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The Talk Show: ‘Taking Drugs to Get Fat’

The great John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s hardware price hikes in response to the global RAM/SSD shortage, and some spitballing on what we like about the UI changes in the MacOS 27 Golden Gate beta. Sponsored by: Coax: Defeat the tyranny of choice. Channel…

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Gemini Spark, Google’s agentic assistant, is now available on Mac

Google's 24/7 agentic assistant, Gemini Spark, comes to Mac alongside other improvements, like real-time tracking and support for more apps.

Meta, like SpaceX, looks to turn excess AI compute into cash

Meta is developing plans for a cloud infrastructure business, selling access to AI compute power and models. The move would pit it against the big cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

London-Based Tapestry VC Closes On $80M Third Fund To Invest In Repeat European Founders

Tapestry VC has closed an $80 million third fund to double down on Europe’s repeat founders and expects the coming wave of AI exits to produce yet another generation of experienced founders.

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Claude’s Solution to Decades-Long Math Mystery Is ‘Essentially Correct,’ Physicists Say

For years, physicists were stuck in trying to explain an important mathematical problem in physics. The right approach ended up being too simple.

Gnome is a deceptively clever animated GIF app by Lex Friedman: The truest thing about animated GIFs is that they are a critical pillar of modern human communication, and yet getting one into a Slack message or an iMessage thread or an email reply usually requires opening a brows…

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International tech

ByteDance's Doubao Pivots to Enterprise AI, Mirroring Zhipu AI's B2B Strategy

ByteDance shifts Doubao's focus from consumer chat to enterprise AI coding and agent tools, following Zhipu AI's successful B2B playbook.

China’s EV makers are taking over the European factories Ford and Nissan can’t fill

What seems like a rescue could prove to be a retreat, as Chery leads its rivals into the heart of Europe’s car industry.

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NVIDIA expands robotics hiring in China, opens roles in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen

US chipmaker NVIDIA announced a major recruitment drive for its robotics team, with openings across four core areas of embodied AI, simulation, deployment, and solution architecture. Positions are available in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. According to NVIDIA, the embodied AI …

DeepSeek Raises $7B in Record-Breaking China AI Funding Round, Targets Domestic Computing Infrastructure

DeepSeek completes $7 billion funding round to invest in domestic AI chips, expand hiring, and accelerate AGI development.

Proptech Startup Crib Acquires Venture Catalyst-Backed CirclePe

AI-property management startup Crib App has acquired rent financing platform CirclePe to embed zero-deposit renting and upfront operator financing capabilities…

Fibe IPO Pitch: More Than A Personal Loan Platform, But Will Investors Buy In?

Earlier this week, Pune-based Fibe filed its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with the market regulator SEBI. With this, Fibe…

Anthropic is bringing back Claude Fable 5 globally after US lifts export control order — where can enterprises access it?

Anthropic is restoring global access to its most powerful generally released AI model yet, Claude Fable 5, today, after the U.S. Department of Commerce withdrew emergency export controls that led the company to suspend all access to both Fable 5 and its less restricted cybersecu…

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Sony to end physical PlayStation game disc production in 2028

Sony will stop producing physical discs for all new PlayStation games beginning in 2028, as the company embraces an all-digital future.

Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship in 6-3 Decision

Josh Marshall, writing at TPM (gift link): As you’ve seen, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of birthright citizenship by a 6 — or perhaps 5½ — vote margin. See Kate Riga’s report on the majority decision and Josh Kovensky’s piece on the dissenters’ goal of doing awa…

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Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10%

Article URL: https://mynintendonews.com/2026/06/26/nintendo-has-raised-its-employees-base-salary-by-10/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48745113 Points: 305 # Comments: 142

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Asahi Linux 7.1 Progress Report

Article URL: https://asahilinux.org/2026/06/progress-report-7-1/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48744518 Points: 402 # Comments: 117

Single Dose of Frog-Derived Gut Bacterium Eradicates 100% of Tumors in Mice

Article URL: https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/new-study-frog-derived-gut-bacterium Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48744232 Points: 324 # Comments: 162

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From Sugar to Ethanol Fuel With a Little Microbial Help

In these trying times it seems appropriate to work through some ‘what if ‘ scenarios, such as the local gas station suddenly not having any more gasoline to sell you, …read more

Engineering Micro-Submarines to Replace Fish

Everybody loves aquariums. There’s something soothing about watching the lil’ critters inside them swimming, crawling and wriggling about. But at the same time few people are up to the task …read more

UDP Broadcasting and Easily Finding Network Services

Local area networks (LANs) that use technologies like Ethernet and Wi-Fi are incredibly useful for letting devices talk with each other. Yet a core problem here is knowing which devices …read more

How OpenAI Delivers Low-Latency Voice AI for 900M Users

In this article, we will look at the entire journey in detail and challenges the OpenAI engineering team faced.

The Internet I Grew Up with Doesn't Exist Anymore

Article URL: https://cleberg.net/blog/internet.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48744655 Points: 213 # Comments: 205

Why I Stopped Arguing with People

Article URL: https://wangcong.org/2026-06-30-why-i-stopped-arguing-with-people.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48746445 Points: 420 # Comments: 331