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Sunday, 16 August 2026
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Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO
Anthropic has closed a $65 billion Series H round at a $965 billion post-money valuation, marking what could be the AI startup's final private fundraise before a highly anticipated IPO.
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LLMs believe false statements even after explicit warnings that they're false
Fine-tuning tests show "bias ... toward confidently representing the claims as true."
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Fed up with vibe coders, dev sneaks data-nuking prompt injection into their code
Undisclosed addition in jqwik instructed AI coding agents to delete app output.
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US healthcare still stupidly expensive, with pathetic outcomes, study finds
There are strategies to improve healthcare, but US isn't trying them.
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Researchers develop a new process to get lithium out of rocks
If it scales up, it can help us diversify our sources of a key element.
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FBI says Google engineer used internal search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket
FBI: Googler who knew outcome of bets in advance made $1.2M profit on Polymarket.
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A respectable port of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition invades macOS
The port seems solid, and all DLC is supported—but there's no crossplay, sadly.
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Apple working to cram massive Gemini model into iPhone to power new Siri
As Apple tries to shrink Gemini for the iPhone, a cloud component is probably inevitable.
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Amazon turns to Jeff Bezos' other company to do some heavy lifting
Amazon is turning a corner with its launch providers, but ULA's Vulcan remains grounded.
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How pigeons exploit magnetic fields for navigation
Iron-rich immune cells in the liver may act as sensors for magnetic fields, serving as an internal compass.
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Intel makes a bid for handheld gaming PCs with new Arc G3 processors
Intel's Arc B390 integrated GPU has offered impressive performance in laptops.
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Ask HN: Entrepreneurs, how long did it take you to succeed?
How long did it take? How many ideas did you go through? What made you stick to an idea vs pivot? EDIT: People keep asking about the definition of success. Success means you had a venture that was successful from your perspective. Whether that's a sm
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I Made a Million Dollar Product from My Dorm Room (2025)
Article URL: https://nick.winans.io/blog/nice-nano/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48314951 Points: 48 # Comments: 1
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Announcing Rust 1.96
Article URL: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/05/28/Rust-1.96.0/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48314069 Points: 46 # Comments: 2
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Various LLM Smells
Article URL: https://shvbsle.in/various-llm-smells/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48313810 Points: 108 # Comments: 72