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Monday.com is the latest tech company to blame AI for layoffs — here are 20 others

A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stated factor.

The ‘Lanterns’ Experience at Comic-Con Was One for the Ages

The 30-minute activation is themed to the upcoming DC show, premiering on August 16.

Inside one London founder house rewriting the founder-house rules

How one founder house is betting work-life balance can beat burnout .

Apple TV’s ‘Neuromancer’ Explores an Eerily Timely Future

The streamer's long-awaited adaptation of William Gibson's 'Neuromancer' stars Callum Turner and arrives January 22, 2027.

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…

Mike Flanagan Promises His ‘Carrie’ Will Subvert All Your Expectations

The Prime Video series adaptation of Stephen King's 1974 novel arrives on October 7.

International tech

Flipkart’s Digital Mall Now Has A Food Court

When Flipkart entered quick commerce last year, many were sceptical of the move, as the ecommerce giant was seen as…

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…

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.

Tencent Robotics X Open-Sources Three Embodied Foundation Models: Chief Scientist Zhang Zhengyou Explains the 3-Layer Brain Architecture Solving Robot Reaction Speed

Tencent open-sources three embodied models at WAIC 2026: VLM for scene understanding, RxBrain cognitive model for planning with visual states, and VLA for continuous action at 500-1000Hz.

China Swarm Drones Achieve First Full 3D Typhoon Observation: Bee Colony Drone Array Captures Complete Typhoon Landfall Process From Multiple Altitudes Simultaneously

China Meteorological Administration uses bee colony drone swarm for first full-process three-dimensional typhoon observation, deploying coordinated UAV array to capture temperature, humidity, wind, and turbulence data.

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 …

‘AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making’

Fascinating essay by Nikhil Suresh: On a trip overseas, I had the privilege of a meeting with one of the Fortune 500 executives mentioned at the beginning of the post, who will remain anonymous so that they are not executed by firing squad by their board. As we were chatting, it …

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Kevin Feige Says ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ is All the Prep Doctor Doom Needs

How abrupt is Doctor Doom coming to the MCU? It might not be as sudden as fans believe.

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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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

Google Discloses $94.1B in SpaceX Stock, Marking 6% Stake

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/google-discloses-94-1-billion-in-spacex-stock-marking-6-stake-91655d7c Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49057574 Points: 212 # Comments: 146

GrapheneOS protections against data extraction from locked devices

Article URL: https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/40700-grapheneos-protections-against-data-extraction-from-locked-devices Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49055169 Points: 275 # Comments: 162

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An ESP32 based plane radar for my desk

Article URL: https://blog.ktz.me/esp32-plane-radar/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49054107 Points: 227 # Comments: 47

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

Ruff v0.16.0 – Significant new updates – 413 default rules up from 59

Article URL: https://astral.sh/blog/ruff-v0.16.0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49056112 Points: 268 # Comments: 163

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Repairing a “for parts” Canon 7D Mark II DSLR

The exciting part of buying a ‘broken, for parts’ off a site like EBay is that you rarely know exactly just how ‘broken’ it truly is. Even if the seller …read more

Duplicating Parts Using Silicone Molds

[Do As I Do] had a simple task to complete. A couple of small parts needed to be duplicated in some quantity, with good dimensional accuracy and surface finish. There …read more