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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center

Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.

White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants

Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.

Markwayne Mullin Lost His Pick to Lead ICE, as He Struggles to Prove His Toughness on Immigration

Markwayne Mullin is working to overcome hard-liners’ doubts about his leadership, his position undermined by missteps with the White House.

German Chancellor Merz calls state election a 'disaster' for his party but vows to stay on

Exit polls show damaging losses for Merz's centre-right CDU party in the states of Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Key takeaways from BBC interview as Earl Spencer defends claims about King

Earl Spencer speaks to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg ahead of the publication of his book about his sister Diana, Princess of Wales.

Watch: Emotional Earl Spencer says he misses sister Diana every day

"This is my swan song too. I'm not here to bang on about Diana, this is my final word, celebration of her", Earl Spencer told presenter Laura Kuenssberg.

Some on-air claims about Dominion Voting Systems were false, Fox News acknowledges in statement after deal is announced

Dominion still has pending lawsuits against election deniers such as Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell

Here are the 20 specific Fox broadcasts and tweets Dominion says were defamatory

• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says • Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies

Prompt Wars – An AI riff on Core Wars to prompt-inject each other

Article URL: https://promptwars.party

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49780

Show HN: AgentTrace–Observability and runtime self-healing engine for AI agents

Article URL: https://github.com/mohitkumar188/AgentTrace

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Locked Out of China's AI Boom, Graduates Turn to Bootcamps

Article URL: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1018649

Comments URL: https://news.y

Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking

AlphaGenome Atlas: A predictive map of every possible DNA letter change in the human genome

AlphaGenome Atlas maps the molecular effects of 9 billion single-letter DNA variants across the human genome.

Introducing WeatherNext 3, our most advanced and accurate global weather AI model

As AI safety concerns mount, three pioneers make the case for staying open

At Ai4, three of the world's most respected AI experts — Geoffrey Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, and Andrew Ng — debated regulation, open source access, and how America can compete as China advances in Asia.

Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs

Natural gas power plant costs have nearly doubled in two years and take 23% longer to build as data center electricity demand skyrockets.

Converge Bio raises $25M, backed by Bessemer and execs from Meta, OpenAI, Wiz

AI drug discovery startup Converge Bio raised $25 million in a Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with additional backing from executives at Meta, OpenAI, and Wiz.

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Thermacell LIV 2.0 Review: Taking My Yard Back

Thermacell LIV 2.0 is expensive and imperfect, but it outperforms nearly every mosquito-control method I’ve tried.

Welcome to Dogs Anonymous, the Online Support Group for People With Difficult Dogs

“This is a place where you can come and say, I fucking hate my dog today,” a Dogs Anonymous cofounder tells WIRED. “And there are people who are going to be like, yeah, that was me last Tuesday.”

Meta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me

The Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for AI training. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information.

觉来知打明钟未，忽听邻家叫佛声：佛国老挝行记

这是一趟水陆空三栖的旅行——在万象的街头巷尾无意间推门而入点了一份炸五花肉套饭，味道香上了头发根；在万荣连跳两天水，最高的 8 米跳台跳下来砸得屁股很疼，各种户外活动性价比拉满；琅勃拉邦的慢生活，从清晨薄雾中的布施开始到日落时分反射着金光的湄公河结束。查看全文

给电话加上「辅助驾驶」？我们想听听你的意见

会议开到一半，手机亮了：一个陌生号码。你盯着屏幕犹豫了几秒，不知道这会是推销、客户，还是外卖员。直接挂掉，又得惦记着会不会耽误正事；接起来，不方便说，聊完还得整理待办。轮到你主动打电话，也不轻松。邀约 ...查看全文

你的脸红是什么红：了解玫瑰痤疮

脸红发烫却没有小鹿乱撞：警惕玫瑰痤疮。查看全文

科技爱好者周刊（第 413 期）：再见了，React Native

这里记录每周值得分享的科技内容，周五发布。（[通知] 下周五开始的中秋和十一假期，周刊休息。）

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科技爱好者周刊（第 412 期）：禁止 issue，只用 PR

这里记录每周值得分享的科技内容，周五发布。

本杂志开源，欢迎投稿。另有

科技爱好者周刊（第 411 期）：OpenClaw 2.0 是一个缩影

这里记录每周值得分享的科技内容，周五发布。

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📰 V2EX

‘It's awful’: How tariffs, soaring fuel costs and higher interest rates are squeezing American companies

Tariffs, fuel prices and interest rates are squeezing American companies, particularly manufacturers, auto suppliers, retailers and transportation businesses.

Bessent meets China Vice Premier He Lifeng ahead of Trump-Xi summit

Scott Bessent and China’s He Lifeng are holding talks on trade, AI and critical minerals ahead of Trump and Xi’s Sept. 24 summit.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang emerges as Trump's top ally in AI safety debate

Jensen Huang's position as the leader of the world's most valuable company, has earned him Trump's ear on the most important topics in AI.

