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You Are No Longer Invited to Dinner

You Are No Longer Invited to Dinner

Article URL: https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-death-of-the-american-host Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49891295 Points: 346 # …
Interview: Firefox's chief on why he hopes a redesign will help win users from Chrome

Interview: Firefox's chief on why he hopes a redesign will help win users from Chrome

Mozilla's Ajit Varma explains why a redesign suits the fight for the open web.…
Leaked images reveal new colors for Amazon’s next entry-level Kindle

Leaked images reveal new colors for Amazon’s next entry-level Kindle

Amazon typically introduces new Kindle models a few months ahead of the holiday shopping season, and this year it looks like that will include a bigge…
OpenAI says planned GPT-6.1 is too insecure to release

OpenAI says planned GPT-6.1 is too insecure to release

Similar performance, security tradeoffs also seen in current public models.…
Fruit flies remember their larval diet, which influences their longevity

Fruit flies remember their larval diet, which influences their longevity

Eating less protein as larvae may limit their ability to produce proteins as adults.…
California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops

California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops

Article URL: https://www.kqed.org/news/12101534/california-farmers-are-struggling-to-sell-grapes-as-demand-for-wine-drops Comments URL: https://news.y…
Timnit Gebru Believes There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI

Timnit Gebru Believes There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI

One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity.…
Beats 360 Review: Customizable, Stylish, and Fun

Beats 360 Review: Customizable, Stylish, and Fun

Beats’ new flagship headphones are customizable, stylish, fun, and great for working out. But there are stronger options for everyday use.…
Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think

Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think

You hear it all the time: Modern cars are basically smartphones on wheels. And just like the phone in your pocket, the car in your driveway collects v…
MicroLLM Lab – Try 7 tiny LLM's in the browser

MicroLLM Lab – Try 7 tiny LLM's in the browser

Article URL: https://stateofutopia.com/experiments/microllmlab/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49882781 Points: 212 # Comments: 77…
Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah

Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah

Article URL: https://twitter.com/AliAbunimah/status/2103890594137309425 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49879645 Points: 222 # Comm…
Hijacking the PS5's RTMP stream

Hijacking the PS5's RTMP stream

Article URL: https://yashgarg.dev/posts/hijacking-ps5-rtmp-stream/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49879702 Points: 215 # Comments:…
World Labs Is Joining AMD

World Labs Is Joining AMD

Article URL: https://www.worldlabs.ai/blog/amd-announcement Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49883760 Points: 226 # Comments: 88…
Jeff – Jev-compatible 0.8B decision models, trained at home, ~30 ms

Jeff – Jev-compatible 0.8B decision models, trained at home, ~30 ms

Article URL: https://github.com/firelex/jeff Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49883844 Points: 222 # Comments: 71…
Nothing’s new flagship Headphone 1 Pro put you in the studio

Nothing’s new flagship Headphone 1 Pro put you in the studio

Nothing has been on a bit of an audio tear this year, releasing the solid Headphone A and the surprisingly good Ear 3A earbuds. The Headphone A releas…
Nothing’s New Headphone (1) Pro Are Made for the Studio

Nothing’s New Headphone (1) Pro Are Made for the Studio

With three drivers in each ear and tuning from Metropolis Studios, Nothing wants its new $399 cans to shine in the studio while also making your commu…
Boeing "incredibly excited" to serve as nation's only astronaut transportation

Boeing "incredibly excited" to serve as nation's only astronaut transportation

"We couldn't provide detailed pricing to the CLD suppliers."…
Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall

Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall

Listen to the session or watch below The US has spent billions building a “virtual wall” of surveillance towers along its southern border over the pas…
New device captures carbon dioxide by pumping it across a battery

New device captures carbon dioxide by pumping it across a battery

The design requires less energy to capture CO2 than current systems.…
Florida invokes extinction fears in legal bid to halt OpenAI development

Florida invokes extinction fears in legal bid to halt OpenAI development

State says LLMs threaten civilization as "the greatest public nuisance ever created."…
SpaceX's Starship goes orbital, deploying first next-gen Starlinks

SpaceX's Starship goes orbital, deploying first next-gen Starlinks

Starship had already flown 99 percent of the way to low-Earth orbit. Monday's flight added the last bit.…
Kids turned low-traffic NPR Spotify comments into a secret group chat

Kids turned low-traffic NPR Spotify comments into a secret group chat

Article URL: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/897/transcript Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49879697 Points: 183 # Comments: 118…
Windows 11½

Windows 11½

Article URL: https://definitelynotwindows.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49881747 Points: 251 # Comments: 69…
Boox Picco (2026): Inside the Smallest E-Reader Boox Has Ever Made

Boox Picco (2026): Inside the Smallest E-Reader Boox Has Ever Made

The Boox Picco is a palm-sized e-reader with a 4-inch screen, strong support for different ebook formats, and digital utility tools.…
Bose starts adding Auracast to its headphones

Bose starts adding Auracast to its headphones

A new firmware update for the $449 Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones Gen 2 adds support for Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast as beta features. The fla…
Volkswagen replaces ID.4 with all-electric Tiguan

Volkswagen replaces ID.4 with all-electric Tiguan

In a widely expected move, Volkswagen announced Monday that it will replace the recently retired ID.4 crossover with the upcoming ID.Tiguan. The decis…
SpaceX preps next-gen Starlink as Amazon’s competitor stalls

SpaceX preps next-gen Starlink as Amazon’s competitor stalls

SpaceX is gearing up for a monumental flight today that's sure to be closely watched by Amazon. If successful, SpaceX will deploy its first Starlink V…
Best Apple Watch: Series 12, Ultra 4, and SE 3 (2026)

Best Apple Watch: Series 12, Ultra 4, and SE 3 (2026)

From the latest Ultra to last year’s SE, these are the Apple Watches worth considering.…
Space Lasers Are About to Get Their First Real Test Generating Energy

Space Lasers Are About to Get Their First Real Test Generating Energy

Startup Star Catcher is launching a system that, if successful, would be the first time energy has been beamed between two separate spacecraft.…
Automattic has a new board after failed attempt to put CEO on leave

Automattic has a new board after failed attempt to put CEO on leave

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/25/automattic-has-a-new-board-after-failed-attempt-to-put-ceo-on-leave/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombin…