Adobe acquires Indian market intelligence startup Rilo
This is Adobe's second acquisition out of India after Rephrase.ai in 2023
WebLLM: high-performance in-browser LLM inference engine
Article URL: https://github.com/mlc-ai/web-llm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49536411 Points: 103 # Comments: 17
Ransomware protection for MSPs: A 6-point checklist for faster recovery
Ransomware resilience requires more than backups or endpoint detection alone. Acronis outlines six capabilities MSPs should test across client environments, from reducing exposure and detecting attacks to preserving recovery points and restoring operations quickly. [...]
Facilitating AI integration with simplicity at scale
As companies scale, the technology supporting operations can become a liability just as quickly as it becomes an asset. Disconnected systems, site-specific tools, spreadsheets, and manual workarounds can create data silos that make it harder to spot problems early, coordinate responses, and make ...
Three sites made 215,128 “best software” pages for AI. Perplexity cites them
Article URL: https://trellner.com/reports/manufactured-sources-behind-ai-recommendations/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49536375 Points: 286 # Comments: 126
Apple Wallet driver’s license support launches in Oklahoma
Apple is rolling out support for Apple Wallet driver’s license integration to a new state. Starting today, Oklahoma residents can add their license to the Wallet app on iPhone and Apple Watch for easy mobile access. more…
Offshoots of cancelled TrueNAS Core upgrade to FreeBSD 15
Exeunt zVault stage right; enter FreeCORE and BSDnas
Poisson Disk Sampling
Article URL: https://stripeacross.com/posts/poisson-disk-sampling/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49536177 Points: 119 # Comments: 17
Biggest dark matter detector spots a single weird particle
Article URL: https://www.science.org/content/article/world-s-biggest-dark-matter-detector-spots-single-weird-particle Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49536079 Points: 231 # Comments: 75
Nintendo's surprise free update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Switch 2 includes eight-player split-screen
The nine-year-old game that keeps giving.
Tape companies ship 160 exabytes of storage in 2025, AI data demands drive 'unprecedented data growth' — capacity shipped in Q1 2026 rose 57% YOY driven by AI, LTO‑9 momentum, and early LTO‑10 uptake
Tape storage companies celebrate capacity shipment growth of 57% YOY for Q1 2026.
Siri AI won’t be your friend, and here’s why that really matters
Elon University has partnered with The Washington Post to conduct what turned out to be a worrying survey about Americans viewing AI chatbots as virtual friends or therapists. The results very much vindicate Apple’s careful decision to ensure that Siri AI doesn’t encourage such pseudo-relationshi...
We explored early DLSS 5 performance with community mods — and the limits of the 12V-2x6 power connector may hold it back on the RTX 5090
DLSS 5 officially releases later this week, but we tested it on the RTX 5090 using community mods to see what kind of performance drop and extra power draw you can expect.
Anthropic hires architect of UK AI policy as MPs warn of 'clear conflict of interest'
Matt Clifford plans to keep role as ARIA chair while leading the LLM maker's dealings with governments outside North America
FBI investigating 153 million US and Canadian driver’s licenses leaked on Russian cybercrime forum, including that of US SecDef Pete Hegseth — data is suspected to have come from an ID-authentication service provider
The leak was traced to a major ID-authentication service based in Louisiana, serving major companies like Hertz, Target, and the United States Coast Guard.
$30 buys you a brand-new HyperX gaming headset — save 40% on the CloudX Stinger 2 with massive 50mm drivers
With a massive 40% knocked off the list price, the HyperX CloudX Stinger 2 is only $29.99 on the HyperX store.
Norway considers ban on camera-enabled wearable ‘pervert glasses’
The Nordic country says wearable camera headsets need to be regulated given their privacy risks.
Adobe is making its tools available in Slack
Users will be able to access Express, Premiere, and Acrobat in Slack
Fractal Define One case review: Balancing noise and thermals
Fractal’s Define One rounds off the boxy Define, while still keeping the iconic closed-front design. A focus on GPU airflow and three included Momentum 14 fans highlight this $154 mid-tower chassis.
The Army just used a 20-kilowatt laser to take out three drones
The Army says its laser system can track and destroy hostile drones.