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Meta Ordered to Pay $942M to Address Harm to Kids from Social Media

https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ordered-to-pay-942-million-to-address-harm-to-kids-from-social-media-8ba5aab7

1 hour ago

58 upvotes – 28 comments

New Orleans will use AI to answer 911 calls instead of a human

https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/louisiana/2026/07/28/is-new-orleans-using-ai-to-answer-911-calls-instead-of-human-dispatchers-impacts-emergencies-crime/91065014007/

1 hour ago

43 upvotes – 50 comments

Show HN: Whisper transcribes 70-year-olds more accurately than 20-year-olds

https://github.com/Kayvan-Zahiri/asr-age-gap

1 hour ago

Python MIT
14 upvotes – 8 comments

Obviously, DOGE Did Not Save Money

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/obviously-doge-did-not-save-money/

1 hour ago

12 upvotes – 1 comments

Official: Ford's $29,945 Small EV Truck Is Called Fathom

https://www.motortrend.com/news/2028-ford-fathom-ev-pickup-name-price-official

2 hours ago

7 upvotes – 1 comments

The Investors Whose SpaceX Shares Vanished Before They Could Cash In

https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/spacex-ipo-spv-investors-2698a174

1 hour ago

7 upvotes – 2 comments

I built fingerprint unlock for Mac (no Magic Keyboard) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB3lk-PNA6I

1 hour ago

6 upvotes – 0 comments

Meta fined $567M in largest child safety ruling against social media giant

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7lz3wr2rlo

1 hour ago

6 upvotes – 0 comments

The old world is dying

https://jasmi.news/p/2026-advice

21 minutes ago

5 upvotes – 1 comments

New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567M over harms to children's mental health

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/06/new-mexico-court-meta

1 hour ago

5 upvotes – 1 comments
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