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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.

'We Cannot Vibe Code the Future of Humanity', UN Chief Warns at AI Summit

António Guterres borrowed a Silicon Valley meme to make the starkest case yet for global AI oversight—then called for an international ban on killer robots.

2026-07-06 · 19:58 UTC
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Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents

2026-07-06 · 19:49

"The reality is, when you're optimizing for production, you start looking at a price/performance," Guillermo Rauch tells…

You can now customize Siri’s pace and expressivity in the latest iOS 27 beta

2026-07-06 · 19:01

The update is part of Apple's broader effort to make Siri feel more natural and personal, as it rebuilds the assistant…

Amazon competitor Bookshop.org says Kobo eReader support will happen this year after all

2026-07-06 · 18:12

Bookship.org seemed to delay this anticipated partnership again, but tells TechCrunch that it has settled business terms…

Over 150,000 People Signed Up to Masturbate With AI. Here's Why

2026-07-06 · 17:32

Joi AI's search for 10 paid "masturbation consultants" drew more than 150,000 applicants. Here's what happened.

If you use Google, you’re training its AI. Here’s how to opt out.

2026-07-06 · 17:04

Consider this a belated PSA: A recent change to Google’s privacy settings is allowing the company to store more of your…

Secret Claude tracker shocks users after Anthropic’s anti-surveillance stance

2026-07-06 · 16:44

Anthropic accused of spying on users; engineer says “experiment” is over.

Apple brings back card payments for Apple Account purchases in India after a four-year hiatus

2026-07-06 · 16:21

Apple has started a phased rollout of card payments for Apple Account purchases in India after adapting to the country's…

The incredible shrinking Xbox: Five studios, 3,200 employees let go

2026-07-06 · 16:01

Move affects ~20% of the gaming division, which will refocus on its biggest franchises.

Microsoft lays off nearly 5,000 employees across Xbox, commercial sales

2026-07-06 · 15:32

Microsoft cut around 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday — the latest in a series of layoffs that’s…

UK regulator warns of "arms race" to keep up with AI use in financial services

2026-07-06 · 14:17

FCA official makes case for greater powers for watchdog as millions use technology for personal finance decisions.

Bentley teases its first EV, the Torcal

2026-07-06 · 11:30

The new model will be officially unveiled in late September.

The Czinger 21C might be the wildest car we drive all year

2026-07-06 · 11:00

This hybrid V8 has organic-looking 3D-printed components and shatters lap records.

Can the biggest problems in AI be solved by philosophy?

2026-07-06 · 06:00

AI companies are hiring philosophy graduates to help them understand the nature of consciousness, whether it can be…

Fake Mac Clipboard App Delivers New Password-Stealing Malware

2026-07-05 · 15:46

A new Mac infostealer dubbed PamStealer impersonates the open-source Maccy clipboard manager to steal passwords and more.

Perplexity Co-Founder: AI Safety Is an Excuse to Lock Down Frontier

2026-07-04 · 16:07

Andy Konwinski used Anthropic's Fable 5 debacle as exhibit A in the case against letting a handful of private labs…

Claude Fable 5 Isn't Nerfed. The Router Is Just Paranoid

2026-07-03 · 21:06

Did Claude Fable 5 get dumber?

Factories Are Just Rooms

2026-07-03 · 15:13

A manufacturing engineer spoke to his child's school class about designing and making an AI clock, showing physical…

Best Simple System for Now

2026-07-03 · 15:06

The article proposes "Best Simple System for Now" (BSSN) as a middle ground between quick-and-dirty coding and…

Jamesob's guide to running SOTA LLMs locally

2026-07-03 · 15:03

This guide provides practical recommendations for running state-of-the-art large language models locally, with hardware…

It Still Can't Do My Job: Four Years of Moving Goalposts (2022–2026)

2026-07-03 · 15:02

Over four years from late 2022 to early 2025, AI capabilities in coding have progressed from generating broken code to…

Give Smart People the Tools to Do Smart Things

2026-07-03 · 14:49

The article argues that AI marketing exaggerates the technology's capabilities by focusing on visible outputs while…

Show HN: TaskPeace – a task queue my AI coding agents pull work from over MCP

2026-07-03 · 14:27

TaskPeace is a task queue management system designed for AI coding agents that integrates with Claude Code, Cursor,…

Anatomy of Persistent Memory's 3 Layers: Comparing ContextNest, Mem0 and Zep

2026-07-03 · 14:27

Production-grade AI agents require a three-tiered persistent memory architecture combining governed context…

Hackers shoveled snow for company, were rewarded with network admin access

2026-07-03 · 13:19

# Summary Two professional red teamers successfully infiltrated a company's network by posing as new IT employees after…

Valve open source the Steam Machine e-ink screen so you can make your own

2026-07-03 · 13:01

Valve has open-sourced the e-ink display design for the Steam Machine under the MIT license, allowing anyone to build…

PostgreSQL and the OOM Killer: Why You Must Use Strict Memory Overcommit

2026-07-03 · 13:00

Ubicloud's PostgreSQL team recommends using strict memory overcommit settings to protect databases from catastrophic…

Zuckerberg 'Admits' Meta's Layoffs Were Ineffective

2026-07-03 · 12:54

Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged at a Meta town hall that the company's recent layoffs and restructuring failed to…

Gemini Code Assist will be shut down on July 17

2026-07-03 · 12:52

Google is shutting down Gemini Code Assist on GitHub on July 17.

Please Stop the AI Confidence Theater

2026-07-03 · 12:51

The author critiques the cycle of AI hype and "confidence theater," where breathless headlines repeatedly predict AI…

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