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Why is it so hard for the U.S. to win wars?

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/18/g-s1-134037/why-is-it-so-hard-for-the-u-s-to-win-wars

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48977270

Points: 9

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China delivers a one-two punch to America’s AI dominance 

China's leading AI companies are ramping up the pressure on Silicon Valley, as Moonshot and Alibaba unveiled models they claim can go toe-to-toe with the best from OpenAI and Anthropic at a fraction of the cost. The rapid-fire releases suggest America's lead at the AI frontier is increasingly tight, just as the technology is becoming […]

Beyond grep: The case for a context-rich AI coding harness

Augment Code's Vinay Perneti talks models, harnesses, and context.

AliExpress fined almost $630 million over illegal product sales

AliExpress has been hit with a €550 million (about $629 million) fine for violating Europe's Digital Services Act (DSA) rules by failing to prevent illegal, unsafe, or counterfeit products from being sold on the e-commerce platform. The European Commission ruled that AliExpress didn't take effective measures to reduce the dissemination of illegal products, noting the […]

The 35 Best Board Games for Family Game Night

From monsters to kittens to strategy games, these sets will liven things up on nights when everyone is tired of screens.

A Beginner’s Guide to Growing Mushrooms at Home (2026)

From countertop kits to a bathroom bucket full of straw and beyond, I spent a year testing popular mushroom-growing methods. Here’s what fruited—and what just grew mold.

GitHub's 2FA is to become mandatory on September 2, 2026

Hey birdie-github!

We're reaching out to let you know that as announced last year, we will officially ([begin][1]) requiring two-factor authentication (2FA) for certain contributors on GitHub.com. You are receiving this notification because your account meets the criteria for the current enrollment group, and you have 2FA enabled already.

You don't need to do anything in response to this email. After September 2nd, 2026 at 00:00 (UTC), you will no longer be able to disable 2FA. If you disable 2FA before then, your access to GitHub.com will be restricted on this date until you re-enable 2FA. This email, and a dismissible banner on GitHub.com, will be the only notifications about this change.

For more information about this program, please take a look at ([our documentation][2]).

Making the software supply chain more secure is a team effort, and we couldn't do it without you. Your enrollment in 2FA is an impactful step in keeping the world's software secure.

To see this and other security events for your account, visit your account ([security audit log][3]).

If you run into problems, please contact support by visiting the GitHub ([support page][4]).

Thanks, The GitHub Team

[1]: https://github.blog/2023-03-09-raising-the-bar-for-software-security-github-2fa-begins-march-13 [2]: https://docs.github.com/authentication/securing-your-account-with-two-factor-authentication-2fa [3]: https://github.com/settings/security-log [4]: https://github.com/contact

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48976781

Points: 10

# Comments: 2

An Ebike Company Was Sued for Misleading Info on Safety. It Points to a Big Problem

Several Chinese businesses associated with the ebike brand Aipas settled a lawsuit with Amazon and the safety certification company UL in July.

Airbus Takes Flight from AWS

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/07/20/airbus-takes-flight-from-aws-what-happens-next-is-critical/5274109

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48976682

Points: 57

# Comments: 40

The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets

A new toolkit for attorneys in Massachusetts targets the technologies police use—and conceal—to build criminal cases, from facial recognition to AI-written police reports.