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'Pervert glasses': Backlash against Meta's smart glasses grows

Article URL: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/pervert-glasses-backlash-against-metas-smart-glasses-grows/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49244783 Points: 75 # Comments: 52

ynac 2 weeks ago

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Oil giants face backlash as Iran conflict fuels multi-billion-pound profits

Article URL: https://leftfootforward.org/2026/08/oil-giants-face-backlash-as-conflict-fuels-multi-billion-pound-profits/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49244687 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

robtherobber 2 weeks ago

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Kinney Drugs pulls back AI phone assistant after hundreds of customer complaints

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Kinney Drugs pulls back AI phone assistant after hundreds of customer complaints

Article URL: https://www.wcax.com/2026/08/07/kinney-drugs-pulls-back-ai-phone-assistant-after-hundreds-customer-complaints/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49244569 Points: 14 # Comments: 3

kotaKat 2 weeks ago

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Felix and I

Article URL: https://jacobfilipp.com/felix/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49244339 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

surprisetalk 2 weeks ago

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OpenAI's letter to Governor Abbott on responsible AI infrastructure in Texas

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/responsible-ai-infrastructure-texas/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49244308 Points: 30 # Comments: 19

hackerBanana 2 weeks ago

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Every Company Needs a Cassandra

Article URL: https://sunilpai.dev/posts/every-company-needs-a-cassandra/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49244265 Points: 6 # Comments: 4

mattzcarey 2 weeks ago

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There Is No "Done": Reflections on a Completed at Thru-Hike (2022)

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There Is No "Done": Reflections on a Completed at Thru-Hike (2022)

Article URL: https://thetrek.co/appalachian-trail/there-is-no-done-reflections-on-a-completed-at-thru-hike/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49244250 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

mooreds 2 weeks ago

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Exploring Claude/GPT Knowledge Cutoffs and Pre-Training Timelines

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Exploring Claude/GPT Knowledge Cutoffs and Pre-Training Timelines

Article URL: https://blog.sshh.io/p/exploring-claudegpt-knowledge-cutoffs Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49244085 Points: 6 # Comments: 1

sshh12 2 weeks ago

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Show HN: Open-Source Greptile Alternative

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Show HN: Open-Source Greptile Alternative

Article URL: https://github.com/Juror-AI/juror Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49244029 Points: 3 # Comments: 1

textcortex 2 weeks ago

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Mark Zuckerberg attacks 'closed' AI rivals as Meta returns to open models

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/4e3957f8-ea7c-4c46-a3de-cdce8e526878 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49243880 Points: 3 # Comments: 1

root-parent 2 weeks ago

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AI Fortunes Are Reviving an Old Debate About Private Power

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AI Fortunes Are Reviving an Old Debate About Private Power

Article URL: https://ai-updates.net/ai-fortunes-philanthropy-private-power/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49243485 Points: 7 # Comments: 0

ashurandi 2 weeks ago

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Humanising LLM Outputs Is Dumb

Article URL: https://kuber.studio/blog/Reflections/Humanising-LLM-Outputs-is-Actually-Dumb Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49243474 Points: 36 # Comments: 15

kuberwastaken 2 weeks ago

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Mistral Patent for "Code implemented tool calls"

Article URL: https://patentsgazette.uspto.gov/week26/OG/html/1547-5/US12670045-20260630.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49243397 Points: 61 # Comments: 58

theanonymousone 2 weeks ago

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Defending my own brain against enshittification

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Defending my own brain against enshittification

Article URL: https://mrmarket.lol/how-i-feel-calmin-control-of-my-life-in-the-time-of-enshittification/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49243269 Points: 35 # Comments: 16

mrmarket 2 weeks ago

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50k Boat Names

Article URL: https://www.beautifulpublicdata.com/boat-names/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49243029 Points: 16 # Comments: 7

jonathanmkeegan 2 weeks ago

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Over 181,000 AI meeting recordings left wide open in note taking app

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Over 181,000 AI meeting recordings left wide open in note taking app

Article URL: https://bobdahacker.com/blog/tldv-hack Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49242739 Points: 30 # Comments: 12

colesantiago 2 weeks ago

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DeepSeek costs OpenCode Go user $1.14/day; dual DGX breaks even in 24 years

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DeepSeek costs OpenCode Go user $1.14/day; dual DGX breaks even in 24 years

Article URL: https://twitter.com/thdxr/status/2086599224674681242 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49242728 Points: 20 # Comments: 14

delduca 2 weeks ago

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Squeak/Smalltalk 6.1 Release Notes

Article URL: https://squeak.org/release_notes/6.1/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49242653 Points: 20 # Comments: 5

fniephaus 2 weeks ago

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Tail-call optimization in C is relatively recent

Article URL: https://lwn.net/Articles/1034703/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49242297 Points: 18 # Comments: 4

prakashqwerty 2 weeks ago

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Because It's Not Fun Enough: why languages fail

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Because It's Not Fun Enough: why languages fail

Article URL: https://bytecode.news/posts/2026/08/because-it-s-not-fun-enough Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49242245 Points: 18 # Comments: 1

jottinger 2 weeks ago

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A 'bananas' order for 5000 obscure book titles fuels suspicion

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A 'bananas' order for 5000 obscure book titles fuels suspicion

Article URL: https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/08/10/a-mysterious-buying-spree-is-unsettling-europes-booksellers/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49242213 Points: 24 # Comments: 5

ohaodha 2 weeks ago

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