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Social media’s next evolution: user-controlled algorithms

Social media feeds are becoming more customizable as platforms like Threads, Instagram, and TikTok introduce tools that…

New Scientist recommends an excellent look at the future of work

Sarah O'Connor's We Are Not Machines explores how we are contorting ourselves to fit AI into our working lives – and…

Ask HN: How do you separate intentional test boilerplate from real duplication?

I am maintaining an open-source project (deterministic open source duplicate-code detector) and a user asked for a…

Kalshi adds software partner as it looks to boost prediction market surveillance

The collaboration comes as US state regulators and the CFTC battle over oversight of event-based contracts.

"Dangerous" AI models are coming no matter what

AI models with advanced hacking capabilities will soon be the norm.

GLAAD Says AI Is Failing LGBTQ Users—And Warns the Risk Is Growing

GLAAD's report argues AI systems can amplify anti-LGBTQ bias, misinformation, discrimination, and privacy harms.

World model maker Odyssey nabs $1.45B valuation backed by Amazon and other big names

World models are the next big thing in AI beyond LLMs and, with this round, Odyssey has cemented itself as one of the…

Mastodon looks to newsletters to help revive the open social web

Mastodon’s newly launched newsletter feature lets anyone subscribe to creators by email, even without a Mastodon account.

The Competitive Moat That AI Can't Replicate

# Summary The article argues that as AI automates transactional tasks across industries, human connection and…

LLM Trading in 2026: Can AI Agents Actually Outperform Humans?

LLM (Large Language Model) trading has gone from an experimental idea to one of finance’s most interesting talking…

Trellis AI (YC W24) hiring a product lead to build agents for healthcare access

Trellis AI, a Y Combinator-backed startup founded from Stanford's AI Lab, is hiring a Product Lead to build AI agents…

Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows

Although Wall Street loves AI, every day Americans are significantly less optimistic about the industry, a new report…

Two Stanford grads raise $11M to build a noninvasive wearable for hormone tracking

Clair Health's wearable will cost $369 and will an app-based subscription of $9.99 per month

Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball

Hey HN, I built a website to watch live baseball games in an 8-bit broadcast.

AI will create more jobs for humans, not replace them, Amaon founder Bezos says

The Amazon founder, who now has robotics and space travel companies, thinks AI will create a labour shortage.

Google bets on Gemini to reinvent the smart home speaker

Google is betting generative AI can breathe new life into the smart speaker.

SpaceX Could Enter Major Index Funds Within Weeks After Trillion-Dollar IPO

SpaceX could enter millions of investor portfolios quickly after its Nasdaq debut opened fast-entry paths into major…

Allbirds Stock Pumps Again as Sneaker Firm Completes AI Pivot, Rebranding to Smartbird

Allbirds, meet Smartbird: The shoe brand has completed its AI pivot, rebranding while hiring a new president and CEO to…

Launch HN: Adam (YC W25) – Open-Source AI CAD

Hey HN! I'm Zach from Adam (https://adam.new/).We're building AI agents for mechanical CAD software.

PayPal Ventures shutters as company restructuring continues

The corporate venture arm ends after 10 years and 80 investments.

Ten months later, the $100 Google Home Speaker is finally available for preorder

Google's new smart speaker is more about Gemini than audio quality.

Towers once planned for California shuttle launches leveled for SpaceX rockets

"Space Launch Complex-6 represents six decades of American innovation."

TREX: An AI code reviewer that runs your code

Greptile has developed TREX, an AI code reviewer that goes beyond static analysis by actually executing code to catch…

Agentic coding deserves more than a chat box bolted onto VS Code

Polypore is a new desktop IDE designed specifically for agentic coding that positions the AI agent as the primary actor…

The slowtech revolution is here to kill your phone addiction and rescue your attention span

“People just really want to take back control of their time, their lives, their attention...

Anthropic employees accuse Trump administration of targeting them

Volkswagen started blocking GrapheneOS users

Volkswagen has begun blocking users of GrapheneOS, a privacy-focused Android operating system, from accessing its car…

Collecting robot training data is dirty, unglamorous work. Some AI labs are already paying XDOF to do it

If physical AI is going to match the accomplishments of LLMs, there's a data problem that needs to be solved.

South Korean Investors Buy $800 Million of SpaceX Shares on Debut Trading Day

South Korean retail investors directed more than $800 million into SpaceX shares on the company’s first day of public…