Technology

The Miniature Wife was an exercise in visual trickery

In Manuel Gonzales' 2013 short story "The Miniature Wife," a woman starts to become a different kind of person after her husband accidentally shrinks her down to the size of a coffee mug. Because of h...

The Verge Apr 8, 2026 Charles Pulliam-Moore
Technology Apr 8, 2026

Databricks co-founder wins prestigious ACM award, says ‘AGI is here already’

Matei Zaharia has won the top honor from the Association for Computing Machinery. Now he's working on AI for research an...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

The Next Attorney General Will Probably Be an Election Denier

Pam Bondi's DOJ left election deniers frothing for more. Potential candidates for the attorney general job could give th...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Microsoft Abruptly Terminates VeraCrypt Account, Halting Windows Updates

Article URL: https://www.404media.co/microsoft-abruptly-terminates-veracrypt-account-halting-windows-updates/ Comments ...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Show HN: BAREmail ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ – minimalist Gmail client for bad WiFi

I've been frustrated one too many times by terrible airplane wifi and not being able to load Gmail or Superhuman when a...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Show HN: Go-Bt: Minimalist Behavior Trees for Go

Hey HN,I just published v0.1.0 of go-bt and would love some feedback from the Go veterans here.Thanks in advance! Comm...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

With Orion still flying, NASA is nearing key decisions about Artemis III

"One of the questions is what the initial orbit will be for Artemis III."

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Iran demands Bitcoin fees for ships passing Hormuz during ceasefire

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/02aefac4-ea62-48db-9326-c0da373b11b8 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Show HN: We fingerprinted 178 AI models' writing styles and similarity clusters

We have a dataset of 3,095 standardized AI responses across 43 prompts. From each response, we extract a 32-dimension s...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

As YouTube grows on TV, it eyes more interactive video across formats

YouTube's hiring across roles, partnerships, and a Bengaluru hub shows how it is building out its TV strategy.

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Final 3 days to save up to $500 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass

Save up to $500 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until April 10, 11:59 p.m. PT. Secure your spot at the center of ...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

The vibes are off at OpenAI

OpenAI is in a relatively precarious position. The company is and has been a funding behemoth - just over a week ago, it...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Anthropic limits access to Mythos, its new cybersecurity AI model

A select group of customers is testing the Claude Mythos Preview.

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Ikea’s New Lineup of Smart Home Gear Is Quietly Changing the Game

Ikea’s latest light bulbs, remotes, and more have arrived, plus plenty of other fun gear that’s well-priced and easy...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess

Article URL: https://aphyr.com/posts/411-the-future-of-everything-is-lies-i-guess Comments URL: https://news.ycombinato...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Tractive’s new dog and cat trackers provide more health insights for your pets

After acquiring its competitor Whistle from Mars Petcare nearly a year ago, Tractive is introducing two new pet trackers...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Xbox’s new era needs games like Forza Horizon 6

It's a weird time at Xbox. Microsoft's gaming division is under new management, with its current leadership intent on wh...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Atlassian launches visual AI tools and third-party agents in Confluence

Confluence users can now create visual assets within the software in addition to new third-party agents working with Lov...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

LLM plays an 8-bit Commander X16 game using structured "smart senses"

I connected the ChatGPT API (model gpt-4o) to an 8-bit shoot-'em-up game, PvP-AI, running on a Commander X16 emulator.I...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Show HN: Skrun – Deploy any agent skill as an API

Article URL: https://github.com/skrun-dev/skrun Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47689319 Points: 6 #...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

The only USB-C AA battery I’d buy for myself is the Zepath 3600

Last September, a company named Lumafield scanned 1,000 cylindrical lithium-ion batteries to shine a light on the hidden...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology

Article URL: https://www.cnet.com/home/security/when-flock-comes-to-town-why-cities-are-axing-the-controversial-surveil...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

MegaTrain: Full Precision Training of 100B+ Parameter LLMs on a Single GPU

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.05091 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47689174 Points: 5 # C...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Show HN: I pipe free sports streams into Jellyfin – no ads, just HLS

Article URL: https://github.com/pcruz1905/hls-restream-proxy Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4768916...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

X is rolling out automatic translation and photo editing powered by Grok

New automatic translations and photo editing on X are powered by the company's flagship AI model.

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Insta360’s Snap is a tiny magnetic phone screen for taking rear-camera selfies

Insta360 just announced the Snap, a new smartphone accessory designed to improve the quality of your selfies. It works l...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Unionized ProPublica staff are on strike over AI, layoffs, and wages

Unionized staff at ProPublica, one of the country's leading nonprofit newsrooms, are walking off the job for 24 hours be...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

The Best Automatic Litter Box of 2026: Petkit and Litter-Robot

With these high-tech automatic litter boxes, gone are the days of scooping and smells. Welcome to the future.

Technology Apr 8, 2026

How nuclear batteries could speed the race to fusion power

Avalanche Energy is working on an DARPA project to build a new class of materials capable of turning damaging radiation ...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

They're Made Out of Meat (1991)

Article URL: http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-made-out-of-meat-2/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4...