Most Popular Story: Linux Desktop Use Surged To 22% On One Workday, Cloudflare Data Shows
Updated: about 2 hours ago
- Behold the 'Glueball,' a Strange New Form of Matter
- Contiguous US Breaks Its Record For Hottest Month Ever, NOAA Says
- Linux Desktop Use Surged To 22% On One Workday, Cloudflare Data Shows
- Freenet Creator Ian Clarke Shares Progress on Its New Decentralized Network
- Google Gemini Hits 1 Billion Users In Record Time
- A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices On a Call
- Spotify Will Label 'AI Persona' Profiles, Exclude Their Music From Recommendations
- Paramount Considers Leaving California Amid Antitrust Suit
- France Bans Unsolicited Telemarking Calls
- England Set To Eliminate Hepatitis C
Updated: less than an hour ago
- How we picked 35 of the world’s top young scientists and engineers
- How the “censorship-industrial complex” is changing the Internet and US policy
- The Download: the next big thing in LLMs and how AI academic research is shifting
- AI professors are negotiating the new realities of academic research
- The Download: AI agents for science, and the “censorship-industrial complex”
- These startups are chasing the next big thing in LLMs
- AI for science needs reasoning, not just data
- The Download: a censorship conspiracy theory and the first virus created by AI
- How ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policy
- The Download: Google’s AI shake-up and Meta’s rogue model
Updated: about 2 hours ago
- Agentic orchestration: Enterprise AI organizations know how to govern agents but still can't meter what they cost
- Agent context layers: Enterprises governing their AI data are catching twice as many bad answers as the ones who aren't
- Agentic reliability and evaluations : Enterprises that got burned by a bad eval are the most likely to remove humans from the loop, not the least
- Agentic security: Enterprises enforce agent permissions two-thirds of the time — and isolate high-risk agents less than one in five
- Infrastructure and compute: Enterprises are buying AI compute for speed while flying blind on what it costs
- SpaceXAI's Grok Bot turns agents into persistent digital coworkers that can operate your apps for $120-per-month
- Why AI-driven purchase intent so rarely becomes a completed sale
- Mistral AI wants to build 1 gigawatt of European compute by 2030 — and lock in customers now.
- Your AI agent may be ready. Your sales motion probably isn’t.
- LTX-2.5 can generate a 10-second AI video from an image in just 6.8 seconds on Nvidia superchips — and it's open weights
Updated: about 3 hours ago
- The fastest double-to-string algorithm you’ve never heard of
- Don't Stall Me Now: Hiding Memory Latency in eBPF
- Squeak 6.1 (a modern Smalltalk programming environment implemented in itself) was released!
- An Inside Look at the Relay Market Powering Token Resellers and Fraud
- Mojo 1.0 is here!
- We Audited 156,808 Failed CI Runs Across Eight Open Source Repos
- The dangers of Postgres subtransactions
- Change Your Root: Chroot Basics
- Why I Still Read Code
- Hello guys rawg api is down for a week is it down for ever?
