Open Source Lobste.rs

Honesty gets Emacs patch rejected

A report on a patch for Emacs being rejected despite the author's honesty regarding the implementation.

Tech Business/VC Hacker News

Apple increases MacBook and iPad prices by 20%

Apple is reportedly increasing the prices of MacBook and iPad models by 20%.

Other Hacker News

As banks close accounts, experts point to immigration crackdown

Experts suggest a crackdown on immigration is contributing to banks closing accounts.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Tw-fade: pure CSS scroll-driven edge masking

Tw-fade is a pure CSS implementation for scroll-driven edge masking.

AI/ML TechCrunch

From Fortnite to robots: General Intuition raises $2.3B on bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world

General Intuition raised $320 million to use video game data to train AI agents for real-world physical intuition.

Tech Business/VC TechCrunch

Parker Conrad knows which employees are worth their AI spend and says Rippling can help you, too

Rippling CEO Parker Conrad discusses optimizing AI spending by identifying high-value AI usage patterns among employees.

Other TechCrunch

Google Finance gets a dedicated app for Android

Google Finance has launched a dedicated Android application featuring AI-powered market analysis.

Homelab/Self-Hosting The Verge

Upgrade your home with Prime Day deals for $40 or less

A collection of Prime Day deals for affordable home tech, including Matter-certified smart plugs and electronics repair kits.

Other The Verge

BYOK is my new go-to distraction-free writing tool

Review of BYOK (Bring Your Own Keyboard), a distraction-free hardware writing tool with an LCD screen.

Hardware/Chips The Verge

Oppo’s Bubble selfie screen is crying out for Qi2

The Oppo Bubble is a circular OLED second screen for phones, though it lacks native Qi2 magnetic support.

Other The Verge

Slate’s electric truck: all the news about the ultra-minimal EV

Slate Auto is producing an ultra-minimalist, low-cost electric pickup truck backed by Jeff Bezos.

AI/ML Hacker News

Ford rehires 350 engineers after AI fails to preserve expertise or train juniors

Ford is rehiring 350 engineers after discovering that AI could not adequately preserve institutional expertise or effectively train junior staff.

Other The Verge

How the World Cup became a US streaming success story

The 2026 World Cup is setting new streaming records globally, with YouTube and the BBC seeing massive concurrent viewership peaks.

Hardware/Chips The Verge

Get Macbooks at a Prime Day discount before Apple’s new price hikes kick in

Apple has increased the retail prices of Macs and iPads, making current Prime Day discounts significantly more valuable.

Tech Business/VC Ars Technica

Feds deny Polestar authorization to sell cars in US from model year 2027

Federal authorities have denied Polestar the authorization to sell its vehicles in the US starting from the 2027 model year.

Hardware/Chips Ars Technica

Apple ratchets up prices, blames the cost of memory

Apple has raised prices for several Mac models, attributing the increase to the rising cost of memory chips.

Other Ars Technica

The "sad inevitability" of Europe's heat wave

Europe is experiencing a severe second heat wave of the summer, described as a sad inevitability.

Other Ars Technica

New effort will get genome sequences for entire Endangered Species list

A new initiative by Colossal Biosciences aims to obtain genome sequences for every species on the Endangered Species list.

Other Ars Technica

Every Homo naledi we know of is female, and the implications are fascinating

Paleoanthropologists have found that all known Homo naledi remains are female, raising interesting evolutionary questions.

Hardware/Chips Hackaday

Flying Cell Towers Are A Thing

An exploration of 'flying cell towers', explaining how cellular connectivity is managed for aircraft and tarmac areas.