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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.

‘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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‘Dark Matter’ Season 2 Is ‘Bigger, Badder, and More Emotional’

The sci-fi thriller starring Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly returns for more multi-dimensional mayhem August 28 on Apple TV.

Nanoleaf Smart Multicolor Ceiling Light Review: A Paper Plate on Your Ceiling

Bright white and good Matter support make it worth a look, even though its colored light is a bit dim.

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…

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?

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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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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…

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 Most Amazing Cosplay of San Diego Comic-Con 2026, Day 3

Robots, aliens, and troopers, oh my!

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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

DeepSeek pause fundraise after comments on compute gap to US leaked (transcript) [pdf]

Article URL: https://github.com/demo-zexuan/liang-wenfeng-investor-meeting-2026-7-22/blob/master/%E6%A2%81%E6%96%87%E9%94%8B%E6%8A%95%E8%B5%84%E8%80%85%E4%BA%A4%E6%B5%81%E4%BC%9A-%E6%96%87%E5%AD%97%E7%A8%BF_1_18_translate_20260723201651.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.…

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?

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

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

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: 211 # Comments: 42

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: 218 # Comments: 125

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

Article URL: https://www.jetzero.aero Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49054224 Points: 233 # Comments: 214