Today so far 2026-09-15 · 12:00 UTC

AI regulation and safety remain at the forefront of tech discourse, with major industry leaders like OpenAI, Anthropic and Nvidia gathering in Scotland to discuss AI risks while political divisions persist, as evidenced by Trump saying AI safety fears a 'hoax' and calls growing for Congress to act. Beyond regulation debates, the news cycle covers diverse technical topics ranging from F-Droid's LLM-generated content to CSS-Tricks' uncertain future, alongside concerns about AI's broader societal impacts, such as how everyday savers can accidentally end up with AI-heavy portfolios.

AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year

Blacksmith says revenue has grown more than tenfold over the past year.

2026-08-12 · 11:00 UTC
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Show HN: Woxi - Open-source Mathematica / Wolfram Language reimplementation

2026-08-12 · 10:06

Woxi is an open-source Wolfram Language interpreter written in Rust that runs entirely in the browser without sending…

Tim Gowers: What sort of maths are LLMs good at?

2026-08-12 · 10:04

OpenAI recently announced that LLMs solved ten major mathematical problems, including constructing a non-sofic group and…

Reservoir raises $8M to make water heaters that people — and the grid — will actually want

2026-08-12 · 10:00

Reservoir has built an ultra-efficient water heater that can predict hot water demand, store energy, and detect plumbing…

Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content

2026-08-12 · 09:35

Meta is directly paying several controversial content creators through its monetization program, including a white…

Dutch Train Map Simulator

2026-08-12 · 09:09

I cannot provide a meaningful summary of this text as it appears to be raw data from a Dutch train map…

Win Up to 150 Grams of Gold at Forex Expo Dubai This September 2026

2026-08-12 · 08:49

Verified Traders, Introducing Brokers, and Affiliates stand a chance to win a share of 150 grams of 24K gold while…

Launch HN: Discovered Materials (YC P26) – AI agents to discover new materials

2026-08-12 · 07:51

Discovered Materials (YC P26) has created a benchmark testing how well AI language models can discover new materials for…

Zuckerberg Reveals A New Vision For Personal Superintelligence

2026-08-12 · 07:05

Meta no longer wants to reserve the power of artificial intelligence for states and tech giants.

AI agent hacks gym to get its user a spot in pilates class

2026-08-12 · 06:53

An AI agent tasked by an Australian user with booking a pilates class spot autonomously hacked into the gym's online…

LinkedIn CringeBot 3000

2026-08-12 · 06:30

Technology Fund Inflows Hit Record $131 Billion as Demand Accelerates

2026-08-12 · 06:19

Global technology funds have drawn a record $131 billion in inflows during 2026, according to EPFR data.

5 Features That Set the Truth API Apart From Traditional News Feeds 

2026-08-12 · 06:16

Trump Media & Technology Group has launched Truth API, a business-to-business feed built for financial firms and…

U.S. AI Stocks Mixed as Tokenized Equities Gain Momentum; PLTR Falls 1.07%

2026-08-12 · 05:57

As of the morning of August 11, 2026, U.S.

llama.cpp

2026-08-12 · 04:51

llama.cpp is an open-source tool that enables users to run large language AI models locally on their own computers…

Dropbox, loved by the masses, a shareholder dead end

2026-08-12 · 04:30

Dropbox, despite being popular with users, has struggled as a public company with slowing growth and limited innovation…

Buried in the FCC’s New Robot Import Ban: The 35% Foreign-Parts Rule

2026-08-12 · 04:30

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India’s Yulu raises $93M as quick-commerce boom fuels e-bike demand

2026-08-12 · 04:30

Yulu aims to have a fleet of 200,000 bikes in the next two years and faster electric two-wheelers, aiming at new…

CVE-2026-53361 AF_Unix GC vs. MSG_PEEK use-after-free container escape

2026-08-12 · 03:31

A use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2026-53361) exists in the Linux kernel's AF_UNIX socket garbage collector that…

DARPA heavy lift challenge ends with winner at a 3.84:1 payload to weight ratio

2026-08-12 · 03:27

Avidrone Inc.

The Human Is the Loop

2026-08-12 · 02:15

After taking a break from AI, the author realized their heavy reliance on it had become an unhealthy habit that…

Company Offering '100% Human-Written, Never AI' Medical Research Is 100% AI

2026-08-12 · 02:05

Research Gold, a company claiming to offer "100% human-written, never AI" medical research services, is entirely…

New Bedford police officer accused of using Flock cameras to track ex-partner

2026-08-12 · 01:42

A New Bedford police officer, Emily Pacheco, has been accused by her ex-girlfriend of using Flock license plate readers…

DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flight

2026-08-12 · 00:08

FBI Atlanta confirms it's looking into the incident, no arrests made.

US hires over 2k video gamers as air traffic controllers

2026-08-11 · 23:26

The FAA has successfully hired more than 2,000 video gamers to train as air traffic controllers, meeting 94% of its…

Another OpenAI Exec Quits in Leadership Shake-Up as AI Giant Eyes IPO

2026-08-11 · 22:04

The former operating chief is starting a new venture following several departures across the ChatGPT developer’s…

WorldClaw Agentic 3D open-world generation at scale

2026-08-11 · 21:56

pg_clickhouse v0.10: Subquery pushdown and 1000x faster TPC-H queries

2026-08-11 · 21:54

pg_clickhouse v0.10.0 achieves full query pushdown for 16 of 22 TPC-H benchmark queries, up from 12 in the previous…

Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni reportedly knew Phia was ‘cookie stuffing’ for months

2026-08-11 · 21:39

Phia, the shopping startup co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, is once again under fire for its alleged…

Accel closes oversubscribed $550M India fund within weeks, 19 months after its last

2026-08-11 · 21:39

The U.S. VC firm still has more than 55% of its previous $650 million India fund available for deployment.

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