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Big Walk is like co-op Breath of the Wild

Big Walk is a co-op multiplayer game where players explore an island and solve puzzles together.

3 Aug6 min read

Horizon3 hits $2 billion valuation with $250M Series E as AI threats escalate

Horizon3 raises $250 million in Series E funding at a $2 billion valuation amid growing demand for AI-powered cybersecurity.

3 Aug4 min read

Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users’ internet connections with strangers

Samsung is banning smart TV apps that share users' internet connections with strangers, a move prompted by security research revealing potential hijacking risks from residential proxy networks.

Apple engineer says he was fired after refusing to send cust. device IDs to AT&T

An Apple engineer alleges he was fired for refusing to send customer device IDs to AT&T via unsecured email, claiming the company shared IMEI numbers without customer consent.

Qwen 3.8 Max Live Now

Qwen 3.8 Max, a 2.4-trillion-parameter MoE flagship model, offers enhanced coding, visual understanding, and autonomous project completion across various professional domains.

RFC 9851: TLS 1.2 is in Feature Freeze

RFC 9851 declares TLS 1.2 to be in feature freeze, meaning no new changes will be approved except for urgent security fixes, new TLS Exporter Labels, and ALPN Protocol IDs.

Show HN: Isopolis – isometric pixel map of SF

Isopolis presents an isometric pixel map of San Francisco, integrating data from OpenStreetMap, CARTO, and DataSF to visualize city neighborhoods.

CP/M-386 – CP/M for 386 protected mode, derived from CP/M‑68K

CP/M-386 is an early-stage operating system for 386 protected mode, derived from CP/M-68K, offering full 32-bit implementation with Ring-3 TPA and bootable via floppy or GRUB.

Show HN: ssh ssh.place

A new collaborative drawing platform, ssh.place, allows users to draw pixel art on a shared canvas over SSH, with no account or installation required.

Why Book Corners won't sync contributions back to OpenStreetMap

Integrating Book Corners' public bookcase submissions with OpenStreetMap proved too complex due to extensive community and operational requirements, including detailed import plans and licensing considerations.

3 Aug6 min read

Rachika Nayar’s Heaven Come Crashing is an instrumental epic of desperate longing

Rachika Nayar's Heaven Come Crashing is an instrumental epic of desperate longing.

2 Aug4 min read

The global memory shortage hits the MacBook Air

A global memory chip shortage is affecting MacBook Air availability, with orders delayed until August or September.

2 Aug2 min read

Sam Altman and AI’s decel debate

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suggests pacing the rate of AI development to allow society to adapt to new capabilities.

Fender’s CEO seems to think your bandmates are just analog AI

Fender's CEO compares bandmates to analog AI and cover songs to AI training data.

9to5Google

Google voice redesign merges AI Mode, Search Live, & Song lookup on Android

Google redesigns voice search on Android, merging AI Mode, Search Live, and Song lookup into one interface.

2 Aug2 min read

Malaysia is reportedly shutting down Balaji Srinivasan’s Network School

Malaysia is shutting down Balaji Srinivasan's Network School due to licensing issues.

Show HN: Kakehashi – Experimental userspace to run macOS binaries on Linux ARM

Kakehashi is an experimental userspace translation layer to run macOS binaries on Linux ARM.

HP’s HyperX Omen 15 isn’t quite the budget-friendly gaming laptop its predecessor was

The HP HyperX Omen 15 gaming laptop offers decent 1080p performance with an RTX 5050 GPU, but its $1,200 starting price makes it less budget-friendly than its $800 predecessor.

2 Aug10 min read

Is paying artists enough to convince them to embrace AI?

Pippa, an AI video generation startup, aims to differentiate itself by directly compensating artists through a revenue-sharing system when their styles are used, seeking to establish an ethical AI model.

2 Aug7 min read

9to5Google

The Pixel 11 will be a perfect storm of bad timing

The Pixel 11 series faces challenges due to recycled designs, a lack of new features, and increased prices, compounded by potential RAM reductions in Pro models.

Twenty Years of RISC OS Open

RISC OS Open Ltd. celebrates two decades of transforming a proprietary operating system into an open-source project, detailing its journey and key milestones, including its re-licensing under Apache 2.0.

F*: A general-purpose proof-oriented programming language

F*, a general-purpose, proof-oriented programming language, combines dependent types with SMT solving and tactic-based theorem proving for both functional and effectful programming, compiling to OCaml by default.

Great Question (YC W21) Is Hiring Senior Demand Gen Manager

Great Question is hiring a Senior Demand Gen Manager to own the demand engine and generate high-intent leads.