Microsoft’s Copilot super app comes with a meter attached
Microsoft has unveiled its shiny new Copilot super app alongside an “evolved” pricing model to go with it, which means that customers will keep paying for a subscription and then cough up more when they want the really clever stuff. The company outlined the changes...
How many times are you paying for the same file?
EVENT: Count the copies. The one on the NAS. The one somebody pulled over the VPN to work on at home. The one in the sync folder, which may or may not still match the one on the NAS. The one attached to an email because the sync was slow that morning. Four copies of...
Dutch government turns to NixOS for a sovereign desktop
The Dutch government is backing an effort to build a FOSS workplace for public administration, including a desktop operating system based on NixOS. The DAWO Project has been gestating for some months, but it just got a lot more visible thanks to an in-depth report on...
GrapheneOS – When an App Is Slow
Article URL: https://blog.wirelessmoves.com/2026/09/grapheneos-when-an-app-is-slow.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49882208 Points: 8 # Comments: 0
Dario Amodei’s ‘SNL’ treatment cements him as the face of AI doomerism
Dario Amodei is having a moment. The 43-year-old CEO of Anthropic has been making headlines for weeks after repeatedly advocating for greater regulation and a slower pace of AI development—despite the fact that his company is one of the largest AI developers in the...
Trump rolls back a major Biden-era car rule. Here’s how it could affect your next vehicle
The Department of Transportation announced on Monday that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has finalized new rules for fuel efficiency standards that will reverse standards set by the Biden administration. Whereas previous standards would have seen...
Meta is starting an enterprise business to justify its massive AI spending
Meta wants to sell its AI products and services to other companies.
So long Google, and thanks for all the nudes
Article URL: https://lecaro.me/20260921-google-less.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49881951 Points: 10 # Comments: 2
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/claude-sonnet-5-5 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49881850 Points: 118 # Comments: 79
Home price shifts across America’s 50 largest metro housing markets
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. According to our analysis of the Zillow Home Value Index, U.S. home prices are up +1.3% year-over-year between August 2025 and August 2026. That...
Bitget Says Attacker Exploited Third-Party Security Product Flaw to Steal $388M
The attacker who stole about $388 million from the cryptocurrency exchange Bitget gained access through a vulnerability in a third-party security product the exchange used, Bitget said on Monday. The attacker exploited the flaw to obtain high-level internal...
RatHat Android Malware Console Uses Gemini to Identify Higher-Value Victims
RatHat's operators build and publish the Android banking trojan and control infected phones from a web console, according to security company Cleafy. Cleafy has traced nearly 100 deployments of that console since April 2026. It said this fits a malware-as-a-service...
Ayaneo shrank down the Game Boy form factor with its latest $89 handheld
The Konkr Pocket Block is now up for preorder and will start shipping in October.
Nvidia launches new platform for reining in rogue AI agents
As the debate rages over whether the recent spate of rogue AI agents is a step toward AGI or a more conventional engineering problem, Nvidia is offering its own answer to problem. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Monday introduced a toolkit of software and hardware products...
Where to find YouTube’s autoplay settings and how to turn it off and on
An annoying feature that's typically on by default.
IAM for AI agents: A Practical Enterprise Framework
What is IAM for AI agents? AI agents authenticate, invoke tools, and act across enterprise systems with delegated authority. IAM for AI Agents is the identity-control architecture that governs those actors. This guide covers the limits of conventional provisioning,...
Launch HN: Vespper (YC F24) – SOTA Docx MCP
Hey HN! We're Dudu and Topaz from Vespper (https://vespper.com). Vespper is an MCP that lets AI agents efficiently edit Word documents, powered by our fine-tuned model. It's currently 3× faster, 2× cheaper and more accurate than the closest alternative. Check out an...
SpaceX’s Starship reaches orbit for the first time but returns home early
SpaceX launched its enormous Starship into orbit for the first time Monday and successfully delivered the most advanced Starlinks yet, but cut the flight short to ensure safety. The spacecraft reentered over the Pacific and splashed down north of Hawaii three hours...
This setting change can make your Android phone feel instantly faster
This easy Android tweak makes navigating your phone and switching apps feel almost immediate. And it's really easy to set up. Here's how.
Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, which it calls a significantly cheaper, faster work partner
Anthropic has released the newest version of its mid-range model, boasting faster response times and less token burn.
I made a visual workspace for AI Automations
Article URL: https://www.biom.dev/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49881777 Points: 3 # Comments: 1
Welcome to the age of omnipresent suspicion
A few days ago, I attended a conference where the speaker read his talk off his note cards. I immediately recognized ChatGPT’s fingerprints: “and this is where it gets interesting,” “it’s not X, it’s Y”… The topic was management, a field that already generates plenty...
Qualcomm Wants a Seat at IT’s Table
Mark Vena looks beyond Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit demos to the broader enterprise challenge: turning Windows, Googlebook, Linux, and AI momentum into durable PC adoption. The post Qualcomm Wants a Seat at IT's Table appeared first on TechNewsWorld.
Modulate Raises $25 Million to Advance Deepfake Detection
The misuse and abuse of AI-generated voice is growing. Modulate’s intention is to allow real time detection and intervention. The post Modulate Raises $25 Million to Advance Deepfake Detection appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Google is killing off Gemini’s Gems in favor of ‘skills’
As all-in-one AI agents like Meta's Muse and Instinct take off, Google is opting to end a feature which built task-specific agents.
SpaceX’s latest Starship mission reached low-Earth orbit
...with some small hiccups along the way.
Florida AG requests emergency order to stop OpenAI model development
This follows a lawsuit from this summer where ChatGPT was allegedly connected to a mass shooting.
OpenAI still doesn’t seem to have a handle on all of its rogue AI activity
On Friday, OpenAI published a new site devoted to “misalignment reports” and the breath of the incidents s alarming.
How Pew Research Center is – and is not – using AI in our work
Article URL: https://www.pewresearch.org/decoded/2026/09/28/how-pew-research-center-is-and-is-not-using-ai-in-our-work-2/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49881135 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Places To Visit: Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord
There are many benefits to spending time in the park, but perhaps few of them have a Hackaday angle. There’s a park in Germany you might want to make an exception for, and it lies in the Ruhrpott city of Duisburg. I was lucky enough last month to join a friend as she...