Software engineers can still rake in big bucks by working for fast-growing companies
If you listen to the AI industry, coders' days are numbered. Despite these concerns, software developers, at least those with experience, appear to be doing just fine at growing companies. Hiring biz Levels.fyi recently looked at how US compensation for software...
Madlad builds homebrew GPU using 8,192 RISC-V chips
If you can't afford a graphics card these days, here's an alternative solution. Just order thousands of microcontrollers, design your own boards, and build your own cluster over the course of six months after dealing with a healthy dose of setbacks. At the end of it,...
Data From 21,000 Firms Reveals: AI Spending Is Creating Jobs, Not Killing Them
New data from Ramp and Revelio show that intensive Gen AI adoption is linked to higher headcount and more entry-level hiring, challenging fears that “AI kills jobs” and reshaping IT leaders’ strategies. The post Data From 21,000 Firms Reveals: AI Spending Is Creating...
Apple’s 2026 Product Roadmap: iPhone 18 Pro, Mac Studio, and More
Apple may launch up to 16 new products by the end of 2026, including a foldable iPhone, M5 Macs, new iPads and smart home devices. The post Apple’s 2026 Product Roadmap: iPhone 18 Pro, Mac Studio, and More appeared first on TechRepublic.
DHS Confirms Breach of Homeland Security Information Network
DHS confirmed a breach of the Homeland Security Information Network, an unclassified platform used for security and emergency coordination. The post DHS Confirms Breach of Homeland Security Information Network appeared first on TechRepublic.
How I deleted hundreds of old photos on my Android in seconds with the Sponge app – for free
Clearing out your excess photos and videos is now just a swipe away with an easy-to-use app called Sponge.
How to make Zorin OS look like Windows 11 – for free
If you fancy a Windows 11 layout, but want to use Linux, you're in luck.
5 tiny Linux tools I can’t live or work without
Linux has a wealth of applications, but sometimes the smaller tools get overlooked. Here's a list of those I'd prefer never to be without.
Price per 1M tokens is meaningless
Article URL: https://janilowski.pl/en/blog/2026/price-per-m-tokens/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48809542 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
How to Rebuild an 1800s Victorian Leclanché cell
The 19th century was an absolutely electrifying era, including in a literal sense. Although the phenomenon of electricity had been known by that time for centuries, actually making it do useful work was a much taller order. Aside from big, coal-powered generators,...
I compared Apple AirTags to competing Bluetooth trackers – including this $2 one
How does a budget tracker tag perform against the best of the best? Turns out all Bluetooth range is not created equal.
CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps
Article URL: https://www.comaps.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808928 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents
"The reality is, when you're optimizing for production, you start looking at a price/performance," Guillermo Rauch tells TechCrunch.
Linux on the Atari Jaguar. No, really.
Article URL: https://cakehonolulu.github.io/linux-for-jaguar/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808663 Points: 6 # Comments: 1
Iran-Linked Hackers Use New Cavern C2 Framework to Target Israeli Organizations
An Iranian hacking group affiliated with Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has been wielding a previously undocumented modular command-and-control (C2) framework dubbed Cavern (aka Cav3rn) targeting Israeli organizations. The activity, which has...
Blogspot-Hosted Payloads Delivered in ‘Veil#Drop’ Attacks
Securonix says the sophisticated framework abuses compromised websites, Blogspot, PowerShell, and fileless techniques to evade detection and deploy the PureLog information stealer. The post Blogspot-Hosted Payloads Delivered in ‘Veil#Drop’ Attacks appeared first on...
Google now uses your uploaded search media to train AI
A few simple adjustments to your settings will opt you out of Google's latest AI-training method.
Klarna wants to become a bank. Here’s what that could mean for millions of customers
The buy now, pay later fintech company Klarna wants to become a real bank. The Swedish company just announced its plans to establish a U.S.-based subsidiary known as Klarna Bank USA. If approved, the FDIC-backed bank would set up shop out of Utah. “Banking is built on...
GitHub cuts short offer to burn repos on CD after mockery ensues
You’re too late! Monday was the last day to score your own free CD of your GitHub repository, which the Microsoft-owned subsidiary offered to mail to the first 1,000 people who asked. But as of noon eastern time, that offer has been withdrawn (if it was ever genuine)...
You can now customize Siri’s pace and expressivity in the latest iOS 27 beta
The new controls let you control how quickly Siri speaks and expressive its voice is.
EU urged to act after Pegasus infects phone of spyware inquiry MEP
Civil liberties groups have accused the EU of dragging its feet in implementing key measures to prevent spyware infections after Citizen Lab revealed a former member of European Parliament was placed under surveillance during his time in office. Stelios Kouloglou, a...
Samsung floats 2028 launch for seaborne datacenter
Samsung expects to have its first floating datacenter (FDC) operational by the second calendar quarter of 2028. The Korean conglomerate is one of several companies pursuing waterborne bit barns, as recently covered by The Register. It has now put a specific date on...
Microsoft says the world is changing faster than it can keep up as it guts commercial, Xbox teams
Hard times have come to Microsoft employees. Thousands of Microsoft team members reported to work following the US holiday weekend to learn their jobs no longer exist, with Redmond gutting its Commercial business and Xbox team, and spinning off several game studios to...
Schizo founder story (terrorist to tech exit)
Article URL: https://peteryoung.me/the-terrorists-guide-to-retiring-young/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808047 Points: 5 # Comments: 3
Fable Built a 3D Model of Aristotle’s Cognitive Architecture
Article URL: https://conceptual-spaces.vercel.app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48807884 Points: 3 # Comments: 1
Januscape: Guest-to-Host Escape in KVM/x86 [CVE-2026-53359]
Article URL: https://github.com/V4bel/Januscape Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48807908 Points: 6 # Comments: 2
The Bit79 was a Famicom clone that took the “Family Computer” Name Seriously
While the original name of what much of the world knows as the NES was the Nintendo Family Computer, or Famicom for short, it was very rarely used as a family computer. Sure, there was a basic cartridge and an add-on keyboard sold in Japan, but it was always a...
16-Year-Old Linux KVM Flaw Lets Guest VMs Escape to Host on Intel and AMD x86 Systems
A use-after-free bug in Linux's KVM hypervisor can be triggered from a guest virtual machine to corrupt the shadow-page state of the host kernel that runs it. Dubbed 'Januscape' and tracked as CVE-2026-53359, the flaw sits in the shadow MMU code that KVM shares across...
Why are people ditching wireless earbuds, and are wired headphones really making a comeback?
Everything old is new again.
Pros and Cons of Solo Development
Article URL: https://johnjeffers.com/pros-and-cons-of-solo-development/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808508 Points: 11 # Comments: 0