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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Claude Cowork expands to mobile and web

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With this update, users can start a task from their desk, get status updates on their phone, and pick up the finished…

Alibaba Blocks Claude Code as Anthropic Dispute Deepens Over AI Distillation

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Alibaba Group Holding has moved to block employees from using Claude Code at work, escalating a dispute with Anthropic…

MacSurf 1.68 – NetSurf on OS 9 Released

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MacSurf 1.68, a native web browser for Classic Mac OS 9, has been released with major improvements including a new…

Facing US export controls, China's DeepSeek plans to make its own chips

2026-07-07 · 16:14

It's early, but the plan is to reduce dependency on Nvidia and Huawei.

Show HN: Rowboat – Open-source, local-first alternative to Claude Desktop

2026-07-07 · 16:10

Claude’s desktop app is brilliant, but for our own daily work we kept wanting it to be less like a chat app and more…

30papers.com – Ilya's 30 essential ML papers, in a beginner friendly format

2026-07-07 · 15:58

Better Auth is joining Vercel

2026-07-07 · 15:52

Better Auth, an open-source authentication framework, is joining Vercel to accelerate its development and expand its…

Why we built yet another Postgres connection pooler

2026-07-07 · 15:36

PgDog is a new Postgres connection pooler designed to avoid the "leaky abstractions" of existing solutions like…

Software Bonkers

2026-07-07 · 15:33

A software developer uses Claude Code to build custom tools tailored to his specific needs, including a Twitter…

Microsoft fire idTech team at Id software

2026-07-07 · 15:33

Microsoft has laid off most or all developers working on idTech at id Software as part of massive restructuring across…

X adds a video editor to encourage creators to post original content, not stolen reposts

2026-07-07 · 15:19

X is rolling out a new video editor and recorder for iOS with multilingual captions, green-screen effects, and other…

Amazon without the knockoffs

2026-07-07 · 15:13

Knockoff is a brand protection service that automatically detects counterfeit products, stolen listings, and trademark…

Automating AI Away

2026-07-07 · 15:11

The author argues that while AI models like Claude are brilliant at solving problems, they remain inherently imprecise…

Chemistry Ventures is raising $500M for its second fund

2026-07-07 · 15:02

Chemistry Ventures, the VC firm launched by Bessemer, Index Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz alums, is raising $500M…

The revenge of the philosophy majors

2026-07-07 · 14:41

AI law startup Norm raises $120M, hits unicorn valuation

2026-07-07 · 14:35

AI law startup Norm has raised a $120 million Series C round led by Khosla Ventures, valuing the startup at $1.2 billion.

Chat Control 1.0 and 2.0 Explained

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# Summary The EU is simultaneously negotiating two separate "Chat Control" laws: Chat Control 1.0, a temporary…

Show HN: Halo – open-source, tamper-evident runtime evidence for AI agents

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This startup pits dealerships against each other to bid on your used car

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Bidbus, which lets dealerships bid on used cars, has raised $15 million in a Series A round that was led by early-stage…

Hacktivists call out Trump by hacking and defacing US Army websites

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The U.S.

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While 98% support may sound impressive, it represents failure for critical services and can exclude millions of…

Show HN: PostgreSQL performance and cost across 23 EC2 instance types

2026-07-07 · 12:40

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Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom

2026-07-07 · 12:00

The company just raised $7 million in seed funding, and is launching its app for iPhone and Android on Tuesday.

Chainwire Parent MediaFuse Launches Tech Newswire Optimized for AI Search

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TechnologyWire pitches guaranteed placement across tech media, alongside content tuned to be picked up by tools like…

ULA's last six Atlas Vs can't launch anything besides Boeing's Starliner

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Amazon says it has enough satellites in orbit to begin initial broadband service at mid-latitudes later this year.

How AI could enable autonomous robot workers in workplaces—and maybe homes

2026-07-07 · 11:00

Top robotics researchers and founders explain how robot autonomy is evolving.

Siada Brings Nvidia B200 GPUs Online as UAE Keeps Sensitive AI Data Inside Its Borders

2026-07-07 · 10:35

United Arab Emirates tech enterprise Siada and Innovation City have launched the region’s first operational sovereign AI…

Samsung’s Q2 Profit Soars 19x as AI Memory Chip Demand Hits New High

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Samsung Electronics expects one of the strongest quarters in its history after demand for AI memory chips sent both…

Orbital Data Centers Become SpaceX Next Frontier

2026-07-07 · 09:20

Will data centers soon leave Earth?

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