From portable gaming handhelds to smartphones, our lives rely on portable, untethered electronics, and it can't hurt to always have a charger on hand. Fortunately, they don't have to be expensive. Cas...
A Pinterest executive said Gen Zers use the platform to find their unique aesthetics. Edward Berthelot/Getty Images Gen Zers use Pinterest in a very different way from their parents or even older sibl...
Lil Uzi Vert performed at a party celebrating FaZe Clan's listing on the Nasdaq. Andrew Toth/Getty Images for FaZe Clan FaZe Clan's top talent left last week, marking the end of an era at the esports ...
Valuations may be spectacular and a bust could come — but while there’s exuberance there is no mania or irrationality...
Hi HN — Tidy Baby is a new game made by me and Wyna Liu (of NYT Connections!) that is inspired by the legendary card-based game SET that we assume many of you love (we too love SET). In SET, you’ve go...
ESG researcher Daniel Batten says peer-reviewed studies challenge claims that Bitcoin mining destabilizes power grids or raises electricity costs....
Elon Musk’s AI Grok has been fiercely criticised in recent days, after the chatbot began generating sexualised images of women and girls, flooding the app with explicit content. Some of the images inv...
A VPN, or virtual private network, is great for online safety and accessing content while travelling. It's worth getting, but why? Scroll down to find out....
Experts say major trends in Ethereum’s adoption could bring about a long-awaited surge in ETH’s price this year—or at least the start of such a journey....
We've tested many image-stabilized binoculars — here's our expert verdict on whether you should bite the bullet and buy a pair or go with regular binoculars for stargazing....
Got holiday cash to spend? A wave of standout indie games is bucking rising hardware and AAA prices, giving players plenty to check out for $20 or less....
Hi HN, I built fp-pack, a small TypeScript functional utility library focused on pipe-first composition. The goal is to keep pipelines simple and readable, while still supporting early exits and side ...
I built a free, no-registration noise evidence generator for tenant noise complaints. Features: - Supports 27 US cities with accurate noise ordinances - Real-time recording + professional court-ready ...
Myanmar is holding its first election since the 2021 coup, but low turnout, civil war and the absence of real opposition have cast doubt on whether the vote can deliver stability or legitimacy....
If you've been wondering if TV executives have spotted Arc Raiders ' rip-roaring success, wonder no more — "many" have already reached out to the development team to discuss making a TV series or movi...
Apple and Google are being dragged into the uproar around X's AI chatbot that has continued to virtually undress women in images without their consent this week. In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook and ...
Uncanny valley meets Bichon Frisé. Artificial intelligence doesn't always want to optimize your life or steal your job. Sometimes, AI just wants to be your friend. And while robot pets weren't the big...
The fight for net neutrality never seems to be truly won or lost. Federal net neutrality rules have been on and off for the past 15 years. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed the Open I...
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...
X users are asking Elon Musk's Grok AI to create sexualized deepfakes of women and minors. VINCENT FEURAY/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images X users have used Elon Musk's Grok image generator to create s...