Who, me? Techie with three months’ experience was sent in as the Cisco expert and proceeded to blow everything up
WHO, ME? “Where to begin?” is a marvelous question. To get you going at the start of the working week, The Register thinks the answer is a new instalment of “Who, Me?” the column that shares your admissions of error. This week, meet a reader we’ll Regomize as “Martin”...
OpenClaw 2.0, Accidentally
Article URL: https://openclaw.ai/blog/openclaw-2-accidentally Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49505310 Points: 13 # Comments: 7
I’m a mother and C-suite exec. Here’s how I let go of guilt
When my boys were young, a neighbor’s grandson asked them: “Is your mommy dead?” Every Wednesday, this little boy would visit his grandparents across the street. He would see my husband and my sons, but he never saw me. I was at work. Thankfully, my boys came home...
Making a Robot to Serve Some Mean Badminton Shuttlecocks
Sometimes regarded as a less violent form of tennis, badminton is still a pretty challenging sport. One which suffers like so many sports from requiring at least two players since magically flying balls and shuttlecocks haven’t been invented yet. After years of...
4 devious email scams hitting inboxes right now, and how to spot them
For the last decade, email scams have run rampant on the internet. And corporate IT departments have handed out the exact same advice like clockwork: Look for bad grammar, hover over links, and turn on two-factor authentication. But those recommendations have fallen...
UC Berkeley indefinitely suspends international student work authorizations
Article URL: https://www.dailycal.org/news/campus/after-second-ice-threat-uc-berkeley-indefinitely-suspends-international-student-work-authorizations/article_0e9ae0c0-dd4d-4455-a25b-e8be7b47e350.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49505288 Points:...
The EU has begun enforcing the AI Act: first RFIs to model providers
Article URL: https://tokenstead.ai/guides/eu-ai-act-first-enforcement-security-rfis Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49505351 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
P99 0 ms* autocomplete for 240M domain names
Article URL: https://ruurtjan.com/articles/p99-0ms-autocomplete-for-240-million-domain-names Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49505219 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
Flock Safety’s controversial CEO just got a taste of his own medicine
Article URL: https://www.neowin.net/news/the-ceo-of-americas-biggest-surveillance-network-just-got-a-taste-of-his-own-medicine/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49505040 Points: 11 # Comments: 1
SolarWindow launches 0.85 mm-thick, self-adhesive solar film
Article URL: https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/08/27/https-www-pv-magazine-com-2026-08-27-solarwindow-launches-flexible-self-adhesive-solar-film/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49505062 Points: 6 # Comments: 3
Why do I lose my passion and want to do nothing?
When AI makes results readily available, why do I lose my passion and want to do nothing? Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49505014 Points: 8 # Comments: 0
The U.S. is building barriers around drones and robots, but China has scale to get around them
The U.S. is shutting out more foreign-made drones and robots. China’s scale means the global competition may simply move elsewhere.
Understanding ChatGPT Work
Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/30/understanding-chatgpt-work/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49504625 Points: 11 # Comments: 1
How to build a diffusion language model
Article URL: https://kuleshov-group.github.io/blog/blog/2026/how-to-build-a-diffusion-language-model/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49503956 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
Matrox: Graphics for Professionals
Article URL: https://www.abortretry.fail/p/matrox Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49503934 Points: 18 # Comments: 0
Grindr wants to be the everything app for gay men; investors are still deciding whether it can pull it off
George Arison is done letting Wall Street's "Grindr discount" go unchallenged — in a wide-ranging Q&A, the CEO walks us through how AI, a controversial $350-plus EDGE tier, and a bet on healthcare and long-distance matchmaking are turning Grindr into the...
Get Your Monitor Transmitting VHF with a Browser Tool
If you’re intending to transmit on the VHF band, you’re probably going to reach for a handheld or some kind of rackmount rig in your ham shack. But you needn’t bother with all that complexity, when you can use the computer on your desk to spit out such signals using a...
Yen weakens past ¥160 per dollar, eroding intervention gains
Article URL: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/29/markets/yen-160-dollar-intervention/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49504352 Points: 9 # Comments: 1
Fitbit’s founders designed a wearable for the whole family
Long before 2007 when the health tracker Fitbit single-handedly mushroomed the market for wearable technology, another wearable device had been dominating the niche for nearly 20 years. Life Alert, an emergency medical alert device company, had created a remote...
Why is the GameCube controller so loved by gamers?
People still swear by this quirky controller, leading to Nintendo supporting it for 25 years and counting.
Hackaday Links: August 30, 2026
The big news today is, of course, the successful launch and deployment of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope earlier this morning. The space agency’s latest observatory lifted off at 7:26 AM Eastern from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center aboard a SpaceX...
“I just chose words carefully.”
Article URL: https://unsung.aresluna.org/i-just-chose-words-carefully/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49503601 Points: 8 # Comments: 0
Thoughts on Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas
Article URL: https://adropincalm.com/blog/thoughts-on-magnifica-humanitas/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49503587 Points: 8 # Comments: 2
Show HN: Academa – Long-form STEM lecture videos generated by LLMs
Hi HN, we are Sina Atalay and Abdullah Geduk, co-founders of Academa. We are both PhD students.We thought: what if lecture videos were written as code and compiled into video using computer graphics and TTS?Then LLMs could write them, and lectures could be fixed with...
Mark Zuckerberg’s Social Reckoning
Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/09/07/mark-zuckerbergs-social-reckoning Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49503134 Points: 10 # Comments: 3
How to soft and hard reset your iPhone
Is your iPhone acting up? Let's walk through the different kinds of resets, what they do and how to perform them.
Getting an ‘iPhone Unavailable’ message? Here’s how to fix it
If you're having trouble getting into your iPhone, you'll need your old passcode or Apple Account password.
AI agents need their own identity before they need a gateway
Enterprise AI has entered a new era. Organizations are rapidly moving beyond assistants that answer questions to autonomous agents capable of reasoning, invoking tools, accessing enterprise applications, coordinating with other agents, and completing multi-step...
How to improve your audio quality on Apple CarPlay
Apple CarPlay can sound great, but you have to make sure you're sending it high-quality audio. A few quick checks can boost your audio enjoyment on the road.
How to Match Cold Outreach CTAs to Buyer Readiness
Cold outreach advice tends to begin with what the seller can edit. Shorten the subject line. Personalize the opener. Improve the CTA. Add another follow-up. Those levers matter because they are visible, measurable, and easy to change. But they leave the more...