French tech company Capgemini to sell its subsidiary working for US ICE amid international controversy over the deaths of two people in ICE…
French IT giant Capgemini said Sunday it was selling its subsidiary working for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency amid international controversy over the deaths of two people in…
HP says RAM now accounts for more than a third of its PC costs
HP says the cost of RAM has doubled in its PCs.
Dragon Age veteran says scrapped Anthem Next "could have been" up there with No Man's Sky's legendary turnaround
Anthem Next was canned in early 2021
Large-scale online deanonymization with LLMs
We show that large language models can be used to perform at-scale deanonymization. With full Internet access, our agent can re-identify Hacker News users and Anthropic Interviewer participants at high precision, given …
Google won't rest until Gemini is everywhere in your home
The company is making it easier for manufacturers to make more Gemini-powered smart devices.
Hiroshima scientists turn any smartphone into a radiation detector
Prompt, individual-based dose assessment is essential to protect people from the negative consequences of radiation exposure after large-scale nuclear or radiological incidents. However, traditional dosimetry methods of…
Self-hosting Upgrade: planning my first 3-node cluster for deployment in a data center
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Superconductors that operate at room temperature and no electricity loss? Harvard team of physicists map samples at millionths of a meter t…
For more than a century, condensed matter physics has grappled with one of its greatest unsolved challenges: how to build superconductors that operate at room temperature and transmit electricity with no loss. Now, in a…
Layoffs and the threat of AI: Why Irish tech workers are finally turning to unions
“You know the people on the Titanic with the violins? That’s how we feel,” one tech worker said.
[Opinion] Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products And Spineless Capitulation
Tim Cook enthusiastically supported global authoritarian policies while turning Apple Computer into a dull simulacrum of an interesting company.
RISC-V Hits 25% Market Penetration as Qualcomm and Meta Lead the Shift to Open-Source Silicon
RISC-V Hits 25% Market Penetration as Qualcomm and Meta Lead the Shift to Open-Source Silicon
Pragmata is releasing a whole week earlier than planned because who cares, it's got April all to itself
Capcom's sci-fi shooter is ready for the world, but are we ready?
Explained: Why you can't move Windows 11 taskbar like Windows 10, according to Microsoft
Windows 11 can't move the taskbar, and four years later, Microsoft still has no plans to bring it back. Here's why, according to Microsoft.
The Mysterious Forces Steering Views on Hacker News
How the moderators behind one of the internet’s most popular platforms for tech content have a say into which content you consume.
2025 Game Awards Results Discussion
Find all the winners for every category here.
The Physics of Data Centers in Space
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Bully Online, the ambitious mod that brought multiplayer and more to Rockstar's classic school sim, shuts down a month after launch: 'This …
An official explanation for the shutdown hasn't been shared yet, but it sure looks like a C&D dropped hard.
Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site
'It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.'
Finland's Ministry of Justice is considering halting its plans to start using US-hosted cloud services
Benefits agency Kela and the Finnish Tax Administration also have plans to switch to US-based cloud storage.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payme…
UK courts recently ruled that the trial can move forward
AI companies turn knowledge into a proprietary asset. Share your knowledge openly and freely.
AI companies control much of the data powering AI models. Share your knowledge openly and freely to make information accessible to everyone. Open access ensures that anyone can contribute to and benefit from AI developm…
Multi-cursor code editing: An animated introduction
Animated and interactive intro to multi-cursor editing using Command D and clever text navigation techniques.
Starbucks bets on robots to brew a turnaround in customers
Chief executive Brian Niccol explains why he thinks AI will help the coffee giant regain its buzz.
I tested Tech made by Food Brands! by Mrwhosetheboss
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
How to Talk to Someone Experiencing 'AI Psychosis'
Mental health experts say identifying when someone is in need of help is the first step — and approaching them with careful compassion is the hardest, most essential part that follows.
