The Brutalist Report - tech
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- Iran Is Using Foreign Criminals to Attack Its Critics Overseas [1d]
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- Bookshelf – Self-hosted eBook library that runs on object storage [1d]
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- Show HN: Flostep – Diagrams people can actually walkthrough [1d]
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- iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com [2d]
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- NIST is selling Peanut Butter for $415.33 per jar [2d]
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- One corner of China’s internet is insisting that the Tang Dynasty never existed [2d]
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- Vintage Artificial Intelligence: Before It Got Awkward [2d]
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- A Claude Code skill that recovers export-blocked Kindle highlights [2d]
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- Oceans hit highest temperature on record [2d]
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- LLMs could control their host machines by exploiting inference engines [2d]
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- Removed all counters, replies, following/ers, timestamps, from textlog [2d]
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- Anger, Anxiety and Agency [2d]
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- Show HN: Kern – container and resource runtime in a 1.5 MB binary, no daemon [2d]
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- Your "File" Menu Isn't About Files [2d]
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- Visualizing Binary Files [2d]
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- Technology Is Over [2d]
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- What Is a Syslog Server? [2d]
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- Octopus intelligence may be related to never-before-seen mutation [2d]
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- Claude Code Tips [2d]
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- Autostep (YC P26) Is Hiring AI/Fullstack Engineers and a Chief of Staff [2d]
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- Autostep (YC P26) Is Hiring AI/Fullstack Engineers and a Chief of Staff [2d]
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- Adding 4 more 2.5GbE interfaces to the GMKtec NucBox G9 [2d]
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- Fences, Not Sandboxes [2d]
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- Agent Lightning v1.0 [2d]
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- Tracking Costco gas prices [2d]
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- Where Did All the Public Bathrooms Go? [2d]
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- The entire city of San Francisco as a video game [2d]
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- Hot Chips 2026: CUDA Targets RISC-V – By Chester Lam [2d]
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- EuroHPC Launches 6 Quantum Calls with €119M in Funding [2d]
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- Man Dressed as Darth Vader Defends Flock Cameras to San Diego City Council [2d]
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- A Practical Intuition for C++20 Coroutines [2d]
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- Show HN: A Modern GUI Library for Ada: CSS Styling, XML UI, SDL3 [2d]
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- Public services are increasingly strained by LLM-written appeals for benefits [2d]
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- Ox-Alpha Is GLM? [2d]
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- A Server Lost Power at 00:32. We Found Out at 08:18 [2d]
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- a Blackstone real estate company exposed SSN digits, DOBs, addresses and more [2d]
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- Show HN: GlassBox – what the browser reveals, and how identifiable you are [2d]
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- Show HN: PicoMQ – Durable Streams over HTTP, on object storage [2d]
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- Firefox intent to ship: JPEG XL [2d]
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- Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance [2d]
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- Jabber/XMPP: 25 Years of Digital Independence [2d]
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- IPFS Maintainers Winding Down [2d]
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- Majority of Britons say free speech has deteriorated under Labour [2d]
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- Three Generations in E7 [2d]
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- MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID [2d]
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- OpenAI: GPT 5.6 Sol price reduction (until at least Nov 21) [2d]
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- Thefinalthirdfootball [2d]
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- How to choose chocolate (not based on percentage) [2d]
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- NetBSD GSoC 2026 Improving RAIDframe [2d]
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- Anna's Archive Owes $340 Million, Lost Several Domains, but It's Still Online [2d]
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- Xiaomi: New CPU matches Apple cores single threaded, much faster multithreaded [2d]
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- Could We Dredge the Netherlands Without Fossil Fuels? [2d]
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- Adafruit USB Type C CC Resistor Fixer [2d]