Updated: less than an hour ago
- Federal Government Demands That Kalshi Keep Operating in New York State Despite Lawsuit
- Turns Out You Don’t Need The Most Powerful AI Models to Cause a Major Cybersecurity Incident
- Tesla Has to Fix 20,000 Vehicles With Too-Bright Headlights It’s Known About Since 2024
- Questions I Have After Learning That Trump Was Allegedly Smuggled Out of Air Force One in a Catering Box
- Sonos Could Drop New Wireless Headphones Soon
- Suunto’s New Smartwatch Can Warn You About Incoming Storms
- Spotify Will Start Labeling AI Artists on Its Platform Next Month
- Meta and Other Tech Giants Must Face Thousands of Social Media Addiction Lawsuits, Court Declares
- FlightAware Is Suing Kalshi Over Flight Cancellation Bets
- Mayor Mamdani Joins Push to Reclassify Amazon Delivery Drivers as Employees
Updated: 1 day ago
- Microsoft’s Azure Linux 4.0 Is Publicly Available, But Still Preview-Only
- Transmission 4.1.3 BitTorrent Client Fixes Remote Access Security Issue
- Wine 11.12 Released with Bundled FFmpeg Libraries and Mono 11.2
- Git 2.55 Lands with Big Speedups for Large Linux Repositories
- Kali Linux 2026.2 Released with GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, Kernel 6.19
- Juno Tab 4 WiFi Brings Intel Core Ultra Power to a Premium Linux Tablet
- BOSGAME VTA-439 Mini PC running Linux – Easy Diffusion
- How to Downgrade and Lock Packages With dnf in RHEL Systems
- Mageia 10 Revives the Mandrake Spirit with Plasma 6 and Kernel 6.18
- Kodi 22 Beta Improves Linux Support for Remote Keys and HDR Profile Support
Updated: about 5 hours ago
Updated: less than an hour ago
- The unreleased Xbox Elite Controller 3 may have ended up in an unsuspecting buyer's hands
- Google is now sending out emails with discount codes for the Pixel 11
- Sonos Ace Ultra over-ear headphones show up in FCC filing
- Government workers can officially waste time scrolling TikTok again
- A flight tracking service is suing Kalshi for using its data without authorization
- Zoom screen-sharing bug let people fully take over other devices on a call
- Abbott partners with Google Health for AI-powered glucose monitoring
- Can a MacBook run multiple external monitors? It depends
- Authors face backlash for participation in 2022 Google AI study
- How the iPhone has changed in the last five years
Updated: about 4 hours ago
- IEEE Engineering Summit Supports Bhutan’s Digital Transformation
- Simulating Lunar Regolith with COMSOL for Mission Safety and Space Infrastructure
- Zap Rocks. Add Water. Get Clean Hydrogen
- Navigating the Pivot From Tech Expert to Organizational Leader
- Cars Communicating Badly Is an Already-Solved Problem
- IEEE Course Teaches How to Use AI to Modernize Power Grids
- Why R&D Waste Persists Despite Widespread AI Adoption
- The System That Turned Paper Charts Into Digital Medical Records
- Identifying the Root Cause of Electronics Failures With Simulation Apps
- This Hi-Fi Tape Recorder Changed Radio Forever
Updated: about 6 hours ago
- Donald Trump Just Became The World’s Most Famous Anti-Vaxxer Nonsense Peddler
- Hundreds Of Drone-as-First-Responder Programs Could Soon Be Launched Across The Country
- Techdirt Podcast Episode 453: Meet The EFF’s New Executive Director
- The Censorship Industrial Complex Didn’t Exist Until The People Who Invented It Took It Over
- Daily Deal: Retropian Color Retro Handheld Gaming Console
- Minnesota Is Trying To Talk Texas Into Extraditing An Arrested ICE Officer To Face Assault Charges
- Elon Musk Wants To Get Into Wireless Phones And He’s Probably Not Going To Have A Good Time
- Fauci’s Senate Hearing Shows How Conspiracy Theories Have Become Political Weapons
- SpaceX’s Earnings Show Elon Wiped Out Two-Thirds Of Twitter’s Ad Business
- Trump Doubles Down On Conspiracy Theories After DOJ Drops Reflecting Pool Vandalism Charges
Updated: about 9 hours ago
- DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flight
- Trump wants Big Pharma to split MMR vaccine; Big Pharma thinks it's idiotic
- Russian drones found near vital European offshore gas site, get blown up
- Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers
- Meta can't stop states' $1.4 trillion lawsuit from going to trial
- Gemini becomes Google's fastest-growing product ever as it hits 1B users
- Used EV buying guide: The $30,000 edition
- Less than 2.5% of Taylor Farms' recalled lettuce went to Taco Bells
- Tracking extreme heat by the hour makes climate change seem even worse
- A Google insider spills the tea on how the company forsook its founding ideals
Updated: about 1 hour ago
- Analyzing My Lobsters Submissions
- Introducing Automatic Key Verification
- Cloudflare OS, is it worth?
