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Philips Hue adds more affordable options for syncing smart lights with your TV

Philips Hue adds more affordable options for syncing smart lights with your TV

Philips Hue is slashing the steep entry price of its entertainment sync offerings. The new stripped-down Sync Box 4K starts at $150, compared to $385 …

Philips Hue adds Nanoleaf’s light panels to its ecosystem with a $40 module

Philips Hue adds Nanoleaf’s light panels to its ecosystem with a $40 module

Philips Hue is finally adding wall panels into its smart lighting portfolio. But instead of developing its own, it's partnered with longtime rival Nan…

Now you can tell the Hue app how you want your smart lights to work

Now you can tell the Hue app how you want your smart lights to work

Philips Hue's AI assistant can now build automations based on natural language, letting you describe what you want your lights to do. The feature, cal…

Anker’s Sleep Speaker uses radar and flower power to help you relax

Anker’s Sleep Speaker uses radar and flower power to help you relax

Anker's aptly named Sleep Speaker promises to track and enhance sleep without a wearable. It uses millimeter-wave radar (60GHz) blasting from your nig…

Anker’s new MindBase is an AI-powered brain for your smart home

Anker’s new MindBase is an AI-powered brain for your smart home

Anker is launching the Eufy MindBase, a local AI hub for its security cameras that runs an on-device, Anker-developed LLM, which the company says can …

The best tech and gadgets announced at IFA so far

The best tech and gadgets announced at IFA so far

The doors to Europe's largest consumer tech show haven't opened to the public yet, but there's already plenty of news coming out of IFA 2026 in Berlin…

Range Rover’s new EV looks just like a regular Range Rover — that’s refreshing

Range Rover’s new EV looks just like a regular Range Rover — that’s refreshing

I think automakers are finally getting the memo. Rather than try to reinvent the wheel with its new electric vehicle, Range Rover just made one that l…

We’re ‘dangerously close’ to dead internet theory, says Pangram’s CEO

We’re ‘dangerously close’ to dead internet theory, says Pangram’s CEO

The internet has a trust problem, and it’s not just because social media feeds are filling up with AI slop. AI-generated text and image…

Pangram’s Max Spero on why AI detection is harder than ‘Real or Fake’

Pangram’s Max Spero on why AI detection is harder than ‘Real or Fake’

The internet has a trust problem, and it’s not just because social media feeds are filling up with AI slop. AI-generated text and image…

A Note from LWN

A Note from LWN

Article URL: https://lwn.net/Articles/1090585/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49535752 Points: 233 # Comments: 38…

OpenAI accused of ‘aiding and abetting’ Tumbler Ridge mass shooting in dozens of new lawsuits

OpenAI accused of ‘aiding and abetting’ Tumbler Ridge mass shooting in dozens of new lawsuits

OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman are facing 30 new lawsuits that accuse them of providing "substantial assistance and encouragement" to the suspect in Ca…

Facilitating AI integration with simplicity at scale

Facilitating AI integration with simplicity at scale

As companies scale, the technology supporting operations can become a liability just as quickly as it becomes an asset. Disconnected systems, site-spe…

BGP hijack infecting networks caused by a comedy of errors that’s not funny at all

BGP hijack infecting networks caused by a comedy of errors that’s not funny at all

What can we learn from a BGP hijacking that poisoned production software? Plenty.…

The Download: AI puzzles and a path to our nearest star system

The Download: AI puzzles and a path to our nearest star system

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. …

My local model setup on an M4 Pro Mac Mini

My local model setup on an M4 Pro Mac Mini

Article URL: https://lws.io/blog/my-local-model-setup/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49529132 Points: 228 # Comments: 137…

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2026)

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2026)

Please state the location and include REMOTE for remote work, REMOTE (US) or similar if the country is restricted, and ONSITE when remote work is not …

Ambient CSS v3 – Blender meets CSS

Ambient CSS v3 – Blender meets CSS

Article URL: https://ambientcss.vercel.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49523387 Points: 192 # Comments: 68…

Here's our first look—and drive—of the 2027 Range Rover Electric

Here's our first look—and drive—of the 2027 Range Rover Electric

333 miles of real-world range with uncompromised comfort and off-road ability.…

Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1

Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1

What's new in Claude Fable 5.1 – https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/fable-5-1/whats-n...System Card: https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/0339e6a7c5c…

It turns out that Orion's much-maligned heat shield performed really well

It turns out that Orion's much-maligned heat shield performed really well

Independent safety officials also have high praise for changes by NASA leadership.…

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra hits its lowest price since launch

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra hits its lowest price since launch

If you missed the release promotions for the recent round of Samsung Galaxy phones, you’re in luck. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is $300 off at B…

Homey just made the smart home controller I hoped Apple would build

Homey just made the smart home controller I hoped Apple would build

Smart homes have gotten really good at making things really complicated. Turning on a light can involve multiple steps, compared to just flipping a sw…

Sequoia-incubated Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages before they happen

Sequoia-incubated Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages before they happen

The startup wants to do for IT infrastructure what Cursor did for software engineering.…

Cheap GPS jammers are filling the world with navigation dead zones

Cheap GPS jammers are filling the world with navigation dead zones

https://archive.is/zUA3D Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49500504 Points: 189 # Comments: 194…

44% on ARC-AGI-1 in 67 cents

44% on ARC-AGI-1 in 67 cents

Article URL: https://mvakde.github.io/blog/44-on-arc-1/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49519939 Points: 228 # Comments: 63…

Fambot introduces an ‘AI chief of staff’ for families

Fambot introduces an ‘AI chief of staff’ for families

Fambot is building an AI “chief of staff” to help families manage the emails, calendars, school updates, sports schedules, and other logistics of rais…

Shelly’s new $50 security camera watches your home without a subscription

Shelly’s new $50 security camera watches your home without a subscription

After launching a budget-friendly flood sensor last month with impressive battery life, Shelly announced a new $49.99 security camera today that can b…

Making the AI-powered case for legacy modernization

Making the AI-powered case for legacy modernization

For years, legacy technology has been a problem companies knew they needed to solve, but one they often struggled to tackle. The cost, complexity, and…

Sonos introduces new headphones, soundbar, and software in its biggest announcement in years

Sonos introduces new headphones, soundbar, and software in its biggest announcement in years

At an event in New York City, Sonos announced two new audio products - the Sonos Beam Ultra soundbar and Sonos Ace Ultra headphones, details of which …

Restroom Archive

Restroom Archive

Article URL: https://restroomarchive.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49517624 Points: 187 # Comments: 47…