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AI agents are not your “coworkers”
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Imagine coming in to work to learn that a new underling will report to you. The worker is not a person but an AI tool—one that your company no…
MIT Technology Review
The Lab Mistake That Might Revolutionize Computing
Today, you probably asked a question of a large language model, or accepted a connection suggestion on LinkedIn, or watched a recommended video on YouTube, or took a different route to work based on a traffic prediction from Google Maps. In other words, you probably used artifici…
spectrum.ieee.org
Simon Says… Buy This OpenAI Mechanical Keyboard Thingy
It's a collaboration between OpenAI and Work Louder. It does something or other with Codex.
gizmodo.com
Why Is a San Diego Charter School Spending $500,000 on Two Humanoid Robots?
Is half a million dollars really worth a bad Nikola Tesla impersonation?
gizmodo.com
Crunchbase Data: Q2 Brought The Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since 2021
Startup exits valued at $1 billion or more are now more numerous than at any point since the 2021 market peak, Crunchbase data shows. The trend we’re seeing for the second quarter of 2026 includes both the largest venture-backed exit of all time and a bevy of other comparatively…
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How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty
In 1839, J.M.W. Turner painted The Fighting Temeraire. The old warship, once a hero of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, glides like a ghost across the canvas, towed by a small steam tug belching smoke on its final voyage to the ship-breakers. The image shows a clear moment of cha…
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International tech
Kapture CX Bags $10 Mn To Take Its AI-Powered CRM Tools Global
AI-powered SaaS platform Kapture CX has raised $10 Mn (₹94.5 Cr) as part of its Pre-Series B round led by…
inc42.com
People who reach their seventies genuinely content usually didn’t get there by forgiving everyone; they got there by quietly releasing the need for certain people to ever understand them
We tend to assume that the calm you see in some older people is the reward for a lifetime of forgiveness. The picture is almost cinematic: a person in their seventies who has made peace with everyone, hugged it out, and tied every loose end into a neat bow. It is a lovely story. …
siliconcanals.com
I went to the Maldives. Everyone wanted to talk about Temu
The Chinese shopping app has become so popular that even a government surcharge couldn't slow demand.
restofworld.org
WhatsApp opens username reservations for over 3 billion users worldwide
WhatsApp has started rolling out username reservations for its more than 3… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
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Tencent tests TenPayGo, a WeChat pay-based app for overseas visitors
A new payment app called TenPayGo has quietly appeared on Apple’s App Store, sparking speculation that Tencent may be preparing a standalone payments product. The app is an English-language version developed by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., but its registration and cor…
technode.com
It's Not Just Phones — Even Routers Are Getting More Expensive Due to the Chip Shortage
The AI-driven DRAM shortage is rippling beyond smartphones to routers, smart home devices, and consumer electronics as HBM production consumes memory manufacturing capacity.
pandaily.com

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2026 Frikkin Lasers Challenge: Super-Simple Laser Precision for Your Stargazing
Perhaps the hardest thing for amateur astronomers just starting out is finding the things you want to look at. Prolific maker [mircemk] has submitted a quick-and-easy star-hopper device that will …read more
hackaday.com
Qwen 3.6 27B is the sweet spot for local development
Article URL: https://quesma.com/blog/qwen-36-is-awesome/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48721903 Points: 649 # Comments: 528
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.self: A new top-level domain designed to support self-hosting
Article URL: https://hccf.onmy.cloud/2026/06/21/reclaiming-our-digital-selves-hccfs-vision-for-a-human-centered-top-level-domain/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48724230 Points: 364 # Comments: 202
hccf.onmy.cloud
European ISPs Want Rightsholders Held Accountable for Overblocking Damage
Article URL: https://torrentfreak.com/european-isps-want-rightsholders-held-accountable-for-overblocking-damage/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48721072 Points: 353 # Comments: 104
torrentfreak.com
Hard Drive Speakers Crank Out Classic Demo
Second Reality is a legendary demoscene release by Future Crew, which won Assembly 1993 with its technical and artistic mastery. [Niv Singer] decided to give the classic demo a spin …read more
hackaday.com
A native graphical shell for SSH
Article URL: https://probablymarcus.com/blocks/2026/06/28/native-graphical-shell-for-SSH.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48720758 Points: 258 # Comments: 120
probablymarcus.com
EP220: RAG vs Graph RAG vs Agentic RAG
RAG connects LLMs to your data and there are three different ways to do it.
bytebytego.com
US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitutional protections
Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/29/supreme-court-geofence-warrants-case-decision Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48720924 Points: 467 # Comments: 216
The Guardian
Hackaday Europe 2026 – Building A Retro PC From Scratch
If you’re big into retrocomputing, you probably spend a lot of time chasing parts and machines on online classifieds or through local swap meets. But what if there was a …read more
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