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Spotify expands parent-managed accounts to users on its free tier

The feature was previously only available to paid subscribers.

The Download: a useful quantum machine and a record-breaking subsea tunnel

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. PsiQuantum has a plan to make a massive quantum computer out of light The machine that could change the world will be housed in a room that lo…

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Smart Glasses Are Landing People With Criminal Charges Now

You might want to think twice before you use smart glasses to ace a test.

Nvidia’s Finally Making Gaming on ARM PCs Viable

Nvidia wants to be the Daddy Warbucks of ARM-based PC gaming.

US charges Russian ‘bulletproof’ web hosts over cyberattacks that netted $62M from cybercrime victims

The 2024 indictment, now unsealed, accuses three Russians and two web hosts of aiding hackers and profiting from cybercrime.

Corporate Venture Capital Is Splitting In Two

The wind-downs at PayPal and Fidelity International may look like a retreat, but the data points to a concentration of power at the top of the market that smaller funds will feel first, writes guest author Steve Brotman of Alpha Partners.

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From Computing Power to Intelligence: How Data Is Reshaping the AI Era in 2026

As compute race matures, industry focus shifts to data as the fuel of AI intelligence — covering data asset monetization, security governance, and AI-driven scientific research paradigm changes.

CXMT sets IPO price at RMB8.66 per share

CXMT, a Chinese DRAM chipmaker, has set the price of its Shanghai STAR Market IPO at RMB8.66 per share. The company will offer 6.69 billion shares, with online and offline subscriptions scheduled for July 16. The offering is expected to raise about RMB57.9 billion ($8.55 billion)…

DeepSeek may file mainland IPO application this year

DeepSeek, the Hangzhou-based AI model developer, has begun preparing for a mainland IPO and may file its listing application as soon as this year, according to Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. The company is targeting a 2027 debut. DeepSeek is in talks with acco…

Alibaba’s Qwen to be integrated into Apple Intelligence

Alibaba’s Qwen AI model will be integrated into Apple Intelligence, bringing AI-powered experiences to users in China across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS. Without switching between apps, users will be able to access Qwen’s capabilities—including text and image understanding, …

People who keep their phone face down during a conversation aren’t simply being polite—they’re making a visible decision that the person present outranks everyone who might appear on the screen

There is a small movement people make at the beginning of a serious conversation. The phone comes out of a pocket, lands on the table, and is turned face down. The screen disappears. Whatever arrives next will not be allowed to flash between two people. It is easy to call this go…

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Hangzhou Xunsun Intelligence CEO: AI Software Factory Redefines Software Production From Requirements to Running Systems

Xunsun Intelligence CEO Xiong Jibin at AgenticAICon 2026 unveils AI-Ready requirements modeler and software factory, enabling natural language to full system generation with multi-agent collaboration.

New Startup Is Building Mini Drones to Wage a War of Total Destruction on Mosquitos

Think of it like the Roomba of Death for planet Earth’s deadliest—and most annoying—animal.

Fintech Funding Surges 23% In H1 2026 As Investors Concentrate Their Bets On AI And Financial Infrastructure

Venture funding into fintech startups climbed nearly 23% year over year in H1 2026, even as deal count fell more than 25%, Crunchbase data shows, a sign that investors are writing fewer, but much larger checks into the sector as they focus on areas such as wealth management, fina…

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Samsung’s New Foldables Will Fix the Worst Thing About Their Screens

It only took seven years.

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I tricked Claude into leaking your deepest, darkest secrets

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Sleep regularity is a stronger predictor of mortality risk than sleep duration (2023)

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Making a Locked Down Wearable Work Without a Subscription

WHOOP does not have the presence in the wearable space as other brands, but in certain circles, it’s a household name. Their business model requires you to have a yearly …read more

Vancouver PD website features Quick Escape button that wipes itself from history

Article URL: https://vpd.ca/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48914644 Points: 325 # Comments: 128

How Microsoft Ships AI Agents at Enterprise Scale

To understand what it actually takes to ship agents at that scale, we spoke with Marco Casalaina, VP of Products for Microsoft Core AI.

Hacking Around the Financial Pain of New 3DS XL Top Screens

With Nintendo’s 3DS experiencing a bit of a renaissance lately, prices for functioning systems have shot through the roof. Getting a busted one with a broken screen is a lot …read more

SpaceX bond worth 10% less than issue price – heading for junk bond status

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/3a023b95-66c3-41e1-b0ce-df752a499541 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48920181 Points: 241 # Comments: 144

AIM-ing For a More Open Platform Than Discord

Do you remember AIM? It may suprize you to hear that AOL’s instant messanger was actually supported all the way up to 2017– two years after Discord launched. Unlike Discord, …read more

How LLMs Learn to Be Helpful (RLHF vs DPO)

In this article, we will look at how that learning actually happens, starting with why instruction-following alone falls short, then walking through the two main methods for teaching preferences (RLHF and DPO).