Technology

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) 8/10 ?

French Top Court Gets It Right, Strikes Down Social Media Ban For Youths

Earlier this month, France’s top courtstruck downthe country’s legislation thatbanned social mediause for people under 15 years old, which had been scheduled to take effect in January 2027. This is a ...

2026-08-26

Hacker News 7/10 ?

VMs won't contain cyber-capable agents

Article URL:https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/08/26/vms-wont-contain-cyber-capable-agents/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49450188Points: 11# Comments: 0

2026-08-26

Engadget 7/10 ?

IKEA and Xbox have fully unveiled their new furniture collection at Gamescom

Gaming Xbox IKEA and Xbox have fully unveiled their new furniture collection at Gamescom Who hasn’t dreamt of sitting on a green stool modeled like a thumbstick? By Matt Tate Aug. 26, 2026 10:44 am ES...

2026-08-26

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

Ring introduces a new encryption standard, makes it the default for cloud features

Amazon’s smart home division Ring said on Wednesday that it is adopting a new encryption standard called TAKE (Throw Away the Key Encryption) as the default setting for video encryption and user contr...

2026-08-26

The Register 7/10 ?

Microsoft sketches out a Whiteboard extension

Users have a little more time to migrate from Azure storage to OneDrive

2026-08-26

Ars Technica 7/10 ?

15,000 years of solar wind in four hours? A Seattle company gives it a go.

"We're living in this world of scarcity with the Moon."

2026-08-26

Wired 7/10 ?

Meta Will Pay Up to $16.7 Billion to Settle Its Social Media Harms Case—and That’s Not All

In addition to sending billions of dollars to states, Meta will make substantive changes to its platforms as part of a landmark settlement.

2026-08-26

The Verge 6/10 ?

Xbox announces disc-to-digital feature that digitizes your physical games

Microsoft is officially announcing a new Xbox feature that will allow Xbox owners to digitize their existing physical game collections. The disc-to-digital feature, which The Verge exclusively reveale...

2026-08-26

Hacker News 7/10 ?

You could have invented PageRank

Article URL:https://praveshkoirala.com/2026/08/26/you-could-have-invented-pagerank/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49449888Points: 22# Comments: 6

2026-08-26

Engadget 7/10 ?

Meta will pay up to $18 billion to settle states' lawsuit alleging harms to young users

News Social Media Meta will pay up to $18 billion to settle states' lawsuit alleging harms to young users The company called on YouTube and TikTok to join it in setting time limits for teens. By Kris ...

2026-08-26

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

Bill Gates wants to see a robot tax and ‘Human Reserved’ jobs to mitigate harms from AI

Gates is mostly in the Responsible AI camp, but there are a few ideas in here we hadn't heard before.

2026-08-26

The Verge 6/10 ?

Microsoft’s 25th anniversary Xbox will cost $899

The special-edition translucent green Xbox finally has an official price. Preorders for the console start August 27th at 10AM ET / 7AM PT, although Microsoft says "some of XBOX's most dedicated fans" ...

2026-08-26

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Take a Tour of SLAC

Article URL:https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/public-toursComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49449755Points: 10# Comments: 1

2026-08-26

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

CISA confirms hackers targeted over 100 US water systems during July

The federal cyber agency's warning comes amid a wave of suspected Iran-backed cyberattacks targeting critical water systems across the United States.

2026-08-26

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Taylor Farms: How One Company's Reach Became a National Risk

Article URL:https://farmaction.us/taylorfarmsreport/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49449749Points: 45# Comments: 16

2026-08-26

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

Surprise: Z.ai is the AI lab behind the mysterious Ox Alpha model

Z.ai confirms it is behind Ox Alpha, the mysterious open AI model topping benchmarks and leaderboards, and its weights are set to be released soon.

2026-08-26

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Show HN: How much of Hacker News is AI?

This website counts titles containing the standalone word "AI", case-sensitive and word-bounded. "OpenAI" doesn't count. "AI-powered" does. There's a toggle for a wider vocabulary: artificial intellig...

2026-08-26

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account

Article URL:https://twitterwebviewer.com/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49449576Points: 24# Comments: 5

2026-08-26

Hacker News 7/10 ?

GLM-5.3-Flash

Article URL:https://z.ai/blog/glm-5.3-flashComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49449507Points: 160# Comments: 46

2026-08-26

Hacker News 7/10 ?

A Citation to Asimov

Article URL:https://www.bookandsword.com/2026/08/25/a-citation-to-asimov/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49449458Points: 14# Comments: 1

2026-08-26