Meet the Quantum Kid
Nine-year-old Kai Moskvitch's podcast explores how quantum technologies can transform our daily lives.
iPhone brand loyalty at record high level, with Android users switching
A smartphone loyalty survey has revealed the unsurprising news that Android users are 3.7 times more likely to switch to iPhone than the reverse. More interestingly, it shows that iPhone brand loyalty has increased significantly in the last five years … more…
Make crappy moves around AI and face voter backlash, govts warned
When the taxpayers are wondering whose side you are on... Britain's government faces a public backlash against AI unless it can show ordinary people that they stand to benefit from its push to inject the technology into every area of the UK in the name of growth.…
Runway CEO says AI could help Hollywood make 50 films instead of one $100M blockbuster
Runway’s CEO says AI could help studios make dozens of films for the cost of one, betting volume will boost hit-making odds.
New ATHR vishing platform uses AI voice agents for automated attacks
A new cybercrime platform called ATHR can harvest credentials via fully automated voice phishing attacks that use both human operators and AI agents for the social engineering phase. [...]
Most "AI SOCs" Are Just Faster Triage. That's Not Enough.
AI-powered SOC tools promise automation, but most only speed up triage instead of reducing real workload. Tines shows how real gains come from end-to-end workflows that execute actions across systems, not just summarize alerts. [...]
Character.AI’s new Books mode turns reading into roleplay
Mired in controversy and legal woes over concerns about its chatbots' interactions with users, particularly teens, Character.AI seems to be playing it safer with a new "Books" mode. The new format lets users step inside familiar worlds for a more structured roleplaying experience, one the company...
Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth
Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Ronan Farrow, one of the biggest stars of investigative reporting working today. He broke the Harvey Weinstein story, among many, many others. And just last week, he and co-author Andrew Marantz published an incredible deep-dive feature in The New Yorker about O...
Visual Studio 18.5 lands with AI debugging at a price, devs still feeling blue
Latest version points to a shift in how Microsoft thinks about IDEs Visual Studio 2026 18.5 arrives with two headline changes – a smarter code suggestion system and an AI-powered debugger. Yet developer frustration over color contrast and forced updates continue to overshadow the improvements.…
Anthropic Plots Major London Expansion
As tensions with the US government mount, Anthropic has leased a new office with enough space to quadruple its 200-person head count in London.
Meta raises Quest 3 and Quest 3S prices due to RAM shortage
Starting April 19, the price of the Meta Quest 3S (128GB) and Meta Quest 3S (256GB) will go up by $50 to $349.99 and $449.99, respectively. The price of the Meta Quest 3 is going up by $100 to $599.99.
iOS 26.2 expanded one of iPhone’s most important safety features
iOS 26.2 introduced a key new feature that the average user hopefully won’t have to use very often: Enhanced Safety Alerts for emergency situations. Here’s how they work. more…
Apple’s Weather app recently overhauled one of its most important features
Apple’s Weather app recently got overhauled a key feature that the average user hopefully won’t have to use very often: Enhanced Safety Alerts for emergency situations. Here’s how they work. more…
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B: Agentic Coding Power, Now Open to All
Article URL: https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.6-35b-a3b Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47792764 Points: 457 # Comments: 231
The future of everything is lies, I guess: Where do we go from here?
Article URL: https://aphyr.com/posts/420-the-future-of-everything-is-lies-i-guess-where-do-we-go-from-here Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47792718 Points: 238 # Comments: 227
Cloudflare Email Service
Article URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/email-for-agents/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47792593 Points: 252 # Comments: 107
US appeals court restarts $3 billion patent infringement lawsuit against Intel — VLSI case from 2017 returns after court sets aside 2024 decision
The U.S. Court of Appeals determines $3 billion VLSI lawsuit was not suitable for summary judgment and must instead be evaluated by a jury, so it must return to a district court for proceedings.
Cloudflare's AI Platform: an inference layer designed for agents
Article URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/ai-platform/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47792538 Points: 101 # Comments: 22
Show HN: MacMind – A transformer neural network in HyperCard on a 1989 Macintosh
I trained a transformer in HyperCard. 1,216 parameters. 1989 Macintosh. And yes, it took a while. MacMind is a complete transformer neural network, embeddings, positional encoding, self-attention, backpropagation, and gradient descent, implemented entirely in HyperTalk, the scripting language ...
Spotify’s latest update is a redesign for iPads with four features
Spotify is releasing a new version of its mobile app that redesigns the experience for iPad users. The experience is improved for browsing, navigation, and more with four specific features. more…