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- Show HN: Free Inference Engineer and Model Training Roadmap [2d]
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- Hot Chips 2026: Samsung and HBM Base Die Opportunities [2d]
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- Show HN: How to mentally calculate the day of the week for any date [2d]
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- Walgit – a Git server that is one binary in front of an object store [2d]
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- Hot Chips 2026: Applying High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) [2d]
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- Codefloe Is a Professionally Hosted Public Git Forge [2d]
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- Peppermint oil reduces blood pressure by 8.48 mmHg in small study [2d]
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- Crafting QR Codes: A deep dive into QR code art (2024) [2d]
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- Show HN: A techno machine in one HTML file, with verifiable renders [2d]
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- What's new in Emacs 31.1 [2d]
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- How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs [2d]
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- Ask HN: Why do corporate failures always seem to punish the wrong people? [2d]
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- Docs: Meta plans to launch its version of OpenClaw, codenamed Hatch, in late August or early September and its latest AI model, Watermelon, in October (Jyoti Mann/The Information) [1d]
- Apple reverses its plan to move iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses to private.icloud.com after user backlash; the feature will continue using the icloud.com domain (Juli Clover/MacRumors) [1d]
- Sources: smart ring maker Oura and some of its backers seek to raise up to $3B in a US IPO that could take place as soon as September and value it at over $16B (Bloomberg) [2d]
- Source: robotics startup Generalist, which released its GEN-1 model to complete physical tasks in April, raised ~$200M led by 8VC, after raising $400M in June (Dan Primack/Axios) [2d]
- Canada-based logistics software company Descartes acquires Tai, a California-based transportation management system provider, for $100M in cash (Colin Campbell/Axios) [2d]
- At his first Cursor all-hands, Musk said Grok needs to catch up, AI will become impossible for humans to control, Anthropic is leading the AI race, and more (Grace Kay/The Information) [2d]
- Mercury Research: AMD's share of x86 client CPU shipments tops 30% for the first time, hitting 30.3% in Q2, up from 21.1% two years earlier, vs. Intel's 69.7% (Michael Kan/PCMag) [2d]
- UK PM backs Ofcom to take "tough action" under the OSA against social media sites failing to remove dangerous driving videos after a crash killed seven people (Raphael Boyd/The Guardian) [2d]
- Alabama AG Steve Marshall launches an investigation into OpenAI's security procedures following the Hugging Face breach in July (Cassandre Coyer/Bloomberg Law) [2d]
- The UK becomes the first foreign nation to gain access to Ukrainian combat data used to train AI models to strike Russian targets, as part of an AI partnership (Financial Times) [2d]
- The Trump administration proposes a new $103,265 fee on H-1B applicants hired within the US after a court blocked a fee on workers from outside the country (Andrew Kreighbaum/Bloomberg) [2d]
- A look at startups like General Intuition working on large action models, aka world models, which are trained on videogames and simulations, to pilot robots (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- Nvidia says its Groq 3 LPX racks delivered 3,400 tokens per second in an Artificial Analysis benchmark running Gemma 4 31B with a 100,000-token input sequence (The Register) [2d]
- UK's Office for National Statistics: UK digital infrastructure investment crossed £11B in 2025, hitting dot-com boom levels, amid an AI data center surge (Tom Rees/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Temu owner PDD reports Q2 revenue up 8.1% YoY to ~$16.72B, missing estimate of ~$17.17B, net profit down 12% YoY to ~$4.04B, above ~$3.63B estimate (Tracy Qu/Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- IBM says it is developing a dual-architecture processor for IBM Z and LinuxONE systems that can natively execute both IBM's z/OS workloads and Arm applications (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat) [2d]
- Nvidia says its inference accelerator Groq 3 LPX has entered full production and Nebius has signed on as the first customer; SpaceXAI will adopt Vera CPUs (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE) [2d]
- China's Bilibili relaunches its international app and plans an English-language site; it has been pushing MrBeast and others to post on its Chinese site (J.D. Capelouto/Semafor) [2d]
- Taiwanese prosecutors indict nine people, including Nvidia and Super Micro employees, for allegedly helping illegally export AI servers to China (Reuters) [2d]
- Sources detail how the Trump admin bypassed the DOJ trial team and pushed to settle the Live Nation case, after CEO Michael Rapino met White House officials (Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- The FTC is settling its lawsuit against Zillow, resolving claims that Zillow violated antitrust law by paying Redfin $100M to stop competing in rental listings (Jody Godoy/Reuters) [2d]
- Minimus, a cybersecurity startup started by Twistlock founders, shuts down after failing to gain enough commercial momentum; Minimus raised a $51M seed in 2023 (Meir Orbach/CTech) [2d]
- Sources: Netflix discussed adding streamers like Peacock and Fox One as it seeks to compete with YouTube and Roku in becoming a one-stop shop for TV content (John Koblin/New York Times) [2d]
