The Tech Bros Are All In on Zyn
Nicotine pouches are revered among tech workers, who tout them as the perfect brain-boosting, productivity-jacking stimulants.
Pgbackrest is no longer being maintained
Article URL: https://github.com/pgbackrest/pgbackrest Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919997 Points: 326 # Comments: 159
Meet the players who lost big money on Peter Molyneux’s failed Legacy
After millions in NFT sales, the hyped “play to earn” game was effectively dead in weeks.
3D printing community organizes against California law that would restrict sales to state-approved models to prevent printing gun parts
Experts warn that "safety algorithms" are a death sentence for makerspaces, schools, and innovation.
Developer creates a basic first person shooter game using Gaussian splats, and you can play it for free in your browser
It's not much of a game, but it's an impressive proof of concept for the novel technology.
What Is Ethernet? Everything You Need to Know About Wired Networks
Ethernet delivers stable, speedy, secure wired connections to the internet and between devices.
FDA Approves First-Ever Gene Therapy for Treatment of Genetic Hearing Loss
Article URL: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-ever-gene-therapy-treatment-genetic-hearing-loss-under-national-priority-voucher Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919733 Points: 118 # Comments: 47
In the beginning was the Bork: 'Heart of the Earth' exhibit reveals Raspberry Pi in existential crisis
Dynamic Earth's ancient rock holds not primordial crystal, but a tiny Linux box having a bad day Bork!Bork!Bork! From the beginning of time, there has always been Bork. Lurking within the heart of this ancient rock is not a precious crystal or a rare fossil. No, it's a Raspberry Pi desktop and d...
This touchscreen mouse is my over-engineering nightmare
Who’s asking for this? | Image: Turtle Beach Turtle Beach's latest collection of PC peripherals are so focused around touchscreen displays that the company even slapped one on a gaming mouse. The $160 wireless Command Series MC7 features a 2.25-inch touch display bar on the left side of the mou...
Linux kernel's ‘second-in-command’ uses local AI bot to hunt bugs, powered by 'clanker' system with AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ — Framework Desktop has resulted in close to two dozen patches
Greg Kroah-Hartman posted a photo to Mastodon this weekend showing the hardware behind his AI-assisted bug-finding tool.
Here’s How Much San Francisco Tech Companies Pay for Police Protection
A recent attack on Sam Altman’s home and OpenAI offices has put corporate security under renewed scrutiny. Records reveal how much some tech firms spend to arm up.
Meta inks deal for solar power at night, beamed from space
Overview Energy's first contract with Meta is a small step toward a future of space-based solar power.
4TB of voice samples just stolen from 40k AI contractors at Mercor
Article URL: https://app.oravys.com/blog/mercor-breach-2026 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919630 Points: 234 # Comments: 94
ICO chief John Edwards steps back as workplace probe quietly unfolds
UK’s data watchdog confirms its boss has been off the job since February while an HR investigation runs The UK's data watchdog is without its chief after John Edwards stepped aside from the Information Commissioner's Office while an independent workplace investigation examines unspecified HR matt...
Pokémon 30th Anniversary Collabs—What You Can Still Buy and What’s Coming
From Uniqlo to Puma, here are some of the top Pokémerch money can buy … for now.
Watch out UK taxpayers: 28,000 HMRC staffers just got an AI copilot
Microsoft Copilot now heading into ‘Official Sensitive’ work after winning back just 26 minutes a day in a trial HMRC is betting big on Microsoft Copilot, rolling it out to tens of thousands of staff after a Whitehall trial estimated it saved each user roughly 26 minutes of time per day.…
Quarkdown – Markdown with Superpowers
Article URL: https://quarkdown.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919240 Points: 141 # Comments: 23
Anthropic's magic code-sniffer: More Swiss cheese than cheddar, for now
AI vuln-hunter finds what humans taught it to find. Funny that Opinion In retrospect, calling it Mythos made it a hostage to fortune. Anthropic may have hoped that the name implied its AI code security model had mythical god-like powers, but there's an alternate reading. Another definition for M...
The Iran War Is Impacting the Environment in Unseen Ways
From toxic smoke and oil spills to rising emissions, poisoned soil, and damaged ecosystems, war can reshape the environment long after the fighting stops.
It's OK to abandon your side-project (2024)
Article URL: https://robbowen.digital/wrote-about/abandoned-side-projects/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47918961 Points: 88 # Comments: 40