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US halts flights at busy East Coast airports, says fiber line cut
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/faa-halts-some-us-east-coast-flights-due-communication-issues-2026-09-21/ Comments URL: https://news.yco…
Xbox’s Mythic achievements sound like PlayStation’s Platinum trophy
Xbox appears to be ready to launch its own version of PlayStation's platinum trophies. A new update to the Xbox PC app has revealed Mythic achievement…
Logitech’s new haptics-based gaming mouse is a little better and $20 more
The G Pro Superstrike mouse is one of Logitech's most interesting products. Unlike other gaming mice, it has haptic actuators beneath its two main but…
Logitech’s new Blue Yeti 2 mic adjusts itself to where you are
The original Blue Yeti has been one of the most recognizable go-to USB microphones for content creators since it launched in 2009, and now it finally …
After multiple deaths and injuries, NHTSA is investigating comma.ai
Feds know of 5 crashes where cars using comma.ai devices hit slow or stopped vehicles.…
Discord will now automatically estimate your age
Discord is rolling out a new global age assurance system, seven months after pausing its previous verification measures following backlash from users.…
YouTube is building AI creator tools that do almost everything for them
Part of the job of a content creator is to figure out how to get their work in front of the most people. Cracking - or fighting - the algorithm has hi…
YouTube’s Custom Feeds Give You More Control Over the Algorithm
In YouTube’s latest update, viewers can tweak what the algorithm shows on their front page and curate it to a specific vibe.…
Small undersea volcanoes may unleash outsized tsunamis
Post-eruption imaging of the Hunga caldera gives new details of its collapse.…
Xiaomi’s new 18 Pro phones improve on Samsung’s privacy display
Xiaomi's new 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max launched in China today, and feature a more flexible take on the privacy display tech introduced this year on Samsu…
The Best Samsung Phones of 2026: Ultra, Fold, Budget
From flagship and budget to flipping and folding, Samsung’s Galaxy range spans the breadth of the smartphone cosmos. WIRED’s here to help you make you…
AT&T Is Automating Away Jobs—and Its Old Telecom Empire
The telecom giant is eager to show Wall Street that it can do more with less. That means fewer employees, less electricity, and increased automation.…
Kate Tolo Says Her Quest to Be ‘the Female Bryan Johnson’ Is ‘for Women’
Like her biohacking boyfriend, Tolo is undergoing a grueling regimen of tests—from tracking nighttime erections to subjecting herself to extreme heat …
M5 Ultra Mac Studio Review
Article URL: https://www.macstories.net/stories/m5-ultra-mac-studio-review-the-dream-mac-for-local-ai-agents/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.c…
Python Workers are now generally available
Article URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/python-workers-ga/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49787142 Points: 260 # Comments: 40…
Rabbit Is Back, This Time With an AI Agent App
Two years after trying to sidestep mobile apps with dedicated AI hardware, Rabbit is launching OS3, a cross-platform agent that lives on the screens y…
Rivian’s R2 beat its own climate goals four years early
Rivian always planned for its all-important R2 vehicle to be less expensive than its pricey R1 predecessors, but also less polluting. The production p…
Can gzip be a language model?
Article URL: https://nathan.rs/posts/gzip-lm/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49797323 Points: 263 # Comments: 92…
The Beats 360 are what I’d bring to the gym if I hated earbuds
Everyone has seen someone at the gym or running around their neighborhood wearing headphones that were never designed for workouts. Quite often those …
Xbox is merging its Forza developers into a single studio
Microsoft is uniting its two Forza developers into a single studio today, as part of a massive restructuring of Xbox. Playground Games, which develops…
AI Models Built From Rat Brains Just Got Closer to Reality
The Biological Computing Company is bringing its AI tools to Amazon Web Services in a major boost for a once-fringe field that aims to marry nature wi…
Waymo is offering transit discounts again, this time with Visa
Waymo has made several attempts over the years at offering transit discounts to its customers in the hopes of getting them to more frequently use the …
These discreet hearing aid glasses now have better voice boosting and battery life
EssilorLuxottica, the company that Meta partnered with for its Ray-Ban smart glasses, announced a new version of its Nuance Audio glasses that are des…
Adobe Premiere, One of the iPhone’s Best Video-Editing Apps, Is Now on Android
The Android version of Premiere has unique layouts on candy bar phones and foldable devices. It’s free to use and available today.…
Viture’s Vonder Glasses Are Meant to Map Your Mind
No cameras? No problem. Viture’s first display-free smart glasses have bone-conduction microphones to privately record your daily musings.…
Is a Home Security System Subscription Worth It? (2026)
Just about every home security system has paid options, but with a little effort and a focus on local storage, you can build your own without the recu…
Everything You Know About Political Violence Is Probably Wrong
Public disagreement about whether political violence is rising and who is responsible for it stems not from ideology alone but from competing definiti…
Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype
It’s been a busy few months for AI hype. At the end of April, Anthropic claimed that its model Claude Mythos is better at finding software vulnerabili…
A New Chatbot Wants to Unlock the Secrets in Tattered Ancient Greek Records
In the hope of uncovering new details about ancient life, researchers have developed a large language model that fills in the gaps in papyrus fragment…
Transformers Explained Visually
Article URL: https://poloclub.github.io/transformer-explainer/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49792342 Points: 263 # Comments: 41…