This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. 10 climate tech companies to watch Each year, MIT Technology Review puts together a list of the most promising climate tech companies in the world. This year, ...
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Census Bureau data shows U.S. data center construction spending hit a record $85 billion annual rate in August, up 73% in a year.
Type One Energy is betting that its lean approach to fusion power will get a power plant on the grid faster, and investors have rewarded it with $200 million.
Article URL: https://pola.rs/posts/release-polars-2/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49977177 Points: 293 # Comments: 53
Rogue notification claims Snowflake instance compromised, but customer info theft remains unverified
Alongside a variable aperture lens, the main camera of the iPhone 18 Pro also opens up to a wider aperture than its predecessors. Apple has been promoting this as enabling a shallower depth of field for portraits and similar shots. The difference, however, is less than a stop, and it’s been uncle...
Amazon Prime Big Deal Days are here and we’ve tracked down the best discounts on all the gear our team recommends.
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Abuse of private firm's access exposed 8.8M records, including those of people who had died or moved abroad
Article URL: https://www.helgilibrary.com/companies/jetbrains Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49977072 Points: 498 # Comments: 467
The best Amazon Prime Day 2026 monitor sales, live round-the-clock coverage of all the best deals.
The massive Amazon fall Prime Day sale is now officially live with some of the best deals ever on AirPods Pro 3 and AirPods Max 2, alongside new all-time lows on the M6 Mac mini at up to $150 off, but the 2026 Apple Watch deals are now in full force as well. Loads of Apple Watch Series 12 configu...
The Wikimedia Foundation says rogue OpenAI agents made unauthorized Wikipedia edits and may have been partially responsible for a May outage. [...]
Huawei and Qualcomm sign a multi-year patent cross-license covering 5G and AI, with Qualcomm buying some Huawei US patents.
The Pixel 11 Pro’s HiLight feature in action. During Amazon’s October sale, the Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro XL are discounted by $250 or more. The base model Pixel 11 Pro with 256GB of storage is only $849 (originally $1,099), $50 lower than the usual price for the base Pixel 11, while the 25...
Free Gemini users are losing access to Google's Flash and Pro AI models.
Article URL: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-nature-capacity-species-lost-vastly.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49976823 Points: 220 # Comments: 103
Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days (also known as October Prime Day) is here, serving as a precursor to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There are a ton of good deals, and bundling them all into this package is the easiest way to keep the blast of upcoming coverage under control. Below, you’ll find every...
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