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After shocking quarter, IBM insists that AI isn’t killing the mainframe

After IBM's stock crashed last week on warnings of a poor mainframe sales, the CEO explained that AI wrecked corporate hardware budget, temporarily.

Anthropomorphism in Children's Interactions with LLM Chatbots

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.18250

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49014537

Points: 5

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Meta won’t have to face the next planned social media addiction trial

Less than a week before Meta's lawyers were set to return to a Los Angeles courtroom, the plaintiff accusing the platform of inflicting harm dropped the case. Brought by 15-year-old Florida plaintiff going by initials R.K.C., the case was set to be the second in a set of bellwether trials meant to test legal arguments […]

Google justifies its massive AI spending with a booming cloud business

Google's cloud business is thriving, as companies adopting its AI and AI infrastructure services help the tech giant to report record profits.

Medici family mystery may be solved after more than 400 years

Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/15/science/medici-family-mystery-dna-malaria

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49014007

Points: 58

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Any text-to-SQL benchmark should address difficulties of real-world data stores

Article URL: https://cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/if-you-think-you-can-do-real-world-text-to-sql/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49013995

Points: 23

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Why Lettuce Is Always Making People Sick

The cyclospora diarrhea outbreak isn’t an isolated incident. It’s part of a pattern of leafy greens wreaking digestive havoc.

Malleable Computing, Emacs, and You

Article URL: http://yummymelon.com/devnull/malleable-computing-emacs-and-you.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49013538

Points: 58

# Comments: 7

Sales were up at Tesla but so were costs and spending

Q2 2026 was profitable, but barely.

Tesla’s revenues are bouncing back, but profits are still weak

After a dismal two years of weakening demand, falling sales, and damage to its brand by Elon Musk's political activities, Tesla's road to recovery continues apace. On the heels of an impressive delivery report, the company released its earnings for the second quarter of 2026 - giving us the latest glimpse at the EV company […]