- C++26: std::indirect
- Unpacking ionCube
- Making a game on a custom bytecode VM in 7 days and 3kB
- RangeFrom, Part 1․․
- Text Watermarking for Non-Academics
- Who's Hiring? - Not-A-Coder Edition - Aug 2026
- Compression is prediction
Updated: about 15 hours ago
- JanSport Cool Backpack, with 15-inch Laptop Sleeve - Large Computer Bag Rucksack with 2 Compartments, Ergonomic Strap... ($53.99)
- JanSport SuperBreak Plus Backpack ($35.95)
- JanSport Cool Backpack, with 15-inch Laptop Sleeve - Large Computer Bag Rucksack with 2 Compartments, Ergonomic Strap... ($54.95)
- JanSport Laptop Backpack - Computer Bag with 2 Compartments, Ergonomic Shoulder Straps, 15” Laptop Sleeve, Haul Handl... ($56.18)
- JanSport SuperBreak Plus Backpack ($35.98)
- JanSport Laptop Backpack - Computer Bag with 2 Compartments, Ergonomic Shoulder Straps, 15” Laptop Sleeve, Haul Handl... ($54.20)
- The North Face Women's Jester Everyday Backpack, Blk-NPF, OSFA | Commuter Travel Bag, Laptop Sleeve, Water-Repellent ($74.98)
- JanSport Laptop Backpack - Computer Bag with 2 Compartments, Ergonomic Shoulder Straps, 15” Laptop Sleeve, Haul Handl... ($54.95)
- JanSport Cool Backpack, with 15-inch Laptop Sleeve - Large Computer Bag Rucksack with 2 Compartments, Ergonomic Strap... ($54.99)
- Ailun 2Pack Screen Protector for iPad A16 2025 11th 11"/10th Gen 2022 10.9" | Tempered Glass, Face ID Compatible, App... ($6.98)
Updated: 2 days ago
- New GLP-1 pill delivers up to 12% weight loss in 36 weeks
- 1 in 5 people may carry this hidden genetic heart risk
- Scientists discover a hidden switch inside silver nanocatalysts
- 240-million-year-old reptile fossil reveals a lost chapter before dinosaurs and crocodiles
- Potatoes may have given Indigenous Andeans a digestive superpower
- The sun will vanish over Europe in a rare total solar eclipse: Watch live
- Voyager 2 was running out of power. NASA just bought it more time
- For 15,000 years, humans and dogs have been changing each other
- Cassini reveals a surprising twist in Saturn’s magnetic shield
- A daily glass of fruit juice was linked to lower depression scores
Updated: about 14 hours ago
- Spotify Will Label A.I. Artists and Avoid Promoting Them
- Brad Lightcap, a Top OpenAI Executive, Steps Down
- His Start-Up’s Goal: A.I. That Is Trainable and Not Controlled by a Big Company
- How Social Media Sparked a Refugee Crisis Between Spain and Morocco
- Wall St. Wants Another Half-Trillion Dollars for the A.I. Boom
- Waymo Is Growing Faster Than Ever. So Are Its ‘Edge Cases.’
- Meta Unveils ‘Open Source’ Version of Its Most Powerful A.I. Model
- A.I.-Driven Chip Crunch Leads to New Rush of Lobbying in Washington
- Can A.I. Get You Where You Want to Go for Less?
- Why Are So Many People Upset About Flock Cameras?
Updated: about 11 hours ago
- Google hammers another, extremely petty nail in the Android Open Source Project’s coffin
- GNOME showcases a number of possible GNOME Shell changes
- Microsoft drastically increases costs of Windows licenses for OEMs
- An ambiguity in c89 which will never be fixed
- NetBSD brings its Englightenment port up to snuff
- Publishing schematics before “open source” was a word: 55 years of Akizuki Denshi, Japan’s legendary parts Store
- Cookies are not needed for fingerprinting and tracking
- First version of Word for Windows ported to modern 64bit Windows
- Idol Mahjong Final Romance: a slideshow disguised as a video game
- Thanks to the EU’s Digital Markets Act, EU citizens are getting copy and paste between iOS and Windows
Updated: less than an hour ago
- Beef and dairy drive 41% of biodiversity damage linked to global farmland
- Dutch Train Map Simulator
- Launch HN: Discovered Materials (YC P26) – AI agents to discover new materials
- AI agent hacks gym to get its user a spot in pilates class
- LinkedIn CringeBot 3000
- llama.cpp
- Dropbox is an obvious PE Target?
