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Apple’s $549 AirPods Max 2 add better ANC and live translation

Apple has just announced the AirPods Max 2 with better noise cancellation and sound quality. The second generation of Apple's over-ear headphones starts at $549 and comes equipped with an H2 chip that...

The Verge • Mar 16, 2026 • Emma Roth
Technology Mar 16, 2026

AirPods Max 2

Article URL: https://www.apple.com/airpods-max/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47398681 Points: 53 ...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

My Journey to a reliable and enjoyable locally hosted voice assistant

Article URL: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/my-journey-to-a-reliable-and-enjoyable-locally-hosted-voice-assistan...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

'Pokémon Go' players unknowingly trained delivery robots with 30B images

Article URL: https://www.popsci.com/technology/pokemon-go-delivery-robots-crowdsourcing/ Comments URL: https://news.yco...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

Walmart-backed PhonePe shelves IPO as global tensions rattle markets

PhonePe has paused its planned IPO, delaying a major liquidity event for investors including Tiger Global and Microsoft.

Technology Mar 16, 2026

Show HN: Hackerbrief – Top posts on Hacker News summarized daily

Article URL: https://hackerbrief.vercel.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47398441 Points: 42 # C...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

This is not a fly uploaded to a computer

Last week, a few posts about a so-called virtual "embodied fly" tore through X, boosted by AI hype accounts and excited ...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

Even Faster Asin() Was Staring Right at Me

Article URL: https://16bpp.net/blog/post/even-faster-asin-was-staring-right-at-me/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinat...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

The science of how fireflies stay in sync

Engineers have uncovered the mathematical rules fireflies follow to sync up their flashes. ...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

Comparing Python Type Checkers: Typing Spec Conformance

Article URL: https://pyrefly.org/blog/typing-conformance-comparison/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

Obsession with growth is destroying nature, 150 countries warn

Article URL: https://www.politico.eu/article/obsession-with-growth-destroying-nature-150-countries-warn/ Comments URL: ...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

Bringing Semiconductors to Kazakhstan

Article URL: https://www.siliconimist.com/p/bringing-semiconductors-to-kazakhstan Comments URL: https://news.ycombinato...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

Lazycut: A simple terminal video trimmer using FFmpeg

Article URL: https://github.com/emin-ozata/lazycut Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47397857 Points: ...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

Nango (YC W23, API Access for Agents and Apps) Is Hiring

Article URL: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Nango Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47397842 Points: 0 # Com...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story

Article URL: https://www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers-trying-to-win-a-bet-on-polymarket-are-vowing-to-kill-me-if-i-dont-r...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

The classic Apple Macintosh mouse inspired Spigen’s retro AirPods case

If you've already given your iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max a retro '80s facelift with Spigen's Macintosh 128K and Apple Lisa...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

MoD sources warn Palantir role at heart of government is threat to UK security

Article URL: https://www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-technologies-uk-mod-sources-government-data-insights-security-state-s...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies than in autocracies

Article URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/political-science/articles/10.3389/fpos.2026.1779810/full Comments UR...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

I Love FreeBSD

Article URL: https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/03/16/why-i-love-freebsd/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

OpenAI’s adult mode will reportedly be smutty, not pornographic

OpenAI's delayed "adult mode" for ChatGPT is expected to support saucy text conversations at launch, but not the chatbot...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

Scientists discover a surprising way to quiet the anxious mind (2025)

Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251027023816.htm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

A century after the first rocket launch, Ars staffers pick their favorites

"I realized that if something went wrong up there, things might go very badly down here." ...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

COBOL Is the Asbestos of Programming Languages

The most widely adopted computer language in history, COBOL is now causing a host of problems. It's also dangerously dif...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

Linux 7.1 to Retire UDP-Lite – Allows for Better Performance with Cleansed Code

Article URL: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Retiring-UDP-Lite Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

The Best Dark Web Monitoring Services and Bundles

Data breaches are more common than ever. Here are the best ways I've found to protect yourself online.

Technology Mar 16, 2026

The Tesla Influencers Leaving the ‘Cult’

The EV manufacturer is supported by a robust online community. But Elon Musk’s politics and overblown hype about Full ...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

Ask HN: What is it like being in a CS major program these days?

How has the curriculum changed? What are the professors telling their students to explain why the course they enrolled ...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

My fitness tracker is a secret weapon against my chronic illness

One of the first major crashes I experienced as a chronically ill person happened on an unusually sunny January day in N...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

These Musical Instruments of the Future Sound Weird, Wacky—and Are Easy for Anyone to Play

A bicycle wheel with guitar strings, a touch-operated synth, and the “Demon Box” were just a few of the new instrume...

Technology Mar 16, 2026

Wall Street Is Already Betting on Prediction Markets

As the legal war over how to regulate prediction markets rages on, financial institutions are embracing the industry any...