This afternoon I wrote some tips on how to present a new* programming language to HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46608577 . It occurred to me that HN has a tradition of posts called "The {na...
Guatemala is in a state of emergency following a weekend of gang-related violence. Gang-affiliated inmates rioted in three prisons. Seven police officers were killed as authorities took action....
Airlines have been diverting flights to avoid using Iranian and Iraqi airspace. Meanwhile, Iran's top diplomat denied any plans of hanging, amid earlier reports suggesting swift executions. Follow DW....
Chief executive Jane Fraser is pushing through bank’s biggest restructuring in more than a decade...
Pickup trucks and SUVs continue to top the sales charts in the United States, while a few affordable sedans hang onto the remaining spots....
Right-wing influencer Jake Lang, who organized a pro-ICE rally, had announced that he intended to "burn a Quran" on the steps of City Hall. A much larger group of people chased him and his supporters ...
El Salvador's gang-busting President Nayib Bukele on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for a prison in Costa Rica modeled on his own CECOT mega-jail that rights groups say is the setting for serious...
Marine Le Pen's presidential ambitions hang in the balance as the French far-right leader goes to court to appeal against an embezzlement conviction, which barred her from running for office for five ...
A jailed activist has lost a judicial review against a Hong Kong Correctional Services Department rule that prohibits female inmates from wearing shorts in summer, with the court ruling that the women...
PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, January 13: A Corsican separatist leader is gunned down while attending his mother's funeral. Also, a famous Italian anti-mafia writer pens an opinion piece, questioning the Co...
Canada and China appear ready to kick-start trade talks after years of strained relations, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to Beijing this week coinciding with both countries question...
Shiyao Tang says she spent 5 months planning her exit from her $390K job. Shiyao Tang Shiyao Tang quit her $390,000 job at DoorDash to build Soir Si, a silk womenswear brand. Tang says she spent 5 mon...
Universal basic income provides recurring cash payments, no strings attached. Wong Yu Liang AI advances could widen wealth gaps, which has prompted calls for a universal basic income . UBI offers recu...
Eric King served almost two years at the federal super-maximum security prison ADX Florence in Colorado. ADX is often described as the US's most restrictive prison, and it houses some of the most noto...
Martin Luther King Jr. fought for both racial and economic equality. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Martin Luther King Jr. fought for both racial and economic equality during his life. He argued f...
Erin Renzas is a former marketing executive. Dina Litovsky for BI Erin Renzas spent nearly two decades dutifully climbing the career ladder before she hit a breaking point. She had achieved many of th...
Cillian Murphy as Jim in "28 Days Later." Fox Searchlight Pictures Warning: Major spoilers below if you haven't seen "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple." "28 Years Later" directo...
Scott Adams. Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams passed away. So did Grateful Dead founder Bob Weir. Legendary independent film director BĂ©la Tarr als...
Full spoilers follow for Primal Season 3, Episode 2, “Kingdom of Sorrow,” which is available on Adult Swim now and debuts on HBO Max on January 19. Spear’s got his spear back! Well, he did for a minut...
Companies of all sizes are looking to hire workers who know how to use AI. Sebastien Bozon/Getty Images Do you know what LLM even is? How about a GPU? A new vocabulary has emerged with the rise of AI....