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Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Sony’s PlayStation disc factory is already being repurposed

The video game disc is dead, and Sony's been planning to kill it for some time, according to a report out of Austria. The man who leads Sony's discmaking operations, Sony DADC president Dietmar Tanzer, told ORF Salzburg that the company's Thalgau plant produces 600,000 discs every day, half of which are for PlayStation. But […]

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

CarPlay Is Additive

Article URL: https://www.caseyliss.com/2026/7/2/carplay-is-additive-you-dolts Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48769397 Points: 514 # Comments: 653

World · Deutsche Welle

South Africa, Ghana clash over migrant’s death

The two countries are embroiled in a diplomatic dispute following the death of a Ghanaian national in South Africa this week. It comes amid rising tensions in South Africa over undocumented migration.

Cybersecurity · BleepingComputer

Claude Fable relaunch disappoints users with nerfed performance

Claude Fable, the company's most powerful model, is now available to all users, but early impressions are disappointing, as it appears to be nowhere near the original release. [...]

World · The Guardian Ukraine

Ukraine war briefing: Both sides vow to escalate fighting after Russia’s deadly Kyiv barrage

Zelenskyy says his forces will ‘definitely’ retaliate over Russian bombardment of capital as Kremlin vows to ramp up pressure. What we know on day 1,591 Continue reading...

World · Al Jazeera

Relief efforts shift as Venezuela quake survivors seek aid

Emergency relief is becoming the focus in Venezuela’s La Guaira state as aid stations distribute food.

Products & Consumer Tech · Product Hunt

Vox

Voice in, voice out — with GitHub Copilot Discussion | Link

Developers & Open Source · vercel/next.js Releases

v16.3.0-canary.76

Misc Changes Fix navigation getting reverted when a Server Action is in flight: #95391 Fix false-positive nested-cache error for a short default profile: #95373 Skip saving expire: 0 values in the default cache handler in prod: #95363 [ci] Disable mid-stack PR optimization for native PR stacks: #95427 Fix history push getting treated like replace when followed by refresh: #95392 Upgrade React from ec0fca31-20260701 to 3508aee6-20260702 : #95410 fix(config): correctly validate cacheHandlers names: #95358 [ci] Actually migrate Turbopack jobs back to ARM: #95386 Recover from blocking routes under Instant Navigation lock when deployed: #95227 Make Instant Navigation Testing full-page loads work when deployed: #95222 Clear a resurrected instant cookie on unlock so a hard reload recovers: #95398 fix: handle prototype-colliding segment names in segment explorer trie: #95403 Prefetch links nearest the top of the document first: #95393 Fix metadata title dropped on soft navigation with Cache Components: #95315 Cache short- expire 'use cache' values across dev reloads: #95362 Credits Huge thanks to @gaearon , @unstubbable , @bgw , @vercel-release-bot , @Partha-Shankar , @icyJoseph , and @acdlite for helping!

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

An American Privacy Emergency

Recent and related: Noise infusion banned from statistical products published by Census Bureau - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517377 - June 2026 (604 comments) Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48768992 Points: 376 # Comments: 123

World · The Guardian World

‘Give him any award, and he’ll come running’: Narendra Modi racks up honours on overseas trips

Indian prime minister has a habit of collecting awards on his travels, some as their first and only recipient As Narendra Modi touched down in Seychelles over the weekend, the archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean swiftly bestowed one of its “highest” honours upon the Indian prime minister. Modi beamed as he accepted the Guardian of the Blue Horizon award from Patrick Herminie, the Seychelles president, complete with a trophy and certificate. Continue reading...

Startups & Funding · TechCrunch Startups

Last chance to apply — Startup Battlefield Australia applications close July 6

If you're going to apply for Startup Battlefield Australia, now is the time. Applications close July 6, and once the deadline passes, the opportunity is gone.

World · Al Jazeera

Iran war live: Tehran slams US before huge funeral for Ali Khamenei

Lebanon's Health Ministry says at least 4,298 people have been killed and 12,196 injured in Israeli attacks since March.

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Right to Local Intelligence

Article URL: https://righttointelligence.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48768951 Points: 420 # Comments: 147

World · The Guardian Ukraine

Ukrainian woman suspected of Monaco parcel bombing was ‘disguised as a man’

Suspect seen in Germany after attack apparently targeting tycoon Vadym Iermolaiev The main suspect in a Monaco bomb attack this week that seriously injured a Ukraine-born business tycoon and two of his family members is a Ukrainian woman living in Germany who disguised herself as a man, authorities have said. Interpol, the international police organisation, on Friday issued a red notice for Anastasiia Berezovska , aged 39, describing her as German-speaking with dark hair and a tattoo, possibly of a snake, on her right arm from the shoulder to the elbow. Continue reading...

AI · TechCrunch AI

Mark Zuckerberg tells staff that AI agents haven’t progressed as quickly as he’d hoped

At an internal meeting, the Meta CEO reportedly said that AI development efforts were not moving as quickly as anticipated.

World · Al Jazeera

Trump administration indicts Olympic athlete for Reflecting Pool vandalism

David Hearn could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted, but critics question the legitimacy of Trump's claims.

World · Al Jazeera

Will the end of TPS for Haitians mean a caregiving crisis in US?

Immigrants with temporary protection more likely to work in healthcare, representing 15 percent of noncitizen workers.

Developers & Open Source · GitHub Changelog

Improved accuracy and coverage in Copilot usage metrics reports

We’ve made three improvements to the Copilot usage metrics API that make its reports more complete and accurate: GitHub Copilot CLI now reports suggested lines of code, users seen only… The post Improved accuracy and coverage in Copilot usage metrics reports appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

World · BBC World

On the Strait of Hormuz, BBC finds seized ships and shark fishermen as uneasy calm returns

The BBC travels to the city of Bandar Abbas - the first international journalists to visit the Iranian side of the strait.

Developers & Open Source · GitHub Changelog

Upcoming deprecation of Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash

We will deprecate Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions) on July 31st,… The post Upcoming deprecation of Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

Society · BBC Technology

AI is 'not smart' so what's next in artificial intelligence?

Leading AI researcher Yan LeCun has a start-up which is developing a more flexible AI system.

Business · BBC Business

No-gift policy for Taylor Swift, but how much should you give at a wedding?

Wedding lists are being replaced by cash requests, but guests are divided over how much to give.

World · Al Jazeera

Portugal fans gather ahead of Ronaldo-Modric clash

Portugal fans gather ahead of Ronaldo-Modric clash.

Products & Consumer Tech · Product Hunt

Osloq

An AI agent that reproduces GitHub issues for you Discussion | Link