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I am trying to use WhatsApp web and it's taking over 4 minutes just to load.

Other apps like Telegram, Gmail load in seconds.

I generally noticed all meta products are so clunky. What causes this?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047883

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Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/unesco-sebastia-lebanon-mount-amel-israel-heritage-12c558a4b6aa03fa40ad33ffb6e54b89

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047863

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Article URL: https://obryant.dev/p/2x-not-10x/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047839

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Article URL: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/hong-kong-is-over-just-another-big-chinese-city-by-stephen-s-roach-2026-07

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047783

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Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_brain_stimulation

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047782

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Article URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/waymo-driverless-car-safety-study-9.7282895

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047750

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I'm looking for some concrete examples of any AI advancements actually causing someone to financially prosper where they didn't before. Most of the examples I can think of make someone or something slightly more streamlined or productive, and so I'm looking for cases where company X is now Y% more profitable because of AI advancements.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047714

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Article URL: https://www.hepengju.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047631

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Article URL: https://bluepressjournal.substack.com/p/us-faces-multipronged-public-health

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047605

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Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/23/nx-s1-5903202/fda-peptides-restrictions

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047594

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Article URL: https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/ubuntu-touch-24-04-2-0-and-24-04-1-4-release-4007

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047582

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Article URL: https://messyjobs.ai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047576

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Article URL: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/01/23/the-silurian-hypothesis/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047563

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Article URL: https://wikiview.net

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047540

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Article URL: https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/25/micron-urges-white-house-to-reject-apples-blacklist-memory-plan

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047539

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Article URL: https://www.hardresetmedia.com/p/the-ai-productivity-illusion

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047526

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Article URL: https://chrhenning.com/blog/2026/we-reward-the-fix-not-the-prevention/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047525

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Article URL: https://webmars.nfiles.top/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047516

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Article URL: https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/stripe-talks-acquire-openrouter-potential-215104525.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047488

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Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/reality-bites-elon-musk-and-his-tesla-spacex-believers-1b639591

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047483

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