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I finally get the iPhone Air

I saw a lot of weird phones at Mobile World Congress last month: robot phones, cameras disguised as phones, phones for dogs. But the one that caught me most off guard was the one my friend (and Verge ...

The Verge • Apr 8, 2026 • Allison Johnson
Technology Apr 8, 2026

As the Strait of Hormuz Reopens, Global Shipping Will Take Months to Recover

After weeks of disruption, a ceasefire is easing pressure on the Strait of Hormuz. But backlogs, infrastructure damage, ...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

The AI RAM shortage is also driving up SSD prices

I thought the WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD in my gaming PC was pricey when I bought it for $173 in 2024, but now that same SS...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

USB for Software Developers: An introduction to writing userspace USB drivers

Article URL: https://werwolv.net/posts/usb_for_sw_devs/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47695012 Poi...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Expanding Swift's IDE Support

Article URL: https://swift.org/blog/expanding-swift-ide-support/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=476...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

How our digital devices are putting our right to privacy at risk

Law professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson chats with Ars about his new book, Your Data Will Be Used...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Meta debuts the Muse Spark model in a ‘ground-up overhaul’ of its AI

This is the first model Meta has released under its Superintelligence Labs, led by former ScaleAI CEO Alexandr Wang.

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Hack-for-hire group caught targeting Android devices and iCloud backups

Security researchers exposed a spying campaign by a hack-for-hire group that used Android spyware and phishing to steal ...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Meta's New AI Model Gives Mark Zuckerberg a Seat at the Big Kid's Table

Muse Spark is Meta’s first model since its AI reboot, and the benchmarks suggest formidable performance.

Technology Apr 8, 2026

‘We Were Not Ready for This’: Lebanon's Emergency System Is Hanging by a Thread

In Lebanon, nearly 1 in 5 people has been displaced by Israeli attacks, leaving the government to manage a modern crisis...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Motorola's budget phones are now up to 50% more expensive as memory shortage drags on

Motorola's budget phones are much less budget-friendly today.

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Tubi is the first streamer to launch a native app within ChatGPT

Tubi becomes the first streaming service to offer an app integration within ChatGPT, the AI chatbot that millions of use...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

The Neo Effect: How Apple’s cheapest Mac is changing the PC game

The MacBook Neo is disrupting the laptop space and putting Apple into the conversation as a value option like it’s nev...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

One item purchased, Ten emails

Article URL: https://joshghent.com/online-shopping/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47694093 Points:...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Show HN: Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN much easier to read

Article URL: http://oj-hn.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47694036 Points: 14 # Comments: 1

Technology Apr 8, 2026

The US Army Is Building Its Own Chatbot for Combat

The AI system, trained on real military data, is meant to give soldiers mission-critical information.

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Apple’s Fanciest Watch Is $100 Off

This discount brings the price of the Apple Watch Ultra 3 with GPS and cellular down to just $700.

Technology Apr 8, 2026

I've been waiting over a month for Anthropic support to respond

Article URL: https://nickvecchioni.github.io/thoughts/2026/04/08/anthropic-support-doesnt-exist/ Comments URL: https://...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

How Costco Won in Japan

Article URL: https://www.readtrung.com/p/how-costco-won-in-japan Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=476...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

To beat Altman in court, Musk offers to give all damages to OpenAI nonprofit

Musk won’t seek a “single dollar” in OpenAI suit after asking to pocket up to $134 billio...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Iran demands cryptocurrency toll from tankers passing through Strait of Hormuz

Any tanker passing must reveal its cargo so Iran can determine transit fee amount. ...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Volkswagen begins testing its self-driving microbuses in Los Angeles ahead of launch with Uber

Volkswagen subsidiary MOIA America still has a long and winding regulatory road before it can launch a commercial robota...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

5 Burning Questions About Elon Musk’s Terafab Chip Partnership with Intel

Intel’s role in Elon Musk’s ambitious chip venture is still murky, raising questions about what the partnership actu...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Understanding the Kalman Filter with a Simple Radar Example

Article URL: https://kalmanfilter.net Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47693153 Points: 5 # Comments:...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Claude Managed Agents

Article URL: https://claude.com/blog/claude-managed-agents Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47693047 ...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Anthropic’s New Product Aims to Handle the Hard Part of Building AI Agents

Amid rapid enterprise growth, Anthropic is trying to lower the barrier to entry for businesses to build AI agents with C...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Microsoft’s executive shake-up continues as developer division chief resigns

Microsoft is losing another veteran executive. Julia Liuson, head of Microsoft's developer division (DevDiv), is resigni...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Amazon Pulls Support for Perfectly Fine Older Kindles

In an email to customers, Amazon announced that it would be ending service for Kindle devices older than the 2012 editio...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Show HN: TUI-use: Let AI agents control interactive terminal programs

Article URL: https://github.com/onesuper/tui-use Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47692661 Points: 4 ...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Meta debuts Muse Spark, first AI model under Alexandr Wang

Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2026/04/08/meta-muse-alexandr-wang Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...