Are USB-C flash drives better than USB-A ones?
USB-A and USB-C flash drives both have their purposes. USB-C is increasingly common, but USB-A isn't going anywhere yet.
The Roman telescope has enough gas for 22 years, double NASA's expectations
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is the first NASA observatory designed for in-space refueling.
Microsoft will hold a Windows and Surface event on October 7
The event is focused on "Windows, NVIDIA RTX Spark, Surface, and the broader PC ecosystem," with Satya Nadella and Jensen Huang among the speakers.
Ulysses gets Siri AI support, customizable toolbars, project templates, more
Following the release of macOS 27 Golden Gate and iOS 27, Ulysses was updated with Siri AI support, a refreshed interface, customizable toolbars, project templates, and more. Here are the details. more…
dbrand has the iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro covered – with a huge range of designs
With the exciting new iPhone Duo and latest evolution of the iPhone 18 Pro now official, casemaker dbrand has wasted no time in announcing its latest cases, vinyl wraps, and screen protectors. Whether you’re looking for a minimalist, barely-there case or one that offers the ultimate in no-comprom...
Wired vs wireless speakers: What are the pros and cons?
Wired and wireless speakers each offer different trade-offs, advantages and disadvantages. Plus, what audio you put through them has a big effect.
The AI data center boom is colliding with cities scarred by big industry
National outcry against data center construction has spread to Philadelphia, where officials suggested possible construction in a neighborhood already impacted by a now-defunct oil refinery.
The vulnpocalypse rains iBugs down on Apple with record-setting number of patches
September Patch Tuesday part 2?
Acronis warns of actively exploited flaw in its cPanel backup plugin
Acronis disclosed a high-severity Linux local privilege escalation vulnerability in its backup plugin for cPanel, WebHost Manager (WHM), and Plesk that may be exploited in the wild. [...]
German Rheinmetall open-sources its Battlesuite connected weapon system protcol
Article URL: https://rheinmetall.github.io/onboardapi-documentation/9.10.0/index.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49718928 Points: 100 # Comments: 23
Jean-Pierre Serre is 100 years old today
Article URL: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Serre/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49718822 Points: 74 # Comments: 11
AI networking startups race to replace Nvidia's NVLink
Intel spin-off Cornelis and newcomer Delos Data pitch open alternatives for scaling AI beyond the rack
iOS 27 has a fun new animation when you call a contact on their birthday
iOS 27 adds a small birthday-themed tidbit to the Phone app, with a new animation that appears when calling someone on their big day. Here are the details. more…
Microsoft announces Windows and Surface event for October 7th
It's been more than two years since the last major Windows event, so Microsoft is heading to San Francisco next month to outline the future of Windows and Surface devices. At an event on October 7th, the company says it will host a "conversation on how local AI will shape the next chapter of the ...
Malcious Admin Menu Editor Pro plugin backdoors 1,500 WordPress sites
Malicious versions of the Admin Menu Editor Pro plugin for WordPress have been distributed to more than 200 customers after a threat actor compromised the maintainer's website and pushed updates that created a hidden user account. [...]
Your AI agents' reports and questions have a new inbox, courtesy of AWS
Pizza Bot runs locally and lets users interact with AI agents in an email-like interface. Perfect for blowing them off just like your human colleagues!
“Filmmaker” suing PassThePopcorn may be banned user out for revenge
Allegedly fake filmmaker targeted trackers like PassThePopcorn, BroadcasTheNet, and HDBits.
What if social media isn’t hurting kids?
Two years ago, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt released his New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation. The book posits that the rise of social media and smartphone use is largely to blame for the prominent decline in teen mental health since 2010. It quickly became a central rallying cr...
Meta now lets AI agents handle the boring parts of WhatsApp Business setup
A new WhatsApp Business MCP server lets developers use AI coding agents like Claude, Cursor, Codex, and ChatGPT to handle setup, messaging templates, testing, and troubleshooting.
iOS 27 gives Apple’s Calendar app new feature I’ve wanted for years
iOS 27 is here, and it adds a new Apple Calendar feature I’ve wanted for years: natural language support when creating events. more…