- CVE-2026-53361 AF_Unix GC vs. MSG_PEEK use-after-free container escape
- DARPA heavy lift challenge ends with winner at a 3.84:1 payload to weight ratio
- The Human Is the Loop
Updated: less than an hour ago
- Tencent reports Q2 revenue up 11% YoY to ~$30.4B, above ~$30B est., and net income of ~$8.3B, driven by surging WeChat advertising and resilient game spending (Bloomberg)
- Stockholm-based AI coding startup Lovable raised $400M at a $13.3B valuation, up from $6.6B in December 2025, becoming one of Europe's most valuable startups (Ben Dummett/Wall Street Journal)
- Sources: AI coding startup Cognition is in early talks with investors to raise $1B+ at a $40B+ valuation, after raising $1B at a $26B valuation in May (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)
- Some health and fitness obsessives are using AI for hyperpersonalized training, building custom dashboards and tools to analyze their sleep, workouts, and diet (Wall Street Journal)
- Briter: Africa-focused startups raised $3.3B in H1 2026, up 73% YoY, driven by Zipline's $950M raise; US- and UAE-incorporated entities raised half the capital (Nduka Orjinmo/Bloomberg)
- Bengaluru-based Yulu, which gets ~95% of its revenue from renting e-bikes to gig workers, raised a $93M Series C, sources say at a ~$170M post-money valuation (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
- Sources: Singapore-based data center operator DayOne confidentially files for a US IPO, aims to list as soon as next quarter, and is considering raising ~$5B (Bloomberg)
- Researchers say suspected Chinese hackers used open-source AI agents to build an autonomous hacking tool that compromised Taiwanese government websites in July (Tom Wilson/Financial Times)
- OpenAI VP of Global Policy Ann O'Leary says AI policy in the US is anchored in the states and informed by California's AI transparency law passed last year (Chase DiFeliciantonio/Politico)
- A look at Candy Crush's continued popularity 15 years after its launch, with an estimated 81.5M MAUs and in-app revenue of $876.5M in fiscal year 2025 (Alanna Okun/Bloomberg)
Updated: about 8 hours ago
- Women in Blue’s second season premieres on Apple TV
- Microsoft Edge tests Apple Account sign-in support
- Apple extends 2026 Back to School deals on Macs and iPads until September 24
- Report: Non-gaming apps drove mobile spending growth in Q2 as games fell 4.5%
- Court rejects Apple’s attempt to postpone App Store fee proceedings in Epic Games case
- ‘Everyone’ at Apple uses iPhone Ultra name, says Mark Gurman
- Apple in talks to acquire streaming rights for golf’s Open Championship: report
- AirPods Pro 3 and more just got new public beta firmware
- 9to5Mac Daily: August 11, 2026 – iOS 27 beta 5, glass iPhone rumors
- Apple Pay and Wallet leader retiring after two decades at Apple
Updated: about 4 hours ago
- Five New Changes in iOS 27 Beta 5
- The Best Way to Get Past an Article's Paywall
- The First Five Things You Should Do With Your Garmin Cirqa Smart Band
- Seven Surprisingly Useful Mac Apps You've Never Heard Of
- This Entry-Level Acer Nitro V16 Gaming Laptop Is $200 Off Right Now
- 10 Hacks Every In-Flight Wifi User Should Know
- 10 Shows Like 'Black Mirror' You Should Watch Next
- Vibe-Coded Apps Are a Security Nightmare, but They Don't Have to Be
- The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What Is the Matcha Filter?
- You Can Get These Nothing Over-Ear Headphones for 27% Off Right Now
Updated: less than an hour ago
- Reservoir raises $8M to make water heaters that people — and the grid — will actually want
- India’s Yulu raises $93M as quick-commerce boom fuels e-bike demand
- Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni reportedly knew Phia was ‘cookie stuffing’ for months
- Accel closes oversubscribed $550M India fund within weeks, 19 months after its last
- Uber surprised robotics company Serve by selling its entire stake
- FBI says cybercriminals are hacking into victims’ online accounts to steal their intimate pictures
- OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux
- Google’s Gemini app surges to one billion users
- Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app
- What’s Scaleup Europe, the $5.7B fund that just backed satellite company ICEYE?
