I've been working on a little open source [1] search engine, nilch. I noticed that nearly all well known search engines, including the alternative ones, tend to be run by companies of various sizes wi...
Article URL: https://zoo.js.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46486978 Points: 11 # Comments: 1...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Nintendo released the Switch 2, marking a big day in gaming history. ✓ The Switch 2 initially lacked many options for mic...
I wouldn’t be doing what I’m lucky enough to do for a living without Mario games. Heck, I’m not sure I’d even be playing video games if not for Mario. And so, when I reviewed Super Mario Odyssey for I...
As crypto, governments and Big Tech converge on digital identity, selective disclosure and zero-knowledge proofs are emerging as a privacy-first alternative to surveillance systems....
Hyperkin and GameSir have each made great controllers for PC , consoles and mobiles, but for CES 2026 they've teamed up for the first time to create a fascinating transforming controller: the X5 Alter...
Article URL: https://uni.tlaan.nl/thesis/msc_thesis_tristan_laan_aieblas.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46483811 Points: 5 # Comments: 0...
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...
If you’ve been itching to switch your wireless service provider but don’t want to deal with the hassle, T-Mobile makes changing your carrier super simple. You won’t have to jump through hoops, wasting...
Author here! Some context: I published this 48 hours ago and it was auto-listed on MCPMarket (the MCP tools directory). Got 700+ organic downloads with zero marketing—developers were actively searchin...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Eira Tansey announced her divorce on Instagram. ✓ An AI impersonated her following the announcement. ✓ ...
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....
Fake videos of political leaders often go viral online. DW's fact check department analyses how content farms use algorithm-driven formats and what narratives they reinforce....
If you were gifted a Nintendo Switch 2 over the holidays, you’ll want to grab all the best Switch 2 accessories for a great playing experience in the new year. While there are tons of products for the...
I built this as a personal open-source project to explore how EU AI Act requirements can be translated into concrete, inspectable technical checks. The core idea is local-first compliance: – risk clas...
The Trust Wallet update includes a feature to help victims of the $7 million Christmas hack submit reimbursement claims for lost funds....
Hi HN, I’m a new developer with Aphantasia (no mental imagery). A side effect of this is that regaining focus after a distraction takes me a long time (the "23-minute lag"). I tried standard binaural ...
Christmas came early for some shoppers at an H-E-B supermarket in Texas. The store offered everyone in line free groceries after a computer glitch shut down the registers....
Malaysia on Thursday moved to bring some of the world’s biggest social media and messaging platforms under its licensing regime, closing a year-long gap in which several tech giants had operated witho...
Hi HN, I’m building Corviont, a self-hosted offline maps appliance (tiles + routing + search) for edge/on-prem devices. Hosted demo (no install): https://demo.corviont.com/ Self-host (Docker Compose r...