Why I'm Done Making Desktop Applications (2009)
Article URL:https://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/09/05/desktop-aps-versus-web-apps/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47891801Points: 54# Comments: 30
Innovation, AI & Digital Frontier
Article URL:https://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/09/05/desktop-aps-versus-web-apps/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47891801Points: 54# Comments: 30
Leak-site bragging meets breach hunters as Have I Been Pwned flags millions of recordsCarnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise company, is dealing with choppy waters after Have I Been Pwned fl...
Imagine Google Street View, except you can walk around like it's a video game. Now imagine you don't need to wait for Google to come film because it's completely DIY. Insta360, the leading maker of 36...
Tesla's Cybercab is now in production at the company's Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, but Elon Musk is sounding unusually cautious about the rollout. The robotaxi's start of production was announced Th...
A US surveillance program that lets the FBI view Americans’ communications without a warrant is up for renewal. A new bill aims to address mounting lawmaker concerns—with smoke and mirrors.
Amazon-backed X-energy was able to raise around 20% more money in its IPO as demand for nuclear power surges.
Tim Cook was a great CEO, but he didn’t crack AI. It’s job number 1 for John Ternus.
Article URL:https://www.404media.co/delusion-using-chatgpt-gemini-claude-grok-safety-ai-psychosis-study/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47891147Points: 12# Comments: 2
Latest in long-running pwning of Cisco kit found in mystery Fed agencyA US federal agency was successfully targeted by a previously unknown backdoor malware called Firestarter, according to CISA cyber...
Article URL:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-24/norway-wants-kids-to-be-kids-with-social-media-ban-for-under-16sComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47891019Points: 87# Com...
We knew at some point Tim Cook would step down from his position as Apple's CEO. Over the last year, it has become increasingly obvious that John Ternus was his likely successor. The news this week wa...
Article URL:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.20817Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47890873Points: 29# Comments: 10
Hey HN,We got tired of browser frameworks restricting the LLM, so we removed the framework and gave the LLM maximum freedom to do whatever it's trained on. We gave the harness the ability to self corr...
Article URL:https://kevinlynagh.com/newsletter/2026_04_overthinking/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47890799Points: 94# Comments: 24
Researchers have found a new case where government authorities used a fake Android app to plant spyware on a target’s phone. The company that allegedly developed the spyware was not previously known t...
One way to deal with bug hunting LLMs: ditch the old driversOne tactic to deal with LLM-powered vulnerability detection is simple – just speed up the removal of old code. If it's gone, it no longer ma...
Article URL:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.18799Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47890456Points: 15# Comments: 10
Tim Cook plans to step down from his CEO role in September, handing the reins to hardware chief John Ternus. Ternus may be inheriting one of the most durable businesses in tech, but he’s also steppi...
Surprise! StrictlyVC San Francisco, which will kick off this year’s events lineup for TechCrunch on April 30 at the Sentro Filipino Cultural Center, is getting a new addition to its increasingly stack...
Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. We're back to being ignored, and the phone seems no c...