0. Gemini 4 Argon (blog.google)
1698 points · 1185 comments · by bradleyg223
The provided story contains no substantive information about Gemini 4 Argon, only a link to a related Hacker News discussion. [src]
1. Pi 1.0 (earendil.com)
1680 points · 601 comments · by sergiotapia
The post announces “Pi 1.0” and links to a related Hacker News discussion about “Pi Durable.” [src]
2. GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price (openai.com)
1066 points · 952 comments · by crorella
OpenAI introduced GPT-6.1 Sol, a lower-cost model that approaches GPT-6 Astra’s performance in coding, computer use, professional workflows, and research, with API pricing of $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. [src]
3. Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah (twitter.com)
943 points · 946 comments · by slowin
Ali Abunimah posted images he said showed newly updated Google Maps imagery depicting widespread destruction in part of Rafah, while commenters compared it with Apple Maps and noted that some school icons remained. [src]
4. Everybody’s home. No one’s coming over (derekthompson.org)
833 points · 738 comments · by barry-cotter
Americans’ monthly home hosting rate has plunged from 42% in 1975 to 12% in 2026, reflecting broader declines in face-to-face socializing driven by busier dual-earner households, intensive parenting, shrinking friendship networks, and increasingly convenient solitary entertainment. [src]
5. Owed a billion dollars in Nvidia stock (colo.to)
1090 points · 458 comments · by Eric_Gullichsen
A former NVIDIA technical adviser says a 1993 stock-option agreement entitled him to 9,375 additional shares—now worth about $1 billion after stock splits—but he and his attorneys concluded the claim was barred by the statute of limitations. [src]
6. America.gov (america.gov)
778 points · 740 comments · by plesiv
America.gov is inaccessible because the site returned a 403 error and requires JavaScript and cookies to continue. [src]
7. Sonnet 5.5 (anthropic.com)
884 points · 613 comments · by D2OQZG8l5BI1S06
Anthropic introduced Claude Sonnet 5.5, a faster and more efficient model that improves coding, knowledge work, design, and safety performance over Sonnet 5 while costing up to 30% less per task. [src]
8. Dots: Always-on agents (openai.com)
766 points · 646 comments · by alvis
OpenAI introduced “dots,” always-on AI agents powered by GPT-6 Astra that can connect to more than 4,000 apps, work autonomously across channels, learn user preferences, and support organizations through specialized, permission-controlled agents. [src]
9. California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops (kqed.org)
389 points · 987 comments · by randycupertino
Declining global wine consumption has left California grape growers with excess crops, falling prices and few buyers, prompting many to abandon vineyards, absorb losses or switch to more profitable crops. [src]
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