Semantic/Hybrid Search in the Browser
Article URL: https://bart.degoe.de/semantic-search-in-your-browser/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48871716 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Your Samsung Gallery won’t be able to sync with Microsoft OneDrive soon
Your photos don't have to go home, but they can't stay here.
Bluesky has an official CEO again
Toni Schneider, who took over after Jay Graber stepped down, is now Bluesky's official CEO.
My Fitbit Air test revealed the flaws of calorie counting with a health tracker – here’s why
You should take calorie data with a grain of salt. Here's what I learned after testing the Fitbit Air's heart rate data against a gold standard heart rate monitor.
Networking and the Internet, from First Principles
Article URL: https://fazamhd.com/mental-models/networking/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48871470 Points: 9 # Comments: 1
The vintage beauty of Soviet control rooms (2018)
Article URL: https://designyoutrust.com/2018/01/vintage-beauty-soviet-control-rooms/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48868996 Points: 134 # Comments: 46
FCC Approves Test of Space Mirror to Light Night Sky Despite Outcry
Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/climate/fcc-space-mirror.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48871367 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Spotify Release Radar’s new personalization options improve your music recommendations
Spotify's Release Radar can now deliver more personalized music recommendations.
Engadget Indie Pitch: Penguin Colony
"You won't know until you do and then it is too late."
This airport wants to separate wealthy travelers from everyone else
The epicenter of the tech boom will soon have a new luxe travel option for wealthy travelers keen to not mix with the masses. San Francisco International Airport plans to build a new terminal designated for the area’s many high-net-worth fliers, sorting out passengers...
Who needs scalpers when GameStop is marking up Pokémon cards by more than 300 percent?
Is paying a reasonable price for colorful cardboard too much to ask?
pgrust passes 100% of the Postgres regression tests
Article URL: https://malisper.me/pgrust-passes-100-of-postgresqls-regression-tests/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48870966 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Palworld 1.0, Tiny Bookshop on mobile and other new indie games worth checking out
Our weekly roundup of the best new indie games is here.
Clay Extruder Enables Printable Pottery
Ceramic 3D printers, despite using the same fundamental mechanism as standard FDM printers, are much harder to find. Part of this comes down to the material properties of fired ceramics versus thermoplastics, but they’re also significantly harder to build; for...
6 frugal ways to beat the brutal heat
The house I currently live in was built on the outskirts of Milwaukee in 1941–which means it does not have central air-conditioning. In the ten years we’ve lived here, the lack of A/C has only bothered us for about two weeks every August. We can power through those...
How Maison de Sabré built a cult business of bag charms from scraps
Maison de Sabré has spent nearly a decade building a reputation for colorful, beautifully crafted leather handbags. But lately, the thing that makes people fall for the brand isn’t a bag at all—it’s the charms. Its newest collection features tiny, intricate leather...
Housing market shift explained—and where it’s happening the quickest
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. During the pandemic housing boom, housing demand surged rapidly amid ultralow interest rates, stimulus, and the remote work boom—which increased demand...
A font that humans can read but AI cannot
Article URL: https://www.mixfont.com/ghost-font Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48870381 Points: 17 # Comments: 6
Is Supergirl Worth Watching? Here’s What The Reviews Say
It’s been a couple of weeks since Supergirl was released, and its box office run has been underwhelming to say the least. Deadline believes the movie could lose about $125 million. It was released on June 26, 2026, with a production budget of $170-$186 million, and,...
118 Blog Posts To Learn About Aws Services
Let's learn about Aws Services via these 118 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. AWS Services refers to the extensive suite of cloud...
Irish datacenters now guzzle 23% of the country’s electricity
Electricity used by datacenters in Ireland increased by 10 percent during 2025, despite an effective moratorium on most new datacenter grid connections in the Dublin area. The latest figures from Ireland's Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that giant server farms...
Almost $1B Later, the US Still Can’t Make a Medical Glove
Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-07-07/why-it-s-so-difficult-to-produce-100-american-made-medical-gloves Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48870258 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
iMessage kinda stinks now. Can new Apple CEO John Ternus fix it?
Apple’s incoming CEO John Ternus steps into the chief executive role in less than two months. He’s got some massive Tim Cook-sized shoes to fill. The outgoing CEO is leaving with Apple stock (Nasdaq: AAPL) currently near an all-time high of over $300 per share and a...
Surge pricing hurts gig workers and consumers. Here’s how to fix it
Millions of Americans tap their smartphone screens daily to order rides, groceries, or dinner, hooked on the seamless convenience of the gig economy. Yet beneath this frictionless interface lies a brewing war. On one side, consumers are squeezed by volatile and...
Companies are scrambling to curtail soaring AI costs
Article URL: https://www.economist.com/business/2026/06/14/companies-are-scrambling-to-curtail-soaring-ai-costs Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48870035 Points: 12 # Comments: 1
Why you should be skeptical about financial advice from chatbots
Consider the following scenario. Suzy is 63, recently retired, and trying to decide when to start receiving Social Security and how to manage her retirement savings to minimize the tax hit. She opens an AI chatbot, types in the details, and gets a calm, well-organized...
The key to a more productive life is to pace yourself
Below, Elizabeth Svoboda shares five key insights from her new book, The Art of Pacing: A Guide to Balancing Short-Term Demands With Long-Term Thriving. Svoboda is an award-winning science writer and contributor to Scientific American, Psychology Today, and The Boston...
A Look Inside a 1997 BBC Ceefax Generator
Ceefax was the BBC’s broadcast teletext service that ran until 2012, providing text and rudimentary graphics that were broadcast invisibly with the TV signal. In order to get this teletext data merged into the analog TV signal, special equipment was needed, of which...
Critical Zimbra Flaw Could Let Crafted Emails Run Malicious Code in User Sessions
Zimbra is urging customers to apply updates to address a critical security vulnerability impacting the Classic Web Client that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability has been described as a case of stored cross-site scripting (XSS) that could...
What’s the best way to do authentication in modern applications
Article URL: https://neciudan.dev/most-secure-way-to-store-auth-token Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48869243 Points: 3 # Comments: 0