Designator

Report claims OxygenOS and Realme UI set to be discontinued

OxygenOS and Realme UI are reportedly set to be discontinued in favor of ColorOS.

3 Jul3 min read

Inside the Luddite festival harnessing Gen Z’s rage against Big Tech

New York City's Summer of Ludd festival teaches people to live offline and resist Big Tech's influence.

3 Jul8 min read

Sony’s PlayStation disc factory is already being repurposed

Sony is repurposing its last PlayStation disc factory in Austria to produce optical microlenses, retraining 300 employees as disc production is projected to significantly decrease by 2028.

An American Privacy Emergency

A recent U.S. Commerce Department directive bans modern privacy-preserving techniques like differential privacy and noise infusion for Census data, reverting to 1970s methods and potentially compromising data utility and protection.

3 Jul9 min read

Wired

The Onion’s ‘Infowars’ Parody Is Here. Alex Jones Is Going to Hate It

The Onion launched a new weekly livestream parodying Alex Jones's Infowars, featuring Tim Heidecker impersonating Jones and an initial plotline where the character explodes from eating too much fast food.

3 Jul6 min read

Mark Zuckerberg tells staff that AI agents haven’t progressed as quickly as he’d hoped

Mark Zuckerberg informed Meta staff that AI agent development has not accelerated as quickly as anticipated, despite significant investments and a corporate restructuring focused on AI.

Private space pilots are flying orbital missions for the US Space Force

Private space pilots are flying orbital missions for the US Space Force to gather reconnaissance on rival vehicles.

crustc: entirety of `rustc`, translated to C

Researchers translated the Rust compiler into 46 million lines of C code, creating a functional compiler that can be built with GCC.

Mystery identity of 'Green Boots' climber is finally solved after DNA test

DNA testing has identified the climber known as "Green Boots" who died on Mount Everest.

2 Jul30 min read

Tesla driver faces manslaughter charges over Texas crash that killed a woman inside her home

A Tesla driver faces manslaughter charges after a crash in Texas killed a woman inside her home.

2 Jul4 min read

Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby nabs stakes in hot startups like Etched through Arizona connections

Etched, a Nvidia competitor, manufactured its first chip with TSMC and plans to ship systems this summer.

Meta has a new app called Pocket that is absolutely nothing like the old Pocket

Meta launches Pocket, a new social feed app with AI-powered interactive gizmos.

9to5Google

Google has stopped selling the Nest x Yale Lock as it goes all-in on its replacement

Google has ceased selling the Nest x Yale Lock, redirecting its product page to the Yale Matter Smart Lock, which Google does not directly sell.

Musk’s X poses “serious risk to Americans’ privacy,” advocates warn FTC

Privacy advocates are urging the Federal Trade Commission to reject Elon Musk's request to end oversight of X, citing new concerns about the platform's data handling and AI training practices.

2 Jul7 min read

US government says it got hacked — again

The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a cyberattack on its Homeland Security Information Network, potentially exposing sensitive intelligence shared among government agencies and law enforcement.

Show HN: CLI tool for detecting non-exact code duplication with embedding models

A new CLI tool called Slopo detects non-exact code duplication by calculating and comparing code unit embeddings, helping identify similar snippets across large codebases.

Show HN: Mail Memories – A desktop app to rescue photos from Gmail

Mail Memories is a new desktop application designed to securely extract and organize photo attachments from a user's entire Gmail history, storing them locally.

2 Jul4 min read

9to5Google

Samsung Messages shuts down in favor of Google Messages on July 6 [U]

Samsung Messages will officially shut down on July 6 for Galaxy devices running Android 12 or newer, with Google Messages becoming the default texting application.

Tesla’s Q2 sales jump 25 percent

Tesla's second-quarter vehicle deliveries increased by 25 percent year-over-year, reaching 480,126 units, signaling a recovery after a challenging sales period in 2025.

Tesla sales increase by 25% in Q2 2026

Tesla sales increased by 25% in Q2 2026 with 480,126 EVs sold, outpacing production and clearing some inventory.

2 Jul2 min read

Woman's hip replacement disintegrates, causing severe metal poisoning

A 56-year-old woman's hip replacement disintegrated, causing severe metal poisoning and neurological symptoms.

2 Jul7 min read