Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI This past weekend, the internet was set ablaze by a post on r/Confessions claiming to be from a software engineer-turned-whistleblower working at a food delivery app . "I...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Coinbase is buying The Clearing Company. ✓ The acquisition expands into prediction markets. ✓ It ...
Tin Can landline phones for kids. Tin Can Tin Can is a "landline" phone for kids that is gaining buzz and keeps selling out. On Christmas morning, its service was overloaded, and kids couldn't...
Article URL: https://scottjg.com/posts/2026-01-08-crappy-computer-showdown/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46558148 Points: 9 # Comments: 0...
Solana’s bid to move beyond memecoins will depend on whether its upgrades can deliver predictable execution for serious onchain finance....
📋 Key Facts ✓ Power outage affected about 130,000 customers at its peak in San Francisco on December 21, 2025 ✓ Waymo autonomous SUVs w...
The Qrevo Curv 2 Flow can tackle wet and dry messes. | Image: Roborock The market leader in robot vacuums has been behind in the latest trend - roller mops. But not for much longer. At CES this week, ...
As cool as gaming PCs are, they pretty much all follow the same kind of formula – a giant metal box with computer parts inside that power computer games. The Asus ROG GM1000, debuting at CES 2026 , la...
Petkit has announced two new automated machines at CES 2026 designed to feed and care for your pets using AI-powered cameras that track their behavior and provide health insights that may otherwise go...
The Amazfit Active 2 is a solid fitness tracker that could easily be mistaken for a smartwatch. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Amazfit might not have the name recognition of a company lik...
I hate when friends and family ask me which LED face mask to buy. That's because LED face masks are another prime example of the wild wellness west . There's compelling science behind using red and in...
The screen they play on may be small, but for competitors in the 2025 PUBG MOBILE Global Championship (PMGC), the tournament is anything but. Between 12-14 December, 16 teams from all around the world...
Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI Daters are using AI to slide into the DMs and craft Hinge profiles. Three singles told Business Insider that they had used ChatGPT for pick-up lines, dating app bios, an...
If you're looking for a capable 1080p gaming PC for about $1,000, you can't do much better than this deal. For this week only, Best Buy has the HP Omen 16 gaming PC with RTX 5060 Ti 16GB graphics card...
The Light Straight maxes out at 320 degrees Fahrenheit. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge Hair gadgets have become increasingly popular over the last decade. Hair dryers, curlers, steamers - you na...
Hey, fellow Undertale and Deltarune fan. Did you know there was a Deltarune ARG going on? Did you know it's technically been going on for three years now? Yeah, neither did I! I first learned about th...
Leading AI companies are competing for the world's top talent, doling out huge pay packages. They are also paying top dollar for undiscovered talent. iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI AI giants like OpenAI, A...
Rishab Jolly. Courtesy of Rishab Jolly Rishab Jolly shares his journey from an engineer in India to a senior product manager at Microsoft. Referrals, tailored résumés, and networking were crucial for ...
Meta is giving Ray-Ban Display users an option to text on their glasses without needing their phone or a keyboard, only the Meta Neural Band. The new EMG handwriting feature, announced on Tuesday duri...
Ethan Choi. Khosla Ventures We asked Khosla Ventures partner Ethan Choi how he sees AI reshaping daily life and work in 2026. Robotics will reach a major breakthrough in capability and have its own &#...