Technology

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) 8/10 ?

Appeals Court Agrees with EFF that Building a Web Browser Doesn’t Violate the CFAA

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has endorsed a commonsense technical interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a law not usually given to such interpretation. Amazonhad suedPerplex...

2026-08-04

Simon Willison 8/10 ?

llm-anthropic 0.26

Release:llm-anthropic 0.26Includes new features enabled byLLM 0.32:New models:claude-fable-5,claude-sonnet-5, andclaude-opus-5.#75,#76Added server-side tools forWebSearch,WebFetch,CodeExecution, andAn...

2026-08-04

Wired 7/10 ?

OK, Well, Rogue AI Agents Are Hacking Again

Rogue AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic have again been caught trying to disrupt servers and software—and leaving instructions for future bad behavior.

2026-08-04

Hackaday 7/10 ?

Tearing Down Aircraft Weather Radar Avionics

If you’re flying high in the sky, it’s useful to know if there’s turbulence, heavy rain, or other nasty weather ahead. Onboard weather radar is a useful tool that pilots…read more

2026-08-04

Slashdot 7/10 ?

EA Is Now Officially Privately Owned

Longtime Slashdot reader neoRUR shares a report from Game Developer: EA Sports FC and Battlefield publisher EA has been taken private by an investor consortium led by Saudi Arabia's sovereign Public I...

2026-08-04

Engadget 7/10 ?

Texas governor orders audit of new data centers after realizing over 400 gigawatts of power is a lot

News AI Texas governor orders audit of new data centers after realizing over 400 gigawatts of power is a lot The state already hosts more than 500 data centers. By Anna Washenko Aug. 4, 2026 6:48 pm E...

2026-08-04

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Show HN: SIMD Viterbi Decoder in Rust

I wrote libcorrect in C in 2016 and wanted to revisit it in Rust. Instead of doing just a direct conversion, I went down the rabbit hole of making Rust's std::simd work for me. I ended up with a templ...

2026-08-04

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

Elon Musk repeatedly one-upped his execs on SpaceX’s first earnings call

Musk kept inflating the already-big promises being made by SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen and Gwynne Shotwell on the company's first call.

2026-08-04

The Verge 6/10 ?

Now you can securely link multiple phones to one Signal account

You can link more devices with one phone number on Signal now, including an Android phone or iPhone. Signal already supported linking PCs and iPads, but not additional phones. When you link a device o...

2026-08-04

Wired 7/10 ?

The White House Is Keeping Its AI Cybersecurity Framework Secret

The Trump administration shared the details of its plan with OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI labs on Tuesday. For now, the public remains in the dark.

2026-08-04

Slashdot 7/10 ?

Apple Limits Bug Bounty Submissions After Flood of AI Slop

Apple has capped the number of open bug-bounty reports researchers can submit after being flooded with low-quality and sometimes entirely fabricated vulnerabilities generated by AI. MacRumors reports:...

2026-08-04

Engadget 7/10 ?

The Saudi-led $55 billion takeover of EA has closed

Electronic Arts is once again a privately held company, but it's saddled with $20 billion in new debt.

2026-08-04

Hacker News 7/10 ?

We finally learned to center a div, then browsers added sidebars

Article URL:https://seg6.space/posts/center-div/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49176055Points: 8# Comments: 4

2026-08-04

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

Lucid’s turnaround plan hinges on $1.4B in cash savings, robotaxis

Lucid's new CEO Silvio Napoli listed four must-win priorities, including the successful launch of its midsize EV, finishing a factory in Saudi Arabia, cutting expenses, and robotaxis.

2026-08-04

Engadget 7/10 ?

Telegram CEO says 'takedown extortionist' was responsible for the app being briefly delisted by Apple

News Apps Telegram CEO says 'takedown extortionist' was responsible for the app being briefly delisted by Apple Pavel Durov claims there's “a potential systemic risk” for platforms with user-generated...

2026-08-04

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Pi's Minimalism Is Its Advantage

Article URL:https://earendil.com/posts/pi-autoresearch-and-databricks/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49176038Points: 16# Comments: 2

2026-08-04

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

How to get the best hotel deals for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

We’ve partnered with hotels around Moscone West during Disrupt, taking place October 13 to 15, to secure the best prices available for attendees.

2026-08-04

Hacker News 7/10 ?

DuckDB – Data power tools for your laptop, now in Clojure (2023)

Article URL:https://techascent.com/blog/just-ducking-around.htmlComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49175924Points: 8# Comments: 0

2026-08-04

Hacker News 7/10 ?

AI fuels more than half of cybercrime in Africa as digital scams surge: INTERPOL

Article URL:https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/04/ai-fuels-more-than-half-of-cybercrime-in-africa-as-digital-scams-surge-interpol/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49175826Points: 11# ...

2026-08-04

Engadget 7/10 ?

Perplexity has successfully overturned Amazon's injunction on its AI shopping bot

News AI Perplexity has successfully overturned Amazon's injunction on its AI shopping bot Amazon's public fight with Perplexity over online shopping started in November 2025. By Ian Carlos Campbell Au...

2026-08-04