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The global memory shortage hits the MacBook Air
The global memory chip shortage appears to be affecting the availability of Apple’s most popular Mac.
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Boris Cherny on Trying to Get Claude Code to Rewrite the Claude App
Boris Cherny, head of Claude Code at Anthropic, was interviewed by Diana Hu on stage at Y Combinator’s Startup School 2026 last week. Starting around 20:30 in the video, he briefly discussed directing Claude to perform difficult tasks: Cherny: I think the skill nowadays is less a…
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These App Store hidden gems prove there’s still room for great software in the AI era
Despite predictions that AI agents could make traditional apps obsolete, developers are shipping new software faster than ever. From smarter bookmarking tools and neighborhood marketplaces to digital pen pals and nature journals, here are the latest App Store finds worth adding t…
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TechCrunch Mobility: Two roads diverged — for robotaxis
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
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Minnesota’s Nudification Ban Is Now in Effect Despite xAI’s Efforts to Stop It
The creators of Grok didn't want this, but it happened anyway.
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If You’re Struggling to Find a MacBook Air Right Now, This Is Probably Why
You'll never guess what's reportedly causing the shortage.
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International tech
Tsinghua Team Open-Sources VeriLoop Coder-E1: Evidence-Governed Spiral Drives Verifiable Recursive Self-Improvement for Repository-Level Code Repair
VeriLoop Coder-E1 based on Qwen3.6-27B achieves SWE-bench Verified 85.20, SWE-bench Pro 62.38, Terminal-Bench 2.0 76.40, and DeepSWE 33.63 with narrow-domain PEFT and Self-Harness.
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Yuvraj Singh Backs Healthians Founder’s New Venture UN:BLOC, Joins Founding Team
Cricketer Yuvraj Singh has joined healthtech startup UN:BLOC, currently in stealth mode, as a founder and investor.  The startup was…
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Zepto Stalls IPO, Weekly Funding Rundown & More
Zepto Halts IPO Express Zepto has once again put its D-Street debut on hold. The quick commerce now plans to…
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A 25-year Northwestern study of people over 80 with memory as sharp as adults decades younger found that diet and exercise habits varied widely among them, but strong social connection was the one trait they consistently shared
What keeps a mind sharp into old age may matter less than who keeps you sharp.
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Qingyang Gansu Grows Digital Wheat Fields on the Loess Plateau: Computing Power Gravity Field Reaches 185,000P Carrying 25% of National Independent Model AI Token Demand
Qingyang national data center cluster reaches 185,000P computing power with 99% intelligent computing share, 0.398 yuan/kWh green power, and 700+ enterprises across chip-compute-model-application chain.
pandaily.com
Swiggy’s Instamart Turns A Corner
The quick commerce industry in India got a reality check this week as Zepto’s IPO plans were put on hold.…
inc42.com
This Hi-Fi Tape Recorder Changed Radio Forever
A German engineer wanted a cheaper cigarette. The popular crooner Bing Crosby wanted a vacation. Satisfying both desires inadvertently led to the invention of the laugh track. Along the way there were Nazis, spoils of war, and more than one accidental encounter. Tying together th…
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Sam Altman and AI’s decel debate
On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss why Sam Altman has calling on the industry to "pace the rate of AI development."
techcrunch.com
‘Wonder Man’ Showrunner Discusses Show’s Sudden Cancellation
Thankful for the fans and the show's success, Andrew Guest sheds a little bit of light on why 'Wonder Man' won't return.
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'Crush this lady': how eBay harassment campaign led to $56M payout
Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/06ec1b03-d4af-40cf-b12a-4ba5a410f6d2 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49147435 Points: 220 # Comments: 106
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Hiring: Part Time Instructor, Write Production Grade Code with AI
We’re hiring a part-time instructor for “𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐈”.
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Hackaday Links: August 2, 2026
About a month ago, we brought you word that the commercial rescue mission designed by Katalyst Space to save NASA’s Swift gamma-ray observatory had reached orbit and early indicators were …read more
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Qwen3.8-Max: A New Bar for Coding and Cowork
Article URL: https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.8 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49150470 Points: 344 # Comments: 127
qwen.ai
Turning Fruits Into Ethylene and Ethane Refrigerant
One of the best parts about DIY chemistry and physics projects is that you get to decide how early in the supply chain you want to begin, such as with …read more
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Show HN: Kakehashi – Experimental userspace to run macOS binaries on Linux ARM
Article URL: https://github.com/wie-project/kakehashi Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49145937 Points: 204 # Comments: 46
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Wikimedia Foundation refuses union recognition, hires union-busting law firm
Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2026-08-02/News_and_notes Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49143414 Points: 330 # Comments: 310
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Easy Theremin Uses ESP32
The Theremin is that classic electronic musical instrument that makes those weeee-ohhhhh noises which were so popular in mid-century science fiction movies. Mid-last-century, that is, because this century is just …read more
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An Automated Water Tank Controller
[Jumpor] lives in a part of India where the water infrastructure is a little frustrating to use. Water gets delivered to underground tanks outside of homes, and must then be …read more
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