Technology

Intel refreshes non-Ultra Core CPUs with new silicon for the first time

For the first time in a while, the benefits of new Intel tech will trickle down.

Ars Technica Apr 16, 2026 Andrew Cunningham
Technology Apr 16, 2026

Netflix co-founder and chair Reed Hastings to leave board

Hastings helped to transform the video rental industry — first with physical, then digital, delivery.

Technology Apr 16, 2026

OpenAI starts offering a biology-tuned LLM

GPT-Rosalind is an LLM trained on biology workflows, available in closed access. ...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

A Better R Programming Experience Thanks to Tree-sitter

Article URL: https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/04/02/tree-sitter-overview/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

As they got close to the Moon, Artemis II astronauts were eager to land

"If you had given us the keys to the lander, we would have taken it down."

Technology Apr 16, 2026

The Beginning of Scarcity in AI

Article URL: https://tomtunguz.com/ai-compute-crisis-2026/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47799322 ...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Mozilla launches Thunderbolt AI client with focus on self-hosted infrastructure

New tool builds on deepset’s Haystack toward a “decentralized open source AI ecosystem.” ...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Upscale AI in talks to raise at $2B valuation, says report

AI infrastructure company Upscale AI is reportedly in talks to raise its third funding round since launching just seven ...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

The "Passive Income" trap ate a generation of entrepreneurs

Article URL: https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-passive-income-trap-ate-a-generation-of-entrepreneurs/ Comments URL: ht...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Gucci-branded Google smart glasses are coming next year

Google is reportedly partnering with Gucci to make a pair of AI smart glasses stylish enough people might actually want ...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Ballmer gives $80 million to NPR, with strings attached

Connie Ballmer, wife of former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and co-founder of the Ballmer Group, has given $80 million to...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Netflix embraces vertical video with major mobile app update

Netflix announced on Thursday that it will be launching a redesigned mobile app, which will include a vertical video fee...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Physical Intelligence, a hot robotics startup, says its new robot brain can figure out tasks it was never taught

The new model, called π0.7, represents what the company describes as an early but meaningful step toward the long-sough...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings is officially leaving the company

Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings plans to leave the company after nearly 30 years. The news comes as part of Netflix's e...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Sir-Bench – benchmark for security incident response agents

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.12040 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47798875 Points: 5 # C...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

From the Startup Battlefield stage to the International Space Station: geCKo Materials built a sticky product

This week on Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen speaks with Capella Kerst, founder and CEO of geCKo Materials.

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Dark Matter May Be Made of Black Holes From Another Universe

A model of the cyclic universe suggests that dark matter could be a population of black holes predating the Big Bang.

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Five men control AI. Who should control them?

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/insider/the-insider/five-men-control-ai-who-should-control-them Comments URL: ht...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

European civil servants are being forced off WhatsApp

Article URL: https://www.politico.eu/article/european-civil-servants-new-messaging-services/ Comments URL: https://news...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Official Clojure Documentary page with Video, Shownotes, and Links

Article URL: https://clojure.org/about/documentary Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47798345 Points: ...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

German Dog Commands

Article URL: https://www.fluentu.com/blog/german/german-dog-commands/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

GPT‑Rosalind for life sciences research

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-rosalind/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4779...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Slash, a Ramp competitor founded by teenagers, raises $100M at $1.4B valuation

Five years later the founders, now 24 years old, say their startup has achieved $300 million in annualized revenue.

Technology Apr 16, 2026

OpenAI takes aim at Anthropic with beefed-up Codex that gives it more power over your desktop

OpenAI's agentic coding tool has gotten a major makeover, with a variety of new powers and abilities.

Technology Apr 16, 2026

A Tiny Yellow Handheld Changed How Duke University Teaches Game Design

Article URL: https://news.play.date/news/duke-playdate-education/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Ad firms settle with Trump FTC over claims they boycotted conservative media

FTC aims to stamp out brand-safety standards that hurt Breitbart and Musk's X. ...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Live Nation says it will fight monopoly suit loss

After a jury found that Live Nation-Ticketmaster violated antitrust law on several counts, the company warns in a blog p...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Europe has "maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left"

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-europe-jet-fuel-flight-cancellations-birol-6e67fafd493861b3858de5548aa...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Ozlo’s comfy Sleepbuds are nearly 30 percent off in the run-up to Mother’s Day

If you’re struggling to get a full night of rest, a good pair of sleep earbuds can help you tune out unwanted distract...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Teenage Engineering might be getting into instrument amps next

An unannounced Teenage Engineering device, the KO-Amp 35, can be found over at the FCC in a new filing. The label clearl...