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Blue Origin, for the first time, is expected to raise private capital
The company is raising $10 billion, leading to a valuation of $130 billion.
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US Food and Drug Administration rejects petition to set PFAS limits in food
Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/08/us-food-and-drug-administration-rejects-petition-to-set-pfas-limits-in-food Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48831785 Points: 60 # Comments: 34
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Cloudflare Meerkat - Globally distributed consensus
Article URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/meerkat-introduction/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48831565 Points: 10 # Comments: 0
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Tiny data centre used to heat public swimming pool
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64939558 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48831499 Points: 41 # Comments: 49
The Age of Reading Is Over
Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48830868 Points: 21 # Comments: 9
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Former OpenAI exec Kevin Weil is now on the board of Stoke Space
Kevin Weil's new role at Stoke Space suggests reusable rockets are the next hot thing in Silicon Valley.
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Apple to increase spend with Broadcom to produce billions more U.S. chips
Article URL: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/07/apple-to-increase-spend-with-broadcom-to-produce-billions-more-us-chips/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48830565 Points: 45 # Comments: 11
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List of European organizations that have banned personal messaging apps at work
Article URL: https://www.birdy.chat/blog/the-growing-list-of-european-organisations-that-ban-personal-messaging-apps-at-work Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48830371 Points: 23 # Comments: 20
Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt
Article URL: https://tris.sherliker.net/blog/obfuscated-self-evaluating-bash-script-by-cdn-akamai-being-supplied-to-consumers-via-retail-stores/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48829312 Points: 106 # Comments: 24
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Geosql: A Claude/Codex skill for geospatial data
Article URL: https://github.com/dekart-xyz/geosql Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48829242 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
The space bit of SpaceX is worth $8 a share, says Morgan Stanley
Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/09a62ed4-16af-433c-adb7-c877d1975388 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48828648 Points: 39 # Comments: 38
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Hot French startup ZML releases free product to speed inference across lots of AI chips
ZML, a hot French AI startup endorsed by Turing Award winner Yann LeCun, has now released ZML/LLMD, software that could make running AI less costly.
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AI chip maker SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation, 5 months after last mega round
AI chip maker SambaNova has raised at an $11B valuation months after Intel was rumored to be trying to buy it for about $1.6 billion.
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Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets
"HalluSquatting" weaponizes LLMs' inability to say "I don't know."
GitLost: We Tricked GitHub's AI Agent into Leaking Private Repos
Article URL: https://noma.security/blog/gitlost-how-we-tricked-githubs-ai-agent-into-leaking-private-repos/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48827858 Points: 98 # Comments: 30