Julius Bruch, a former McKinsey consultant, explains why he left to build an AI healthtech startup —and how consulting prepared him for the leap. Julius Bruch After about 7 years at McKinsey, Ju...
Character.AI and Google have reached settlements with several families whose teens harmed themselves or died by suicide after interacting with Character.AI 's chatbots, according to new court filings....
This is the first robot vacuum that can both climb and clean your stairs. I've been reviewing robot vacuums for almost a decade, and one question I hear repeatedly is "When will it clean my stairs?" W...
Some of Cursor's biggest AI features were bottom-up projects started by its engineers, says Jason Ginsberg. Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Some of Cursor's bigg...
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This year, I listened to over 50 tech leaders discuss AI across various conferences, podcasts, and interviews. Lee Chong Ming/Business Insider Over the past year, I listened to more than 50 tech leade...
Aireal is a new AI assistant for the Tapo smart home. | IMAGE: TP-Link Tapo, the smart home brand owned by networking giant TP-Link, is launching an AI assistant at CES this year - because isn't every...
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Paste in my prompt to Claude Code with an embedded API key for accessing my public readonly SQL+vector database, and you have a state-of-the-art research tool over Hacker News, arXiv, LessWrong, and d...
Hi HN, Every year, we ask thousands of readers (and authors) to share their 3 favorite reads of the year. Now you can enter a book/author you love and see what books readers loved who also loved that ...
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is looking for a new head of preparedness. Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images OpenAI's head of preparedness role might sound enticing, but experts say it may be highly c...
Jimmy Donaldson, a.k.a. MrBeast, is about to kick off season 2 of "Beast Games." Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Prime Video MrBeast is making the first episode of "Beast Games" Season ...
Let’s take bets on how much Hayao Miyazaki would hate this. You can't shake a stick without hitting an AI gadget at CES this year, with artificial smarts now embedded in just about every wearable, scr...
Lego’s new sets will make Star Wars sound effects for you. | Image: Lego It may have been one of the smallest devices announced at CES 2026, but Lego's new Smart Brick was also one of the most talked ...
Long time lurker here. My family had a pen-and-paper game we'd play on long drives to visit my great-grandmother. After she passed, I spent the holidays recreating it: https://a26z.fun How it works: F...
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...
Image and video capabilities could be crucial in 2026. Getty Images Google Gemini announced it was partnering with Walmart to offer AI-powered shopping recommendations. Gemini will use Walmart and Sam...