Technology

As EV batteries improve, ChargePoint debuts 600 kW fast charger

The new design is cheaper and will even fit in convenience store parking lots.

Ars Technica • Apr 22, 2026 • Jonathan M. Gitlin
Technology Apr 22, 2026

Call of Duty never made much sense for Xbox Game Pass

Yesterday Microsoft announced some surprising news: at a time when everything in gaming is getting more expensive, Xbox ...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

X makes it more expensive to post links through its API

Posting links on X through its API is now 1,900% more costly

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Treetops glowing during storms captured on film for first time

Article URL: https://www.psu.edu/news/earth-and-mineral-sciences/story/treetops-glowing-during-storms-captured-film-fir...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Books Are Not Remotely Too Expensive

Article URL: https://www.millersbookreview.com/p/no-books-are-not-remotely-too-expensive Comments URL: https://news.yco...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Qwen3.6-27B: Flagship-Level Coding in a 27B Dense Model

Article URL: https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.6-27b Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47863217 Points: 55...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Amazon Music partners with Bandsintown for concert listings

Users will be able to see live events of an artist on their Amazon Music profile

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Snap Map’s new ‘Place Loyalty’ badges will show the spots you visit most often

If you’re in the top 25% of users who visit a certain place, you’ll see your ranking on the Snap Map and can choose ...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

AI is spitting out more potential drugs than ever. This start-up wants to figure out which ones matter.

10x Science has raised a $4.8 million seed round to help pharmaceutical researchers understand complex molecules.

Technology Apr 22, 2026

The year’s weirdest game is hard to explain and even harder to put down

The first rule of Titanium Court is that you can't explain Titanium Court. Not because we're living under the omerta of ...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

BMW’s flagship 7 Series gets its ‘Neue Klasse’ upgrade

Ever since BMW first announced its "Neue Klasse" next-generation electric vehicle architecture and design language way b...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Columnar Storage Is Normalization

Article URL: https://buttondown.com/jaffray/archive/columnar-storage-is-normalization/ Comments URL: https://news.ycomb...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

The eighth-generation TPU: An architecture deep dive

Article URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/tpu-8t-and-tpu-8i-technical-deep-dive Comments URL: https:/...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Our eighth generation TPUs: two chips for the agentic era

Article URL: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/infrastructure-and-cloud/google-cloud/eighth-generation-tpu-agentic-...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

3.4M Solar Panels

Article URL: https://tech.marksblogg.com/american-solar-farms-v2.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Exclusive: Google deepens Thinking Machines Lab ties with new multi-billion-dollar deal

Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab has signed a multi-billion-dollar deal with Google Cloud for AI infrastructure power...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Google Maps is about to get a big dose of AI

Generative AI is being infused into Google's popular feature within Maps.

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Duolingo is now giving free users access to advanced learning content

Duolingo is opening up its advanced language learning content offering to free users, allowing them to acquire skills th...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

The most interesting startups showcased at Google Cloud Next 2026

Google wants AI startups on its cloud and has showcased a long list of them at its annual conference.

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Behind the unraveling of Dan Crenshaw

In 2019, a 36-year-old Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), newly elected to Congress, was photographed for the inaugural Time 100 ...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

GitHub CLI now collects pseudoanonymous telemetry

Article URL: https://cli.github.com/telemetry Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47862331 Points: 16 # ...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Kernel code removals driven by LLM-created security reports

Article URL: https://lwn.net/Articles/1068928/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47862230 Points: 9 # ...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Best Chromebooks (2026): Most Are Bad, but These Aren't

Chromebooks have a reputation for being cheap and crappy. But they don't have to be, and these are the Chromebooks that ...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Our favorite gear at Sea Otter Classic wasn't the bikes—it was the accessories

A Bluetooth suction-cup rack and a palm-sized tow rope were among our most practical finds. ...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Iran claims US exploited networking equipment backdoors during strikes

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/iran-claims-us-exploited-networking-equipment-ba...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Dinnerly Meal Kit Review (2026): Hearty Meals on a Budget

Martha Stewart–endorsed Dinnerly is a budget meal kit that doesn’t feel budget anymore, with interesting, far-flung ...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Investors lost billions on Trump’s memecoin. Another gala won’t fix that.

If Dems take Congress, Trump may face reckoning for “pay-to-play” memecoin galas. ...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

The Best Apps to Help You Cancel Subscriptions (2026): Trim, Bobby, TrackMySubs, Hiatus

You may have several recurring subscriptions you've forgotten about. These apps help you keep track of them—and cancel...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

First vacuums — then the world

Many startups spend years trying to become a household name. Others just spend $10 million on a Super Bowl ad. That's Dr...

Technology Apr 22, 2026

Nobody Got Fired for Uber's $8M Ledger Mistake?

Article URL: https://news.alvaroduran.com/p/nobody-got-fired-for-ubers-8-million Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator...