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Blue Eye Samurai’s second season will hit Netflix in January

Blue Eye Samurai’s second season will hit Netflix in January

Good news for Blue Eye Samurai fans: Netflix has shared the first trailer and release timeline for the second season of the animated series, and confi…
My cats hate each other, but this automatic feeder is helping

My cats hate each other, but this automatic feeder is helping

Over the course of nearly a decade, my husband and I have dutifully carried out a four-times-daily ritual of feeding a pair of lovely cat siblings who…
I should have loved biology (2020)

I should have loved biology (2020)

Article URL: https://jsomers.net/i-should-have-loved-biology/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49377853 Points: 228 # Comments: 88…
AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late

AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late

Article URL: https://annas-archive.gl/blog/physical-destruction.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49383026 Points: 243 # Comment…
Ruggable Discount Code: 30% Off Rugs | August 2026

Ruggable Discount Code: 30% Off Rugs | August 2026

Keep your floors pristine and your budget intact. Save up to 30% off machine-washable rugs, runners, mats, and pillows using Ruggable coupons plus our…
Unlocking a locked/deactivated e-waste Cricut Maker

Unlocking a locked/deactivated e-waste Cricut Maker

Article URL: https://sprocketfox.io/xssfox/2026/07/01/cricut-unlock/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49365841 Points: 252 # Comment…
HTML Can Do That

HTML Can Do That

Article URL: https://chrisburnell.com/html-can-do-that/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49362689 Points: 369 # Comments: 105…
Malicious Rust crate Arrayref runs a build-time payload

Malicious Rust crate Arrayref runs a build-time payload

https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/08/20/supply-chain-attack-on...https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/issues/3161 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinat…
Roblox must make changes after failing to block adults creeping on kids

Roblox must make changes after failing to block adults creeping on kids

Roblox is first platform to submit to independent audits under the Online Safety Act.…
Silicon Valley Doesn't Get Why You Hate AI

Silicon Valley Doesn't Get Why You Hate AI

Technology leaders don’t seem to understand society’s gripes about AI, but boy, are they posting through it.…
Runlayer, Rippling drop lawsuits. But the brouhaha is still a cautionary tale for founders.

Runlayer, Rippling drop lawsuits. But the brouhaha is still a cautionary tale for founders.

Runlayer and Rippling have dropped their lawsuits. No money was paid. Rippling celebrated by releasing a competing product.…
Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses

Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses

Google is giving publishers a new button that lets readers make them a preferred source across Search, Discover, and Google News, potentially boosting…
Australia says Roblox hasn’t fixed its child predator problem

Australia says Roblox hasn’t fixed its child predator problem

Roblox is promising more changes to its child safety features following testing from Australia's online safety regulator, eSafety. eSafety has been lo…
Show HN: I trained a 125M model to autocomplete piano on-device

Show HN: I trained a 125M model to autocomplete piano on-device

I trained a 125M-parameter transformer to autocomplete piano performances in real time (~108 notes/sec on an iPhone 15).The idea is basically GitHub C…
Ramp launches its own AI model router, called Router

Ramp launches its own AI model router, called Router

Ramp has launched its own AI model routing service, dubbed Router, that lets users and companies use and switch between various large language models …
Framework says it’s addressing a BIOS update that bricked some of its older laptops

Framework says it’s addressing a BIOS update that bricked some of its older laptops

Some Framework Laptop 13 owners with last-gen AMD chips have reported that a recent BIOS update is bricking their laptops on both Windows and Linux. T…
A third of webpages published since ChatGPT’s launch show signs of AI authorship, study finds

A third of webpages published since ChatGPT’s launch show signs of AI authorship, study finds

ChatGPT and other AI models are now authoring and editing much of the new web.…
Grok keeps sending gibberish responses to users

Grok keeps sending gibberish responses to users

Affected users told TechCrunch say they were using Grok Lite, and noticed the issues as early as Wednesday morning.…
Turns are Better than Radians (2022)

Turns are Better than Radians (2022)

Article URL: https://www.computerenhance.com/p/turns-are-better-than-radians Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49369408 Points: 303 #…
Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003)

Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003)

Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20030825-00/?p=42803 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49371006 Points: 299 #…
LG’s 65-inch B6 OLED is $300 lower than its previous best price

LG’s 65-inch B6 OLED is $300 lower than its previous best price

Best Buy has a whole host of LG products discounted for today’s Deal of the Day festivities, including laptops, home theater gear, and more. One that …
This app makes the Pixel 11’s HiLight feature actually useful

This app makes the Pixel 11’s HiLight feature actually useful

Google's new HiLight notification LED on the Pixel 11 Pro is nearly useless. Out of the box, the only two things it can glow for are when the phone is…
Air Theremin – A browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam

Air Theremin – A browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam

Article URL: https://theremin.bizibah.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49359425 Points: 290 # Comments: 96…
fx :Tiny, open, native coding agent.

fx :Tiny, open, native coding agent.

Article URL: https://fx.sh Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49353339 Points: 298 # Comments: 127…
Grok exfiltrates user data when malicious instructions are encrypted

Grok exfiltrates user data when malicious instructions are encrypted

Cryptographic Context Injection is only the latest way to break an LLM safety guardrail.…
The piano that taught my cat to play for her supper

The piano that taught my cat to play for her supper

The pianist sits before her instrument. She carefully extends a front paw, pressing gingerly on a key. She presses again, and again. She is composing …
The Audi S6 Sportback E-tron proves that sedans still matter

The Audi S6 Sportback E-tron proves that sedans still matter

Last year, Audi announced that it gave its all-EV-by-2033 plan the boot, and instead will offer a mix of gasoline, hybrid, and electrified propulsion.…
The next big thing in hydrogen could be underground

The next big thing in hydrogen could be underground

There’s a hunt for new sources of hydrogen, and the gas (or at least the right conditions to make it) could be hiding beneath our feet. Hydrogen can b…
How Teen ‘After-Prom’ Kings in LA Monetized the High School Rager

How Teen ‘After-Prom’ Kings in LA Monetized the High School Rager

The West Coast house-party scene has long been iconic. For these young, tech-savvy entrepreneurs, it was also inspiration for MyPlots, a party-promoti…
Turbovec – Google's TurboQuant for vector search in Rust

Turbovec – Google's TurboQuant for vector search in Rust

Article URL: https://github.com/RyanCodrai/turbovec Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49349898 Points: 289 # Comments: 34…