How Iran’s Censorship Ministry Got Inside Wikipedia
Persian Wikipedia's Senior Figures Coordinated with the Iranian Government and Shaped Wikipedia strategy
Anthropic ditches its core safety promise in the middle of an AI red line fight with the Pentagon
By Clare Duffy, Lisa Eadicicco, CNN
AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases
The co-creators of Caves of Qud, our favorite roguelike fever dream, worked as narrative consultants on Marathon—which mostly meant they 'g…
I knew something about that Tick Milk felt familiar.
TIL How Actors Memorize A CRAZY Amount Of Lines
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Liz Franczak: Conspiracy and Techno-Capitalism
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Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown
Hello Windows Insiders, today we are beginning to roll out updates for Notepad and Paint apps to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels on Windows 11. Notepad (version 11.2512.10.0) In this update, we’re introd…
Leaked Documents Show Meta Cracking Down on Access to Abortion Information
Its AI chatbot won't discuss the subject with teens—even as Meta fights claims it exposed kids to actual harm.
Amazon BUSTED for Widespread Scheme to Inflate Prices Across the Economy— Amazon, its vendors, and competing retailers are price fixing, hi…
New evidence shows Amazon, its vendors, and competing retailers are price fixing, hiking up prices for consumer products and making Amazon richer and richer OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta last night fil…
Researchers have found the cause of hallucinations in LLMs, H-Neurons: On the Existence, Impact, and Origin of Hallucination-Associated Neu…
Large language models (LLMs) frequently generate hallucinations -- plausible but factually incorrect outputs -- undermining their reliability. While prior work has examined hallucinations from macroscopic perspectives s…
I built a simple runner game for the browser because I missed the days of instant, no-nonsense gaming
Play Echo Runner - an exciting browser-based arcade game with ghost echo mechanics, powerups, and daily challenges. Free to play online!
AI allows hackers to identify anonymous social media accounts, study finds
New research suggests tech behind AI platforms such as ChatGPT makes it easier to perform sophisticated privacy attacks
Twitch splits penalties into streaming and chatting bans
Twitch announced on Tuesday that it is overhauling its suspensions policy, moving away from its previous all-or-nothing penalty system. The
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds ‘Puyo Puyo Content Drop’ update launches May 27
The “Puyo Puyo Content Drop” update for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds will launch on May 27 at 5:00 p.m. PT / 8:00 p.m. ET, SEGA announced.
[id Software, the] Studio Behind Doom [and Quake, Wolfenstein] Just Unionized
id Software is the latest Microsoft-acquired team to organize
How Did TVs Get So Cheap? - by Brian Potter
You’ve probably seen this famous graph that breaks out various categories of inflation, showing labor-intensive services getting more expensive during the 21st century and manufactured goods getting less expensive.
X pulls Grok images after UK ban threat over undress tool
: Image generation paywalled on X after ministers and regulators start asking awkward questions
Noriyoshi Ohba x Rieko Kodama (2001) - shmuplations.com
Originally featured in the Sega Consumer History book, this interview with Noriyoshi Ohba and Rieko Kodama is a nostalgic look back at their careers.
Apple announces more ads are coming to App Store search results
Apple is expanding the number of ads that appear in App Store search results. In an update on its Apple...
Honda indefinitely suspends $15B EV plant in Ontario
Honda has indefinitely suspended its plans for a $15-billion electric vehicle complex in Ontario, as it pivots away from EVs and toward hybrids. The move comes as the automaker posted its first full-year loss ever to th…
Steam Controller: Reservations open May 8th - Steam News
How to reserve yours, and what we're doing to mitigate the challenges from earlier in the week
Why do AI models use so many em-dashes?
If you asked most people to name a defining feature of AI-generated writing, they’d probably say the em-dash — like this. Language models use em-dashes so much that real humans who like em-dashes have stopped using them…
TIL at one time, the city of New York tried to secede from the United States.
A culture clash driven by finances and Old World alignments had the Big Apple contemplating leaving the Union. The Civil War ended that
‘A feedback loop with no brake’: how an AI doomsday report shook US markets
Shares in Uber, Mastercard and American Express fall on back of apocalypse scenario posted on Substack
US military leaders pressure Anthropic to bend Claude safeguards
Anthropic presents itself as most safety-forward AI firm and Pentagon has threatened penalties if it does not yield