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Saturday, 15 August 2026 · Global Edition · Updated 11:25 CST
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Spider-Noir final trailer gives us a classic villain

It's never too late to become a hero.

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"I'll buy 10 of those"—NASA science chief yearns for mass-produced satellites

"How in the hell do I get more science into space? That is my goal."

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Plex's 200% Lifetime Pass price hike tries forcing users to another subscription

Plex says that it has considered getting rid of Lifetime Passes.

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AI, "Humanity", and Dr. Manhattan Syndrome: A Communications Intervention

Article URL: https://www.personfamiliar.com/p/ai-humanity-and-dr-manhattan-syndrome Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48196303 Points: 25 # Comments: 4

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Show HN: Gaussian Splat of a Strawberry

The Setup: https://i.imgur.com/o0hgybh.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/mcNiomp.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/vIjw6pc.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/nzOwmSC.jpeg Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48191602 Points: 446 # Comments: 179

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Elon Musk said Sam Altman “stole” a non-profit — but the trial showed he had similar aims

“By the end of this week, you and Sam will be the most hated men in America.”

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Google takes a page out of Meta’s book, announces new audio-powered smart glasses

Google is calling the new devices "audio glasses," in that users will be able to issue verbal commands to them and get things done via its ecosystem of apps and services, including Gemini.

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Two AI-based science assistants succeed with drug-retargeting tasks

Both tools generate hypotheses; one goes on to analyze some of the data.

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Google's SynthID AI watermarking tech is being adopted by OpenAI, Nvidia, and more

AI content is getting good, but SynthID might be able to help tell truth from fiction.

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In stunning display of stupid, secret CISA credentials found in public GitHub repo

SSH keys, plaintext passwords, other sensitive data had been up since November 2025.

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Gemini 3.5 Flash might be fast enough for gen AI to make sense

Google says its more efficient Gemini 3.5 Flash is the key to your agentic AI future.

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Tesla's lithium refinery discharges 231,000 gallons of polluted wastewater a day

Article URL: https://www.autonocion.com/us/tesla-lithium-refinery-texas/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48198551 Points: 129 # Comments: 42

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Crossview 4.4.0 is now available

Article URL: https://github.com/crossplane-contrib/crossview Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48198301 Points: 3 # Comments: 1

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Era: From Nature publication to catalyzing Computational Discovery

Article URL: https://research.google/blog/empirical-research-assistance-era-from-nature-publication-to-catalyzing-computational-discovery/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48198293 Points: 8 # Comments: 0

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OpenAI Adopts Google's SynthID Watermark for AI Images with Verification Tool

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/advancing-content-provenance/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48198291 Points: 15 # Comments: 6

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