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Roku’s first OLED TVs undercut the midrange competition

Roku’s first OLED TVs undercut the midrange competition

Just a few weeks ago the only midrange OLED options available were from LG and Samsung. But after Sony officially announced the Bravia 6 last week, Ro…
Mozilla launches ad blocking for Firefox on iOS

Mozilla launches ad blocking for Firefox on iOS

Mozilla is officially launching ad blocking for Firefox on iOS today, after testing the feature over the past few weeks. The new built-in option will …
Nvidia’s DLSS 5, explained

Nvidia’s DLSS 5, explained

Nvidia knows that DLSS 5 left a bad first impression. In March, many gamers took one look at Resident Evil Requiem protagonist Grace Ashcroft's DLSS 5…
Get ready for a really busy month of smartphones

Get ready for a really busy month of smartphones

We're not even half a day into September, and two new smartphones have already launched: the Poco F9 Pro and F9 Ultra. We're expecting more this week,…
Florida blocks Flock cams on state highways

Florida blocks Flock cams on state highways

Florida is banning Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers across state highways, as reported earlier by NBC News and local news outle…
Private group wants to launch "cheapest possible" mission to Alpha Centauri

Private group wants to launch "cheapest possible" mission to Alpha Centauri

"We could really be facing the great filter."…
IFA 2026: the biggest tech and gadget announcements

IFA 2026: the biggest tech and gadget announcements

Every year over 200,000 people descend on Berlin for IFA, the largest tech trade show in Europe. Some of the world’s biggest manufacturers turn …
5 Best Folding Phones (2026): Samsung, Google, Motorola

5 Best Folding Phones (2026): Samsung, Google, Motorola

Ready to move on from the traditional glass slab? Introduce a hinge into your life with these folding smartphones.…
Dyson’s Next Act Is an Electric Toothbrush With a Camera

Dyson’s Next Act Is an Electric Toothbrush With a Camera

The company known for stick vacuums and hair dryers is coming for your teeth. The $499 Dyson CameraJet uses a tiny camera to aim streams of rinsing fl…
Dyson made a camera-equipped toothbrush that flosses for you

Dyson made a camera-equipped toothbrush that flosses for you

Dyson is once again expanding its line of personal care products with a device that focuses on your teeth instead of your hair. As the name implies, t…
Smartphone LED detects hidden cameras with AI

Smartphone LED detects hidden cameras with AI

Article URL: https://www.chosun.com/english/industry-en/2026/08/30/SBFXUIJQYZEARKP5T4FBAY25HQ/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4949…
Startup Anti-Patterns

Startup Anti-Patterns

Article URL: https://www.itamarnovick.com/intro-to-startup-anti-pattern-series/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49499831 Points: 17…
Playa Phone

Playa Phone

Article URL: https://playaphone.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49510514 Points: 180 # Comments: 77…
Phil Schiller is leaving his biggest jobs at Apple

Phil Schiller is leaving his biggest jobs at Apple

Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller is stepping down from his role as the head of the App Store and Apple events, according to a report from Bloomb…
Car owners want tech they can ignore

Car owners want tech they can ignore

Automakers keep shoving more tech into their cars, despite evidence that consumers are increasingly fed up with huge screens and glitchy software. In …
Inside Meta’s push to put robots to work in data centers

Inside Meta’s push to put robots to work in data centers

The company is testing robots on tasks that can performed by technicians.…
Stripe said to abandon $50B pursuit of PayPal

Stripe said to abandon $50B pursuit of PayPal

https://archive.ph/qdE54 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49473483 Points: 193 # Comments: 266…
Show HN: We built open OpenRouter that turns usage into a better model

Show HN: We built open OpenRouter that turns usage into a better model

Hi HN, we built an open source model gateway. It's a single place to manage our own self hosted, frontier, and open source models in one place.It’s is…
The Galaxy Z Flip 8 is at its best when there’s friction

The Galaxy Z Flip 8 is at its best when there’s friction

What do you want from a flip phone when it's closed? A simple interface, perhaps notifications and a widget or two, for handling the basics? Or a full…
Please stop flooding our projects with AI slop to furnish your CV

Please stop flooding our projects with AI slop to furnish your CV

Article URL: https://neilalexander.dev/2026/06/30/flooding-contributions Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49474143 Points: 212 # Com…
The Cybersecurity Apocalypse Is Coming in ‘Months,’ AI Giants Warn

The Cybersecurity Apocalypse Is Coming in ‘Months,’ AI Giants Warn

Plus: Hackers target over 100 US water systems, ICE puts in an order for robot dogs, and you’ll never guess what “MrChildPorn” was arrested for.…
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Has a Hidden Technological Leap

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Has a Hidden Technological Leap

Astronomers will test equipment that, if it’s successful, will one day be crucial for discovering Earthlike planets.…
Show HN: OpenTIE and OpenXWA, Modern Ports of Tie Fighter and X-Wing Alliance

Show HN: OpenTIE and OpenXWA, Modern Ports of Tie Fighter and X-Wing Alliance

Article URL: https://github.com/elyosh/OpenTIE/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49471965 Points: 217 # Comments: 54…
The Twelve-Factor App (2025)

The Twelve-Factor App (2025)

Article URL: https://12factor.net/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49472216 Points: 238 # Comments: 122…
Decompiling a Nintendo 64 game in 84 days

Decompiling a Nintendo 64 game in 84 days

Article URL: https://blog.chrislewis.au/decompiling-a-nintendo-64-game-in-84-days/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49466006 Points:…
Doctors are finally learning to manage antidepressant withdrawal

Doctors are finally learning to manage antidepressant withdrawal

https://web.archive.org/web/20260826205502/https://www.newsc...https://archive.ph/zahjchttps://x.com/mikesmariani/status/2092966720252133523 Comments …
Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions

Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions

Article URL: https://www.orbify.eu/demo/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477564 Points: 286 # Comments: 100…
An Anthropic researcher just gave us a peek at self-improving AI

An Anthropic researcher just gave us a peek at self-improving AI

Given 10 benchmarks for specific misaligned behaviors, the automated systems were able to improve performance on every single one without degrading ov…
Mice, a Caved-In Ceiling, and Cloudy Water: The GSA’s New Office Is Falling Apart

Mice, a Caved-In Ceiling, and Cloudy Water: The GSA’s New Office Is Falling Apart

“Do we need to look at the ceiling before going to the bathroom? Can we actually trust the water is safe to drink?” asks one GSA worker.…
Suica, Japan's First IC Transit Card

Suica, Japan's First IC Transit Card

Article URL: https://www.tokyodev.com/articles/the-story-of-suica Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49466894 Points: 266 # Comments: …