Debian votes to let contributors code with AI
Disclosure optional, quality mandatory
Continuous Diffusion Language Models (CDLM's)
Article URL: https://sander.ai/2026/08/24/continuous-dlms.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49502611 Points: 74 # Comments: 30
Cores in space: The core memory module from a 1980 Spacelab computer
Article URL: https://www.righto.com/2026/08/spacelab-core-memory.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49502214 Points: 97 # Comments: 16
How to improve your audio quality on Android Auto
If the sound you're getting through Android Auto is disappointing, there are several components and settings you should check.
Apple CarPlay just added a major weather app
While CarPlay supports hundreds of apps, Apple Weather isn’t one of them. The good news is that starting today, The Weather Channel’s Storm Radar app for iPhone now works with CarPlay.
A decade's worth of Steam files totaling more than 12TB has leaked
The leak contains beta builds and finished games from Valve and third-party developers.
Enormous 12TB Steam leak includes abandoned Half-Life 2: Episode 3 assets
Over 12 terabytes of data, containing builds of every game uploaded to Steam between 2003 and 2013, has been leaked. We don't know everything in the archives yet because of its massive size. But people have already dug up assets related to the canceled Half-Life 2: Episode 3, content cut from Por...
Why open source rocks – a new SM750 (Silicon Motion GPU) HDMI Driver
Article URL: https://github.com/KodeMunkie/sm750hdmifb Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49501611 Points: 96 # Comments: 35
Liux’s Big microcar bets on sustainability to take on Chinese rivals
The Liux Big microcar is made in Spain. The startup thinks it can compete in a crowded market with its tiny electric car built around sustainability.
How to adjust the audio settings for your AirPods (and why you should)
If you want to enhance the sound of your AirPods even further, we've got you. Let's dig into some settings that will level up your listening experience.
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now on its way to study the 'dark universe'
Its first images are expected to arrive in early 2027.
Speedy 34-inch 240 Hz ultrawide OLED monitor now $600 off — LG UltraGear 34GX900A-B only $599.99
The LG UltraGear 34GX900A-B packs a fast 240 Hz OLED panel and 3440 x 1440 resolution into an immersive 800R curved display, now available for 50% off.
Not the GameCube, not the Wii U: This was Nintendo's most unsuccessful console
Nintendo's worst-ever console was awkward to use and didn't even sell a million units. But you can try it today if you're curious.
Why it matters that President Trump just dialed into a NASA news conference
With just one more major mission upcoming, NASA's science programs need a boost.
Stop getting bad YouTube recommendations with 4 simple steps
If your algorithm is out of whack recently, there are things you can do to get it back on track with content you like.
Cheap GPS jammers are filling the world with navigation dead zones
https://archive.is/zUA3D Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49500504 Points: 155 # Comments: 147
Artie (YC S23) Is Hiring Technical AES
Article URL: https://www.artie.com/careers?ashby_jid=e87b84d2-78b3-41a3-937a-47e83643cdf1 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49500471 Points: 0 # Comments: 0
Apple’s next iPad mini is almost ready, here’s what to expect
Apple has a lot in store for this fall, headlined by the iPhone Ultra and iPhone 18 Pro launching next month. Apple is also working on a new iPad mini, and a new report today suggests it’s coming in October.
Musk’s faster path to more gas turbines comes with pollution problem
Elon Musk says a secretive new SpaceX foundry will let him cast his own turbine blades and get gas power online 18 months faster than anyone else — but it's a bet on a fuel source that's already triggering lawsuits and health studies everywhere his (and others') turbines have gone in.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches to study dark matter and dark energy
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope blasts off. | Photo: NASA / John Kraus After funding struggles and a name change, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been successfully launched. It will now make a three-month, one-million-mile journey to its orbit at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point...