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Visa, Mastercard, Major Banks Facing New Litigation over 'Anticompetitive' Fees

Visa, Mastercard, Major Banks Facing New Litigation over 'Anticompetitive' Fees

Article URL: https://www.classaction.org/news/visa-mastercard-major-banks-facing-new-litigation-over-anticompetitive-merchant-credit-card-transaction-…
Everything announced at Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra event

Everything announced at Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra event

Microsoft just wrapped up a big Windows and Surface-focused keynote in San Francisco. The biggest announcement was arguably the release details about …
These Researchers Made AI Drive a Toyota Corolla to Get In-N-Out

These Researchers Made AI Drive a Toyota Corolla to Get In-N-Out

Three engineers put GPT, Claude, and Grok in charge of a real car. Only one of them was successful.…
It appears .agent and .agi are about to be the hot new domains

It appears .agent and .agi are about to be the hot new domains

For the first time in years, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - better known as ICANN - is accepting applications for new top-l…
Penguin Mail – open-source Rust email client for Linux with AI

Penguin Mail – open-source Rust email client for Linux with AI

Article URL: https://penguin-mail.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49984716 Points: 225 # Comments: 155…
Muse launches on the iPad

Muse launches on the iPad

After launching nearly a month ago and spending several weeks as the top free app in Apple's App Store, the latest update to Meta's Muse iOS app intro…
Xreal’s most affordable display glasses are $50 off

Xreal’s most affordable display glasses are $50 off

Xreal launched its xbx A01 Plus display glasses over the summer for $299, and they’re a decent value. The design and fit are more or less on-par with …
ChatGPT is getting college planning tools

ChatGPT is getting college planning tools

OpenAI is bringing new tools to ChatGPT for Teens, a mode for teens introduced in August with safeguards and break reminders, to help users with the c…
Doxxing Jane Doe

Doxxing Jane Doe

Who is Jane Doe? Online vigilantes have tried to expose the Cornell University student who filed a lawsuit accusing seven fraternity members of gang r…
A free mod for Titanfall 2 makes it one of the best VR games ever

A free mod for Titanfall 2 makes it one of the best VR games ever

Titanfall has a special place in my heart. I've never felt such a rush in gaming since - leaping into the air with a jump pack, running on walls, summ…
Windows and Surface live blog: On the ground at Microsoft’s event

Windows and Surface live blog: On the ground at Microsoft’s event

We're in San Francisco today to hear what's next for Windows and Surface. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Windows and Surfac…
A font recreated from photographs of classic Commodore 64 keycaps

A font recreated from photographs of classic Commodore 64 keycaps

Article URL: https://github.com/szabadkai/c64-keyboard-font/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49990224 Points: 231 # Comments: 43…
If you're looking, here's a "good deal" for NASA and the European Space Agency

If you're looking, here's a "good deal" for NASA and the European Space Agency

"We are in the era of people interested in having good deals, and LISA is a very good deal for the US."…
Shipping JPEG XL in Chrome

Shipping JPEG XL in Chrome

Article URL: https://developer.chrome.com/blog/jpeg-xl-in-chrome Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49991227 Points: 249 # Comments: 1…
Review: Fine, let's talk about Digger

Review: Fine, let's talk about Digger

Its excesses may try one’s patience at times, but the film sticks the landing with a savagely moving finale.…
Google rolls out improved SynthID AI content detector, now available globally

Google rolls out improved SynthID AI content detector, now available globally

The new SynthID website can now identify AI content from Google, OpenAI, and more.…
Mistral says "Le Chonk" can challenge the best AI models

Mistral says "Le Chonk" can challenge the best AI models

Mistral says Le Chonk can rival top closed models while remaining open-weight.…
New leaks provide our first look at Apple and LG’s smart home devices

New leaks provide our first look at Apple and LG’s smart home devices

Following a report from Bloomberg yesterday that Apple is collaborating with LG for a new collection of smart home devices and accessories, a reliable…
State of Devs 2026

State of Devs 2026

Article URL: https://2026.stateofdevs.com/en-US/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49985643 Points: 220 # Comments: 129…
Amazon uses its tracking data to guess whether shoppers have a flat butt and no friends

Amazon uses its tracking data to guess whether shoppers have a flat butt and no friends

Most people know that Amazon collects data about your shopping history to serve up personalized product recommendations. But what some of us didn't re…
My cats hate to see this great upright carpet cleaner coming

My cats hate to see this great upright carpet cleaner coming

For a while, I swore by Bissell’s Little Green carpet cleaner. I liked the sub-$100 price, the fact that it was small enough to fit on a closet shelf,…
Ring’s first smart lock can be charged by turning a dial when the battery unexpectedly dies

Ring’s first smart lock can be charged by turning a dial when the battery unexpectedly dies

Amazon announced its first smart lock that eliminates the need for a physical backup key should its rechargeable battery die while you're away from ho…
Claude Code’s suggested message feature: I think the real customer is the model

Claude Code’s suggested message feature: I think the real customer is the model

Article URL: https://www.zohaib.cc/blog/smartest-claude-code-feature Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49981905 Points: 231 # Comment…
Strands Decider 2B: a small, open-source, decision model

Strands Decider 2B: a small, open-source, decision model

Article URL: https://strandsagents.com/blog/introducing-strands-decider/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49987076 Points: 221 # Com…
‘Digger’ is a Box Office Flop. It Might Be the Most Relevant Film of the Year

‘Digger’ is a Box Office Flop. It Might Be the Most Relevant Film of the Year

Sold by its trailer as a gag reel, Tom Cruise’s strangest movie may be the most unsettling portrait of our tech and climate moment yet.…
‘The Social Reckoning’ Already Feels Irrelevant

‘The Social Reckoning’ Already Feels Irrelevant

Aaron Sorkin’s sequel to The Social Network attempts to shame a ruling class that has proved itself shameless.…
The Social Reckoning is a tepid thriller that reminds us of how we got here

The Social Reckoning is a tepid thriller that reminds us of how we got here

When David Fincher's The Social Network premiered in 2010, many people still thought of Mark Zuckerberg as a genius who had revolutionized the world b…
Windows and Surface event: how to watch and what to expect

Windows and Surface event: how to watch and what to expect

Microsoft is heading to San Francisco this morning to reveal what's coming next for Windows and Surface and a "conversation on how local AI will shape…
Tell HN: GitHub refuses to remove cracked copies of my software after a month

Tell HN: GitHub refuses to remove cracked copies of my software after a month

I am a developer of https://www.photopea.com, a popular photo editor that runs in a web browser.Many people are asking AI models to take the Javascrip…
Your Next Great Read Might Be Certified ‘Organic’

Your Next Great Read Might Be Certified ‘Organic’

Amid a sea of AI writing slop, a new stamp for “organic literature” will help readers to pick out books authored by real, corn-fed, free-range humans.…