- Russian tech giant VK is suing Apple for blocking its apps — and wants $696,000 a day in compensation [1d]
- 'Unlicensed, unrestricted AI training could destroy the ecosystem for books' — quote of the day by the Authors Guild on the sourcing of training data [2d]
- This company wants to stop underwater drones and even submarines with a whole new form of sonar technology [2d]
- Sandisk's huge new SSDs are set up specifically for NAS devices, with the largest offering a frankly ridiculous 7.68TB [2d]
- 'Same compute, fewer resources - More compute, same energy': AMD says it is on track to make AI four times more energy efficient [2d]
- I bought this $20 gadget to track my child's backpack this school year and give me peace of mind [2d]
- Even connected car head units are being targeted by hackers now — experts warn in-car systems are at risk of being hijacked into a botnet [2d]
- I'll be watching The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills for the first time ever thanks to the season 16 trip to Ghana — Bozoma Saint John's wedding just changed the game [2d]
- I'm a homes and gardens expert — here are 12 backyard bargains I'd pick up in the Walmart early Labor Day sale [2d]
- Sorry Garmin — forget the Fenix 9, this Casio G-Shock pro surfer collab is the only new adventure watch I want this year [2d]
- New malware targets Microsoft Teams users by posing as your company's IT helpdesk [2d]
- How to watch Fulham vs Chelsea: Free streams and TV channels for Premier League 2026/27 [2d]
- Trump warns communities opposed to data centers are “making a mistake” — but Texas Gov. Greg Abbott data centers “got the backlash they deserve” [2d]
- ‘We're incentivizing you to be aggressive.’ I got up close and personal with Marvel’s Wolverine and left covered in gore [2d]
- What is the release date for Ted Lasso season 4 episode 4 on Apple TV? [2d]
- Here are 12 TV deals to buy at Samsung's summer clearance sale — 4K, QLED and OLED TVs from $129.99 [2d]
- This Android banking trojan uses a fake VPN prompt to silence Google's defenses [2d]
- Windscribe's bizarre AI Hitler marketing stunt sparks fury and VPN subscription cancellations [2d]
- Why accurate weather forecasting is still so difficult — and why real-time data matters [2d]
- Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB DDR4 deal at Newegg gives savvy PC builders a cheaper way to upgrade amidst sky-rocketing memory prices [2d]
- Microsoft's latest move to pay people to use Edge looks desperate — and an odd new Bing app is worrying too [2d]
- TP-Link Roam 7 BE3600 portable travel router brings Wi-Fi 7 and VPN support on the road for up to 90 devices, and it's over 30% off at Amazon [2d]
- Canadian SickKids hospital hit again by cyberattacks, more data stolen [2d]
- Beelink EQi mini PC is 'highly tuned' for work and study, bringing 10GbE, Thunderbolt 4 and triple-display productivity to your desk, and it's a solid 15% off [2d]
- 'Instinct becomes the backup plan instead of the default': How marketers can beat data overload to make better decisions [2d]
- 'One install, and the phone is no longer yours' — NordVPN warns of fake Ryanair, Emirates, Qatar Airways apps used to spread malware [2d]
- 'I'm embracing it’: Dr Dre defends AI music and compares it to synths, despite most streaming services ousting slop from their libraries [2d]
- Why scaling AI requires a new economic strategy [2d]
- Robots have smashed human world records for the 100m sprint and high jump at China’s ‘robot Olympics’ — but the biggest hurdle is stopping safely [2d]
- Private equity giant Apollo confirms data breach saw personal info stolen [2d]
- Oppo's new mid-range phone is ‘one of the most beautiful phones I've ever tested,’ with excellent performance and cameras to match — but one thing stops me from giving it top marks [2d]
- Behind the Scenes of ESPN’s Animated Sports Alt-Casts [1d]
- A New Interactive Tool Weighs Vaccine Risks for You [1d]
- Percy Jackson Cast Teases ‘Some People Get What They Deserve’ in Season 3 [2d]
- Privacy-Focused GrapheneOS Is Coming to Motorola Phones in 2027 [2d]
- Apple Reportedly Will Raise iPhone Prices, but Just How Much? [2d]
- If You Don’t Want Smart Glasses to Spy, Try a Bluetooth Detector App [2d]
- Americans Want to Know When Their Healthcare Providers Use AI [2d]
- Americans Want to Know When Their Healthcare Providers Use AI [2d]
- RAMageddon Strikes Again: Amazon Raises Its Electronics Prices by Up to 60% [2d]
- This EcoFlow Power Station Is at a Record-Low Price, and Ready for Any Adventure [2d]
- Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 25, #905 [2d]
- Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 25, #1893 [2d]
- Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Aug. 25, #1171 [2d]
- It’s Been 20 Years Since Astronomers Decided Pluto Isn’t a Planet [2d]
- This LG OLED C6 Deal Knocks $900 Off and Includes a $150 Amazon Credit [2d]
- ChatGPT vs. Gemini: Which Chatbot Is Better at Seeing the World Around You? [2d]
- Grab This Pocket-Sized Verbatim SSD for Up to 50% Off and Take Some Spare Storage Anywhere [2d]
- Celebrating Windows 95’s birthday | CNET Archives [2d]
- Amazon Deals of the Day: Capture the Last Moments of Summer With a Record-Low Price on the GoPro Max 2 [2d]
- Roku’s 65-Inch Select Series TV Hits a New Low Price at $350 [2d]
- Walmart Deals of the Day: These Shokz Running Headphones Sound Even Better at $39 Off [2d]
- This Beefed-Up M5 Pro MacBook Pro Is $500 Off at Amazon [2d]
- Apple’s Folding Phone: Is It an iPhone or Something Else Entirely? [2d]
- Watch the Highest-Ever Resolution Video of the Sun’s Surface [2d]
- Vitamix’s First Personal Blender, the Nano, Is Here [2d]
- Google’s Gemini App for iPhone Can Be Extremely Helpful. Here’s How [2d]
- I’ve Used Samsung and Google’s New Foldable Phones. Here’s What Apple Must Get Right [2d]
- It Took Apple 8 Years to Listen to Me and Add This Killer Feature to the Apple TV [2d]
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