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| –– | AI Data Centers Are Driving Up Power Bills – This Map Shows Where Article URL: https://www.gadgetreview.com/ai-data-centers-are-driving-up-power-bills-this-map-shows-where Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49172433 Points: 17 # Comments: 1 globalhackernews · 1d | — — | hackernews | 1d |
| –– | Open USD rattled Circle's stock, but its key backers still support USDC Executives at Coinbase, Visa and Mastercard said they plan to support multiple stablecoins, suggesting Open USD is another payments rail rather than a direct replacement for USDC. globalcoindesk · 1d | — — | coindesk | 1d |
| –– | Hop.earth – OpenStreetMap based car racing game Article URL: https://hop.earth/?server=lkhr7&route=fQ5nuu9R Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49172405 Points: 7 # Comments: 5 globalhackernews · 1d | — — | hackernews | 1d |
| –– | How an OpenAI influencer trip backfired The brand trip is a right of passage for influencers. It's a mark of legitimacy that a sponsor wants to invite them on an all-expenses-paid vacation, often with luxurious freebies and activities. Trips can also spur hard feelings from uninvited influencers, trigger criticism from the public, and project a certain frivolousness. Usually it is fast […] globaltheverge · 1d | — — | theverge | 1d |
| –– | Vlt 1.0 and Hosted Package Registries Article URL: https://www.vlt.io/blog/1-0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49172251 Points: 14 # Comments: 0 globalhackernews · 1d | — — | hackernews | 1d |
| –– | What's Behind the Sharp Drop in Labor Force Participation? Article URL: https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2026/aug/what-is-behind-sharp-drop-labor-force-participation Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49172159 Points: 5 # Comments: 7 globalhackernews · 1d | — — | hackernews | 1d |
| –– | Lenovo’s Legion Go S with SteamOS is down to its lowest price ever Memory and storage prices will be inflated for the foreseeable future, so we’re always happy to find a good deal on capable gaming hardware, like this discount on the Lenovo Legion Go S with a Z2 Go processor and SteamOS. Normally $1,137.41 (and selling for close to $1,000 at Best Buy), Lenovo has the handheld […] globaltheverge · 1d | — — | theverge | 1d |
| –– | China is Tesla's cash cow, but for how much longer? Tesla's Shanghai factory is busier than ever but might be cut loose. globalarstechnica · 1d | — — | arstechnica | 1d |
| –– | ‘Not healthy’ LLM use is more common than you think Hank Green, a popular YouTuber and science communicator, said he is stepping back from production amid intense criticism over his use of AI. Green described his AI usage as "not healthy," but stressed that he used it for finding research sources and not to write scripts. Much of the ensuing firestorm in this corner of […] globaltheverge · 1d | — — | theverge | 1d |
| –– | Waymo opens up robotaxi service in Dallas to everyone Waymo has dropped the waitlist for its robotaxi service in Dallas, the latest step in the company's bid to scale its self-driving technology across the United States, U.K., and Europe. globaltechcrunch · 1d | — — | techcrunch | 1d |
| –– | Dataset: Dead mental health startups, 2000-2026, coded on 18 fields Article URL: https://mentalium.me/en/research/mental-health-startup-graveyard-dataset/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49172079 Points: 15 # Comments: 2 globalhackernews · 1d | — — | hackernews | 1d |
| –– | 18 illegal warehouses shut in Jeddah JEDDAH — The municipal authorities have shut down 18 illegal warehouses operating within a closed complex in the southern part of Jeddah. A joint field campaign, carried out by the Jeddah Mayoralty, in cooperation with the relevant authorities, led to the seizure of the illegal warehouses. The warehouses contained clothing, furniture, honey, perfumes, foodstuffs, and fake medical products. The campaign uncovered a range of illegal activities within the closed complex, which was being used to store and distribute products and goods in violation of regulations. The seized facilities included nine clothing warehouses, two honey production warehouses, two furniture warehouses, one food warehouse, one mobile phone accessories warehouse, one warehouse storing products making medical claims, and… GCCsaudi-gazette · 1d | — — | saudi-gazette | 1d |
| –– | Take an extra $100 off your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass: This week only! Starting today, you can take an additional $100 off your founder, investor, or attendee TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass, which is a nice bonus on top of our current discounted pricing. globaltechcrunch · 1d | — — | techcrunch | 1d |
| –– | BMW’s in-car Spider-Man ad is villain behavior When a premium car brand like BMW says it has a "special surprise" in store for drivers, I'd expect something more luxurious than having a movie commercial beamed onto the dashboard. That's exactly what's happening to many BMW owners, however, who are being shown banner ads for Spider-man: Brand New Day on their Control Display […] globaltheverge · 1d | — — | theverge | 1d |
| –– | Alibaba Just Gave Away Its Best AI Model For Free, Almost Matching Claude and ChatGPT The first Qwen Max model with public weights is free to download next week. Alibaba's own scorecard says the Americans still win on code. globaldecrypt · 1d | — — | decrypt | 1d |
| –– | AI coding agents are blowing through budgets — Replit, Kilo Code, and Symbotic explain how they're managing it At Kilo Code, engineers are reading or writing code themselves only about 1% of the time now, according to co-founder Emilie Schario — the rest is agents. That shift is forcing new questions onto dev teams: which systems are safe to hand over, who cleans up when models goof up, how to support multi-model architectures, and whether skyrocketing token bills mean real progress or just burned IT budget. As far as tech leads from Replit, Kilo Code, and Symbotic are concerned, it’s a natural — and welcome — evolution as agentic AI becomes embedded into more and more enterprise workflows. “Unless something's really broken or debugging, 99% of the time engineers are not reading or writing code anymore,” Emilie Schario, co-founder of Kilo Code, said at VB Transform 2026 . AI good at greenfield, not… globalventurebeat · 1d | — — | venturebeat | 1d |
| –– | Abu Dhabi issues weather alert as UAE braced for heavy rain Abu Dhabi has asked the public to exercise caution as the capital prepares for a week of heavy rain and high winds. GCCarabian-business · 1d | — — | arabian-business | 1d |
| –– | Samsung is poised to become a dominant stablecoin distributor, analysts say Samsung seeks to turn 800 million Galaxy phones into wallets for digital assets and blockchain payments, backed by a deeper play in crypto infrastructure. fundingglobalcoindesk · 1d | — — | coindesk | 1d |
| –– | BNY to offer institutional crypto staking through Galaxy partnership The custody giant is expanding beyond safekeeping by adding staking services, allowing eligible institutional clients to earn yield on proof-of-stake assets. globalcointelegraph · 1d | — — | cointelegraph | 1d |
| –– | The Warp Agent CLI Article URL: https://www.warp.dev/blog/introducing-the-warp-agent-cli-coding-agent Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49171766 Points: 18 # Comments: 1 globalhackernews · 1d | — — | hackernews | 1d |