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Four simple rules behind Japan's most liveable cities

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260805-four-simple-rules-behind-japans-most-liveable-cities Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49196174 Points: 46 # Comments: 38

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eBay continues to bet on live shopping after record quarter

eBay touted an increase in eBay Live's gross merchandise volume as it plans to expand it to more international markets in the coming weeks and months.

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Amid legal battles, Suno says it will start watermarking songs

Suno's watermarking feature comes as the company is fighting legal battles on several fronts.

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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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Ex-Spotify employees raise $10M to bring the AI behind its recommendations to e-commerce

The startup's platform predicts what product a shopper wants next, learn their general taste, and fine-tune continuously based on what they do in real time.

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Exclusive: Mirendil inks $100M+ Google Cloud deal to scale self-improving AI

Mirendil has signed a $100 million-plus Google Cloud partnership to expand its compute infrastructure, powering research into self-improving AI systems designed to accelerate scientific discovery and AI development.

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Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings

The launch of these new features reflects Google’s ambitions to transform Google Maps from a navigation tool into an assistant that's capable of helping users complete real-world tasks.

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Omilia raises $67M to scale its customer support platform

The Series B is the company's second fundraise since it last raised capital in 2020. In that time, it has increased its ARR by 10x to $60 million.

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AI isn’t enough to protect social media communities from AI

Why humans need to moderate humans.

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I added a real-time chat to my blog, people used it to attack me

Article URL: https://en.andros.dev/blog/b6c32a90/i-added-a-real-time-chat-to-my-blog-people-used-it-to-attack-me/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49196745 Points: 19 # Comments: 15

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US beef prices have soared but farmers aren't making more money

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrv0k0j662o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49196510 Points: 8 # Comments: 0

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Telephones Caught in Between

Article URL: https://computer.rip/2026-08-02-telephone-leasing.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49195819 Points: 7 # Comments: 0

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Humans missed 1 in 3 threats approving AI agent commands across 40k game runs

Article URL: https://scalex.dev/blog/ai-agent-permissions-stats/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49195468 Points: 57 # Comments: 30

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Show HN: demake – one source project compiles to any retro game console ROM

This started life as a graphics tool for a specific problem: gen AI can make retro-styled sprites but can't follow exact hardware constraints of pixels and colors. While building this I liked the idea that I can fan-out to any retro videogame console

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Mario Meets Pareto

Article URL: https://www.mayerowitz.io/blog/mario-meets-pareto Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49195231 Points: 225 # Comments: 40