This former notorious red-light district is now one of the world’s top AI hubs
More than 20 years ago, King's Cross was one of the seediest area's in London. Now it's sprouting something new.
Aug 9, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Dropbox is a PC builder’s best friend
In 2018 I bet my reputation and self-worth on a huge crowdfunded game design project. It could have been a failure for many reasons, but the one I became most worried about was losing all of the work that was stored locally on my home-built PC - a scenario that would have left a lot of people very upset and placed me in deep trouble. I wasn't irresponsible, I had local backups, but at some point I found myself in custody of so many important files that it scared me. And no matter how many redund
Aug 9, 2026 ·
The Verge
Show HN: A Project Oberon System version running on RISC-V instead of RISC-5
Modified version of the original from http://www.projectoberon.com/ for use with the Oberon IDE - rochus-keller/OberonSystem
Aug 9, 2026 ·
Hacker News
AI detectors are creating a new era of distrust
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more news about how AI is changing our daily lives, follow Emma Roth. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Long before ChatGPT became a thing, educators and editors frequently used anti-plagiarism tools to see if writers were being honest about their work. These tools work by comparing a written work against a database filled wit
Aug 9, 2026 ·The Verge
Reviving a four year old reMarkable 2
I found my old reMarkable 2 paper tablet, bought in 2021, it had sat unused for ~4 years or so. The device was in a sorry state:
Aug 9, 2026 ·Hacker News
Mount Toba eruption doesn't seem like it could nearly kill our species
The massive Toba eruption seems to have had little climate impact.
Aug 9, 2026 ·Ars Technica
CSS: The bomb inside your inbox
Gareth Heyes - gareth.heyes@portswigger.net - @garethheyes It's quite common for webmail clients to render untrusted CSS in a trusted UI. They attempt to make this safe using CSS sanitization. In this
Aug 9, 2026 ·Hacker News
The Alpha 21264 CPU: NT's Greatest RISC (1998)
While the world waits for Intel's 64-bit Merced chip and Microsoft's 64-bit version of Windows NT, Digital Equipment is offering a sneak preview of the next generation in NT processing. The Alpha 21264 is a 64-bit processor that runs NT. It's one of the fastest chips in the world. And it's available today.
Aug 9, 2026 ·Hacker News
Ransomware gangs skip the CEO, head straight for the 40-something IT manager
Gen Xers who feel triggered by this should remember to unplug the network cable and call the cops
Aug 9, 2026 ·The Register
Show HN: Airy – Free, fast, and simple voice content creation
Airy Studio — Turn lines into speech. Choose a voice and export audio.
Aug 9, 2026 ·Hacker News
There Are Magic Hexagons of Every Order
What is so special about the number 19?
Aug 9, 2026 ·Hacker News
Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port
Port of Microsoft Word 1.1a to x64 with extra features for research purposes. - jmarshall23/msword
Aug 9, 2026 ·Hacker News
The original URL for this prediction will no longer be available in 11 years (2011)
Bet 601
Aug 9, 2026 ·Hacker News
Illinois just told every operating system to start reporting your kid's age
The Children's Online Social Media Safety Act has device makers collect the age bracket, but apps still have to act on it.
Aug 9, 2026 ·Hacker News
Retraction: The App Store Rejection of the Week That Was a Correct Rejection
My disdain for astrology is so utter, and my esteem for Godier’s previous work so high, that it simply never occurred to me that he might have actually made and submitted to the App Store an astrology app, let alone that he’d then feign surprise and frustration that an astrology app was rejected for being an astrology app.
Aug 9, 2026 ·Hacker News
Real-time MCP interceptor that blocks .env reads and dangerous commands agents
Trust layer for agent commerce. 9,248 MCP servers, Sentinel L2.5 gVisor sandbox audits, x402+USDC payments, AP2 mandates. 9,248 free. AliceLabs LLC Proprietary.
Aug 9, 2026 ·Hacker News
ChatGPT starts blocking direct requests to copy an author's style
New behavior capturing a writer's "broad qualities" could have legal implications.
Aug 9, 2026 ·Hacker News
"Coding is solved" misses the point
Every few weeks, someone declares that coding is solved. If they mean turning a well-specified problem into runnable code, they're increasingly right. But was writing runnable code ever the whole problem?
Aug 9, 2026 ·Hacker News
TheoremDB – A public workspace for machine mathematics
A public workspace for machine mathematics: open problems, permanent records of proofs and attempts, evidence and credit.
Aug 9, 2026 ·Hacker News