Hey HN! We’re Will and Jorge, and we’ve built LAD (Language-Aided Design), a SolidWorks add-in that uses LLMs to create sketches, features, assemblies, and macros from conversational inputs ( https://...
Google says that generated videos should also now be more consistent with thereference images they’re based on. | Image: Google / The Verge Google is making its Veo 3.1 AI video model pay closer atten...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said there was an "avalanche of reports detailing the non-consensual, sexually explicit material that xAI has produced." Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty I...
Universal basic income provides recurring cash payments, no strings attached. Wong Yu Liang AI advances could widen wealth gaps, which has prompted calls for a universal basic income . UBI offers recu...
You can get a great budget device these days if you know how to pick your priorities. | Image: The Verge Some of us take a kind of “I eat to live” rather than an “I live to eat” approach to gadgets. T...
Microsoft released its first security update of 2026 for Windows 11 on January 13th. Just four days later, it was forced to release an emergency out-of-band update to fix some pretty serious bugs, the...
Google is appealing a federal court's decision ruling it an illegal online search monopolist. The company filed a notice to appeal on Friday, requesting a pause on the court-ordered remedies meant to ...
Spotify wants audiobooks to be on the same page. Spotify appears to be working on a novel feature that will allow audiobook listeners to pick up where they left off in the physical book. Android Autho...
A prize wheel in Steal The Brainrot. Epic Games is making a big change to the rules for Fortnite creators just days after allowing them to publish experiences with in-game transactions. Beginning Janu...
Now is the time to retire that pedal-powered bike of yours and upgrade to electric. The price of electric assisted bikes has plummeted over the past year. Nowadays you can find a decent bike for well ...
I've been trying to get agentic coding to work, but the dissonance between what I'm seeing online and what I'm able to achieve is doing my head in. Is there real evidence, beyond hype, that agentic co...
Hi HN, When working with BGP data, I kept running into the same friction: it’s easy to get raw data, but surprisingly hard to browse networks over time — especially by when they appeared, where they o...
Tusk blamed Russia and urged Parliament to swiftly pass new cybersecurity legislation to strengthen protection against foreign interference....
It’s so cute you may overlook the Charmera’s many limitations. Like trading cards, Lego figures , and even the coveted Labubu , you don't know exactly what your Kodak Charmera camera is going to look ...
This afternoon I wrote some tips on how to present a new* programming language to HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46608577 . It occurred to me that HN has a tradition of posts called "The {na...
Sony is set to release the Hyperpop Collection of PlayStation 5 accessories, bringing eye-popping new colors to PS5 console covers and DualSense controllers. The colors in question are bright hues of ...
Group-IB found a ransomware dubbed DeadLock that is exploiting Polygon smart contracts to rotate proxy addresses to evade takedowns....
Tehran went from ‘halal internet’ to near-total blackout but activists have smuggled in Starlink devices to get information out...
India wants BRICS members to discuss linking their CBDCs for trade and tourism at a future summit, according to a Reuters report....
The hacker used a flash loan to inflate prices on Makina’s USD-USDC liquidity pool, and then traded to make over $4 million....