European Space Agency’s Euclid captures the star-filled center of the Milky Way
NASA will begin mapping the galactic bulge with a mission later this summer.
New website names and shames companies that still don’t offer passkeys to users
New website names and shames companies that still don’t offer passkeys to users Go to Source According to a new site, 24% of the most popular websites in the world don't offer support for passkeys, which are considered the most secure...
Zero-Downtime Deployments with Docker Compose – No Kubernetes Required
Article URL: https://statusdude.com/blog/zero-downtime-docker-compose Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48665130 Points: 6 # Comments: 3
The wireless Android Auto adapter that I rely on for long commutes is 15% off right now
The popular wireless dongle lets you connect your Android or iPhone to your car without a physical connection, and it's now more affordable.
A crucial Windows security certificate expires today – how to check your PC
A critical Windows expiration date is here for more than a billion PCs - and even some Linux distros are affected. Is your PC ready?
GitHub shouldn’t be a dependency for publishing Rust on crates.io
Article URL: https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/116806641273303255 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48664733 Points: 12 # Comments: 1
Dozens died at Camp Mystic last summer. Now the Texas campground has filed for bankruptcy
On July 4, 2025, 28 people died in a catastrophic flood at Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian summer camp in Texas. Two teenage counselors, 25 campers, and the camp’s co-executive director all died in the disaster, being trapped in floodwater when the nearby...
OpenAI gets chippy with Broadcom
OpenAI and Broadcom have teamed up – with a little help from some of the former’s AI models – to develop the frontier model lab’s very first inference chip, dubbed Jalapeño, the companies announced in a press release on Wednesday. Details of the spicily named silicon...
Loop engineering, latest AI buzzword, still needs humans in the loop
Writing prompts is so … 2025! AI influencers and industry luminaries have declared that prompts are out and loops are in, and maddeningly this has become blog fodder and grist for the news cycle. Never mind that AI agents, which are models using tools in a loop, have...
Microsoft uses AI to link two malware operations in racketeering suit
Microsoft, its friends, and international law enforcement - with an AI assist - disrupted two widely used pieces of malware and their infrastructure, in what Redmond describes as a novel approach to cybercrime disruption that targets the cyberattack supply chain...
Jalapeño is the first AI chip from OpenAI and Broadcom
It's a spicy start for the AI company's collaboration with the chip maker.
Companies are scrambling to stop employees from maxing out AI budgets with small tasks
Companies are scrambling to stop employees from maxing out AI budgets with small tasks Go to Source The tokenmaxxing era was brief. We now appear to be entering the era of token rationing.
I replaced my TV with this Google TV Projector – and it’s $500 off for Prime Day
I replaced my TV with this Google TV Projector - and it's $500 off for Prime Day Go to Source The Xgimi Horizon 20 Max is impressively bright for its size and offers an excellent picture quality. But I recommend it more for the ease...
Everyone is a builder now
When a natural disaster hits or a political crisis breaks out, you need to know where your employees are and reach them fast. We were paying $60,000 a year for a third-party tool to handle that. It didn’t fully work. So someone on our people team built a replacement....
A popular password manager was hit by a hack. What you need to know—and how to keep your data safe
LastPass, a password manager maker, is informing customers of a recent security breach at third-party market intelligence platform Klue, and how it impacts its customers, according to a recent blog post. A subsidiary of Boston-based LogMeIn, LastPass, which creates...
Laser Scanning A Cave With Homebrew Gear
How do you measure the inside of a cave? You could do a bunch of hard work with classic surveying gear… or you could just use a laser scanner. [9nl] did the latter, with a scanning rig of his own creation. The build is based around an Ouster VLP-16 mid-range lidar...
Pokémon fans take notice – Best Buy is selling this Paradox Clash Tin for 23% off
Amazon isn't the only place to score great deals during Prime Day. Best Buy is selling Pokémon TCG Paradox Clash tins at a discount.
I found the best anti-Prime Day deals from Best Buy, Target, Walmart, Sam’s Club, and more
Refuse to shop at Amazon? I found even better deals from other retailers right now.
Bluetooth speakers aren’t created equal – here are the ones I’d buy for Prime Day
Bluetooth speakers aren't created equal - here are the ones I'd buy for Prime Day Go to Source I found the best Bluetooth speaker deals for outdoor and at-home listening.
Thomann takes legal action against Fender
Article URL: https://www.thomann.de/blog/en/inside/thomann-takes-legal-action-against-fender/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48664384 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
A hidden retirement gap is costing women more than $5,000 a year
The future looks grim for people who rely on Social Security income in retirement. The program is barreling toward running out of funds by 2032 unless Congress intervenes, and women in particular stand to lose if that doesn’t happen. Experts predict that the Old-Age...
GameStop CEO says goodbye to $35 billion pay package to focus on eBay bid
In May, GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen surprised the masses after announcing an unsolicited offer to buy eBay for nearly $56 billion—a deal that eBay’s board rejected and called “neither credible nor attractive.” In an interview with CNBC last month, Cohen provided little...
Here’s why Slate changed the battery in its cheap EV truck
While there was probably a moment when Slate’s leadership had to green-light the switch from one battery type to another, the momentum toward that decision had been building for years.
This coin-sized flash drive gives my laptop double the storage space – and it’s $25 off
SanDisk's ExtremeFit 512GB flash drive is PC and Mac compatible and plug-and-play ready.
Yes, you need a note-taking tablet – and these 5 I’ve tested are on sale for Prime Day
For those who like writing things down, I rounded up the best smart notebooks from Boox, Apple, and more, all discounted during Prime Day.
I rewrote PostHog’s SQL parser, 70x faster, while barely looking at the code
Article URL: https://posthog.com/blog/sql-parser Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48663544 Points: 11 # Comments: 0
A little-known housing bill moving through Congress could have a big impact on your next mortgage
Congress has passed a landmark housing affordability bill that could make the path to homeownership more attainable for many Americans, though President Donald Trump is now delaying signing the bipartisan bill into law. On Tuesday, the House overwhelmingly passed a...
Strategy in an age of geopolitical volatility
The real risk facing executives today is not geopolitical instability; it’s treating instability as temporary. Volatility isn’t new, whether it’s geopolitical conflict, pandemics, or natural disasters. What has changed is the speed and scale at which these disruptions...
70% of companies deploying customer service AI agents see ROI in 60 days
Outcome-based resolution pricing means companies pay only when the AI agent resolves an issue autonomously, without human intervention.
The fastest-charging power bank we’ve tested in our lab is 20% off
If you're looking to save on a power bank this Prime Day, get the Cuktech 15 Air, a ZDNET Lab Award winner.