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BYD's Fastest-Charging Car in the World Is Astonishing—in Good and Bad Ways

WIRED witnessed the game-changing Denza Z9 GT charge its battery in just 9 minutes. But the pricing for BYD's premium brand looks like a huge mistake.

Wired Apr 13, 2026 Jeremy White
Technology Apr 13, 2026

Meta spins up AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to engage with employees

The Meta chief is personally involved in training and testing his animated AI. ...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Microsoft isn't removing Copilot from Windows 11, it's just renaming it

Article URL: https://www.neowin.net/opinions/microsoft-isnt-removing-copilot-from-windows-11-its-just-renaming-it/ Comm...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg could soon have an AI clone of himself to interact with and provide feedback to employees, acco...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional

Article URL: https://nypost.com/2026/04/11/us-news/us-appeals-court-declares-158-year-old-home-distilling-ban-unconstit...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

They See Your Photos

Article URL: https://theyseeyourphotos.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47751669 Points: 43 # Co...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Slate Auto raises $650M to fund its affordable EV truck plans

Slate Auto's latest funding round was led by existing investor TWG Global, a firm run by LA Dodgers owner Mark Walter.

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Initial mainline video capture and camera support for Rockchip RK3588

Article URL: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/mainline-video-capture-and-camera-support-for-rock...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

The Strait of Hormuz blockade is causing a slow-moving food crisis

Farmers are very busy in the spring, under pressure to get crops into the ground just as the Northern Hemisphere begins ...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

AI could be the end of the digital wave, not the next big thing

Article URL: https://thenextwavefutures.wordpress.com/2026/04/07/ai-end-digital-wave-technology-innovation-perez/ Comme...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

I went to America's worst national parks so you don't have to

Article URL: https://substack.com/home/post/p-193626949 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47751029 Poi...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

The hottest college major [Computer Science] hit a wall. What happened?

Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/04/13/computer-science-major-ai/ Comments URL: https://news...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Roblox will need age verification to make sure you’re at least 9 years old

Roblox is about to make a big change to how you can access games on its platform: If you want to play any game that's in...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Roblox has games again

Roblox is making a subtle but notable change. After swapping the word "game" for "experience" all over its website and m...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Roblox introduces ‘Kids’ and ‘Select’ accounts for age-appropriate access to games and chat

Users aged five to nine will be assigned to a "Roblox Kids" account, and users aged nine to 15 to will be put in a "Robl...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Servo is now available on crates.io

Article URL: https://servo.org/blog/2026/04/13/servo-0.1.0-release/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Michigan 'digital age' bills pulled after privacy concerns raised

Article URL: https://www.thecentersquare.com/michigan/article_7ca4e268-4a68-42fb-9042-f9d8604ebd7f.html Comments URL: h...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Android now stops you sharing your location in photos

Article URL: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/04/android-now-stops-you-sharing-your-location-in-photos/ Comments URL: http...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

The 4 Best Water Filter Pitchers (2026): PFAS, Microplastics

Water filters promise the moon—but only some back up their claims. Here are the best filtered-water pitchers for those...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Struggling to heat your home? How about 500 Raspberry Pi units?

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/03/thermify_heathub_raspberry_pi/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinat...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Galactic Algorithm

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_algorithm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=477505...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

To teach in the time of ChatGPT is to know pain

LLM use is the most demoralizing problem I’ve faced as a college instructor. ...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Did Neuralink make the wrong bet?

Elon Musk promised Neuralink would bring superhuman abilities and minds merged with AI. Then he fueled a runaway hype tr...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril

As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet ...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Point Cloud Allemansrätten

Article URL: https://digitalflapjack.com/weeknotes/point-cloud-allemansr%C3%A4tten/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombina...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

The Dumbest Hack of the Year Exposed a Very Real Problem

Last April, a hacker hijacked crosswalk announcements to mimic Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Records obtained by WIRED ...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Microsoft’s new Xbox Gamepad Cursor adds a virtual mouse to handhelds

Microsoft has started testing its own virtual mouse cursor inside its Xbox mode for Windows-based handhelds. The new Gam...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

AI Agents Are Coming for Your Dating Life

The developers of Pixel Societies are using AI agents to simulate social interactions. It's an attempt optimize the proc...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Show HN: I built a social media management tool in 3 weeks with Claude and Codex

Article URL: https://github.com/brightbeanxyz/brightbean-studio Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4774...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Sam Altman reportedly targeted in second attack

Sam Altman was seemingly targeted by a second attack on Sunday morning, with two suspects arrested following a shooting ...