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How to Bring a Geothermal Well Back from the Dead

How to Bring a Geothermal Well Back from the Dead

Startup Zanskar has created one of the most productive geothermal wells in the US at a power plant that had been in decline for years.…
Zig's Incremental Compilation Internals

Zig's Incremental Compilation Internals

Article URL: https://mlugg.co.uk/posts/incremental-compilation-internals/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49085666 Points: 240 # Co…
New HIV vaccine shows unprecedented success in preclinical study

New HIV vaccine shows unprecedented success in preclinical study

Article URL: https://www.lji.org/news-events/news/post/new-hiv-vaccine-shows-unprecedented-success-in-preclinical-study/ Comments URL: https://news.yc…
Data centers may face temporary power cuts to prevent blackouts on largest US grid

Data centers may face temporary power cuts to prevent blackouts on largest US grid

The largest grid operator in the U.S. says it will cut power to large data centers to prevent blackouts starting next year.…
4GB graphics cards are back

4GB graphics cards are back

The first modern GPU with 4GB of VRAM has appeared, as RAM prices and component shortages push tech prices higher. As Digital Foundry reports, a listi…
HBO Max is putting on vertical shorts

HBO Max is putting on vertical shorts

Warner Bros. Discovery is bringing a vertical video feed to HBO Max to help you find something new to watch. Streaming platforms like Netflix, Disney …
A $500 RL fine-tune of a 9B open model beat frontier models on catalog review

A $500 RL fine-tune of a 9B open model beat frontier models on catalog review

Article URL: https://fermisense.com/when-machines-take-the-wheel/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49078454 Points: 237 # Comments: …
Twelve South’s stylish charging tray now delivers more wireless power with a smaller footprint

Twelve South’s stylish charging tray now delivers more wireless power with a smaller footprint

Following the original's debut at CES earlier this year, Twelve South is introducing a new version of its leather-wrapped Valet charging tray designed…
You don’t need to splurge on an expensive handheld fan to beat the heat

You don’t need to splurge on an expensive handheld fan to beat the heat

Despite what influencers may say, you don’t need to spend $99.99 on Dyson’s HushJet Mini Cool or $149.99 for the Shark ChillPill to survive the summer…
Recursive Superintelligence signs $410 compute deal with Amazon

Recursive Superintelligence signs $410 compute deal with Amazon

Recursive’s $400 million outlay represents the bulk of the company’s fundraising to date.…
Best Apple Watch (2026): Series 11, SE 3, and Ultra 3

Best Apple Watch (2026): Series 11, SE 3, and Ultra 3

Should you splurge on the new Series 11, or will the SE 3 do? Let us help you figure out which version to get (and which to avoid).…
Smart rings are looking like my kind of AI gadget

Smart rings are looking like my kind of AI gadget

Over the last few months, I've spent a lot of time talking to my computer. One underrated feature of the LLM revolution has been a remarkable leap in …
Apple launches ‘Upgrade’ program to lease new devices

Apple launches ‘Upgrade’ program to lease new devices

Apple has officially introduced "Apple Upgrade," a new leasing program that aims to make it easier to get your hands on the latest iPhone, Mac, iPad, …
Perplexity’s Personal Computer turns Windows PCs into AI agents

Perplexity’s Personal Computer turns Windows PCs into AI agents

Perplexity has expanded its agentic Personal Computer tool to Windows, allowing computers running the world's most popular OS to be used as a locally …
Logitech’s handheld plans are on ice — don’t expect a G Cloud 2 soon

Logitech’s handheld plans are on ice — don’t expect a G Cloud 2 soon

Logitech's new gaming boss, Robin Piispanen, tells me he likes the idea of gaming handhelds. "It's such a charming value proposition," he says, as we …
Paged Out #9 [pdf]

Paged Out #9 [pdf]

Article URL: https://pagedout.institute/download/PagedOut_009.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49070138 Points: 233 # Comments: …
Removing React.js from the codebase and adapting Htmx for UI interactivity (2023)

Removing React.js from the codebase and adapting Htmx for UI interactivity (2023)

Article URL: https://misago-project.org/t/removing-reactjs-from-the-codebase-and-adapting-htmx-for-ui-interactivity/1267/ Comments URL: https://news.y…
It's not empowering to hand off the details

It's not empowering to hand off the details

Article URL: https://davidnicholaswilliams.com/its-not-empowering-to-hand-off-the-details/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060592…
We have proof automation now

We have proof automation now

Article URL: https://www.imperialviolet.org/2026/07/26/zstd-lean.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49062291 Points: 222 # Commen…
Kimi-K3 Technical Report [pdf]

Kimi-K3 Technical Report [pdf]

Related: Kimi-K3 on HuggingFace - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49065752 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49070985 Points: 28…
OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach has reignited the debate over alignment and control

OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach has reignited the debate over alignment and control

OpenAI's Hugging Face breach has reignited debate over AI alignment and control, exposing competing views on whether increasingly capable AI should be…
Framework Laptop 13 Pro review: Much better battery, much worse price

Framework Laptop 13 Pro review: Much better battery, much worse price

Framework's latest modular laptop trades one set of problems for another.…
YouTube Premium will include Peacock starting next year

YouTube Premium will include Peacock starting next year

YouTube's ad-free Premium subscription is getting another perk: access to Peacock. In an announcement on Monday, NBCUniversal says the multi-year agre…
Threads users can now chat with Meta AI in their DMs

Threads users can now chat with Meta AI in their DMs

Meta on Monday said it is rolling out its Meta AI chatbot within Threads' DMs, giving users a way to chat with the AI assistant.…
Why China is giving away its best AI models

Why China is giving away its best AI models

Silicon Valley has spent much of the past week on red alert, digesting the arrival of Moonshot AI's Kimi K3, a Chinese AI model that can allegedly bea…
Measles Is Becoming So Common That Treatments May Soon Be Needed

Measles Is Becoming So Common That Treatments May Soon Be Needed

As the US sees its highest number of measles cases in decades and vaccination rates fall, researchers are developing drugs to help those who contract …
Kimi-K3 Releases on HuggingFace 7/27

Kimi-K3 Releases on HuggingFace 7/27

Article URL: https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K3 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49065752 Points: 239 # Comments: 83…
Soundcore Nebula P1i Projector Review: New Design, Classic Pitfalls

Soundcore Nebula P1i Projector Review: New Design, Classic Pitfalls

I tested the Soundcore Nebula P1i, an affordable projector, to see if it could overcome the typical drawbacks that most budget projectors suffer from.…
Decker, a platform that builds on the legacy of Hypercard and classic macOS

Decker, a platform that builds on the legacy of Hypercard and classic macOS

Article URL: https://beyondloom.com/decker/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060856 Points: 209 # Comments: 44…
MouthPad: A Tongue-Controlled Touchpad

MouthPad: A Tongue-Controlled Touchpad

Article URL: https://www.augmental.tech/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49045446 Points: 153 # Comments: 31…