VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in Link: https://www.ft.com/content/356674b0-9f1d-4f95-b1d5-f27570379a9b Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44706653 #uk

AI comes up with bizarre physics experiments, but they work Link: https://www.quantamagazine.org/ai-comes-up-with-bizarre-physics-experiments-but-they-work-20250721/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44642349

Yoni Appelbaum on the real villians behind our housing and mobility problems Link: https://www.riskgaming.com/p/how-jane-jacobs-got-americans-stuck Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44640178

Jujutsu for Busy Devs Link: https://maddie.wtf/posts/2025-07-21-jujutsu-for-busy-devs Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44641961

What Will Become of the CIA? Link: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/28/the-mission-the-cia-in-the-21st-century-tim-weiner-book-review Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44638509

If writing is thinking then what happens if AI is doing the writing and reading? Link: https://hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/234-if-writing-is-thinking Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44641669

FCC to eliminate gigabit speed goal and scrap analysis of broadband prices Link: https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/fcc-to-eliminate-gigabit-speed-goal-and-scrap-analysis-of-broadband-prices.1508451/page-2 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44641464

Uv: Running a script with dependencies Link: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/guides/scripts/#running-a-script-with-dependencies Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44641521

MIPS – The hyperactive history and legacy of the pioneering RISC architecture Link: https://thechipletter.substack.com/p/mips Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44638689

Show HN: Lotas – Cursor for RStudio Link: https://www.lotas.ai/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44638510