Updated: about 15 hours ago
- Everybody needs a personal AI policy. Just ask Hank Green.
- Fast fashion is terrible for the planet. Can wardrobe cataloging apps help?
- AI models have learned how to cheat. That might actually be a good thing.
- Hackers just broke into America’s tap water
- Rise of the AI-ristocracy
- The US might lose the AI race to China. Should Americans care?
- Can knowing less make you happier?
- Can the internet survive rogue AI?
- The four most important words in healthcare right now
- The iPhone lease is too good to be true
Updated: about 1 hour ago
- Microsoft kills off Teams integration plugin without proper notice, leaving users furious
- Microsoft shares details of a clever old Windows trick it no longer needs
- SQL Server Management Studio 22.9 brings Modern Connection Dialog updates and lots more
- Cisco pushes urgent patches for actively exploited zero-day flaw crashing firewalls
- Microsoft permanently disables OWA Light client in latest Exchange Server update
- SpaceXAI launches OpenClaw-style Grok Bot that can work across apps on its own
- Microsoft releases MAI-Code-1.1-Flash coding model to better compete with Chinese models
- ChatGPT desktop app now finally available on Linux
- Grounded 2 gets massive underwater update and a PS5 launch
- GTA 6 publisher seemingly backs Sony as it defends digital future with no discs
Updated: about 10 hours ago
- Marvel’s Elaborate ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Comic-Con Ad Resulted In a Huge Fine
- ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Director Says It Is to ‘Looney Tunes’ What ‘Iron Man’ Is to ‘The Avengers’
- RIP Reggie Bannister, Cult-Beloved ‘Phantasm’ Star
- The ‘Possession’ Remake That Nobody Asked for Now Has a Release Date
- ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Pens a Gory, Horny Love Letter to Slasher Flicks
- 10 Directors We’d Love to See Make the Next ‘Jurassic World’
- ‘Toy Story 5’ Comes Home Next Week
- Holy Crap, Marvel and ‘Star Wars’ Are Finally, Officially, Crossing Over
- Nikki From ‘Obsession’ Will Freak You Out at Universal’s Horror Nights
- Chris Carter Is ‘Anxiously Awaiting’ Ryan Coogler’s ‘X-Files’
Updated: about 6 hours ago
- RIP John Crowley
- Shattered skeleton in castle is first confirmed death from trebuchet
- 'Has Trump's Invasion of Greenland Already Begun?'
- "I would leave nothing undone to make it comfortable for you"
- Glory hole jokes are left as an exercise for the reader...
- "I'm trying to make reading cool again."
- Engineering for community
- Daily dose of deductive distractions
- Last night I ate a whole jar of Vick's!
- The goalposts sure seem like they are being moved
Updated: less than an hour ago
- You’re Thinking About Online Trends All Wrong
- 8 Great Deals From Patagonia’s Past-Season Sale
- Verizon Promo Codes: $200 Verizon Gift Cards | August 2026
- Hulu Promo Codes & Discounts: 20% Off in August
- OnePlus Promo Codes: 30% Off August 2026
- Motley Fool Promo Code: $200 Off on Stock Advisor August 2026
- Vimeo Promo Codes and Discounts: Up to 40% Off This August 2026
- Rover Promo Codes and Referral Deals for 2026
- Walmart Promo Codes: Up to 65% Off for August 2026
- Is It Safe to Eat Lettuce Yet?
