Cross-Sectioning Crickets with a Femtosecond Laser
Unlike most cutting lasers, femtosecond lasers don’t vaporize materials; rather, they produce such short, intense bursts of light that the affected region is ablated without having the chance to heat its surroundings. This makes them good at cutting away material...
NextBSD returns to dollop Apple source on FreeBSD
One of the most interesting BSD variants of the 2010s, NextBSD, has come back to life under new management. The Reg FOSS desk is intrigued. Aside from the homepage, there's a GitHub repository – but beware, this is separate from the old one, whose repo is still there...
Regressive JPEGs
Article URL: https://maurycyz.com/projects/bad_jpeg/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48954851 Points: 92 # Comments: 5
Your company doesn’t have a talent shortage. It has a talent visibility problem
Most companies say they’re invested in their people. Yet many employees experience something different. According to the TalentLMS Skills Visibility Report, four in 10 employees say it’s easier to find a new job elsewhere than a new role within their own company. That...
Why high achievers can’t just ‘be nicer’ to themselves
If you’re a high achiever, you’ve probably been told—in various formats and with varying degrees of sincerity—to be kinder to yourself. Choose kindness. You are enough. For most, that advice likely lands somewhere between mildly irritating and completely useless. This...
Flex Filament Stuck To Your Build Platform? Reach For The Isopropanol
3D printing has been around long enough that everyone’s heard at least one weird trick regarding 3D prints. [Angus] of [Maker’s Muse] puts a few to the test, and came away with one solid tip for releasing TPU from a build platform to which it has unfortunately welded...
Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out
Neil Rimer, the venture capitalist who co-founded Index Ventures, predicts the historic wealth AI is generating in Silicon Valley will have to be redistributed, voluntarily or involuntarily.
Mac gaming is finally getting the overpowered upgrade it deserves
Article URL: https://www.macworld.com/article/3189951/apples-latest-game-porting-toolkit-beta-changed-how-i-think-about-mac-gaming.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48955159 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Algorithm for NP-Complete Sudoku
Article URL: https://zenodo.org/records/21420871 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48954267 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
Moonstone: Modern, cross-platform Lua runtime and package manager written in Zig
Article URL: https://moonstone.sh/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48954175 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Using Solar Air Heating to Dry Clothes
Using Solar Air Heating to Dry Clothes Go to Source About a month ago, [Greenhill Forge] built a few solar panels to collect energy from the sun. Unlike solar photovoltaics, which turn sunlight directly into electricity, these were...
I Started a “Dirt Notebook”
Article URL: https://pinewind.bearblog.dev/i-started-a-dirt-notebook/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48954149 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
DrDroid (YC W23) Is Hiring
Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/drdroid/jobs/w45QcNV-product-engineer-assignment-mandatory Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48954074 Points: 0 # Comments: 0
Credit Card Points Are a Transfer from the Broke to the Comfortable
Article URL: https://willisallstead.substack.com/p/your-credit-card-points-are-a-transfer Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48953734 Points: 13 # Comments: 2
The Isomorphic Labs Drug Design Engine unlocks a new frontier beyond AlphaFold
Article URL: https://www.isomorphiclabs.com/articles/the-isomorphic-labs-drug-design-engine-unlocks-a-new-frontier Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48953406 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Texas wins court order to suspend domain name for violating age-verification law
Article URL: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-secures-landmark-legal-victory-lock-pornographic-website-domain-and Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952939 Points: 9 # Comments: 0
Applications close in 48 hours — here’s everything Australian founders need to know about Stripe x Startup Battlefield
The window is almost shut. On August 19, eight startups will take the stage at Stripe Tour Sydney in front of investors, global press, and the Australian tech community. One startup walks away with automatic entry into TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco — no...
How Octopuses Hacked their Ribosome to Become Smart
A fascinating aspect in evolutionary biology is that of convergent evolution — whereby similar structures and functions evolve independently from each other. The highly advanced nervous system of octopuses is a good example here, displaying levels of intelligence and...
Vertu wants executives to pay $6,880 for an AI agent — here’s how it actually performs
From AI workflows to battery life and security, here's what it's really like to live with Vertu's luxury foldable every day.
The US Grocery Slowdown Is Real
Article URL: https://www.bain.com/insights/the-us-grocery-slowdown-is-real-snap-chart/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952773 Points: 18 # Comments: 8
Kaiser nurses say AI, workplace surveillance are making their jobs, care worse
Article URL: https://localnewsmatters.org/2026/07/15/kaiser-nurses-say-ai-workplace-surveillance-are-making-their-jobs-and-patient-care-worse/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952880 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
US seeks share of Korean chipmakers’ ‘excess profits’
Article URL: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/tech-science/20260716/us-seeks-share-of-korean-chipmakers-excess-profits-source Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952561 Points: 13 # Comments: 1
I built a digital F1 garage to learn how Formula 1 cars work
Article URL: https://paddockpass.app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952450 Points: 4 # Comments: 1
Motorola Edge 70 Max: The Android Phone Built to Last All Day
Motorola's Edge 70 Max pairs a 7,100mAh silicon-carbon battery with built-in Qi2 magnetic charging, flagship hardware, and a slim design in its India debut. The post Motorola Edge 70 Max: The Android Phone Built to Last All Day appeared first on TechRepublic.
Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act
Databricks has remade its image into an AI company and has published research on the cost savings of open weight AI models for coding.
Microsoft’s ‘Project Perception’ Could Challenge Anthropic’s Mythos in AI Security
Microsoft is reportedly developing Project Perception, a lower-cost AI security tool that would use multiple models to identify enterprise vulnerabilities. The post Microsoft’s ‘Project Perception’ Could Challenge Anthropic’s Mythos in AI Security appeared first on...
23andMe Agrees to $18M Settlement With 43 States Over 2023 Data Breach
23andMe will pay $18 million to settle claims from 43 states over its 2023 data breach, which exposed genetic information tied to nearly 7 million people. The post 23andMe Agrees to $18M Settlement With 43 States Over 2023 Data Breach appeared first on TechRepublic.
New FCC Proposal Pits Phone Privacy Against Fraud Prevention
The FCC has proposed requiring identity verification for phone activation, a move supporters say will fight fraud while critics warn it threatens privacy. The post New FCC Proposal Pits Phone Privacy Against Fraud Prevention appeared first on TechRepublic.
Critical Zoom Flaw Could Let Attackers Take Over Windows Accounts
Zoom patched a critical Windows flaw that could enable remote account takeover, along with three high-severity privilege-escalation vulnerabilities. The post Critical Zoom Flaw Could Let Attackers Take Over Windows Accounts appeared first on TechRepublic.
AI Hardware, App Store Shifts, and Security Scares Define This Week in Tech
Catch up on the week's biggest tech news, including Google's app store shakeup, Apple's AI expansion, OpenAI's hardware plans, and critical security threats. The post AI Hardware, App Store Shifts, and Security Scares Define This Week in Tech appeared first on...