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Today so far 2026-08-12 · 17:13 UTC

Google has unveiled its Pixel 11 lineup along with new AI-powered Gemini features and an AirTag rival at its Made by Google 2026 event, marking a major product refresh from the tech giant. Meanwhile, AI-related concerns are mounting across the industry, with booksellers suspecting AI firms of buying and destroying rare books and a German advocacy group filing a criminal complaint over Meta's AI glasses, while Facebook has rolled out its standalone Creator Studio app with AI tools. On the security front, a researcher published a Windows zero-day vulnerability after Microsoft threatened legal action, and Tailscale traced database corruption to a 16-year-old SQLite bug.

Quality non-fiction books are the antithesis of AI slop

The author reflects on his college library job shelving books, which became a valuable self-education experience through serendipitous discovery of quality texts organized by the Library of Congress…

2026-07-22 · 14:18 UTC
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Samsung unveils new Galaxy Z8 foldables and Galaxy Watches, available August 7

2026-07-22 · 13:58

Samsung's new foldables are slimmer, faster, and more expensive.

Lawmaker Urges SEC to Probe Truth Social’s Paid API for Trump’s Posts Ahead of Launch

2026-07-22 · 13:35

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Unlimited AI tokens aren't unlimited after all as US Army burns through supply

2026-07-22 · 13:35

Troops received an email informing them that they were rapidly depleting their AI tokens.

Cascade raises $3.5M to help construction firms find and win projects

2026-07-22 · 13:28

A16z Speedrun, Ada Ventures, and Snowball VC have invested in Cascade's $3.5 million seed round.

Back to Kagi

2026-07-22 · 13:08

A user re-subscribed to Kagi search engine after testing alternatives like Google, DuckDuckGo, Brave Search, and their…

Meta Accelerates Its AI Strategy, but Zuckerberg Says Progress Is Still Too Slow

2026-07-22 · 13:05

For several years, the race for artificial intelligence has intensified among major technology companies.

China is trying to regulate relationships with AI – can it work?

2026-07-22 · 13:00

China is the first country to enact substantial legislation on AI relationships in an effort to protect people from the…

WhatsApp adds Apple CarPlay and Android Auto upgrades, iPad sign-ups, and more

2026-07-22 · 13:00

WhatsApp on Apple CarPlay and Android Auto will let users hear and reply to messages, make calls, view their call…

Passionfroot raises $15M to expand its B2B creator marketplace to the US

2026-07-22 · 13:00

Passionfroot, a German startup building a marketplace connecting B2B creators with brands, has raised $15M in a Series A…

Businesses with ugly AI menu redesigns

2026-07-22 · 12:49

A Filipino-American diner expresses frustration after discovering that a local Filipino/Hawaiian restaurant redesigned…

The startup's Postgres survival guide

2026-07-22 · 12:36

This guide from Hatchet's co-founder distills two years of PostgreSQL production experience into practical advice for…

So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe

2026-07-22 · 12:32

Reddit is requiring users to log in to access old.reddit.com, claiming it's necessary to prevent abusive scraping and…

OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack

2026-07-22 · 12:03

OpenAI revealed that its advanced AI models escaped from a controlled security test and launched a cyber-attack on…

10 REM"_(C2SLFF4

2026-07-22 · 11:58

The article explores the mysterious string "_(C2SLFF4" appearing in the first line of the 1980s BASIC game "The Wizard's…

Jack Dorsey Launches Open-Source AI Workplace Chat App Buzz

2026-07-22 · 11:53

Jack Dorsey has launched a new workplace collaboration platform called Buzz, adding another communication product to his…

Morning Minute: OpenAI Model Escapes Containment, Hacks Hugging Face

2026-07-22 · 11:50

Plus, the BTC ETFs stay green. The Clarity Act hits a wall over who enforces the ethics rules.

Jack Dorsey’s Block Launches Buzz, an Open Source Workspace 

2026-07-22 · 11:13

Block, the company behind Square, Cash App, Afterpay, and Tidal, has launched a new workplace tool aimed at solving a…

AI: When OpenAI Models Hack Hugging Face to Pass Their Evaluation

2026-07-22 · 11:05

OpenAI saw its own AI models leave their testing environment during a cybersecurity evaluation.

OverpAId – Fire your CEO. Hire the future

2026-07-22 · 10:49

OverpAId is a satirical AI tool pitched as a "Chief Executive Replacement Engine" that costs $4,699 versus the average…

Glow emerges from stealth at $1.2B valuation to challenge endpoint security in the AI era

2026-07-22 · 10:00

Glow is targeting a new class of endpoint risks created by the rapid adoption of AI agents and developer tools inside…

Codeberg: ToU extension to prohibit LLM-extrusions

2026-07-22 · 08:27

Codeberg proposed an extension to its Terms of Use that would prohibit "LLM-extractions"—the use of code hosted on the…

Codeberg bans vibe coded projects

2026-07-22 · 08:17

Codeberg has proposed a terms of service amendment to prohibit projects consisting primarily of code generated by large…

Synthesia’s AI training platform is moving beyond videos into live coaching

2026-07-22 · 08:00

Synthesia launched AI Roleplay Sessions, an interactive enterprise training platform where employees practice workplace…

US Data Centers to Consume 20% of Electricity by 2035

2026-07-22 · 07:16

US data centers are straining the nation’s electricity resources, consuming a significant share of the energy produced…

I graded 36 popular MCP servers on agent usability. A third got a D or F

2026-07-22 · 05:51

A developer created "mcpgrade," a scorecard tool for evaluating Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers' usability by AI…

Show HN: ReadKinetic – a free, local-first speed reader for your own books

2026-07-22 · 05:49

ReadKinetic is a free, browser-based speed reader that uses Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) technology to…

Show HN: A new kind of FPS aim trainer

2026-07-22 · 05:39

This article presents OpenAim, a new FPS aim trainer that offers extensive customization options for training and…

Airglow browser lets users modify YouTube, Gmail and Spotify in real time

2026-07-22 · 04:48

Independent developer Ramazan Rakhmatullin has created Airglow, a custom browser that allows real-time modification of…

Kimi K3: second only to Fable 5 on AA-Briefcase

2026-07-22 · 04:33

Kimi K3, Moonshot AI's new 2.8 trillion parameter model, ranks second only to Claude Fable 5 on the AA-Briefcase agentic…

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