Today so far 2026-09-17 · 18:00 UTC

The most significant development today is the first naval engagement between uncrewed sea drones, marking a notable milestone in autonomous military technology. Meanwhile, the AI landscape continues to evolve with developments like Skillsync, a YC-backed startup enabling portable AI chat sessions across agents, and research showing that artificial intelligence now beats some of the best human forecasters. On the regulatory front, Apple is making changes to EU app tracking consent screens, while various tech platforms including GitLab and OpenAI are adjusting their rate limit policies.

ESP32-C3 SuperMini antenna modification

The ESP32-C3 SuperMini's built-in SMD antenna severely limits WiFi range, but a simple modification using a 31mm silver-plated wire configured as a quarter-wavelength antenna significantly improves…

2026-08-02 · 06:56 UTC
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Running Kimi K3 on MI355X at Better Performance per Dollar Than B300

2026-08-02 · 04:21

AMD's MI355X GPU delivers superior cost-efficiency compared to NVIDIA's B300 and B200 when running the 2.8…

Don't credit the LLM

2026-08-02 · 04:07

The author critiques a growing trend of professionals crediting LLM tools for their work, arguing this practice…

Karpathy’s Pelican

2026-08-02 · 04:05

https://xcancel.com/karpathy/status/2083749667410727319 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49140998…

MkLinux and the pimped-out Apple Workgroup Server 9150

2026-08-02 · 03:12

The article discusses the restoration and upgrade of an Apple Workgroup Server 9150, a 1990s Macintosh-based server, to…

Linux desktop market share has hit over 10% in North America

2026-08-02 · 03:10

Four Time Scales for Technology Development and Deployment

2026-08-02 · 02:26

Rodney Brooks identifies four distinct time scales for technology development: research ideas typically require 10-20…

When random.bytes() runs but doesn't work

2026-08-02 · 02:08

A critical security vulnerability in Coldcard firmware was introduced through two poorly documented code commits with…

Show HN: I'm a 15 Year Old Wannabe Engineer, This Is a Cycloidal Gearbox I Built

2026-08-02 · 02:07

A 15-year-old engineer developed a cycloidal gearbox with a 1:9 gear ratio, creating a Python script to generate the…

Show HN: CostPerPrompt – Live AI API pricing and real-workload cost calculators

2026-08-02 · 01:56

CostPerPrompt is a tool that tracks live pricing for 232+ AI models and provides calculators to estimate real-world…

Go 1.27 Interactive Tour

2026-08-02 · 01:35

Go 1.27 introduces generic methods, allowing methods to declare their own type parameters independent of the receiver,…

ASRock BC-250: Building the Budget Steam Machine

2026-08-02 · 01:35

The ASRock BC-250 is a budget-friendly gaming PC that can be optimized through several key tweaks, including allocating…

The Prospects for 128 Bit Processors ( John Mashey SGI 1995)

2026-08-02 · 01:26

In 1995, John Mashey from SGI analyzed the trajectory toward 128-bit processors, examining both physical and virtual…

Persistent State Machines: LLM Attention with INT4 In-Memory Cells

2026-08-02 · 01:01

Researchers present Persistent State Machines (PSMs), a formal framework for implementing LLM attention operators using…

Walsh: Multi-agent research pipeline with risk manager that can veto trades

2026-08-02 · 00:13

Walsh is a multi-agent AI stock research system that analyzes tickers through four specialized agents (Fundamental,…

The Greenhouse and the Lens: Two Modes of Agentic AI Work

2026-08-02 · 00:06

The author distinguishes between two modes of agentic AI work: "greenhouse mode," where you experiment openly without a…

Kobuk the Destroyer – Tales from the Wild, Unseen World of Test Engineering

2026-08-02 · 00:01

A Uiua Type System

2026-08-01 · 23:49

Elon Musk Denies Tesla China Sale Report Tied to SpaceX Merger

2026-08-01 · 23:47

Elon Musk rejected a Wall Street Journal report claiming Tesla explored separating or selling its China business ahead…

RFC 10015: Deprecating Obsolete Key Exchange Methods in TLS 1.2 and DTLS 1.2

2026-08-01 · 23:44

RFC 10015 deprecates the use of Diffie-Hellman over finite fields and RSA key exchange methods in TLS 1.2 and DTLS 1.2,…

Moore's Law for Everything (2021)

2026-08-01 · 23:43

Sam Altman argues that artificial intelligence will soon automate most human labor, creating enormous wealth but…

A stray commit buried multiple levels deep cost me months

2026-08-01 · 23:19

A developer spent months planning a major code migration only to discover deep in their work that hidden database…

Morph (YC S23) Is Hiring Member of Technical Stuff

2026-08-01 · 22:52

Morph, a Y Combinator-backed startup founded in 2025, is hiring a Member of Technical Staff to optimize its inference…

Anime User Interfaces

2026-08-01 · 22:47

This post is a curated collection of anime user interface (UI) designs and visual aesthetics, compiled on what appears…

From MIT: AI financial advice is surprisingly good

2026-08-01 · 22:25

MIT researchers found that artificial intelligence provides surprisingly sound financial advice, with people following…

Atom is better than RSS, in ways that matter

2026-08-01 · 22:00

Atom feed format is technically superior to RSS in several important ways that go beyond ideological preference.

The 14 Steps it takes to open my office door with a new phone

2026-08-01 · 21:37

The author details the surprisingly complicated 14-step process required to access their office with a new phone after…

Shittu 'robbed' - are AI boxing judges the answer?

2026-08-01 · 21:05

After commentators claim England's Dimeji Shittu was "robbed" in the Commonwealth Games final, is judging helped by…

YC founder asks desperate job seekers to tattoo themselves for an interview

2026-08-01 · 21:02

A San Francisco AI startup CEO apologized after offering job interviews to applicants who got the company's logo…

Seedance 2.5

2026-08-01 · 20:45

Seedance 2.5, a new-generation video creation model, has launched with major upgrades enabling users to generate up to…

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