Innovation, AI & Digital Frontier
Introducing GPT-6 Astra for developersBlink and you'll miss it, but there's a familiar creature at1m59s:Across the board, Astra has more attention to detail, better understanding of the user's prompt,...
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Bluetooth is a common setting that's typically always on in modern phones, but this feature may be leaving your phone open to a rather significant issue.
The computer business in 1984 was a bizarre mix of hobby-level companies, a few small companies that had made it big, and a lot of big companies starting to take…read more
Two more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of their journalism to train AI.
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is now on Bluesky, they announced this week. But "We can't advocate that you sign up for a Bluesky account like we do with Mastodon or PeerTube since signing up for ...
I love field recordings. I love making them. I love them when they're incorporated into my ambient music. They're great background noise for working or sleeping. But they're also great for active list...
Article URL:https://github.com/okf-memory/okf-agent-memoryComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49581240Points: 7# Comments: 2
News Apps Apple iTunes still exists, but not the way it used to You can still buy music from the iTunes Store, believe it or not. By Thomas Godwin Sept. 5, 2026 7:00 pm EST FotoField/Shutterstock It's...
"There are now more seniors in the world than young children," reports the International Business Times, citing a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau report. And it warns that "The share of the pop...
When iOS 27 lands later this month, it will have a feature called iPhone Handoff that lets you switch between two phones using the same number. It was briefly mentioned during the WWDC keynote back in...
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The Steam Deck is a solid gaming handheld, but after the arrival of several competitors and higher prices, is it still worth picking one up?
Apple Diagnostics is a hidden menu you hopefully won't need to access often. When your Mac gets into hardware trouble, it helps find what's wrong.
Article URL:https://www.techpolicy.press/americas-two-largest-school-districts-impose-ai-moratoriums/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49580980Points: 15# Comments: 3
Article URL:https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/09/05/the-revolt-of-the-reader/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49580939Points: 13# Comments: 4
Reuters reported earlier this week that the agents hijacked a German wiki forum in an incident OpenAI did not disclose.
Article URL:https://www.wsj.com/business/diamond-mines-are-closing-and-south-africans-have-few-alternatives-fa3b8cbfComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49580778Points: 18# Comments: 4
Article URL:https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/08/06/how-ai-is-breaking-the-british-stateComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49580687Points: 21# Comments: 18
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