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Nvidia’s Vera Whitepaper Has a Thread Loose
Article URL: https://chipsandcheese.com/p/nvidias-vera-whitepaper-has-a-thread Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49189234 Points: 191 # Comments: 43
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TikTok lays off 250 employees, shutters its Nashville office
The social media giant is shuttering an office that housed some members of TikTok’s content moderation team.
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Google Wallet now lets parents set up secure balances for their kids
The tech giant says the new feature will allow parents to teach their kids healthy financial habits while maintaining oversight over their child's spending with built-in safeguards.
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Gen Z dating apps like Ditto ditch swiping in favor of AI matchmaking
This generation of twentysomethings is so disillusioned with swipe-based dating apps that they'll try literally anything else — even an AI matchmaker.
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Tesla and SpaceX will invest $16.8B to start building ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Texas
After months of speculation, the companies formally announced the massive project will happen just north of Houston.
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OpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case
Newly filed court exhibits show OpenAI’s legal strategy in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit: argue that Apple’s own security and offboarding practices — including allowing an Apple manager to access a former engineer’s iCloud account after he left the c
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Ford’s new electric truck, ‘Fathom,’ starts at $28,350
Due in "fall 2027," Ford said Thursday that it won't reveal what Fathom looks like until early next year.
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Lightspeed is building its edge on followers, not just funds
Venture firms are turning to creators to build trust with the next generation of founders before a check is ever written. It’s a trend that’s been building with a16z’s acquisition of Erik Torenberg’s Turpentine podcast and OpenAI’s acquisition of TBP
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Ford picks "Fathom" for its affordable truck name, starts at $28,350
Deliveries of the new electric pickup are slated for later next year.
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Show HN: The Channels SDK – Bring Any Agent to Any Channel (Slack, MS Teams)
Article URL: https://github.com/CopilotKit/channels-sdk Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198583 Points: 24 # Comments: 0
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Launch HN: ProvenMetal (YC S26) delivers circuit boards in days instead of weeks
Hey HN, we’re Will & Johnny from ProvenMetal ( https://provenmetal.com ). You send us design files or specs and we give you assembled boards domestically in days. The US produced 30% of PCBs globally in 2000, now they produce 4%. Chinese manufacturer
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GitHub Actions Is Down
Article URL: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/qcvjkzcs7j74 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198302 Points: 16 # Comments: 5
Almost no skill required to cook a steak
Article URL: https://blog.sydorets.com/en/posts/almost-no-skill-required-to-cook-a-steak/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198069 Points: 58 # Comments: 50
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Americans are rallying against data centers. Surprisingly few are getting built
Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/06/business/ai-data-center-construction Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49197546 Points: 26 # Comments: 15
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Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard
Hi HN, today I’m revealing Altar II, an ultra-low profile (4.75mm) mechanical keyboard designed to replace your Magic Keyboard. It’s the keyboard I wish Apple made. Altar II has fully mechanical switches, plus a magnetically detachable dial, haptic f