Winamp will be reborn in 2027 to take on streaming
It's coming back with a monthly subscription.
Chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic’s con
Article URL: https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llmentalist/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49775104 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
The Millennium Problems for Biology
Article URL: https://millenniumproblems.bio/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49775082 Points: 7 # Comments: 3
How to improve your audio quality on Netflix
Try this simple menu tweak to restore crisp audio.
Here’s what you should look for when buying an Android phone for gaming
If you like gaming on your Android phone, you need a phone that can handle the graphics and processing required.
If AI coding is lowering your code quality, you’re not managing quality right
Article URL: https://www.i-kh.net/p/if-ai-coding-is-lowering-your-code Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49774795 Points: 8 # Comments: 3
Why Do We Need Human Mathematicians Anymore?
Article URL: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/19/why-do-we-need-human-mathematicians-anymore/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49774521 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
I’m Tired of the AI Tone
Article URL: https://sagivo.com/blog/im-tired-of-the-ai-tone Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49774665 Points: 16 # Comments: 11
Wired vs. wireless charging: Which is better for battery health?
Wireless charging offers convenience, to be sure, but how does it affect your battery over time? And is it a problem if your phone heats up?
AI and the Destruction of the Creative Commons
Article URL: https://www.chesterwisniewski.com/post/2026-09-13-ai-is-destroying-the-creative-commons/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49774329 Points: 14 # Comments: 0
A Bandpass Filter Pulls In The Signals
It’s an unfortunate side effect of proximity to a large transmitter that the received signal can overload a receiver’s front end even when tuned to other frequencies. [Rfrht]’s had this problem with nearby FM broadcast transmissions overloading the 2 metre and 70...
Benchmarking Wild vs. Mold
Article URL: https://davidlattimore.github.io/posts/2026/09/18/benchmarking-wild-vs-mold.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49774000 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
The big AI labs’ safety push could come with a competitive advantage
Some investors, analysts, and industry watchers believe the big AI labs, especially Anthropic, are taking advantage of the current AI safety scare by inviting regulations that only the largest labs can easily comply with. The AI safety concerns are real, but the...
Based on my preliminary research into Astra and Fable 5.1 in the AI field…
A multidimensional study for model selection and agentic workflowsResearch date: September 7, 2026Bottom line: the two models have near-identical base pricing and long-context specifications. Their meaningful differences lie in agent engineering, tool ecosystems,...
11 Cybersecurity CEOs Getting the Industry’s Attention in 2026
Cybersecurity’s center of gravity is shifting. Cloud infrastructure, software supply chains, AI agents, data security, and autonomous defense are creating new categories and giving a new generation of security CEOs plenty to talk about. These 11 executives stand out...
Can you trust AI’s answer to your question? Here’s what to consider
I recently typed a simple question into Google search: How much screen time is too much for teenagers? Instead of presenting links, as Google had been doing for many years, it gave me an AI-generated answer. The artificial intelligence agent cited a number, then...
How Windows turned months of inactivity into a 7-hour update hostage situation
Microsoft has a problem not entirely of its own making: The time it takes to bring a system back up to date after a few months of slumber. The company is keen to talk up how efficient it plans to make Windows. Not a day goes by without either a Microsoft...
No GPU, No Problem: Flagship LLMs on a GPU-less Teenaged Server
There are lots of reasons to run LLMs locally, from privacy concerns to just wanting to futz about with the technology, but if you want to run the big models, the standard logic is that you need big money for lots and lots of VRAM. [MattMo] is calling that into...
Dropbox’s Jan 1st 2027 terms of service
Article URL: https://www.dropbox.com/terms2026 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49773104 Points: 6 # Comments: 1
Spain Orders Blocks on Archive.today and Its Mirrors
Article URL: https://reclaimthenet.org/spain-blocks-archive-today-and-mirrors Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49772961 Points: 10 # Comments: 2
UTF-8000: Unlimited UTF-8
Article URL: https://utf-8000.jb2170.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49772677 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Telling a Computer to Do Things
Article URL: https://will-keleher.com/posts/telling-your-computer-to-do-things/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49772662 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
Google AI Studio fakes data deletion. VRP auto-banned me in 60s for reporting it
Article URL: https://medium.com/@istokovicsgyorgy79/google-ai-studio-fakes-data-deletion-vrp-auto-banned-me-in-60s-for-reporting-it-ea68e06f9bc2 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49772544 Points: 19 # Comments: 0
BYD Slashes Price of Electric Car and Becomes Cheapest in Australia [video]
Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQrnGK5FZXI Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49772569 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
I use AI to save time. So why am I working more?
This year, I’ve been building an AI social media production pipeline to promote the 25+ shows on the Autistic Culture Podcast Network. It took me a week of effort, but I managed to program Claude Code to talk to NotebookLM, which now feeds our YouTube, Instagram, and...
Polymarket’s Rush to Grow Left a Door Wide Open for Fraudsters
Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/business/polymarkets-fraud-regulators-coplan-5f418ab0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49772541 Points: 5 # Comments: 1
Teardown and Repair of a Insoma Water Timer
Water timers are nifty devices that can water the lawn at set times or keep that vegetable garden from turning into a dustbowl. When [electronupdate] timer refused to output water on any of its three outlets, he did the right thing. Instead of angrily checking the...
RSA-896
Article URL: https://saweis.net/posts/rsa-896.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49771966 Points: 8 # Comments: 2
Comparing reflection capabilities of C++, Zig and C3
Article URL: https://nyr24.github.io/blog/reflection-comparison/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49771873 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
The Hugging Face Hack Wasn’t What It Was Cracked Up to Be
Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-hugging-face-hack-wasnt-what-it-was-cracked-up-to-be-e00cf3fa Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49771266 Points: 12 # Comments: 0