Models Are Getting Dumber on Purpose
Article URL: https://w4g1.dev/blog/models-are-getting-dumber-on-purpose Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49322695 Points: 21 # Comments: 0
Another Radio on a Chip Design
Another Radio on a Chip Design Go to Source It used to be a rite of passage to build some sort of AM radio receiver. Many people started with a crystal radio, of course, but you’d graduate to maybe a TRF or superhet design. FM radio...
Do you really need an antivirus app on your Android?
You probably don't need antivirus software on your Android phone, but there are some exceptions.
Protobuf has LSP support. You’re welcome
Article URL: https://buf.build/blog/protobuf-lsp Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49322573 Points: 6 # Comments: 1
MathCode, Mathematical Coding Agent
Article URL: https://math-ai-org.github.io/mathcode/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49322330 Points: 6 # Comments: 1
I’ve built a free, open-source local and remote memory system for agentw and CL
Article URL: https://www.lorekit.io/blog/give-your-agent-a-memory Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49322206 Points: 5 # Comments: 1
A 3rd World Embedded Engineer Responds to “RISC-V They Should Have Known Better”
Article URL: https://rvembedded.com/blog_post/12/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49321717 Points: 51 # Comments: 16
Here’s why retro games look better on old CRT TVs
A Super Nintendo or PlayStation looked better on retro TVs than today's ultra-sharp displays, but why is there such a difference?
You might want to skip Newegg’s GPU trade-in program
The program makes upgrading your hardware incredibly convenient, but weigh your options.
Ordinary WiFi can now identify you with near-perfect accuracy
Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260811052857.htm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49321783 Points: 5 # Comments: 1
Android Auto vs Apple CarPlay: What features set them apart
The differences between the iPhone and Android show up when you connect them to your car, as well.
NIH is ending a key grant for budding clinical researchers
Article URL: https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-ending-key-grant-budding-clinical-researchers Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49321353 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Laser Layers for (Almost) Isotropicly Strong Prints
If there’s one defining factor about 3D printing you have to account for when you’re making a design, it’s probably layer adhesion. Sure, there are a lot of factors to consider, but having the z-axis of your part dramatically weaker than x- and y- is a pretty big deal...
AI notetakers have entered the meeting. Here are 5 ways to get the most out of them
A recent Wall Street Journal story confirmed what you already know: Everything is being recorded. Meetings, one-on-ones, hallway chats, and even dates live on in your permanent file somewhere in Otter, Zoom, or Granola. The technology lets you relive your meetings...
Anthropic CEO says AI backlash is ‘fundamentally a crisis of trust’
Dario Amodei is pushing back against the idea that he's been painting an overly pessimistic picture of AI.
How to lease an iPhone instead of buying one
The new Apple Upgrade program makes the monthly cost of an iPhone even cheaper than before.
TechCrunch Mobility: The shifting flight path of electric air taxis
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
The weekend is 100 years old
Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/aug/16/the-weekend-is-100-years-old-skiveday-fridays-and-hybrid-working-ruined-it Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49320984 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
GPS and the Lost Art of Getting Lost
Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-inquiry/gps-and-the-lost-art-of-getting-lost Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49320673 Points: 3 # Comments: 2
BACnet/IP: A Packet-Level Study of Objects, Priority Arrays, and Event Services
Industrial Control Systems (ICS) have traditionally relied on protocols that expose operational state through registers, coils, or cyclic polling mechanisms. BACnet follows a fundamentally different design philosophy. Rather than representing automation systems as...
How I Run A/B Tests in a Chrome Extension (Without Re-Releasing to the Store)
Hi, this is Alexey Belozerov, author of PerfectPixel, a pixel-perfect design comparison tool used by 350k people. At some point of product growth an owner needs to launch experiments and measure impact against a reference group - i.e. A/B testing. Browser extensions...
A Six-Step Framework for Auditing Enterprise AI Agents
The pattern repeats across large companies. A year of enthusiasm produced agents everywhere. One team built an agent to summarize tickets. Another built a near-identical one. A third wired an agent into a workflow, shipped it, and moved on, and now nobody owns it....
Two-Factor Authentication: Because Apparently One Password Wasn’t Annoying Enough
Two-factor authentication was supposed to make our lives online safer. Instead, it has turned logging into an account into a small administrative procedure. Enter password.Receive code.Find phone.Unlock phone.Open authenticator.Find code.Enter code.Code...
The TechBeat: How BlackBerry Reinvented Itself After Losing the Smartphone War (8/16/2026)
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. ## Navigating Claude Code: The Full Workflow By @efimovov_5guqm5 [ 9 Min...
Why Modern Agent Orchestrators Fail at Cost Control
Building a multi-agent coding setup looks easy on a whiteboard. You set up a code-generation agent, pair it with a test-runner agent, add a code-review agent, and hook them up through an orchestrator.In theory, you have built an autonomous software development team....
171 Blog Posts To Learn About Kotlin
Let's learn about Kotlin via these 171 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. "Kotlin is a modern, cross-platform, multi-purpose programming...
Stop Hand-Rolling Chat UIs: Streaming LLM Tokens Into React Native Without the Jank
A chat screen looks like a weekend project: a list of bubbles and a text input pinned to the bottom. In React Native, it is one of the hardest things to ship well, because it sits on top of the two most hostile surfaces in mobile development: the software keyboard and...
The AI Odyssey 2: Key Developments and Milestones in AI
Development of Neural Networks and Deep Learning The fields of neural networks and deep learning represent some of the most significant advancements in artificial intelligence, revolutionizing how machines learn and process information. This development has been...
The Pixel’s new ‘HiLight’ reminds me of the golden days of Android phones
Google's new LED feature on the Pixel 11 Pro models pays homage to classic notification LEDs, but so far it's subtle.
What is the Retro app for and how do you use it?
Let's look at how to use the Retro app, whether it's free and whether it can compete with other social media apps.