Toyota is taking the Corolla electric
Article URL: https://electrek.co/2026/09/23/toyota-best-selling-corolla-electric/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49823568 Points: 29 # Comments: 16
Meta Connect 2026 live blog: On the ground at Mark Zuckerberg’s next big product launch
It's time once again for Meta's annual September product launch event, and The Verge is on the ground in Menlo Park to cover the show live. Meta says that today's keynote by Mark Zuckerberg will be about how "Meta is building a future for everyone" - something he wrote at length about in a recent...
Anthropic says its biology lab has already found something big
But maybe the biggest reveal is that Anthropic has not let Claude run loose in its biology lab. Humans are still, so far, in the loop.
RFK Jr.'s CDC isn’t letting states order COVID-19 shots for kids, blocking access
US health deptartment said it wants to ensure the vaccine orders are "appropriate."
Mercury 2.5 LLM hits 770 tokens per second
Article URL: https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/mercury-2-5 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49823348 Points: 85 # Comments: 51
Watch the trailer for Apple TV’s ‘Where’s Wanda?’ season 2
Apple TV today released the trailer for the second season of “Where’s Wanda?,” a German-language dark comedy returning to the service on October 21. Watch it below. more…
FBI rushes to investigate if ShinyHunters hack of thousands of employees is real
It's unclear what will happen if FBI misses ShinyHunters' deadline.
New RemControl Android banking malware targets users in Europe and Canada
A new Android malware-as-a-service (MaaS) platform called RemControl is targeting users through malvertising campaigns that impersonate the TVTap IPTV application. [...]
If Amazon doesn’t know how to eliminate carbon emissions, then who does?
Amazon is one of the largest companies in the world. How much responsibility does it have to meet its net-zero pledge?
Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits
The Disney+ ad-free plan is now more expensive than Netflix's.
MacWhisper update brings real-time meeting transcripts, improved speaker recognition, more
My transcription tool of choice on the Mac, MacWhisper, got another major update today with real-time meeting transcripts, significantly improved speaker recognition, tighter integration with Apple Intelligence, and a new transcription model. Here are the details. more…
ShinyHunters hackers claim to have 2-3TB of sensitive information about FBI employees
Financial extortion doesn't seem to be the group's goal this time.
Here's the Torcal, the first fully electric Bentley
It sounds like a V8, rides like a Flying Spur, but handles like a Continental GT.
VSCode's SSH Agent Is Bananas (2025)
Article URL: https://fly.io/blog/vscode-ssh-wtf/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49822555 Points: 182 # Comments: 113
A US-China AI Hotline Won't Be Ready For a While
As the US and China race to become the dominant power in the AI industry, the countries also appear to be figuring out ways to communicate on national security issues.
Trump’s China rivalry and “AI race” delusion may endanger US, experts say
Trump focus on winning “AI race” may deter China from sharing safety intel.
Apple Podcasts will soon let creators offer exclusive videos to subscribers
Apple announced this week that creators will soon be able to offer video through Apple Podcasts Subscriptions, “including subscriber-exclusive episodes, ad-free video, early access, and bonus content.” Here are the details. more…
VC firm Bessemer now has another $5.75B to invest in (what else?) AI
The VC firm says that AI-native companies are growing faster than any technology, ever.
Microsoft's new Surface Pro 12 and Surface Laptop 13 feature Snapdragon X2 Plus chips
Microsoft's smaller Surface Pro 12 and Surface Laptop 13 are getting a much-needed chip upgrade.
Microsoft brings Snapdragon X2 Plus to 13-inch Surface Laptop, 12-inch Surface Pro
Microsoft's lowest-end systems are getting upgrades to Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon X2 Plus processors.