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Wednesday, 19 August 2026 · Global Edition · Updated 17:25 CST
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Russian drones found near vital European offshore gas site, get blown up

This follows many drone incursions into Romania and a failed attack in Germany.

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Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers

Device-bound session credentials thwart an increasingly common form of account takeover.

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Meta can't stop states' $1.4 trillion lawsuit from going to trial

Judges tell Meta that Section 230 provides a defense, not immunity from lawsuits.

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Gemini becomes Google's fastest-growing product ever as it hits 1B users

But will Gemini's surge survive slowing model releases?

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Suzanne: AI tool for designing and manufacturing physical products

Article URL: https://www.suzanne3d.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49264755 Points: 7 # Comments: 2

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Emergent Introspective Awareness in Large Language Models

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.01828 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49264583 Points: 4 # Comments: 1

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The 19th-Century Family Fortunes Funding Degrowth

Article URL: https://www.effort.news/p4ne Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49264352 Points: 7 # Comments: 2

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Compression is prediction

Article URL: https://ngrok.com/blog/compression-is-prediction Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49263497 Points: 147 # Comments: 61

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Grok Bot

Article URL: https://x.ai/bot Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49261514 Points: 58 # Comments: 53

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RSI Simulator

https://www.paradigm.xyz/research/rsi/game Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49261192 Points: 9 # Comments: 3

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Uber surprised robotics company Serve by selling its entire stake

The divesture comes comes as the two once-tight companies have started to diverge on the business side.

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FBI says cybercriminals are hacking into victims’ online accounts to steal their intimate pictures

In a new alert, the FBI said cybercriminals are targeting adults and minors in an attempt to steal their personal and intimate pictures in extortion campaigns.

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OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux

OpenAI is finally bringing a dedicated ChatGPT desktop app to Linux operating systems.

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Google’s Gemini app surges to one billion users

Gemini is keeping pace with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which hit 1 billion monthly active users back in June.

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Block Blast! goes ad-free on Apple Arcade

Block Blast!, the most downloaded mobile game of 2025, is coming to Apple Arcade in September, where it will be ad-free.

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