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Tuesday, 18 August 2026 · Global Edition · Updated 21:25 CST
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OpenAI makes ChatGPT Health available to all US users

Users can also integrate their personal data from services like Apple Health, Function, and MyFitnessPal.

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Tesla’s robotaxis are moving in reverse

The number of paid robotaxi miles traveled fell 36% in the second quarter, despite expanding to new cities, according to Tesla's own figures.

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Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction

David Bowie's song "Five Years," which Meta used in a supposedly inspiring advertisement, is about humans learning that they have five years left to live before the apocalypse.

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Final Coyote vs. Acme trailer drops at SDCC

Also, the full trailer for Zach Cregger's Resident Evil features a likable everyman.

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A woman got a UTI. Two years later, the bacteria had evolved, invaded her brain.

The case provides a novel report of the emergence of heterovirulence.

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Google hit with $1 billion in fines as EU braces for Trump battle

Google becomes third tech giant to face huge fines under the Digital Markets Act.

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Sony's decision to ditch discs was practically inevitable, data shows

Circana numbers show US gamers overwhelmingly voting with their wallets.

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Google just had its first negative cash flow quarter due to massive AI spending

Google continues to report big quarterly revenue, but its AI spending has skyrocketed.

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Show HN: Claude-thermos – keeps your Claude session warm for you

Article URL: https://github.com/izeigerman/claude-thermos Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49024882 Points: 12 # Comments: 4

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What happened to TheNumbers.com

Article URL: https://stephenfollows.com/p/what-just-happened-to-thenumberscom-should-worry-us-all Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49024691 Points: 100 # Comments: 18

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The arguments against open source AI are bad

Article URL: https://tombedor.dev/arguments-against-open-source-ai-are-very-bad/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49024643 Points: 44 # Comments: 18

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Launch HN: Screenpipe (YC S26) – Power your agents by your 24/7 screen recording

Hi Hacker News, I'm Louis. I built Screenpipe ( https://screenpipe.com ), an app that records your screen and audio locally (only!), and gives AI agents a searchable memory of what you've seen, said, and heard. This makes it easier to automate your r

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Show HN: OneCLI – OSS credential gateway that keeps secrets out of AI agents

hey HN, Jonathan and Guy here, creators of OneCLI ( https://onecli.sh/ ). OneCLI is an open source vault for AI Agents. Traditional vaults are used to store your secrets and, on demand, provide them to you all in a secure way, trusting the person to

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Why Software Factories Fail (or: harness engineering is not enough)

Article URL: https://github.com/humanlayer/advanced-context-engineering-for-coding-agents/blob/main/wsff.md Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49023019 Points: 40 # Comments: 20

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Startup founders urge U.S. government not to shut off Chinese open weight AI

https://littletech.org/ https://static.politico.com/4a/bf/9c4021d8404386b0a311dcccf0... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49023016 Points: 383 # Comments: 390

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