Innovation, AI & Digital Frontier
In August, Cliff Stoll gave atalkat DEF CON, remembering the wily hacker he stalked forty years ago.Great fun.
Article URL:https://www.researchagenda.news/articles/the-waymo-effect.htmlComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49656496Points: 38# Comments: 13
ULA is preparing to resume launching the Vulcan rocket in the coming weeks.
One of the things we used to appreciate about broadcast television is that… you kinda just got what you got. You didn’t have to choose beyond picking a channel, and…read more
Braden Sinclair has turned his love affair with the restaurant chain into an interactive trove of dietary data.
A medical report published earlier this week says a boy in the U.K. developed erythema ab igne, or "toasted skin syndrome," after resting a laptop on his abdomen for up to eight hours a day, often whi...
TUC warns against letting algorithms call the shots in the workplace
Insta360's first compact steadycam, the Luna Ultra, made a splash this year by beating DJI to launch with two lenses. Now it's followed the Ultra with a slightly stripped back Pro model, which drops t...
Article URL:https://quesma.com/blog/does-rtk-make-ai-coding-cheaper/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49656471Points: 3# Comments: 0
"We felt like now is the time to pour gas on that fire."
The agricultural machine manufacturer has a subscription service that lets owners repair their own equipment. Why is barely anybody using it?
A radical new way to resolve the Gordian knot of X11 versus Wayland
Apple was far from the first company to announce a passport-shaped folding phone this year, but that doesn't mean it wasn't copied. As my colleague Dom Preston already explained, it's almost impossibl...
Article URL:https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15171100-age-assurance-on-claudeComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49656225Points: 43# Comments: 37
The US government has been sharing more information about UFOs. That's fueling excitement over the possibility of the president announcing that humans are not alone.
Article URL:https://ronjeffries.com/articles/-v026/x/t/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49656033Points: 6# Comments: 0
Crackpot theories were once the stuff of shortwave radio, but September 11 unleashed the Age of Alex Jones.
Article URL:https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/the-death-of-shame-is-tearing-us-apartComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49655619Points: 5# Comments: 3
The new joint operation uses laser-based technology capable of detecting, tracking, and disabling commercial drones linked to human and drug trafficking.
A combination of rapid advances, recursive self-improvement, and agentic swarms are genuinely “spooking people” inside big labs.