China’s drone supremacy shows in airlifting bodies and food after Nepal flood disaster
DJI drones that already supply Mount Everest camps assist Nepal’s flood relief.
iPhone Air’s $200 premium disappears when you trade it in
Following the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo announcement this week, Apple has started accepting iPhone Air and iPhone 17 trade-ins for credit. However, the iPhone Air offer is a bit of a sore spot, especially after this week’s price increases. more…
Apple TV is about to kick off four weeks straight of big premieres
Apple TV has a strong fall lineup coming up, including four weeks straight of big premieres that kick off next week with critical hit Slow Horses. Here’s what’s coming. more…
Cognition's SWE-2 achieves 92.8 on Terminal-Bench 2.1
Article URL: https://tokenstead.ai/models/swe-2 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49646778 Points: 53 # Comments: 25
Instagram’s latest feature lets you add tagged posts to your profile grid
Instagram's newest feature lets users take posts from the Tagged tab and move it to their main profile grid instead.
Which iPhone 18 Model Should You Buy?
Apple's new folding iPhone Duo is finally here, alongside refreshed Pro models. Our primer has all the details you need to choose the iPhone 18 that's right for you.
AirPods 5, Apple Watch Series 12, and Ultra 4 now available on Amazon
Apple unveiled its new Apple Watch Ultra 4 and Apple Watch Series 12 lineup yesterday, plus the all-new AirPods 5. They hit shelves next Friday, September 18. Ahead of that launch, Apple’s new lineup is now available to pre-order on Amazon. Pre-order AirPods 5 Pre-order Apple Watch Series 12 Pr...
iPhone Duo is no Apple Vision Pro
Look, no offense to Apple Vision Pro. I’m sure Apple Vision Pro is a very nice person. But iPhone Duo and Apple Vision Pro are not the same. There’s a take that the iPhone Duo may have the Apple Vision Pro problem. The idea is that due to its price and device-specific software, it may be a miss a...
AI job cuts could come with a costly undo button
Gartner reckons nearly a third of displaced employees may be rehired by 2029 – at a premium
NASA and IBM open source lunar mapping tools
Can help you pick the perfect spot for your future evil lair, or boffins make discoveries about Earth's satellite
Apple’s new A20 Pro smartphone chip around 25% faster than its predecessor in leaked benchmark — the 2nm CPU in the iPhone Duo and 18 Pro hits nearly 5 GHz clocks
The first Apple A20 Geekbench 6 benchmark results are starting to pop up online and the single-core score is very impressive.
Google is making it easier to switch between password managers on Android
Google's new feature will transfer your passkeys as well.
Electric air taxis get the green light for test flights in Texas
A new federal program to test the feasibility of electric, hybrid-electric, and autonomous aircraft kicks off today in Texas - before the rules governing this new technology have even been finalized. Earlier this year, the Federal Aviation Administration's Advanced Air Mobility and Electric Vert...
Forgejo <=16.0.3 Critical RCE
Article URL: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/release-notes-published/16.0.4.md Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645907 Points: 140 # Comments: 52
AI-powered attack exploited PaperCut flaws to hack 395 organizations
A threat actor, likely Russian-speaking, used hundreds of AI agents to develop and launch a global exploitation campaign targeting vulnerable PaperCut NG/MF servers. [...]
Silicon Valley is transforming the military-industrial complex?
Article URL: https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/how-big-tech-and-silicon-valley-are-transforming-military-industrial-complex Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645754 Points: 140 # Comments: 273
Yoto just announced two new audio devices for kids
Some upgrades make these more capable and easier to use for small hands.
Cisco FMC flaws exploited by ransomware gang, state-sponsored hackers
Cisco Talos says two recently patched Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) vulnerabilities have been exploited by three separate threat clusters linked to ransomware and state-sponsored attacks. [...]
Neki – Sharded Postgres
Article URL: https://planetscale.com/blog/introducing-neki Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645686 Points: 188 # Comments: 97
This might be iPhone 18 Pro’s best camera feature for most users
iPhone 18 Pro packs lots of camera upgrades (great rundown here), with the tentpole addition being variable aperture. But there’s one other Main camera change that users like me might deem their favorite. more…