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Article URL: https://bond.now/news/superpowers-not-superintelligence Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49348152 Points: 29 # Comments: 37

Article URL: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15910845-claude-code-may-august-2026-weekly-limits-promotion Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49348751 Points: 232 # Comments: 187

Article URL: https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/sustainablebuildings/article/7/2/024501/1233035/Data-Center-Waste-Heat-as-an-Emerging-Urban Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49349147 Points: 209 # Comments: 235

Hey HN, I've been working on Hansel [1] (an encrypted personal data store you can query with agents), and there wasn't a good way to use the modern macOS Data Protection Keychain. Electron's safeStorage [2] uses the legacy file-based keychain, which allows other apps/agents to query it with the `security` CLI. Not great when you have a dozen agents running in the background! The Data Protection Keychain is nice because it limits access via code-signing access groups and lets you set access rules...

Article URL: https://github.com/RyanCodrai/turbovec Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49349898 Points: 98 # Comments: 11

Article URL: https://www.ikea.com/se/en/customer-service/knowledge/articles/6f564c4d-2ccc-46de-b643-545a3948dc79.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49349984 Points: 106 # Comments: 72

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/pacing-model-development-cyber-capabilities/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49350031 Points: 18 # Comments: 3

Hi HN, I built PantheonGPU because I wanted a better way to answer a simple question: is this GPU actually healthy and performing the way it should? A GPU can show normal temperatures and utilization and still be underperforming, unstable under certain workloads, or have memory, PCIe, or configuration issues. PantheonGPU actively tests the GPU instead of only monitoring telemetry. It currently includes 45+ tests covering compute, tensor workloads, memory, cache, PCIe, thermals, stability, and AI...

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvnl0elz47o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49350955 Points: 91 # Comments: 35

Article URL: https://burgeonlab.com/blog/inaugural-hwc-ap-recap/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49350980 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

Article URL: https://github.com/argus-testing/argus Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49351020 Points: 7 # Comments: 3

Article URL: https://about.iceland.co.uk/our-story/the-dark-ages/beware-management-consultants/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49351324 Points: 12 # Comments: 2

Article URL: https://www.onethousandmeans.com/p/norway-should-buy-openai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49351330 Points: 74 # Comments: 57

The universe may never tell you if your choices mattered. Owlcat’s Osiris Reborn might not either.

One advertisement featured a pornographic video with a deepfake closely resembling a prominent US politician. Apple removed the app from the App Store after an inquiry from WIRED.

Disney superfan Toni Kulusich has been accused of stalking her favorite character, sparking discourse about boundaries with park actors. She tells WIRED the backlash is unfair.

One of the great joys in life is having pets. The unconditional love, the snuggles, the excitement they show when you get home - these things add an emotional fulfillment to daily existence that can't be achieved in another way. I think everyone's life would be better with a pet (or two) in their lives. […]

Ah, the relationship between animals and the technology they can’t quite understand.  Today, it seems like there’s a high-tech solution to every element of pet ownership, with devices on the market designed to keep pets fed, cleaned, watched over, and entertained. And if you have a pet you know: nothing is too good — or […]

One of the best things my smart home does is help me care for my pets, and security cameras are particularly useful for keeping track of my many critters. But the barrage of notifications they send often means I miss important ones. So, when Google announced its new Pet Memory feature for Gemini for Home, […]

Starting today, AI chats in Firefox's Smart Window AI browsing mode can pull from current web info and show source links in chat responses through a partnership with Exa. Smart Window can also now automatically suggest tab groups and show visual previews of pages you previously visited when you search your browsing history using natural […]

Polaroid announced a new collection of cameras, instant film, and accessories all featuring limited-edition designs to help celebrate the 30th anniversary of Pokémon. The new collection goes a little harder than Fujifilm's Pokémon collaboration from five years ago with the introduction of Polaroid film printed with various characters around the frames, including Pikachu and Snorlax. […]

ABC is suing the Federal Communications Commission over claims the agency "waged a retaliatory campaign" against its networks over the content they broadcast. In a lawsuit filed in federal court on Tuesday, ABC and its parent company Disney accuse the FCC of "punishing ABC for its speech" by threatening its broadcast licenses. It's the latest […]

Comcast is bringing Wi-Fi motion sensing to millions of routers that are already in customers' homes, turning the devices into activity monitors. A new update to the Xfinity Internet app, arriving today, August 18th, enables the feature on compatible Xfinity routers at no extra cost. Announced as part of its new Xfinity Shield service, WiFi […]

There's an argument to be made that people wouldn't be all that interested in Coyote vs. Acme if it weren't for the way David Zaslav tried to kill it. By trying to shelve the project, Warner Bros. Discovery only drew attention to its habit of disappearing nearly completed movies in order to cash in on […]

Peacock is raising prices across its streaming plans once again, with the company's cheapest ad-supported Select tier going from $7.99 to $8.99 / month, as reported earlier by Variety. The Premium plan with ads is increasing from $10.99 to $12.99 / month, while the ad-free Premium Plus plan is getting the biggest hike, jumping from […]

The Fairphone 6+ is priced at $649 and will be available on Amazon.

The scanning and bloodwork health startup founded by Spotify's founder will officially launch in New York in about a month.

A video in a MacOS Tahoe release candidate version shows a user wearing AirPods, looking at a book, and talking to Siri.

Perplexity's India revenue rose about 60% after the Airtel offer ended for new users, even as downloads declined.

ChatGPT for Teens adds age-appropriate safety measures, parental controls, and learning tools designed to steer teens away from harmful content — and from using AI to cheat on their homework.