After 8 Years in Space, ‘BepiColombo’ Is Finally Approaching Mercury
Following a difficult journey, the probe will soon begin unravelling the mysteries of Mercury’s magnetic field and internal structure.
Jev-Leftpad
Article URL: https://github.com/f/jev-leftpad Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49784706 Points: 90 # Comments: 39
Your cloud survived everything except the real world
War damage, air traffic chaos, and a storage shortage expose the cost of treating resilience as someone else's problem
Disney+: New user agreement allows ads before movies in all subscriptions
Article URL: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Disney%2B_ad_policy_change Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49784336 Points: 75 # Comments: 39
Kev: Tiny Jev-like family of decision models built on top of Qwen3.5
Article URL: https://github.com/jaredpalmer/kev/tree/main Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49783999 Points: 150 # Comments: 66
VMware has quietly walked back its SmartNIC ambitions
Virtzilla’s bet on hyperscale hardware going mainstream didn’t excite customers, but may live on
Boss bought cheap 'printer' from a catalog and was left without a leg to stand on
Attempt to prove procurement prowess ended up gathering dust
Grim Fandango Puzzle Document (1996) [pdf]
Article URL: http://gameshelf.jmac.org/2008/11/13/GrimPuzzleDoc_small.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49783495 Points: 222 # Comments: 47
Failed networking vendor Cambium set to turn off its cloudy management portal
Quits enterprise networking hardware business, tells users to install on-prem software ASAP
Failed UK networking vendor Cambium set to turn off its cloudy management portal
Quits enterprise networking hardware business, tells users to install on-prem software ASAP
Show HN: Mini-AGI – Dynamic continual learning model trained on 8GB VRAM
Sorry for the pretentious name, I know, I know.. It just contains all the pieces I would like to see a AGI model to have, and I can't stand the temptation. Before throwing rocks at me, please take a glance at the Readme, and I hope it will cover your mood a little bit. So, first of all it does wo...
Heretic removes restrictions from language models
Article URL: https://heretic-project.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49783101 Points: 52 # Comments: 15
Google joins the ‘Oops, our agents hacked someone’ club after partner’s internet access error
Kept it secret for months - even after OpenAI 'fessed up
Chinese memory-maker CXMT claims DRAM production breakthrough
PLUS: Toyota's robot hiring spree; China's CDNs struggle; India to charge for some UPI payments; and more!
Why Backprop Goes Backward (2018)
Article URL: https://gregorygundersen.com/blog/2018/04/15/backprop/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49781693 Points: 50 # Comments: 5
One mobile number, two phones: What is iPhone handoff and which carriers support it?
If you find yourself swapping between two iPhones regularly, whether for work or casual use, you're going to want to set up Handoff.
Wired vs. wireless internet: Which should you choose for your home?
Wired and wireless internet are both ways that ISPs deliver service to your home, but one isn't necessarily superior to the other.
Amiga Unix, Again
Article URL: https://amigaux.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49781436 Points: 112 # Comments: 38
Which major chatbot apps work with CarPlay?
If you aren't happy with Siri while driving, several other chatbot apps are compatible with CarPlay now.
7 ways to get free movies and TV channels on your smart TV
With the influx of premium streaming services, it can be difficult to find apps that offer access to free movies and TV channels in the sea of options.