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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.

Why your Amazon order confirmation emails have become so unhelpful

Amazon has begun sending vague order confirmation emails that list only product categories instead of specific item names, forcing customers to visit the Amazon website to see what they ordered.

2026-08-18 · 16:54 UTC
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Peacock raises prices by 18 percent after becoming profitable

2026-08-18 · 16:42

Peacock's quarterly profitability isn't guaranteed.

Comcast adds motion sensing to millions of its newer routers, with a privacy catch

2026-08-18 · 16:39

A new feature added to Comcast's newest routers can detect if there is motion is inside your home without needing…

Claude: Degraded Performance for Multiple Models

2026-08-18 · 16:28

Anthropic is investigating elevated errors and degraded performance affecting multiple Claude models including Claude…

Superpowers, Not Superintelligence

2026-08-18 · 16:27

Mark Zuckerberg correctly identifies that concentrated AI power is dangerous and advocates for distributed access to AI…

A local ePub eBook server for my xteink

2026-08-18 · 16:22

The author set up Komga, an open-source self-hosted eBook library server similar to Plex, to manage their digital book…

Apple announces changes for apps in the European Union

2026-08-18 · 16:21

Apple has announced new business terms for EU app developers following negotiations with the European Commission,…

Why Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods may not be the ‘pervert pods’ consumers fear

2026-08-18 · 16:19

Apple’s leaked camera-equipped AirPods might avoid the privacy pitfalls of other AI wearables by preventing users from…

Fairphone's latest repairable phone is finally available in the US for $650

2026-08-18 · 16:05

Fairphone sells components like the USB port and screen, all swappable with a single torx driver.

Bluesky says its recent outage was caused by another DDoS attack

2026-08-18 · 15:59

This is the latest large-scale DDoS attack to hit the social networking site this year.

Ford hopes this Hypercar will be its next Le Mans winner

2026-08-18 · 15:52

The American automaker returns to the top category of endurance racing next year.

Microgpt in pure C hits 10M tps on Apple m5

2026-08-18 · 15:46

MicroGPT-C is a lightweight GPT implementation written in pure C with no external dependencies, achieving 10.1 million…

Show HN: Openleetcode – local LeetCode runner where tests live in the repo

2026-08-18 · 15:30

Openleetcode is a local LeetCode runner built in Haskell that allows developers to run and test coding problems locally…

Peacock is raising prices across all of its streaming plans

2026-08-18 · 15:26

The cheapest ad-supported “Select” plan is increasing from $7.99 to $8.99 per month.

The New Generation of Super Apps Won’t Come From Banks

2026-08-18 · 15:00

From messaging to betting, the next super app will be won by attention, not financial products

Code-native generation of highly programmable 3D assets (2026)

2026-08-18 · 14:54

Nova3D is a system that generates 3D assets as executable Blender source code rather than opaque meshes, enabling…

The coolest anti-surveillance tools at Defcon [video]

2026-08-18 · 14:49

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An Engineer's Old Cooking Trick Is Going Viral, Divides the Internet

2026-08-18 · 14:40

Software engineer Michael Chu created a column-based recipe format decades ago that organizes ingredients and cooking…

Show HN: Shoehorn – Quantize any model down to run on your machine

2026-08-18 · 14:29

Shoehorn is a tool that quantizes large language models to run on consumer hardware by scanning Hugging Face's…

Warp’s new system is an out-of-the-box software factory for AI development

2026-08-18 · 14:00

On Tuesday, Warp introduced Warp Factories, a new infrastrructure system designed to make building AI software factories…

Anthro Energy breaks ground on factory that could pave the road to solid-state batteries

2026-08-18 · 14:00

Battery materials startup Anthro Energy has broken ground on a Louisville factory to make electrolytes, including those…

OpenAI launches a safer ChatGPT for teens — years after teens started using it

2026-08-18 · 13:50

ChatGPT for Teens adds age-appropriate safety measures, parental controls, and learning tools designed to steer teens…

Perplexity’s free AI offer left it with millions more users in India

2026-08-18 · 13:45

Perplexity's India revenue rose about 60% after the Airtel offer ended for new users, even as downloads declined.

Python Polars Cheatsheet (based on our O'Reilly book)

2026-08-18 · 13:38

Polars is a fast DataFrame library for Python that enables data transformation, analysis, and visualization through…

A group of Gandalfs protest outside the home of Peter Thiel in Argentina

2026-08-18 · 13:35

A group of protesters dressed as Gandalf gathered outside Peter Thiel's Buenos Aires home to criticize his company…

Apple’s new macOS update reportedly contains a video of AirPods with a camera

2026-08-18 · 13:28

A video in a MacOS Tahoe release candidate version shows a user wearing AirPods, looking at a book, and talking to Siri.

NeoBrowser: An MCP server that drives real Chrome with your logged-in sessions

2026-08-18 · 13:25

NeoBrowser is an MCP server that allows AI models to control a real Chrome browser with your existing logged-in…

The Amazon Tax

2026-08-18 · 13:22

Amazon generates nearly $1 billion weekly from search ads that don't increase overall sales in a category but instead…

Ask HN: Good content on using AI to modernize professional services delivery

2026-08-18 · 13:21

A Hacker News user is seeking practical resources and case studies on implementing state-of-the-art AI tools to…

Fixing a Bricked Framework Laptop

2026-08-18 · 13:18

A Framework laptop user experienced a failed BIOS update (version 3.20) that bricked their device, and after the…

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