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A 600-mile road trip (and data) proves EV charging doesn’t suck anymore

A recent road trip in an EV revealed just how much faster and more reliable DC Fast charging has become in the U.S.

Apple Sends Letters to Dozens of Former Employees Now at OpenAI

Michael Acton, reporting for the Financial Times from San Francisco: About 40 former employees now working at OpenAI have been sent letters directing them to preserve documents and communications and demanding meetings with Apple’s lawyers, according to multiple people familiar w…

Someone Paid Almost $1 Million For Jensen Huang’s Leather Jacket, Should Be Executed by Swirlie

No, I don’t mean they should literally die.

Federal employees can download TikTok on their work phones again

The Department of Justice says that federal employees can now download TikTok on their government devices.

Waymo says San Francisco service has resumed after one-hour pause

This isn’t the first time power outages have caused issues for Waymo.

Kimi: Threat or menace?

Chinese company Moonshot AI released a new version of its Kimi model this week, prompting concern about "full AI communism."

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The EU’s AI Act starts requiring chatbot and deepfake labels on August 2 — while its tougher rules on hiring, biometrics and migration are pushed back to December 2027

The transparency obligations are the cheap ones to meet. The expensive, rights-protective rules are the ones that just got more time.

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ByteDance Doubao Phone Gen 2 Hands-On: Nubia NaviX Ultra Runs Douyin and Luckin as AI Agents Queue Up to Work

Nubia NaviX Ultra second-gen ByteDance Doubao phone debuts at WAIC with multi-app task queuing, proactive memory system, and cross-app autonomous operation across 10+ platforms.

Xiaomi 18 Pro Series Certified: Dual 200MP Cameras, 2nm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen6, and a Likely Price Increase

Xiaomi 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max pass network certification with dual 200MP LOFIC cameras, 2nm TSMC N2P chip, up to 8000mAh battery — expected to launch September 24.

Retirees who move overseas often report being happy with their new lives while also feeling lonelier — because paradise cannot automatically replace the relationships left behind

A retirement move can succeed on nearly every term used to justify it. The home may cost less, the weather may be kinder and the days may feel less hurried. A person can be pleased with all of that and still miss the wider circle of people who once made ordinary life feel inhabit…

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Meet The 50 D2C Brands From D2CX By Inc42’s 8th Cohort

Saturation doesn’t seem to be a concern that plagues India’s D2C boom. What began as a handful of digital-first brands…

New-Age Tech Stocks: Fino Payments Bank Surges 29%, Go Digit Leads Weekly Losers

As the June quarter earnings season gathered pace, investors remained largely cautious on listed new-age tech stocks this week despite…

All the EVs that were discontinued or killed off in the U.S. this year

Th Honda Prologue will no longer be sold in the U.S., joining a growing list of EV models to exit the market this year.

‘My Soul Left My Body’: Amazon Accidentally Bills Users Billions of Times What They Owe

If your AWS bill was $200 last month, and this month it's $1,499,659,180,107, that's probably an error.

★ Mornings in Cupertino Have the Aroma of Napalm Once Again

‘It Seems You Have a Different Policy’ Ben Thompson, in a subscriber-only Stratechery update Tuesday: I got a fun email from former Apple executive, Nest founder, and one-time Stratechery Interview subject Tony Fadell in response to yesterday’s Update about Apple suing OpenAI (pu…

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Mayor Mamdani Says Landlords Can't Use AI Images to Advertise

Article URL: https://petapixel.com/2026/07/16/mayor-mamdani-says-landlords-cant-secretly-use-ai-images-to-advertise-properties/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48962983 Points: 203 # Comments: 101

Calculator UI Is More Complex Than You Might Think

Calculators are so ubiquitous and so familiar that they are easy to take for granted in many different ways. [lcamtuf] points out one that has probably never occurred to many …read more

The Kimi K3 Moment

Article URL: https://stephen.bochinski.dev/blog/2026/07/18/the-kimi-k3-moment/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48960218 Points: 294 # Comments: 310

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MCP vs A2A vs ACP: How AI Agents Actually Talk to Each Other

Agents are capable on their own. Combined with tools and other agents, their capabilities compound.

ESP32-driven Roulette Wheel Could Have Used a 555, but That Didn’t have WiFi

Sometimes you see a project and immediately, before going into the details, your mind throws up the old refrain: “coulda used a 555” — well, [Hulk] actually agrees when it …read more

Spidery Drone Goes Near-invisible By Spinning Really, Really Fast

Researchers demonstrate that something interesting happens when a small drone with a spindly airframe spins at a high speed: it very nearly turns invisible. The spidery device is shown mounted …read more

EU ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application

Article URL: https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/ban-destruction-unsold-clothes-and-shoes-enters-application-2026-07-17_en Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958269 Points: 270 # Comments: 270

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A Guide to Multi-Tenancy: Benefits and Challenges

In this article, we will understand multi-tenant architecture from the basics, along with its various benefits and challenges.

Simple Games from a Simpler Time

Modern video games are nothing short of amazing. My son and I were playing through the one of the latest Zeldas, which involve a mix of combat and puzzle-solving that’s …read more