Ollie is betting its focus on privacy can help it win the AI assistant race
The family-focused AI assistant wants access to the details of your everyday life, but says it won’t use that data to train AI models or share it with others.
Guardio raises $40M at $1.1B valuation to enhance consumer cybersecurity
Guardio raises $40M at $1.1B valuation to enhance consumer cybersecurity Go to Source Israeli cybersecurity startup Guardio Ltd. today announced it raised $40 million in new funding at a $1.1 billion valuation. Wiz co-founder and...
How AI Connects to the World: A Beginner’s Guide to APIs and MCP
Every app you use is powered by APIs. Every AI agent you will build needs MCP. This guide teaches you both from scratch: what they are, how they work, why they exist, real-world use cases, and step-by-step how to use and build them yourself. By the end, you should...
The TechBeat: The Signs of Our Times: Candace Owens vs Andrew Wilson (9/3/2026)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## MCP Was Declared Dead By @mayankc [ 6 Min read ] Declared dead in 2026,...
The Data Hunger Crisis: Why Computer Vision AI Is Starving for Real-World Images
Modern computer vision produces genuinely astonishing results. Cars navigate city streets on their own. Imaging software flags tumors that experienced radiologists miss. Warehouse robots identify and sort thousands of objects an hour. Behind every one of those...
I Posted Two TikToks With No Link to My App and I Still Got a Paid Subscriber
Momo is an app for people who can't start things. You sit down with a small raccoon, pick something off the pile you've been avoiding, and do it. I built it because I missed a family trip over a visa form that takes an hour to fill in. It went live on the App Store...
How to Stop Burning Revenue on Bootstrapped SaaS
Most build-in-public stories focus on vanity metrics. Hockey stick growth graphs look great on social media, but they cover up a brutal truth.Most early-stage software companies operate like leaky buckets. Founders lose 10% to 15% of their monthly recurring revenue to...
Until Dawn 2 launches January 28
The interactive slasher Until Dawn 2 takes place on a tropical island and stars 'Stranger Things' actor Dacre Montgomery.
12 Hours, 100 Rooms, 1 Hotel in Albania: How I Fixed WiFi and IPTV Chaos Without a Controller
The Disaster Scenario Location: 100-room hotel, Albania Problem: Unstable WiFi + IPTV not working in any room Root cause: The WiFi contractor had installed 100 TP-Link wall APs (TL-WXAP1502GI-PoE) in standalone FAT mode — no Omada controller, no VLANs, no plan....
Lenovo’s latest expandable screen laptop concept feels like its ready for the real world
The Project Swan concept features a 14-inch screen that stretches to 17 inches in just a few seconds.
Lenovo unveils two Yoga laptops with NVIDIA’s RTX Spark
Lenovo's Yoga laptops now get the option of harnessing NVIDIA's RTX Spark for heavy-duty workloads.
Circular brings mobile payments to its 3 Series smart ring
Circular's smart ring gets NFC and a haptic motor to go with its one-line ECG.
NVIDIA’s PAIR lets you use idle PCs for AI computing tasks
NVIDIA's PAIR is a free, open-source tool that can distribute AI workloads across idle computers.
Google rolls out AI-powered voice capabilities for Gmail, Docs and Keep
Google makes its suite of voice tools available for Gmail, Docs and Live - at least if you're a paying customer.
Google launches AI voice features in Gmail, Docs and Keep
Users can search for emails or draft documents using the new conversational feature
Lenovo’s $700 IdeaPad Vibe is ready to take on the MacBook Neo
Lenovo's IdeaPad Vibe features a colorful new design, a range of processor options and, most importantly, is rather affordable.
Grok Outage
Article URL: https://status.x.ai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49551589 Points: 65 # Comments: 36
ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok Are Down
Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/09/03/chatgpt-claude-and-grok-are-down/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49551658 Points: 11 # Comments: 4
Anatomy of a Browser
Article URL: https://medium.com/@Koukyosyumei/anatomy-of-a-browser-95014ab378f8 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49551293 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
Ask HN: Why are OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously down? Coincidence?
https://status.openai.com https://status.claude.com https://status.x.ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49551096 Points: 48 # Comments: 36
Sony makes bold claim about game ownership
Article URL: https://aginggamer.net/game-industry/sony-makes-bold-claim-about-game-ownership/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49551925 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Windows 11 Update Will Limit Most Forced Restarts to Once a Month
Critical driver updates and emergency fixes will still install individually to ensure security patches aren't delayed.
Everything announced during the PlayStation State of Play double header
Sony showed off expansions for Crimson Desert and Ghost of Yōtei, Grand Theft Auto 6 controllers and much more.
Worried your writing sounds like AI? These tools can help
Today, AI-generated writing is not just found in conversations with chatbots, but in a major chunk of all LinkedIn posts, Substack articles, and tweets; in medical papers; and even in published literature. You’re not imagining it—as we collectively consume more of...
Capsule Security Launches ‘AI Circuit Breaker’ to Stop Rogue Agents
New models, trained using NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra, aim to catch rogue agent behavior before it executes, without the latency of large-model review. The post Capsule Security Launches ‘AI Circuit Breaker’ to Stop Rogue Agents appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Manchester Airports Group Data on 8.8 Million People Leaked After Ransom Refusal
Hacker group published roughly 550GB of data after MAG reportedly refused to pay a ransom demand; the group says it gained access via exposed admin keys. The post Manchester Airports Group Data on 8.8 Million People Leaked After Ransom Refusal appeared first on...
A Thoroughly Modern Minimalist Transceiver
Making a radio is so often a case of taking tried and tested designs and working with them to create something new. It’s a safe way to make something that works. [Riyas] however has gone for an entirely different tack, creating an entirely modern transceiver with as...
This Labor Day: forecast, backcast, rest, and dream
How have the ways you labor changed over the years? My very first job that my social security benefits will register goes back to working in a local Roy Rogers fast food restaurant at age 16, serving fried chicken and biscuits. I was on my feet most of the day and...
Final Fantasy VII Revelation launches on April 8, 2027
Final Fantasy VII Revelation is the third in a trilogy of remakes that each cover a portion of the original PS1 game.
New report: El Niño 2026 is now the strongest in 1,000 years. Here’s what that means for your winter forecast
El Niño is now the strongest it has been in 1,000 years, according to new research from the University of Michigan, which reconstructed ocean surface temperatures over the last millennium by looking at fossilized corals in the Galápagos Islands. The study, published...