Innovation, AI & Digital Frontier
iLands and its AI agents are doing completely useless tasks, then begging for money.
USB-A and USB-C flash drives both have their purposes. USB-C is increasingly common, but USB-A isn't going anywhere yet.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is the first NASA observatory designed for in-space refueling.
Article URL:https://johnjwang.com/post/2026/09/15/engineering-behind-us-strategic-petroleum-reserveComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49719596Points: 20# Comments: 0
National outcry against data center construction has spread to Philadelphia, where officials suggested possible construction in a neighborhood already impacted by a now-defunct oil refinery.
September Patch Tuesday part 2?
It's been more than two years since the last major Windows event, so Microsoft is heading to San Francisco next month to outline the future of Windows and Surface devices. At an event on October 7th, ...
After previously adopting a big Sony Trinitron CRT TV that had been trying to hitch a ride along the side of a road in Italy for at least six years,…read more
The event is focused on "Windows, NVIDIA RTX Spark, Surface, and the broader PC ecosystem," with Satya Nadella and Jensen Huang among the speakers.
Allegedly fake filmmaker targeted trackers like PassThePopcorn, BroadcasTheNet, and HDBits.
https://archive.is/Ay7RJComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49719249Points: 76# Comments: 34
A new WhatsApp Business MCP server lets developers use AI coding agents like Claude, Cursor, Codex, and ChatGPT to handle setup, messaging templates, testing, and troubleshooting.
Intel spin-off Cornelis and newcomer Delos Data pitch open alternatives for scaling AI beyond the rack
Two years ago, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt released his New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation. The book posits that the rise of social media and smartphone use is largely to blame fo...
Wired and wireless speakers each offer different trade-offs, advantages and disadvantages. Plus, what audio you put through them has a big effect.
Article URL:https://rheinmetall.github.io/onboardapi-documentation/9.10.0/index.htmlComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49718928Points: 46# Comments: 4
Pizza Bot runs locally and lets users interact with AI agents in an email-like interface. Perfect for blowing them off just like your human colleagues!
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Article URL:https://jakeasmith.com/blog/http-build-url/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49718773Points: 127# Comments: 25
You can improve your iPhone's audio quality whether you're using the built-in speakers, headphones, or a speaker.