Buy Utilities At 16x While Demand Climbs

Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust: The Low-Cost Wrapper Loses Its Catalyst

VSDB: Combining Short Duration With Investment Grade Credit Allocation

Anthropic Reportedly Delays IPO; OpenAI Expects Massive Cash Burn

The Anthropic IPO will be delayed until November, the WSJ reported. OpenAI forecast massive negative cash flow, the FT reported.

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Stock Market Week Ahead: Keeping An Eye Out For Change

The stock market continues sideways, but with some optimistic moves that suggest the coming week could be a week of change

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Bill Ackman's Pershing Square IPO Breaks Out

The asset manager surged for the week, clearing a buy point Friday.

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House prices survived the last interest-rate rise. Will they this time?

Supports that shored up the housing market when borrowing costs last rose are gone

The GDP-per-person slowdown threatens global living standards

Brazil, China, Germany and Russia have recently joined an unfortunate club

The trickle-down economics of the AI boom

How fast are AI investments translating into broader gains? Taiwan and South Korea offer hints

How to watch the Colts vs. Chiefs online from anywhere

Kansas City hosts Indianapolis in this weekend's Sunday Night Football match-up. We'll show you how to watch Colts vs. Chiefs live streams.

Nvidia's Jensen Huang says AI CEOs have 'ulterior reasons' for warning about doomsday

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says current regulations are enough to ensure AI is safe — and profitable.

My 13-year-old refused to share his location with me. I was annoyed — until I realized he had a point.

I grew up with little parental supervision. When my teen objected to GPS tracking, I realized how much modern parenting had changed me.

Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement action with SNB Bancshares and Bank of Eufaula

Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement action with SNB Bancshares and Bank of Eufaula

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement actions with former employee of Northstar Bank, former employee of American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., and former employee of Regions Bank

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement actions with former employee of Northstar Bank, former employee of American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., and former employee of Regions Bank

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

瞄准 AI 编程、金融等场景，单次成本仅为Opus 5 的1/8！这款国产旗舰模型跻身 AA 榜单全球前三

比 Grok、Cursor 都狠？智谱ZCode“偷传代码”风波升级，企业发函追责

从“看见文字”到“读懂画面”：AI MediaKit 如何实现视频字幕无痕擦除

低毛利PC承压，亿道信息7.15亿收购成为信息谋升级

对亿道信息而言，这是一次以并购补工业识别与数据采集能力、对冲PC低毛利困局的升级尝试

“蓝芩”只是注册商标，蓝芩喉糖到底是不是虚假宣传？

本次蓝芩代言舆情风波，看似是单一品牌的宣传争议，实则折射出大健康、食品快消行业普遍存在的营销乱象与合规痛点。

新鲜零食，狂飙背后

高损耗、高成本、标准化难、品控不稳定等问题，成为制约行业规模化发展的核心瓶颈。

Import AI 472: DeepMind's cheating math agents; populist AI policies; and Forethought theorizes a nightwatchman

Plus, a machine hermeneutics story

Import AI 471: Why Hugging Face worries me; space mining; FIve Eyes on AI

Plus, a live event with Robin Sloan!

Import AI 470: No rights for machines; automating environment generation with SPADE; and building better GPU kernels with Hawkeye

Differential acceleration of cyber, math, and AI

AI Weekly Issue #530: Applied AI This Week

Companies are giving AI specific jobs: checking security cameras, helping farmers understand their records, searching satellite images, and preparing sales quotes. This edition explains how those tool

AI Weekly Issue #529: OpenAI faces 50-plus lawsuits over alleged ChatGPT harm

Thirty new complaints come from survivors of a Canadian school shooting. They accuse OpenAI of failing to warn police; the company disputes key claims.

AI Weekly Issue #528: What are companies building with AI? An Applied AI Deep Dive

We went looking for what companies are actually building with AI. The answer was not more chatbots. It was drones carrying diagnostic samples, driverless Frito-Lay trucks, AI-guided flight paths, repa

6 days left to save up to $200 to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Current ticket pricing ends in 6 days on Sept. 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Join 10,000+ founders, investors and tech leaders at Disrupt and save up to $200 on your ticket until then.

World model companies are keeping a lot of secrets

Everyone in the world-models space is sitting on a pile of cash and a ton of buzz, but good luck getting anyone — from the founders to their own data suppliers — to tell you what they're actually buil

Is the AI industry really ready to slow down?

On Equity, we debated whether Ai executives are serious about wanting to slow down.

Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking

AlphaGenome Atlas: A predictive map of every possible DNA letter change in the human genome

AlphaGenome Atlas maps the molecular effects of 9 billion single-letter DNA variants across the human genome.

Introducing WeatherNext 3, our most advanced and accurate global weather AI model