Technology

Profoundd NewsRoom 8/10 ?

We Benchmarked NVIDIA's Nemotron Against 10 Rivals. Size Didn't Win.

We ran eleven language models through a 56-item test of whether they can catch a false claim, and a separate speed test, all on one desktop-sized NVIDIA machine. NVIDIA's Nemotron finished joint-secon...

2026-09-08

Simon Willison 8/10 ?

llm 0.35

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2026-09-07

Slashdot 7/10 ?

Does Brave Browser Load Faster Than Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge?

The Brave web browser published a new round of benchmarks claiming its desktop browser uses less system resources than Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Firefox — and also loads pages faster. The blog Linux...

2026-09-08

The Register 7/10 ?

Huawei proudly shows off an entirely un-American chip

Resistance is futile

2026-09-08

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

Eric Wu’s newest company, out of stealth since May, is going after construction’s labor crunch

Eric Wu, who built and ran Opendoor before stepping away in 2022, has had his new company, NavigateAI, out of stealth since May — building AI copilots that give construction workers real-time, hands-f...

2026-09-08

Hackaday 7/10 ?

Kelvin–Helmholtz Instabilities Found to Drive Plasma Mixing on the Sun

As easy as the Sun is to observe, it’s simultaneously very hard to study due to how extreme the conditions are, even on the surface of a rather unassuming star.…read more

2026-09-08

Hacker News 7/10 ?

There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis

Article URL:https://weirdgloop.org/blog/google-jailComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49604870Points: 23# Comments: 3

2026-09-08

Engadget 7/10 ?

How To Reset The Camera Settings On Your iPhone

We all want to take the best photos with our $1,000 devices, and sometimes that means rolling back all those extra settings in the Camera app back to zero.

2026-09-08

The Verge 6/10 ?

First Xiaomi, then the world: why Arm might give phone gaming a huge graphics boost

China is getting first crack at a British technology that might change how mobile games are made and played. Today, the Xiaomi 18 Fold launches in mainland China with an Arm Mali G2-Ultra NX graphics ...

2026-09-08

Simon Willison 8/10 ?

Creepy crawlies

Creepy crawliesKonstantin Ryabitsev discusses how bad the "background radiation" of abusive crawlers has become from the perspective ofgit.kernel.org, the official Git repository for the Linux kernel:...

2026-09-07

Slashdot 7/10 ?

Switzerland's Federal Government Tests Open-Source Alternatives to Microsoft on 3,000 Computers

Switzerland has a population of 9,154,242. And its federal government just launched a pilot program to test open source alternatives to Microsoft 365 on 3,000 workstations, reports the blog It's FOSS....

2026-09-07

Hackaday 7/10 ?

ESP32-P4 Powers Video Alarm Clock

Once upon a time, you had the option of waking up to a bell, a harsh buzzer, or whatever happened to be on the radio that morning. Now that it’s…read more

2026-09-07

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Jellyfin 12.0

Article URL:https://jellyfin.org/posts/jellyfin-release-12.0/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49604861Points: 92# Comments: 34

2026-09-08

Engadget 7/10 ?

Pros and cons of using a Chromebook as your everyday PC

Chromebooks are great devices, but they might not be able to do everything a Windows or Mac device can. Consider carefully before using one daily.

2026-09-08

Hacker News 7/10 ?

My business partner sent a 5K vibe-coded PR that he didn't even test

Article URL:https://ycj.bearblog.dev/ai-again/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49604816Points: 24# Comments: 23

2026-09-08

Engadget 7/10 ?

How Long Should A Laptop Battery Last On A Single Charge?

In the market for a new laptop? You'll want to know just how long it'll run without being plugged in, and how you can maximize the efficiency of its battery.

2026-09-07

Hacker News 7/10 ?

I've factored the RSA keys of a Certificate Authority from the 90s

Article URL:https://mcpherrin.ca/2026/09/07/rsa.htmlComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49604637Points: 111# Comments: 22

2026-09-08

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Secure temporary file sharing for AI agents and humans

Article URL:https://github.com/aispace-sh/aispace-clientComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49604280Points: 7# Comments: 1

2026-09-07

Hacker News 7/10 ?

WeatherNext 3: Our most advanced global weather AI model

Article URL:https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/introducing-weathernext-3/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49604257Points: 6# Comments: 1

2026-09-07

Hacker News 7/10 ?

TALA Is Open-Source

Article URL:https://d2lang.com/blog/tala-is-open-source/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49604150Points: 40# Comments: 2

2026-09-07