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Scope of Hacks on U.S. Water Supply Widens as Evidence Points to Iran (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: water supply, iran, hacking

2792.

Judge refuses xAI's request to stop a Minnesota law banning 'nudify' apps (engadget.com)

2026-08-01 | by Mariella Moon | tags: xai, minnesota law, nudify apps

2793.

Kenji/Serious Eats – 30-Min Pressure Cooker Pho Ga (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: serious eats, pressure cooker, pho ga

2794.

GitHub has alternatives, but no replacement (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | by Lalit Maganti | tags: github, codeberg, gitea

2795.

Honda has a new partner for the advancement of solid-state battery technology (engadget.com)

2026-08-01 | by Alec Hively | tags: honda, quantumscape, solid-state battery

2796.

Review: Yes, we're still arguing about Nolan's The Odyssey (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: nolan, the odyssey, imax

2797.

Score the ultimate AMD AM4 starter pack with a six-core CPU and 16GB RAM for only $280 — kickstart your next PC build with $138 in savings (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-01 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: amd, ryzen 5 5500, b550m motherboard

2798.

Uber is building an autonomous vehicle empire, and here’s every company it’s using to do it (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-01 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: uber, autonomous vehicles, uber advanced technologies group

2799.

Google Briefly Turned Google Earth Into an AI Slop Factory (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: google earth, google, google products

2800.

Google Plans To Exempt Sanctioned Nations From Android Developer Verification (slashdot.org)

2026-08-01 | tags: google, android, sanctioned nations

2801.

Archaeologists Find Ancient Glyphs in the Amazon (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: archaeology, amazon, glyphs

2802.

What is distributed Key Generation (DKG)? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: compute, parties, party

2803.

Is this Billboard Hot 100 hit AI slop? (theverge.com)

2026-08-01 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: billboard hot 100, ai-generated music, shoreline mafia

2804.

A Surveillance Treaty in Disguise: Canada Signs UN Cybercrime Convention (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | by Michael Geist | tags: un cybercrime convention, canada, un general assembly

2805.

Trump Media's new paid data service goes live, giving clients faster access to Trump’s posts (cnbc.com)

2026-08-01 | by Cj Haddad | tags: truth social, trump media, truth api

2806.

I tried this vibecoded firewood splitting simulator, and I can’t stop playing it (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: vibecoded, firewood splitter, android authority

2807.

OpenAI’s Escaped Models Were Allegedly Rampaging More Extensively Than Previously Reported (futurism.com)

2026-08-01 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: openai, hugging face, ai models

2808.

The Past and Future of IEEE Transactions on Services Computing: A Retrospective (computer.org)

2026-08-01 | tags: ieee transactions, services computing, ieee computer society

2809.

What is a silicon carbon battery and is it the answer to smartphone battery life issues? (engadget.com)

2026-08-01 | by Daniel Cooper | tags: silicon carbon, samsung, lithium-ion

2810.

Apps that help you break free from doomscrolling and get active (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-01 | by Lauren Forristal | tags: digital carrot, apple watch, tik tok

2811.

What’s the best handheld mini fan? (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-01 | by Amanda Silberling | tags: dyson, shark, handheld fan

2812.

How long is a new MacBook actually supposed to last? (engadget.com)

2026-08-01 | by Ben Stegner | tags: macbook, apple silicon, macos 14 sonoma

2813.

From boiling lead and black art: The history of mathematical typography (2017) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: chalkdust, latex, mathematical typography

2814.

This $10 bundle of 100+ DRM-free games means to support laid-off game developers (techspot.com)

2026-08-01 | by Daniel Sims | tags: itch.io, game industry layoffs, drm-free games

2815.

Does Spider-Man Make the Most of His Brand New Day? (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: spider-man, peter parker, brand new day

2816.

Charlie Stross – On the non-use of AI in my writing process (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: charlie stross, writing, non-use

2817.

RipGrep musl binaries occasionally segfault during very-large searches (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: ripgrep, musl, segfault

2818.

As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google's AI Overviews (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: reddit, google ai overviews, steve huffman

2819.

Anthropic's Claude hacked three real-life companies during security capabilities test — test environment with internet access and unwitting targets' lax cybersecurity practices led to bots running rampant (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-01 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: anthropic, claude, openai

2820.

Astro Loop (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: astro loop, github, gplv3