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Warner Bros. lawsuit accuses Amazon of illegally poaching executives
The lawsuit will likely renew debates about whether term employment agreements are enforceable under California. law
techcrunch.com
We Just Saw Even More Footage From ‘Avengers: Doomsday,’ and Deadpool?
The Marvel Studios Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con did not disappoint in terms of Doomsday footage.
gizmodo.com
Court Grants SerpApi’s Motion to Dismiss Google Lawsuit
Julien Khaleghy, CEO of SerpApi: The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted our motion to dismiss Google’s lawsuit, marking a win not just for SerpApi, but for all who depend on an open internet. We’re pleased that the court rejected Google’s attempts…
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The hacker who humiliated spyware makers and was never caught
An awe-inspiring hacktivist who hacked two controversial government spyware makers may be the most prolific hacker to have never gotten caught. What do we know about Phineas Fisher?
techcrunch.com
Measles Cases Hit New Record in U.S., as Stupid-Americans Reject Vaccines
Teddy Rosenbluth, reporting for The New York Times: On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that there have been 2,318 confirmed cases of measles so far this year. The case count toppled the record set last year, when measles infected more than 2,200 A…
New York Times
Apple Maps to Power Navigation Experience for Ford’s New EVs
Apple Newsroom: Apple and Ford today announced that Apple Maps will be integrated directly into Ford’s upcoming Universal Electric Vehicle (UEV) Platform through Apple’s new MapKit for Automotive SDK. Coming to Ford’s UEV Platform in 2027, this integration will deliver a beautifu…
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China First Science Lab Module Wentian Completes Four Years in Orbit: 17.9-Meter Research Platform Enables Over 1,400 Days of Space Science Experiments
China Wentian lab module, launched July 2022, marks four years of stable orbit operation as the nation first dedicated science experiment module supporting 6-crew capacity and external exposure experiments.
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30,000 Hours of Tactile Data Fills Embodied Intelligence Gap: XinZhi Embodied and Fudan University Release Three Technical Reports on Haptic Sensing
XinZhi Embodied and Fudan University publish three technical reports covering 30,000 hours of tactile data for embodied intelligence, addressing the missing touch sensing capability in robot manipulation.
pandaily.com
FY26 Financial Tracker: Tracking The Financial Performance Of Indian Startups
The Indian startup ecosystem continued to mature in FY26, with 22 new-age tech companies making their public market debut as…
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Apple’s biggest-ever leak happened in India. Will firms rethink their China relocations?
When Apple set its sights on India as its next promising market, CEO Tim Cook planned to take a leaf out of the company’s China playbook – a retail and manufacturing strategy that had paid hefty dividends to the US tech giant. “We are, in essence, taking what we learned in China …
scmp.com
Tencent Miora Design Agent Hands-On: One Brief Generates Full Brand Visual Assets Through Multi-Agent Collaboration, Though Integration Still Has Limits
Hands-on test of Tencent Miora creative agent: input a brand brief for Puff AI companion robot, received logo, brand guidelines, VI assets, app UI, poster, video, and sticker pack from single 1000-integral run.
pandaily.com
The West is debating AI’s future with half the world absent
On July 13, more than 200 leading economists and AI researchers, including 16 Nobel laureates, signed an open letter organised by the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. Its warning was stark: artificial intelligence may drive an economic transformation “larger than the Industrial Revo…
scmp.com
Kalshi demands Netflix take down trailer for ‘Prediction Games’ documentary
Kalshi claims the trailer is “defamatory” and contains “both fabricated documents and false and misleading statements.”
techcrunch.com
‘Black Panther III’ Will Turn the Mantle Over to T’Challa’s Son
The film will hit theaters on December 15, 2028.
gizmodo.com
EU Fines Google $1 Billion for DMA Competition Violations, Including Making Search Results More Useful
The European Commission on Thursday: The Commission found that Google gives preferential treatment to its own services, including shopping, hotels, transport and sports results, over those of third parties in Google Search, thereby breaching its obligations under the DMA. Google …
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The growing vigilante movement to knock out Flock surveillance cameras
Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/25/flock-surveillance-cameras Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49050538 Points: 233 # Comments: 134
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A Beginner’s Guide to Clocks, Causality, and Ordering in Distributed Systems
Why does something as simple as reading the time become a hard problem for distributed systems?
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Open-weight AI is having its Kubernetes moment
Article URL: https://tobi.knaup.me/2026-07-25-open-weight-ai-is-having-its-kubernetes-moment/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49048034 Points: 371 # Comments: 287
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How Film Industry Data Website The-Numbers.com got Mauled by Bots
A lot has been made about the increase of automated traffic on the Internet, with the past years LLM-related crawlers having quite literally swarmed the picture here. Not only does …read more
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Team Repair Breaks Things to Teach People How to Fix Them
Would you buy a broken device, fix it, then return the repaired item? [Team Repair] hopes you will. Many people would rather repair what they have than have to get …read more
hackaday.com
Delta Pen Plotter Draws In Multiple Colors
If you’re building your first plotter, or you just like thinking in right angles, you’d probably consider a Cartesian design for your build. [András Vujovits] went another route with his …read more
hackaday.com
Bitchat is now on Radicle
Article URL: https://radicle.network/nodes/rosa.radicle.network/rad%3Az2v9tRJz1oknFAqCSY5W5c76nVvm6 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047365 Points: 236 # Comments: 129
radicle.network
Did they ghost you?
Article URL: https://didtheyghostyou.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49051120 Points: 383 # Comments: 170
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The new rules of context engineering for Claude 5 generation models
Article URL: https://claude.com/blog/the-new-rules-of-context-engineering-for-claude-5-generation-models Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49051361 Points: 298 # Comments: 185
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