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Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)

What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about? Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47741527 Points: 14 # Comments: 9

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Investigating How Long-Distance Couples Use Digital Games to Facilitate Intimacy

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.09509 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47741460 Points: 7 # C...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

Textbooks and Methods of Note-Taking in Early Modern Europe (2008)

Article URL: https://dash.harvard.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/7312037d-e342-6bd4-e053-0100007fdf3b/content Comments ...

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TechCrunch Mobility: Who is poaching all the self-driving vehicle talent?

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playin...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

You can save $20 on the Super Mario Galaxy game bundle when you buy a Nintendo Switch 2

In celebration of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie coming to theaters, Nintendo is making it a little cheaper to get both Su...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

From LLMs to hallucinations, here’s a simple guide to common AI terms

The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most ...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

At the HumanX conference, everyone was talking about Claude

Anthropic was the star of the show at San Francisco's AI-centric conference.

Technology Apr 12, 2026

Eternity in six hours: Intergalactic spreading of intelligent life (2013)

Article URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256935390_Eternity_in_six_hours_Intergalactic_spreading_of_intell...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

You can grab a refurbished 2021 Kindle Paperwhite starting at just $49.99

We spend a lot of time at The Verge waxing poetic about the latest gadgets, but sometimes it’s the last-gen devices fr...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

Slate Auto: Everything you need to know about the Bezos-backed EV startup

Slate auto burst onto the scene in April 2025. Here is a timeline that covers its origins, backers, product, and other n...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

The Hisense UR9 is a great first shot against OLED’s bow

RGB LED TVs have been the talk of the TV world this year, with models coming from all the manufacturers, and the first o...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

How AT&T created the most iconic phone ever

For years, even decades, virtually everyone in the United States had the same phone. Nobody really thought about it, it ...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable energy

Article URL: https://www.the-independent.com/tech/renewable-energy-solar-nepal-bhutan-iceland-b2533699.html Comments UR...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

Tell HN: OpenAI silently removed Study Mode from ChatGPT

Here's hoping that it will return soon, as I really liked it. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47739...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

Pro Max 5x Quota Exhausted in 1.5 Hours Despite Moderate Usage

Article URL: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/45756 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

Show HN: Oberon System 3 runs natively on Raspberry Pi 3 (with ready SD card)

Article URL: https://github.com/rochus-keller/OberonSystem3Native/releases Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/i...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

Why weekends are under threat

Article URL: https://thehustle.co/originals/why-weekends-are-under-threat Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/it...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

We have a 99% email reputation. Gmail disagrees

Article URL: https://blogfontawesome.wpcomstaging.com/we-have-a-99-email-reputation-gmail-disagrees/ Comments URL: http...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

Tell HN: docker pull fails in spain due to football cloudflare block

I just spent 1h+ debugging why my locally-hosted gitlab runner would fail to create pipelines. The gitlab job output wo...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

Why AI Sucks at Front End

Article URL: https://nerdy.dev/why-ai-sucks-at-front-end Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47738864 Po...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

Bring Back Idiomatic Design

Article URL: https://essays.johnloeber.com/p/4-bring-back-idiomatic-design Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/i...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

Why Is It So Hard to Fix an Electric Bike? (2026)

Bike shop mechanics have lost fingers and their shirts while repairing ebikes of dubious origins. Make sure yours is rep...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

‘The Audacity’ Is the Broligarchy Takedown You Were Waiting For

AMC’s new black comedy about a manchild tech titan spinning out of control is a skewering Silicon Valley’s billionai...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

The AI code wars are heating up

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the AI codi...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

No one owes you supply-chain security

Article URL: https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/no-one-owes-you-supply-chain-security/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinat...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

Internet outage in Iran reaches 1,008 hours

Article URL: https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/116384935123261912 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

Best 2-in-1 Laptops (2026): Microsoft, Lenovo, and the iPad

Whether you want a detachable tablet or a laptop screen that spins, these 2-in-1 devices manage to balance being both a ...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

Shock from Iran war has Trump's vision for US energy dominance flailing

Record domestic oil and gas production hasn't saved US drivers from price spikes. ...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

The Physics of GPS

Article URL: https://perthirtysix.com/how-does-gps-work Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47738343 Poi...

Technology Apr 12, 2026

There’s a Secret Ingredient to Making Luxury Ice at Home

Nice ice is big business, but you can get perfectly clear cubes at home without freezing your assets.