Today so far 2026-09-02 · 06:01 UTC

A Chinese humanoid robot maker's Shanghai IPO surged roughly 500% following a impressive new demonstration, marking a significant moment in the robotics industry. In other major developments, Apple Maps renames Lake Ontario as Lake America after Trump order following similar changes by Google, and an FBI probe has been launched into a service selling over 153 million driver's licenses, raising serious privacy and security concerns. Meanwhile, the AI and technology sectors continue to advance with new research on neural network structures, improvements to language model inference efficiency, and updates to various AI systems and applications.

OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom

Named Jalapeño, the new processor was designed specifically for the unique needs of OpenAI's inference systems.

2026-06-24 · 14:54 UTC
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Mark Zuckerberg would covertly create ARENA, Meta’s prediction market

2026-06-24 · 14:52

Meta is reportedly secretly working on ARENA, a points-based prediction marketplace.

For Most of the World, Open-Source AI Is the Only Way Forward

2026-06-24 · 14:50

RubyLLM: A single, beautiful Ruby framework for all major AI providers

2026-06-24 · 14:41

Running Windows Games on a Hobby OS with Wine

2026-06-24 · 14:38

PR spam today looks like email spam in the early 2000s

2026-06-24 · 14:32

Slate Auto's truck builder goes live for its $25k electric pickup

2026-06-24 · 14:27

From a bare-bones pickup to a loaded, wrapped SUV, here's what some Slates will cost.

Show HN: Nub – A Bun-like all-in-one toolkit for Node.js

2026-06-24 · 14:14

45°C cooling design cuts data center water use to near zero

2026-06-24 · 14:10

If you want to cut your screen time, just get a Brick

2026-06-24 · 14:01

After years of struggling to curb my screen time, apparently all I needed was a $59 hunk of plastic.

3 days left to save up to $190 on your TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 pass

2026-06-24 · 14:00

You have just 3 days left to save up to $190 on your pass to TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 before Early Bird rates end…

Valor Equity Partners looks to raise a $2.5B Fund VII, per Bloomberg

2026-06-24 · 13:58

New details have emerged about Valor's latest fund, which last year announced it was raising an unspecified amount of…

Qualcomm to Acquire Modular

2026-06-24 · 13:49

https://investor.qualcomm.com/news-events/press-releases/new...https://www.modular.com/blog/qualcomm-to-acquire-modularh…

White House app auto-downloads to government phones, can't be uninstalled

2026-06-24 · 13:35

“It’s shooting pure unadulterated propaganda into our veins,” says one worker.

Show HN: LookAway, a Mac break reminder that knows when not to interrupt

2026-06-24 · 13:29

Hello, I'm Kushagra and I am the indie developer behind LookAway (I've posted about it earlier but it has received quite…

Slate EV truck starts at $24,950

2026-06-24 · 13:26

OpenAI and Broadcom unveil LLM-optimized inference chip

2026-06-24 · 13:14

30th Edition Connected Banking Summit – Innovation & Excellence Awards 2026 Returns to Riyadh to Accelerate the Kingdom’s Banking Transformation

2026-06-24 · 13:02

“Empowering the Future of Banking in the Kingdom: Innovation, Transformation & Growth” 30 September 2026 | Riyadh, Saudi…

Systems optimization should be part of CI/CD

2026-06-24 · 12:57

GTA 6 will cost $80

2026-06-24 · 12:52

Slate Auto’s radically simple electric truck starts at $24,950

2026-06-24 · 12:33

The Jeff Bezos-backed startup finally revealed more pricing details for its debut EV, including a $29,950 starting price…

Founding a company in Germany: €9600, 152 days and I still can't send an invoice

2026-06-24 · 12:31

Reid Hoffman says SpaceX 'not an AI company', xAI 'complete train wreck'

2026-06-24 · 12:23

Everyone Is Wrong About AI Except Me

2026-06-24 · 12:12

# Summary Pop culture has extensively portrayed AI and robots as superior to humans—more compassionate, selfless, and…

CBOE debuts prediction market with S&P 500 contracts

2026-06-24 · 12:01

Cboe launched its first prediction market product tied to the S 500 index, citing a growing investor demand for binary…

Uptime Monitor Shows green but visitors are getting errors

2026-06-24 · 12:01

Minimus container images are now free

2026-06-24 · 11:52

NSA lost access to Mythos amid Anthropic dispute

2026-06-24 · 11:45

Unlocked: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/us/politics/nsa-lost-acce...

Haystack: Open-Source AI Framework for Production Ready Agents, RAG

2026-06-24 · 11:21

Too many R packages: CRAN is inundated with submissions

2026-06-24 · 10:59
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