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New quantum-computing advances heighten threat to elliptic curve cryptosystems

No, the sky isn't falling, but Q Day is coming, and it won't be as expensive as thought.

Ars Technica Mar 31, 2026 Dan Goodin
Technology Mar 31, 2026

The Galaxy S26’s photo app can sloppify your memories

The Google Pixel 9 walked so that the Samsung Galaxy S26 could run. Google introduced AI editing tools to Photos slowly....

Technology Mar 31, 2026

Social gaming platform Rec Room, once valued at $3.5B, is shutting down

Rec Room, the social platform for user-generated games and virtual experiences, will shutter on June 1.

Technology Mar 31, 2026

Our Favorite Affordable Air Purifier Is Temporarily Even Cheaper

Amazon has the Coway Airmega Mighty marked down to two-thirds its normal price.

Technology Mar 31, 2026

Hisense’s 75-inch U6 mini-LED TV is cheaper than its 65-inch model

If you’re keen to get a new 4K TV that has built-in streaming services provided by Amazon’s Fire TV software, it’s...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

You can finally change the goofy Gmail address you chose years ago

All your data remains intact, and you can go back to your original address at any time. ...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

OkCupid gave 3M dating-app photos to facial recognition firm, FTC says

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/okcupid-match-pay-no-fine-for-sharing-user-photos-with-facial-...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

How to Change Your Gmail Address

You’ve probably had the same Gmail address for years. Now, it's easy to make a name change without worrying about the ...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

I Decompiled the White House's New App

Article URL: https://blog.thereallo.dev/blog/decompiling-the-white-house-app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

Alexa+ gets new food ordering experiences with Uber Eats and Grubhub

You can now order from Uber Eats and Grubhub using Alexa+, an experience Amazon says will be similar to chatting with a ...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

The Sonos Play and mic-less Era 100 SL are now available

After a couple of quiet years, Sonos is back with two new consumer speakers: the portable Sonos Play and the more afford...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

The US Military’s GPS Software Is an $8 Billion Mess

The GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System was due for completion in 2016. Ten years later, the software for con...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

OkCupid gave 3 million dating-app photos to facial recognition firm, FTC says

OkCupid and Match settle with Trump FTC, don't have to pay any financial penalty. ...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

The Promise of 'Woke 2' Is Fueling a Leftist Fever Dream

Progressives are dreaming about a new political order that rights the wrongs of the Trump administration and the shortco...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

This is my third Orion launch, but it feels totally different

The first two launches of Orion felt hollow, but NASA is finally on a better course. ...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

The latest Matter update improves camera streaming

The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) released Matter 1.5.1 today, building upon the camera and video doorbell suppo...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

Tesla Says Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Driven by Remote Humans

The electric-car maker says it happens rarely and at speeds below 10 mph. But the disclosure—in response to a US senat...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

Whoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion

The fitness tracking startup just closed a $575 million Series G with Cristiano Ronaldo and LeBron James among its inves...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

Ask HN: Academic study on AI's impact on software development – want to join?

Would you like to participate in a study on AI’s impact on software development? We are researchers at New York Unive...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

Objections to systemd age-attestation changes go overboard

Article URL: https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1064706/ba8e449d224f5067/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

The Best Time to Drink Coffee for Productivity (and When Not To)

Caffeine is the original biohack for energy, focus, and alertness. But are you doing it wrong?

Technology Mar 31, 2026

Show HN: How This Graybeard Built the Fastest and Freest Postgres BM25 Search

Last summer we faced a conundrum at my company, Tiger Data, a Postgres cloud vendor whose main business is in timeserie...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

Cohere Transcribe: Speech Recognition

Article URL: https://cohere.com/blog/transcribe Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47589818 Points: 11 ...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

Uber increases stake in WeRide as robotaxi partnership ramps up in Dubai

Uber and WeRide have launched robotaxi operations without a human safety operator in Dubai as part of a broader expansio...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

Show HN: PhAIL – Real-robot benchmark for AI models

I built this because I couldn't find honest numbers on how well VLA models [1] actually work on commercial tasks. I com...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

Forth VM and compiler written in C++ and Scryer Prolog

Article URL: https://github.com/no382001/forth-vm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47589732 Points: 5...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

Scotty: A beautiful SSH task runner

Article URL: https://freek.dev/3064-scotty-a-beautiful-ssh-task-runner Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

Costco sued for seeking refunds on tariffs customers paid

Proposed class action accuses Costco of unjust enrichment.

Technology Mar 31, 2026

Show HN: Hyprmoncfg – Terminal-based monitor config manager for Hyprland

Article URL: https://paolino.me/hyprmoncfg-monitor-configuration-for-hyprland/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.c...

Technology Mar 31, 2026

Hacker hijacks Axios open-source project, used by millions, to push malware

A hacker inserted malware in Axios, an open-source web tool downloaded tens of millions of times weekly, in a widespread...