It's been 25 years since the launch of Wikipedia on January 15th, 2001, and it's come a long way from housing just 100 pages to becoming a behemoth of online knowledge with more than 65 million articl...
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In light of Iran’s internet blackout, Starlink has allowed some citizens to stay connected. How could its Direct to Cell service help mitigate future communications shutdowns and what role might the U...
Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country's exiled crown prince and calling on security forces to not “point your weapons at the people,”...
Article URL: https://torrentfreak.com/french-court-orders-popular-vpns-to-block-more-pirate-sites-despite-opposition/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46632004 Points: 9 # Comments: ...
Witnesses and lawmakers at a foreign affairs hearing blasted the Trump administration’s approval for the sale of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips to China and called for it to reverse the decision, as the White...
Donald Trump and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Microsoft unveiled a five-point plan to reduce AI data center impact on US communities. The company aims to reduce rising ut...
David Ellison's Paramount Skydance is putting data and insights front and center. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images David Ellison is making data a key pillar of Paramount Skydance. Paramount is b...
Article URL: https://stuff.interfree.ca/2026/01/05/ai-tts-for-screenreaders.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46730346 Points: 3 # Comments: 0...
Sony’s terrific Bravia 8 II is $900 off for a limited time. Good deals are often hard to come by at the beginning of the year — which is precisely what makes Best Buy’s Winter Sale worth checking out....
After the self-induced tumult Sonos went through last year , I can understand why some people are reluctant to spend money on the company’s products. But newly appointed CEO Tom Conrad has shown that ...
Andreessen Horowitz partner Alex Rampell said he likes founders with a chip on their shoulder. Charles Eshelman/Getty Images for AOL A16z general partner Alex Rampell said founders need to materialize...
Learning app Duolingo has 17 million followers on TikTok where its mascot Duo is a social-media celebrity. Isa Foltin/TikTok via Getty Images Social media is more important than ever for US retail sit...
Hi HN, I built this because I often work in coworking spaces or do screen sharing, and I've always had this fear of accidentally flashing my .env file with production secrets to the whole room (or rec...
Every month, Circana video game analyst Mat Piscatella posts fascinating data about video game sales on Bluesky, highlighting trends like November's historically bad month for game hardware and Battle...
Battlefield 6 ended 2025 as the best-selling game in the U.S., beating its first-person shooter rival Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 , which ended down in fifth place. Black Ops 6, which also launched day ...
Semiconductor levies are designed to enact a deal Donald Trump cut with chipmakers to allow shipments of AI processors...
Article URL: https://twitter.com/tskulbru/status/2015148189897101622 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46746984 Points: 8 # Comments: 1...
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The funding will support Superstate’s effort to let companies issue and trade regulated shares directly on public blockchains....