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TechnologyNewly unsealed court records cited by California's Attorney General allege that Amazon used price-fixing tactics, according to a report by The Guardian shared on Hacker News. The revelations are part of an ongoing Califo...
2026-04-16 18:08
TechnologyLuma has unveiled an AI-powered production studio called Wonder Project, with its first project being a faith-focused film about Moses starring Academy Award-winner Ben Kingsley. The film is set to be released this sprin...
2026-04-16 17:58
TechnologyA developer published an open-source project called AutoProber on GitHub, demonstrating an AI-driven hardware hacking arm assembled from inexpensive components including duct tape, an old camera, and a CNC machine....
2026-04-16 17:56
TechnologyIntel has updated its non-Ultra Core laptop CPU lineup with new silicon, marking the first refresh of that tier since the company shifted its flagship branding to the Core Ultra series. The move expands Intel's current-g...
2026-04-16 17:33
TechnologyReed Hastings, who co-founded Netflix and helped transform the video rental industry through both physical and digital delivery, has announced he will leave the company's board of directors....
2026-04-16 17:22
TechnologyOpenAI has released GPT-Rosalind, an LLM specifically trained on common biology workflows and named after scientist Rosalind Franklin. Unlike broader science-focused models from major tech companies, it targets biology-s...
2026-04-16 17:17
TechnologyA blog post from rOpenSci details how the Tree-sitter parsing library is improving the R programming experience by enabling more accurate and performant syntax highlighting, code navigation, and editor tooling....
2026-04-16 17:14
TechnologyWithin two days of returning to Earth, the Artemis II crew was back in spacesuits conducting surface geology simulations, demonstrating NASA's seriousness about establishing a Moon base. Mission specialist Christina Koch...
2026-04-16 17:00
TechnologyMozilla has entered the enterprise AI market with Thunderbolt, a front-end AI client designed for users and businesses that want to run self-hosted AI infrastructure without relying on cloud-based third-party services. T...
2026-04-16 16:43
TechnologyAI infrastructure startup Upscale AI is reportedly in talks to close its third funding round in just seven months since launch, at a $2 billion valuation....
2026-04-16 16:41
TechnologyA widely shared essay contends that the cultural obsession with passive income has lured a generation of entrepreneurs into low-quality, unsustainable business models at the expense of building real, lasting companies....
2026-04-16 16:31
TechnologyGoogle is reportedly partnering with luxury fashion house Gucci to produce a line of AI-powered smart glasses. The collaboration, reported by Reuters citing Gucci parent company Kering, aims to make wearable AI technolog...
2026-04-16 16:31
TechnologyConnie Ballmer, wife of former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, has donated $80 million to NPR — roughly equivalent to seven years of government funding. The gift comes with strings attached, according to The Verge....
2026-04-16 16:30
TechnologyNetflix announced it will roll out a redesigned mobile app at the end of April 2026 featuring a vertical video feed. The company says the update will better reflect its expanding entertainment offering and make content e...
2026-04-16 16:29
TechnologyRobotics startup Physical Intelligence has released a new model called π0.7, which the company describes as an early but meaningful step toward a general-purpose robot brain capable of figuring out tasks it was never ex...
2026-04-16 16:26
TechnologyNetflix co-founder and chairman Reed Hastings announced he will not stand for re-election to the board, effectively ending his nearly 30-year tenure at the company. The news was disclosed as part of Netflix's Q1 2026 ear...
2026-04-16 16:23
TechnologyA new benchmark called Sir-Bench has been proposed in an arXiv paper to evaluate the performance of AI agents specifically on security incident response tasks, filling a gap in existing agent evaluation frameworks....
2026-04-16 16:14
TechnologyA theoretical model of the cyclic universe suggests that dark matter could consist of black holes that existed before the Big Bang. The hypothesis offers a novel cosmological explanation for one of physics' most enduring...
2026-04-16 15:50
TechnologyEuropean Union civil servants are being directed to stop using WhatsApp and migrate to alternative messaging platforms, according to a Politico report, as EU institutions push to reduce reliance on U.S.-based consumer ap...
2026-04-16 15:40
TechnologyThe Clojure programming language has released an official documentary page featuring the full documentary video along with shownotes and supplementary links, drawing substantial discussion in the Hacker News community....
2026-04-16 15:32