Introduction: When engineers first encounter entity resolution, the problem looks deceptively simple: compare records, score likely matches, connect the ones above a threshold, cluster the graph. That mental model works for a whiteboard interview. It does not survive...

News analysis: A throwaway line in a Google guide for vintage shoppers points to a deeper shift: search is moving from isolated queries to AI-led conversations, and many websites are not ready. Google did not need a keynote stage, a product launch trailer or a...

As competition in the digital finance world grows between America's market-driven approach and China's state-centric model for digital assets, Indonesia is pursuing a different path for economic growth. Indonesia’s approach is critical for economies such as Japan, who...

Imagine If Five Companies Controlled the Entire Internet Imagine launching a startup only to discover that your website, your users, your data, and even your ability to innovate depended on the decisions of five companies. A sudden price increase could double your...

Article URL: https://www.korte.co/2026/06/11/digital-sovereignty-becomes-an-imparative-as-the-us-reads-dutch-emails/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48500404 Points: 9 # Comments: 2

AI coding agents are getting better, but they still have one frustrating habit: they guess. If you have used Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, or similar tools inside a small project, the experience can feel almost magical. You ask a question, the agent reads a few...

When I worked as a developer and team lead, I went through a lot of interviews. Over time, I built up a list of odd and unhelpful questions. There were many, but here are the ones that stood out the most. I’m not trying to guess what the interviewers were thinking....

You know what they used to say– once you go Commodore, you’ll never leave by any door. Well, they might not have said that, but given the prevalence of projects still using Commodore-branded systems decades after the company’s demise, perhaps someone should have. A...

Imagine your inbox empty, your calendar clear, your to-dos checked. With undivided attention, you and your senior team head into the conference room, ready to address the big issues over a daylong meeting. Big issues like determining how you’ll respond to AI, setting...

Article URL: https://lantian.pub/en/article/fun/ai-agent-bankrupted-their-operator-scan-dn42lantian.lantian/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48500012 Points: 6 # Comments: 1

Equal AI said that its AI-powered call assistant now has over a million monthly active users.

Avataar AI's distilled video model is priced at $0.005 for every second of generation

Article URL: https://zipcpu.com/blog/2025/12/17/devclk.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48499890 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

An old algebra teacher used to say, “You have to take what you know and use it to get what you don’t know.” You might say the same thing about converting analog signals into digital. Computers know how to count and keep time. [Eric Explains] has a video purporting to...

Unlike humanoid robots designed around a fixed form — think Boston Dynamics — Theker's machines are built to be reconfigured.

Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/11/fable-is-relentlessly-proactive/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48498573 Points: 15 # Comments: 3

The new round values the physical AI startup that aims to automate heavy engineering and drug design at $41 billion.

Think twice about what permissions you are providing your AI agents and what actions they can take on your behalf.

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Article URL: https://doug.sh/posts/erm-a-local-cli-that-strips-ums-uhs-and-erms-from-speech/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48498421 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

Article URL: https://web.mit.edu/nelsonr/www/Repenning=Sterman_CMR_su01_.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48498385 Points: 15 # Comments: 0

Article URL: https://www.construction-physics.com/p/biological-evolution-and-information Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48497873 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

Article URL: https://tombedor.dev/human-attention-and-human-effort/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48497609 Points: 16 # Comments: 0

Well there’s your problem. (Credit: Bits und Bolts, YouTube) Recently [Bits und Bolts] stumbled over a pair of Dragon 3000 branded 3dfx Voodoo 2 cards in his unfixed cards pile, and decided that the best course of action was to not only fix them, but also run them in...

Enterprises that have watched Claude claw its way toward mass appeal over the past few months of capacity challenges and pricing realignment should take a closer look at Anthropic's offerings, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). The tech consultancy has...

Article URL: https://ledger.somantix.ai/posts/open-ai-lays-groundwork-for-on-prem-product/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48497260 Points: 6 # Comments: 1

Article URL: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/01/the-unreasonable-effectiveness-of-simple-html/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48497168 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

Benchmarks show ScyllaDB tablet-based scaling 7.2× faster than Cassandra’s vNode-based scaling (9× with cleanup), sustaining ~3.5X higher throughput with fewer errors. Real-world database deployments rarely experience steady traffic. Systems need sufficient headroom...