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Trump admin proposes axing brake pedal requirement for AVs in a boost for Tesla

The Department of Transportation wants to remove the brake pedal requirement for vehicles "designed to be driven…

Tell HN: OpenAI has started putting ads on paid programs

I was on the £6.99/month program-- mainly because I didnt use it much. Last few days I've started seeing ads:1.

Adobe acquires image and video enhancement tool maker Topaz Labs

Adobe said that it will integrate Topaz Labs' tools across its apps.

Where every major LLM stands politically

Apple announces significant price increases for MacBooks, iPads, more

Meta Explores Prediction Markets With New Standalone App Arena

Meta has begun developing an experimental prediction markets application as Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg…

Why Does Everyone Hate AI?

SoftBank 2026 AGM [pdf]

Show HN: Secs-man, a secrets manager you can (not) rely on

This is a tool to manage encrypted local backups of secrets.

You didn't vibe code it, you stole it from open source&enterprise-licensed code

Amazon ups India bet with fresh $13B AI infrastructure investment

Amazon’s latest India investment comes as global tech companies race to expand AI infrastructure in the country.

Show HN: Turn native language audio into flashcards and shadowing practice

Here is a tool I built initially for myself to help with my German and Greek language studies.

Record-breaking IBM chip uses trick to cram in 100 billion transistors

IBM's latest chip packs in twice as many transistors as the current state-of-the-art chip by adding a second layer of…

Kalshi Seeks $40B Valuation Weeks After $1B Raise: FT

The prediction market seeks a valuation near double the $22 billion it hit last month, as a federal-state fight over…

LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach

Dolphin Emulator Progress Release 2606

IBM hails new 'block of flats' design breakthrough for ultra tiny chips

IBM says it has created the world's first known chip tech below 1 nanometre - but it will be some time before it's ready…

IBM claims world’s first sub-1 nanometer chip technology

IBM’s nanostack transistors could boost chip performance or energy efficiency.

Cellebrite said it cut off Russia, but Russia used is tools anyway

Security researchers found evidence that Russian authorities hacked the iPhone of a political opponent using a…

World Adds Agentkit Access as AI Agents Handle Purchases Across 4 Countries

World has expanded access to Agentkit, a development framework that allows individuals to connect AI agents to a…

Aisle Discovers 6 New CVEs in Curl, Including the Oldest Issue Ever Reported

Bank Cards May Be Obsolete by 2030 as Tokens and Biometrics Move In

Mastercard wants payments to move beyond plastic by 2030, replacing traditional card numbers with unique transaction…

US arbitration giant rolls out ‘legal layer’ for agentic commerce

As agentic AI transactions increase, “we need to know there’s a clear answer to what happens if something goes wrong,”…

US arbitration giant rolls out ‘legal layer’ for agentic commerce

As agentic AI transactions increase, “we need to know there’s a clear answer to what happens if something goes wrong,”…

Half-Life 2 in a Browser

House Democrats seek SEC answers on AI investment advisors

House Democrats have questioned the SEC over trading platforms offering AI agent advisers making “consequential…

GTA 6 Physical Copies Won't Include a Disc, Will Just Be a Code in a Box

Rockstar Games will sell physical copies of Grand Theft Auto 6, but they will contain only a digital download code…