How an AI-fueled romance scam drained a Bitcoin retirement fund
A divorced investor’s tragic loss reveals how emotional manipulation, combined with AI technology, has weaponized crypto scams into a billion-dollar crime....
A divorced investor’s tragic loss reveals how emotional manipulation, combined with AI technology, has weaponized crypto scams into a billion-dollar crime....
Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/26/slop-acts-of-kindness/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46394867 Points: 29 # Comments: 5...
Article URL: https://catalinionescu.dev/ai-agent/building-ai-agent-part-1/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46390055 Points: 4 # Comments: 0...
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...
Anker just announced three new chargers at CES 2026 , and surprisingly, one of them is already on sale ahead of its launch on January 20th launch. Anker’s latest 45W Nano Charger , the company’s first...
📋 Key Facts ✓ An engineering student reverse-engineered Tesla’s Robotaxi app. ✓ Data shows the Austin system consists of no more than ~...
You’re not ready for this level of weirdness. There's never a shortage of exciting and innovative tech at CES. A superthin TV and tri-folding phone are cool and all, but sometimes the weirdest gadgets...
The FlowPad will measure follicle-stimulating hormone. | Image: Vivoo Wellness tech companies are increasingly interested in bodily fluids like blood, urine, sweat, and saliva. At CES 2026, it's time ...
There are plenty of dating apps out there, and apps that turn your chaos of work obligations into easily actionable lists. There is also a growing number of apps that help you make new friends. The pi...
Crimson Desert is an open-world action-adventure game set on the continent of Pywel. But how big is the open world, exactly? It’s “absolutely massive,” its developer has said, bigger even than that of...
Doug Field, Ford's chief of EVs, is leading the charging behind the legacy automaker's push to develop self-driving capabilities in-house. Darron Cummings/AP Ford announced plans to deploy eyes-off dr...
Ever since digital streaming was introduced as an alternative to cable, companies like Disney, Warner Bros, Netflix, and Amazon have been finding new ways to "revolutionize" monthly subscriptions, whi...
Got me all twisted up. At CES 2026, Lenovo is announcing a new ThinkBook Plus Gen 7 Auto Twist laptop. Once a concept , the 14-inch thin-and-light sports a motorized pivoting hinge, allowing it to twi...
The Ethereum ecosystem continues to see increased development and value locked in tokenized assets, according to market analyst Michaël van de Poppe....
Google integrated Gemini 3 into Gmail, transforming the inbox into an assistant with summaries, drafting tools, and new privacy controls....
The back of the Ugreen iDX6011 Pro. | Image: Ugreen A decade ago, Google Photos changed photo storage for me forever - because I could search for those photos just by typing a few words. But that mean...
Article URL: https://voklit.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46481544 Points: 8 # Comments: 3...
Hi HN I recently got married, promptly had a bit of a meltdown, and decided to lock myself in a room and build for a while. At the same time, I was trying to outbound sell for my startup and kept runn...
Article URL: https://teodordyakov.github.io/brainfuck-agi/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46418966 Points: 7 # Comments: 2...
📋 Key Facts ✓ ChatGPT is rolling out a Year in Review feature for users. ✓ The feature includes stats like the number of messages sent ...