New California law will penalize influencers who don’t disclose political ads
The new legislation adds teeth to disclosure requirements for online influencers who are paid to post about politics.
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How to use your phone as a remote for any smart TV
Some phones have IR blasters to enable remote functions, but even if yours doesn't, you can do quite a lot over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
Prompts Aren't Real
Article URL: https://evaluation.club Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49777111 Points: 40 # Comments: 17
Laya (OS Jev) on Mac M4 CoreML Offline (45 decisions per second)
Article URL: https://gist.github.com/fordnox/e592d0f68b543fd044be8e6d040863a0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49777106 Points: 45 # Comments: 6
Custom home server built from spare parts
Article URL: https://asmat.ca/blog/i-went-bananas/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49776960 Points: 16 # Comments: 3
Trump now says he wants to form an ‘AI Force’
The president posted on Truth Social that he wanted to appoint an "AI czar" to lead a new "AI force." He made the announcement amid growing calls from across the political spectrum and even within the industry to pump the brakes on AI development. He posted that his administration "will not in an...
How to set up your Sonos speakers using the app
Whether you just got a Sonos speaker or you're adding one to your current setup, you'll need to use the app.
What's been going on in w64devkit the past year
Article URL: https://nullprogram.com/blog/2026/09/20/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49776796 Points: 6 # Comments: 1
ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector
Article URL: https://www.buchodi.com/chatgpt-now-knows-what-you-do-on-other-websites-via-ad-collector/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49776729 Points: 110 # Comments: 51
Singapore Is Paying People to Put Down Their Phones and Read Books
Article URL: https://www.gadgetreview.com/singapore-is-paying-people-to-put-down-their-phones-and-read-books Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49776717 Points: 95 # Comments: 40
Pirate Face Rescues LLM Models from Deletion
Article URL: https://pirateface.co/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49776699 Points: 187 # Comments: 64
Dell Pro 7 Webcam 4K Review: Sounds surprisingly great
The Dell Pro 7 is a 4K / 60 fps webcam with surprisingly high-quality built-in mics, a built-in physical privacy shutter, and Windows Hello compatibility.
Sherline Tools Is Going Out of Business
Article URL: https://toolguyd.com/sherline-tools-shutting-down-usa-production/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49776627 Points: 104 # Comments: 51
Before you throw out your old laptop, do this first
Giving away or recycling your old laptop is great, but you need to make sure all your data is fully removed before it finds a new home.
A small but growing number of founders are betting on bringing people together offline
Brynn Putnam and Tristan Walker have already done something that most founders only dream about: created companies so compelling that bigger outfits bought them. Putnam, a trained ballerina with a small chain of boutique studios, built the connected-fitness company Mirror and sold it to Lululemon...
Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google face antitrust lawsuit for agreeing to slow AI development — plaintiffs say plan has been in motion for months before, calls agreement ‘self-serving’
A proposed class action lawsuit has been lodged against the four big AI tech companies after they agreed to slow AI development for safety reasons. The lead counsel on the lawsuit says that 'AI will quickly spin out of control and could kill us all if we allow AI safety and protocol ... to be con...
Here’s why Apple scrapped its shorter Apple Pencil designed for iPhone Duo: report
Leading into the iPhone Duo launch, we heard from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman that Apple was considering a new Apple Pencil for iPhone Duo, though it was unlikely that the company would go forward with it. Of course, the iPhone Duo keynote came, and Apple did announce support for the USB-C Apple Penc...
These small changes can improve your home surround sound in a big way
If you've just set up your speakers wherever they fit, you're probably not getting the best sound from your surround system.
The senior engineer death spiral
Article URL: https://sunilpai.dev/posts/the-senior-engineer-death-spiral/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49776130 Points: 77 # Comments: 44