Updated: about 9 hours ago
- Saber denies replacing Rideshare Stimulator’s writers with ChatGPT
- Xbox Elite 3 prototype pad leaks with tiny built-in screen
- An FCC filing points to new Sonos headphones coming soon
- ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion users
- Threads has a VR app now
- Google’s free streaming service now lets you pick shows and movies to watch
- Another OpenAI executive takes off
- The budget-friendly Pixel Buds 2a are even cheaper right now
- Google’s upcoming Pixel phones are for the fans, even if its launch event isn’t
- Made by Google 2026: all the Pixel news and announcements
Updated: less than an hour ago
- Resourceful gamer shrinks Valve’s Steam Deck into Game Boy, with custom 3D-printed cooling — plans display around 1200x1080, 90Hz AMOLED panel
- Two undersea cables reportedly damaged off the coast of Perth following suspicious vessel activity — company CEO says faults happened ‘straight after each other and in close proximity'
- Razer Naga V3 Pro Review: My new 23-button mouse
- Razer Naga V3 Pro mouse is a honed MMO weapon with 23 programmable buttons — more customizable controls and lighter weight come at the same price as its predecessor
- SK hynix to expand production capacity in China as it mulls Solidigm IPO, report claims — second phase of fab could boost local production by 50%
- AMD highlights Ryzen 5 5500 briefly topping Amazon CPU best sellers, beating 9800X3D — $80 DDR4 CPU remains a top seller during memory crunch
- Intel raises $19.7 billion to help fund future projects as 14A production looms — share sale attracted $100 billion in demand, report claims
- Benchmarking AMD's BC-250, offering Steam Machine-like performance at half the price — unlocking 40 CUs, eight Zen 2 cores on the repurposed PS5 APU
- DeepCool AK620 and AK400 G2 Review: Quiet and powerful, with woodgrain or a digital display
- FCC proposes import ban on Chinese optical transceivers — blockade targets key AI interconnects as China holds 56% global market share
Updated: about 9 hours ago
- Samsung is Starting to Catch Up to Apple on Hearing Health
- Sonos Preparing AirPods Max Rival With Voice Assistant Support
- Satechi Launches 240W ChargeView Desktop Charger With Six USB-C Ports
- Apple Extends 2026 Back to School Promotion Until September 24
- Grok Bot Brings Always-On AI Agents to macOS and iOS
- Apple Can't Delay App Store Fee Fight While Waiting on Supreme Court
- Apple Releases New iOS 27 AirPods Firmware for Public Beta Testers
- Apple Pay Chief Jennifer Bailey Retiring in October
- Amazon Offers AirPods Max 2 for $100 Off in All Five Colors
- Third macOS Golden Gate Public Beta Now Available
Updated: less than an hour ago
- LACT 0.10 Released With New NVIDIA Overclocking Controls, Blackwell Hotspot Sensor
- QEMU 11.1 Released With Numerous Improvements
- Redox OS Enjoys installer Improvements, Performance Enhancements
- Intel CPU Microcode 20260811 Release Fixes Eight Security Issues
- OpenAI Brings ChatGPT Desktop App To Linux
- Analyzing Fedora's Slow Performance On The Framework Laptop 13 Pro With Intel Panther Lake
- Flatpak 1.19 Released With Nine Security Fixes
- GNOME Designers Lay Out Some Of Their GNOME Shell Dreams
- Up To 12.8x Improvement Observed For gup_test With New Linux MM Patches
- Raspberry Pi AXI PMU Driver Under Review For The Mainline Linux Kernel
Updated: about 2 hours ago
- Unsloth Desktop - Run and train AI models locally on your desktop
- Cohesor - A neutral control plane for enterprise AI agents
- BearDrive - The open-source shared folder for your team's AI agents
- Sidekick™ - The agentic interface
- Linforge - Turn Anki flashcards into real English conversations
- Click - Live research context for ChatGPT and Claude
- Nearfield - Turn two or more Studio Displays into stereo speakers
- CodeBurn - See where your AI coding spend actually goes
- LaraCopilot - Agentic AI Engineer that builds real apps
- Media Sharing - Let AI agents put screenshots and videos on pull requests
Updated: about 11 hours ago
- Optimizing Apache Spark for Large-Scale Data Processing: Techniques, Tuning, and Best Practices
- Your AI-Generated Website Is Failing at SEO: Here's Why
- I Cut a Startup's AWS Bill by 40%: Here's How
- Alloy Raises $8M Seed Led by Square Peg To Build The Debugging Layer for Robotics
- 394 Blog Posts To Learn About Iot
- $ZAMA Lists on Revolut, Bringing Blockchain Privacy Into The Mainstream
- HireQuotient's EasySource Delivers $60,000 Cost Savings for Stern at Home Therapy
- What Project Hail Mary Can Teach IT Professionals (Part 1)
- Disproportionate Collapse: What Building Codes Know About Your Cascading Failures
- AITX's SARA Shows Why Most Agentic AI Never Leaves the Alert Screen