Today so far 2026-09-03 · 12:00 UTC

The tech industry is grappling with significant security and regulatory developments, as Anthropic admits to security failures behind Claude hacking incidents and a METR report details openAI and Hugging Face hacking incidents, highlighting vulnerabilities in AI systems. Meanwhile, major corporate moves include Palo Alto Networks paying $500M for Thrive-backed Console and an AI training data startup becoming Y Combinator's fastest-ever unicorn, signaling continued investment in AI infrastructure despite security concerns. On the regulatory front, Google was spared from an ad-business breakup but faces ordered operational changes, and NYC has banned AI in schools, reflecting growing tensions between technological innovation and governance.

Probably raises $9M to build a more reliable kind of AI

Probably wants to prevent hallucinations and factual errors from reaching users, and achieve accuracy on par with deterministic systems.

2026-06-16 · 13:15 UTC
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Is Fable 5 Back?

2026-06-16 · 13:05

Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 model has been restored and is now available through the API after the U.S.

Show HN: Voice Age Verification

2026-06-16 · 13:04

I miss the old web.

SpaceX Is Buying Cursor

2026-06-16 · 12:31

SpaceX has overtaken Amazon to become the world's fifth most valuable company, valued at $2.78 trillion following its…

Robinhood cuts 10% of workforce as Tenev touts business strength

2026-06-16 · 12:13

Robinhood cuts about 10% of staff as CEO Vlad Tenev says business “has never been stronger” despite weak Q1 trading.

Mechanical Watch

2026-06-16 · 11:26

Mechanical watches operate without batteries through an intricate system of purely mechanical components centered around…

This startup’s super metals could soon be in military drones, luxury watches, and chef’s knives

2026-06-16 · 11:25

Instead of heating metals, Foundation Alloy beats them into submission.

SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPO

2026-06-16 · 11:21

The deal is supposed to help SpaceX's struggling AI division.

Critical Copilot vulnerability allowed hackers to seal 2FA code from users

2026-06-16 · 11:15

SearchLeak exploit shows why the industry's approach to LLM security fails over and over.

Unicorn – The Ultimate CPU Emulator

2026-06-16 · 11:14

Unicorn Engine, an open-source CPU emulator released over seven years ago, received the Asian Star 10x10 Award from…

DuckDB Internals: Why Is DuckDB Fast? (Part 1)

2026-06-16 · 11:07

Threads adds new personalization and community features as it reaches 500M monthly users

2026-06-16 · 11:00

The Meta-owned social platform announced a series of new features launching today, including a "Your Algo" tool that…

SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere for $60B

2026-06-16 · 10:44

ChatGPT’s market share slips below 50% for first time

2026-06-16 · 10:30

The chatbot still remains the most popular AI assistant worldwide with over 1.1 billion monthly users, followed by…

SpaceX Surges 63% to Above $220 in Overnight Trading, Hits $2.9T Valuation 

2026-06-16 · 10:06

SpaceX was trading above $220 per share in overnight trading, up 63% from its $135 IPO price and valuing the company at…

Correlated randomness in Slay the Spire 2

2026-06-16 · 09:46

Slay the Spire 2 has a correlated randomness issue where different random number generators produce predictable outputs…

India’s NHRC Raises Alarm Over Digital Arrest Scams

2026-06-16 · 09:36

India’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed serious concern over the rapid rise of digital arrest…

Trinket.io shutting down, so we saved it and hosted it a trinket.strivemath.org

2026-06-16 · 09:30

Trinket.io is shutting down, but Strive Math has preserved the open-source coding platform and relaunched it as a free,…

Feds freaked over Fable 5 after simple 'fix this code' prompt, not jailbreak

2026-06-16 · 09:26

The Trump administration's export control ban on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models was triggered by a simple…

Commodore Releases Flip Phone

2026-06-16 · 09:15

Commodore has released the Callback, a flip phone designed as a middle ground between smartphones and basic phones,…

Commodore’s newest gadget is a flip phone that blocks social media and browsers

2026-06-16 · 09:00

Commodore's Call Back 8020 is a phone “where the customer is not the product."

Elon Musk’s Net Worth Hits $1.3 Trillion as SpaceX Nears $3 Trillion Valuation

2026-06-16 · 08:30

Elon Musk’s net worth climbed to roughly $1.3 trillion as SpaceX shares extended a blistering post-listing rally toward…

Understanding the rationale behind a rule when trying to circumvent it

2026-06-16 · 07:35

Callback functions for process and thread-related events must execute quickly without blocking because they're invoked…

Nvidia’s Massive Bond Sale Reshapes The Technology Investment Landscape

2026-06-16 · 07:05

The intersection of traditional finance, artificial intelligence, and blockchain technology has just reached a historic…

Malaysia’s AI agent-powered messaging app Respond.io raises $62.5M, eyes acquisitions

2026-06-16 · 06:59

Respond.io, one of Malaysia startups to watch, uses AI agents to handle high volumes of customer inquiries and charges…

Everyday Chores Filmed for Mere Pennies an Hour Are Helping to Refine AI Technology

2026-06-16 · 05:30

To feed a wave of robot-training datasets, Indian workers like Nagireddy Sriramyachandra film everyday actions with…

John Carmack on Fabrice Bellard

2026-06-16 · 04:58

The time the x86 emulator team found code so bad they fixed it during emulation

2026-06-16 · 04:46

A Windows x86-32 emulator team discovered a program that used an extremely inefficient "optimization" to initialize 64KB…

Show HN: Garden of Flowers – an archive of pictorial typography before ASCII art

2026-06-16 · 04:25

Hey all, I made this.

Global Online Trading Industry Set to Converge for iFX EXPO International 2026

2026-06-16 · 04:10

LIMASSOL, CYPRUS – 16 June 2026 Limassol is set to welcome the global online trading industry this week as iFX EXPO…

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