Innovation, AI & Digital Frontier
Article URL:https://paulgraham.com/powerful.htmlComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684196Points: 7# Comments: 0
During his continuing analysis of the architecture and microcode of Intel’s highly influential 8087 floating point unit (FPU) co-processor, [Ken Shirriff] has now arrived at the point where he can…rea...
HDMI-CEC, or Anynet+ on Samsung TVs, lets you control all your devices with fewer remotes and button presses. It's well worth setting up properly.
Fusion startups are inking defense-related deals, reigniting the relationship between fusion and national security that might have gone dormant, but never completely disappeared.
"This is what happened when we tried to record Flock installing a new camera on public roads," says Emmy award-winning reporter Brendan Keefe in a new video for InvestigateTV. In an accompanying artic...
Marvel's mishandling of its Blade reboot will likely go down as one of the studio's biggest mistakes. There was a great actor in place to play the vampire hunter (Mahershala Ali), and a promising dire...
Ingenious coders coaxed multichannel chiptunes from the humblest of sound hardware
Article URL:https://unsung.aresluna.org/key-symbols-we-lost-to-time-pt-1-the-pc-side/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684101Points: 7# Comments: 0
News Mobile Smartphones Never use harsh cleaning products to clean your smartphone — do this instead Put that bleach down. By Isaac Egbon Sept. 13, 2026 9:30 am EST Dmytro Skrypnykov/Getty Images Smar...
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on cars, data privacy, and autonomous vehicles, follow Andrew J. Hawkins. The Stepback arrives...
Article URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJzrU38pGWcComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684042Points: 9# Comments: 0
Sony should soon be issuing payments for a class-action lawsuit, but your cut will likely be quite small.
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 143, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, new tech season is here, and also you can read all the old editions a...
Article URL:https://www.investigatetv.com/2026/09/08/flock-worker-calls-police-investigatetv-reporter-filming-public-camera-installation/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683853Point...
Article URL:https://github.com/unempyd/revenueosComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683832Points: 5# Comments: 2
Article URL:https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/us-customs-supervisor-busted-for-stealing-core-i7-cpus-ram-and-hard-drives-from-homeland-security-pcs-stolen-tech-swapped-with-inferior-hardware-...
Article URL:https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260910-00/?p=112689Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683262Points: 4# Comments: 1
External SSDs are faster than HDDs, but if you need cost-effective backups or larger capacities, a hard drive may be a better choice for you.
Article URL:https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/fingerprints-inside-sun-could-reveal-if-it-once-swallowed-planetComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683033Points: 11# C...
A Roku is usually a straightforward device, but they can run into power problems. This is what to check if yours powers off all the time.