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2025’s most downloaded game, Block Blast!, is going 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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Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe is betting on EVs, robots, and autonomy all at once — he’ll explain why at Disrupt 2026
Rivian's CEO RJ Scaringe is speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to detail his journey, and the lessons it’s bestowed.
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FlightAware sues Kalshi over flight cancellation prediction markets
FlightAware says that Kalshi used its name and data to offer bets on flight cancellations without the flight tracker's permission.
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Kyoto Fusioneering starts work on key fusion power plant device
Fusion power startups are turning to Kyoto Fusioneering to supply components for future power plants. The Japan-based startup just received a grant to build a part of the fuel system.
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Trump to give Republicans a 3-1 FCC majority, isn't filling empty Democratic seat
Trump has resisted urge to fire FCC Democrat despite recent Supreme Court win.
University of Michigan Drops First-Semester Grades To'Curb Mental Health Crisis'
Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/university-of-michigan-grades-mental-health-1a5701d4 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49260250 Points: 12 # Comments: 1
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Show HN: Git-knife – edit commit messages, authors, and dates like a spreadsheet
Article URL: https://github.com/TheRealYT/git-knife Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49259611 Points: 44 # Comments: 19
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Apple Silicon and macOS VMs: 11–16× Faster LLM Inference with Llama.cpp
Article URL: https://github.com/trycua/cua/blob/main/blog/gpu-passthrough-macos-vms.md Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49259339 Points: 79 # Comments: 20
Launch HN: Keet (YC S24) – An app to create video courses on anything
Hi HN! We’re Zack and Tommy the Co-Founders of Keet ( https://trykeet.com ). We are building a mobile app that generates courses on any topic, with short videos for explanation and games for reinforcement. Courses mirror a real curriculum to help you
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Federal vendor with $50M in contracts leaves portal broken for a month
Article URL: https://www.propublica.org/article/foia-requests-responses Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49259043 Points: 26 # Comments: 1
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The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering; devastated mom-and-pop businesses
Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/us-mexico-border-area-money-transfer-rule-change-small-businesses Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49258970 Points: 47 # Comments: 27
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Manus will return to operating as an independent company
Article URL: https://manus.im/blog/a-note-to-our-users Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49258764 Points: 31 # Comments: 12
Flock wanted to tap dashcams in rideshare vechicles to add to surveillance data
Article URL: https://flowingdata.com/2026/08/10/flock-wanted-to-tap-dashcams-in-rideshare-vechicles-to-add-to-surveillance-data/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49258599 Points: 44 # Comments: 2
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$580M undersea cable rerouted to avoid the grave of Dobby the House Elf
Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/usd580-million-undersea-cable-rerouted-to-avoid-the-grave-of-dobby-the-house-elf-company-caves-to-fan-demands-to-safeguard-harry-potter-filming-location-will-instead-pass-by-bronze-age-burial-site
Stealing Reasoning Traces from Proprietary LLM APIs
Article URL: https://stolen-thoughts.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49257876 Points: 114 # Comments: 43