Hi HN, Every year, we ask thousands of readers (and authors) to share their 3 favorite reads of the year. Now you can enter a book/author you love and see what books readers loved who also loved that ...
The US Cyber Trust Mark Program, an Energy Star-style certification for smart home security, could be winding down less than a year after it launched. Safety testing company UL Solutions has announced...
Hi HN, I built a small Linux CLI tool called witr (Why Is This Running?). The idea came from a situation most of us have hit: you log into a machine, see a process or port running, and immediately won...
Netflix has had an interesting year. Its ad tier, introduced last year, has grown significantly, and its live TV initiative has expanded to include not only weird one-offs like hot-dog-eating grudge m...
Hi HN, I’m a solo dev building a clinical search engine to help my wife (a resident physician) and her colleagues. The Problem: Current tools (UpToDate/OpenEvidence) are expensive, slow, or increasing...
I made a web game inspired by Geoguessr and Wordle, where you get shown a 3D model of a random human protein each day, and you have to triangulate its gene name using similarity clues. My background i...
An f/1.2 aperture is a beautiful thing. Canon's new EOS R6 Mark III is an excellent camera . It's not a groundbreaking upgrade to the 3-year-old R6 Mark II, but it takes the same body with great ergon...
HeyGen CTO Rong Yan advises against focusing solely on promotions in tech careers. Illustration by Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images HeyGen CTO Rong Yan says you shouldn't fo...
When you have a series that's consistently gotten new games for almost 40 years, you have to think about how younger generations will be able to play them. That, and, of course, thinking about your bo...
Garry Tan is a top seed investor. Courtesy Y Combinator founders seized the AI boom in 2025, with increasingly younger teams securing millions in seed funding. Founders launched companies ranging from...
It’s been 35 years since Intelligent Systems debuted its Fire Emblem series on Nintendo's Famicom. Through its ever-evolving combat and the introduction of beloved character bonding mechanics, the ser...
Ever since digital streaming was introduced as an alternative to cable, companies like Disney, Warner Bros, Netflix, and Amazon have been finding new ways to "revolutionize" monthly subscriptions, whi...
The debut trailer for Sword and Fairy 4 Remake is out in the wild — and it looks a lot like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 . Developed by Chinese studio Up Software and published by Cube Game, Sword and ...
CD Projekt has sold its DRM-free PC storefront GOG to its original co-founder, Michał Kiciński, for 90.7 million Polish złoty (approx. $25.2 million). Kiciński is also co-founder of CD Projekt itself,...
Video game console sales cap out each generation at around 250 million, so how will the console manufacturers break through that barrier? By learning a crucial lesson from the videotape format war, on...
I spend an embarrassing amount of time watching prices move, partly out of professional duty and partly because I hate paying full price. This week’s crop finally rewarded the obsession. There are a f...
If you’ve been searching for a top-tier arcade cabinet , Arcade1Up manufactures some of the best officially licensed options around. From cocktail and tabletop to cabaret and full-size, whatever kind ...
Valve may have revolutionized mobile PC gaming with the Steam Deck , but more and more handheld gaming PCs keep coming to market, giving it some stiff competition. There are even handhelds out there l...
If you're after a high-end PC handheld, the hottest options are invariably powered by AMD's Z2 Extreme processors, like the headline-grabbing Asus ROG Xbox Ally X and OLED-equipped Lenovo Legion Go 2 ...
LG is preparing to debut three new flagship 5K UltraGear gaming monitors, including one with a true 5K resolution. The company has announced that during CES 2026 next month, it will show off the monit...