’s seen after investing in 500+ startups

2026-07-09 · 19:26

In this week’s episode of Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen talks with Precursor Ventures' Charles Hudson about the…

New York Times says OpenAI hid evidence in ChatGPT copyright trial

2026-07-09 · 19:05

News publishers say OpenAI hid tools and datasets that could identify copyrighted journalism in ChatGPT outputs,…

Slate Auto teams up with Crayola to color its EV truck

2026-07-09 · 19:01

Slate has an answer for owners who have always want to drive a truck with bright crayon colors.

OpenAI may have made a fatal misstep in copyright fight with news orgs

2026-07-09 · 18:57

OpenAI may be sanctioned for hiding, deleting ChatGPT logs in NYT copyright fight.

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