Today so far 2026-09-04 · 12:00 UTC

A major security breach exposed that hackers had a live feed of every ID verification company scanned for over a year, representing a significant vulnerability in identity verification infrastructure. Meanwhile, policy discussions around AI governance are gaining momentum, with Bill Gates warning that a fast-moving tech threat needs an IAEA-style watchdog, while nations and major tech companies are planning to train AI systems using data from Ukraine. Separately, the tech sector continues to see consolidation and market activity, with reports of Crusoe raising $3 billion at a $30 billion valuation and Oura filing to go public.

Apple says it’s fixed the awful search function for emails, photos

Apple says a completely rebuilt Search function will competently find the emails, photos and other content you are searching for.

2026-06-08 · 17:53 UTC
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Full Reverse Engineering of the TI-84 Plus Operating System

2026-06-08 · 17:41

Researchers have completed a full reverse engineering of the TI-84 Plus calculator's operating system (version 2.55MP),…

Thunderbird Littering My Home

2026-06-08 · 17:31

The author discovered that Thunderbird has a bug creating an empty ~/thunderbird directory in their home folder each…

Ask HN: Why hasn't there been a real competitor to Ticketmaster yet?

2026-06-08 · 17:28

It feels like every event/venue is selling tickets exclusively through Ticketmaster.

WWDC 2026: Everything announced on Siri, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence and more

2026-06-08 · 17:26

Apple’s WWDC 2026 event kicked off this morning at 10 a.m.

Apple is tweaking its controversial Liquid Glass design

2026-06-08 · 17:24

While some users liked the sleek, transparent designs that look "glassy," others found Apple's design overhaul from last…

Apple WWDC 2026 Livestream

2026-06-08 · 17:14

Apple announced at WWDC 2026 a redesigned AI-powered Siri with richer answers and natural conversations, expanded Apple…

Ask HN: How to escalate a rejected Google extension?

2026-06-08 · 17:04

I submit an extension (an adblocker) to Google Chrome's web store.Google keeps rejecting it for dubious reasons.

Can Apple and Google stop children from sharing explicit images?

2026-06-08 · 17:02

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned tech firms, including Apple and Google, that they must voluntarily implement…

Stop the Apple Music app from launching

2026-06-08 · 17:01

Music Decoy is a macOS utility that prevents the Apple Music app from automatically launching when you press the play…

Show HN: Gitdot – a better GitHub. Open-source, anti-AI, and written in Rust

2026-06-08 · 16:52

What works now: user signups, org creations, private/public repos, and importing GitHub repositories (both as read-only…

Old'aVista – The most powerful guide to the old Internet

2026-06-08 · 16:02

Old'aVista is a search engine and directory that provides access to archived content from the early internet,…

NotebookLM’s new update will help you build source repository from chat

2026-06-08 · 16:00

Google is making Gemini 3.5 the default model in NotebookLM

Amazon now lets you design custom merch using AI

2026-06-08 · 15:49

A new feature in the Amazon Shopping app allows users to generate designs with Alexa, then print them on products like…

AI Is Slowing Down

2026-06-08 · 15:46

The article argues that the AI industry is facing unsustainable financial pressures, requiring $9.5-15 trillion in data…

Moonshot AI Pursues New Funding Round at Potential $30 Billion Valuation

2026-06-08 · 15:38

Moonshot AI is seeking fresh capital that could push its valuation to $30 billion, which is another step in the…

WhatsApp says it caught new spyware attacks linked to NSO Group in violation of court order

2026-06-08 · 15:37

The messaging giant announced that it disrupted a phishing campaign targeting its users with NSO’s spyware.

MiMo-v2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed: 1T model with 1000 tokens per second

2026-06-08 · 15:27

Xiaomi has released MiMo-V2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed, a 1-trillion-parameter AI model achieving 1000 tokens per second…

I replaced Spotify with a homemade FM radio station

2026-06-08 · 15:25

Amazon Cognito now supports multi-Region replication

2026-06-08 · 15:19

Amazon Cognito now supports multi-Region replication, allowing users to synchronize identity data to a secondary user…

A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Data Center

2026-06-08 · 15:14

The City of Taylor, Texas sold 87 acres of land to a data center developer for $10 million, despite a 1999 agreement…

xAI is looking more like a datacentre REIT than a frontier lab

2026-06-08 · 15:13

xAI has signed massive partnerships with Anthropic ($1.25bn/month) and Google ($920mn/month) to provide GPU computing…

Italy's Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Files for Nasdaq IPO

2026-06-08 · 15:04

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Calls Chip Stock Selloff a Buying Opportunity

2026-06-08 · 15:03

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dismissed concerns surrounding the recent decline in global technology and semiconductor stocks,…

Show HN: Performative-UI – a react component library of design tropes

2026-06-08 · 14:05

hope you enjoy Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48445554 Points: 92 # Comments: 12

SoulsOnly.tff – A font for humans not AI and keyboard firmware to type in it

2026-06-08 · 14:00

A creator has developed "SoulsOnly," an experimental font and keyboard firmware designed to create human-readable text…

Eventbrite and Vimeo owner Bending Spoons files to go public

2026-06-08 · 13:57

Bending Spoons say its app caters to a user base of over 500 million monthly active users.

"Chat is dead": OpenAI preps overhaul of ChatGPT

2026-06-08 · 13:51

OpenAI to recast hit chatbot as a route to higher-margin products before a potential IPO.

Launch HN: Intuned (YC S22) – Build and run reliable browser automations as code

2026-06-08 · 13:35

Hey HN, we're Faisal and Ahmad from Intuned (https://intunedhq.com).

The Butlerian Jihad Has Begun

2026-06-08 · 13:26

# Summary A violent attack on OpenAI's Sam Altman by a 20-year-old with the Discord username "Butlerian Jihadist" has…

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