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Fields Medalist Terence Tao delivered a talk titled 'Math 2.0' at Caltech in 2026, exploring how AI is reshaping mathematical research, proof verification, and collaboration. The presentation likely c...

Paramount is pursuing a landmark $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, marking one of the largest mergers in Hollywood history. The deal, which has been in development, would reshape the...

A remote worker was terminated after refusing to take 160 webcam photos daily for employer surveillance. The case highlights growing tensions around digital monitoring and worker privacy in remote wor...

A critical perspective arguing that Passkeys, despite being promoted as a secure authentication standard, contain fundamental design flaws that make them risky for users. The article has generated sig...

An AI system trained on 500B tokens successfully decompiled a first-person shooter game's code, demonstrating advanced reverse-engineering capabilities using autonomous agents. The project highlights ...

Logfire achieves over 1,000x query speedups on semi-structured OpenTelemetry data through a technique called dynamic shredding, turning previously timing-out 30-second queries into sub-second response...

Researchers from Adepts of 0xCC published a detailed security analysis of the Eufy Doorbell and its base station, demonstrating remote jamming attacks that can disconnect the device from its managemen...

Andrej Karpathy highlights that the gap between how AI researchers and the general public understand LLM capabilities is growing wider. As models become more capable, public perception increasingly la...

New York City has enacted its 'Click to Cancel' rule, requiring businesses to make it as easy to cancel a subscription or service online as it is to sign up. The regulation aims to combat dark pattern...

The article warns against placing a tilde (~) directly in your PATH environment variable, as it may not expand to $HOME in all contexts and can lead to unexpected behavior. It explains the subtle diff...

A developer has recreated the classic 1997 real-time strategy game Total Annihilation for modern computers, likely involving compatibility fixes, updated graphics, and modern multiplayer infrastructur...

Valen introduces a novel borrow checker that aims to combine Rust-level memory safety with the simplicity of reference counting or garbage collection. The system uses "group borrowing" where reference...

LineageOS 24.0 has been released, based on Android 17, with security patches merged from August 2025 through October 2026. The release also serves as a prelude to the project's 10th anniversary on Dec...

The Futhark language team resolved a complex design problem around alias propagation in its type checker, which is essential for ensuring safe in-place array updates. The solution balances theoretical...

The article explores the long-requested feature of React Context selectors, which would allow components to subscribe to only specific parts of context. It reviews historical attempts like calculateCh...

Industry executives argue that voice AI has not yet reached its ChatGPT-level breakthrough moment, citing persistent failures in handling contextual understanding. These gaps in the context layer cont...

Efferon, a biotech startup featured in TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, has developed a medical device called Efferon NEO that filters deadly cytokines and toxins from children's blood to treat pediatric seps...

Elgin Community College attempted to remove six Flock Safety license-plate-recognition cameras installed in April 2025 for student security but was refused by the company after raising concerns about ...

NASA released over 800GB of science data, images, and videos from the Artemis II mission, including 11,000+ photos/videos, 8.5 hours of audio, and crew-annotated observations of impact flashes on the ...

A data visualization and mapping project that explores and illustrates the geography, infrastructure, and urban development of North Korea. The project compiles open-source satellite imagery and geosp...

IRCv3 is an effort to modernize the Internet Relay Chat protocol with a series of extensions that add features like message tags, capabilities negotiation, and UTF-8 support while maintaining backward...

BetterWispr is a free, open-source dictation tool for macOS that aims to improve on Apple's built-in voice recognition. The Show HN post received moderate community engagement with 146 points and 92 c...

DHH rewrote his CampfireOnce app using AI agents without reading the resulting code in Rust, Elixir, or Go, revealing significant issues with AI-generated rewrites. The article highlights that vague p...

This article introduces arena allocators as a memory management paradigm in C that simplifies memory handling, improves performance, and reduces memory leak risks. It explains the problems with tradit...

The article explores the challenges of building unified documentation sites for projects that support multiple programming languages, a concept the author calls "polyglot docs sites." Two main strateg...

This article explores the actual disk footprint of Git commits through hands-on experiments, revealing that even tiny commits carry significant overhead (starting around 64 KB for a bare repo). It hig...

A developer created a software bridge that enables the GameSir T1d Bluetooth controller (originally bundled with the Ryze/DJI Tello drone) to function as a standard Xbox 360 gamepad on Linux. The MIT-...

The author presents a proposal for a next-generation borrow checker as a drop-in replacement for Rust's current system, designed to address the pain points developers face with complex borrow errors l...

Game developer Mason Remaley shares highlights from an AMA after shipping 'Way of Rhea,' a puzzle game he spent six years building entirely in Rust starting in 2018. The article covers his reasons for...

Apple's upcoming HomeView smart home device has reportedly been named and given a launch date, ending a period of speculation about the company's long-rumored entry into the smart home product space.

A new regulatory or operational hurdle for self-driving trucks appears to have been cleared, marking progress for autonomous trucking. The article is part of TechCrunch Mobility's ongoing coverage of ...

Dawn Myers is developing beauty hardware specifically designed for textured and curly hair, addressing a long-overlooked gap in the market where most tools are built to straighten rather than care for...

An Equity podcast episode discusses whether the AI industry's use of NDAs with communities hosting data centers is hindering public trust and fueling opposition to data center moratoriums. The debate ...

Rumors suggest the upcoming Apple TV refresh will feature a built-in microphone for hands-free Siri control and a redesigned remote with an integrated speaker to help locate the lost device. These cha...

Vurt is a startup creating vertical microdramas designed for wide-screen televisions, distinguishing itself from mobile-first vertical video platforms. Major streaming services like Disney+ and HBO Ma...

The LeapPad was once America's hottest children's toy — a 'smart book' that played sounds and responded to taps to teach reading. Decades later, The Verge revisits why it captivated both kids and pare...

The Xteink X4 Pro is the company's first e-reader featuring both a frontlight and a touchscreen, dropping the physical buttons found on its predecessor. It retains the compact 4.3-inch E Ink display o...