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Trackball enthusiast decides to build 'the mouse Logitech won’t make.'

https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/mice/enthusiast-accidentally-spends-nearly-usd300-modifying-2017-logitech-mx-ergo-trackball-to-fix-flaws-appears-to-have-missed-2024-upgrade-that-solved-nearly-all-of-its-foibles

Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are a great way to make apps built for the web feel native, but in moving away from a browser environment, we can introduce usability issues. This article covers how we can modify our app depending on what display mode is applied to mitigate these issues. https://smashingmagazine.com/2025/08/optimizing-pwas-different-display-modes/

Article URL: https://computer.rip/2025-08-25-teletext-in-north-america.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45012615

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Article URL: https://www.seangoedecke.com/dangerous-advice/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45022874

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Article URL: https://sgt.hootr.club/molten-matter/maybe-i-like-python-now/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45023176

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Article URL: https://blog.alexellis.io/n100-mini-computer/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45024271

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Vulnerability in Perplexity's Comet AI browser enables attackers to access open browser tabs and gain access to sensitive data

The post Perplexity Comet Browser Vulnerable To Prompt Injection Exploit appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/perplexity-comet-browser-vulnerable-

As millions of people engage with LLMs, experts are voicing growing concerns that AI tools could provide harmful​ mental health advice. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/ai-chatbots-are-inconsistent-in-answering-questions-about-suicide-new-study-finds/#ftag=CADf328eec

Wallace and Gromit meet deepfake deception in this sharp take on AI-driven scams.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/ai-tools-are-making-social-engineering-attacks-even-more-convincing-and-i-fear-that-this-is-only-the-beginning

Corporate executives are targets for cybercriminals to cause harm – to leaders, their families, and their companies.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/addressing-the-new-executive-threat-the-rise-of-deepfakes

Target planned rapid Canadian expansion with automated supply chain in 2013 but this didn't pan out.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/why-outcome-led-thinking-beats-product-first-decisions

From informing billion-dollar decisions to challenging executive instincts, AI is stepping into the boardroom with confidence.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/ais-rise-to-the-c-suite-how-algorithms-earned-a-seat-at-the-table

Wireless innovation has shaped our digital world and Ultra-Wideband technology is the next step.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/what-is-ultra-wideband-and-why-does-it-matter-for-businesses

Article URL: https://ayende.com/blog/203011-A/memory-optimizations-to-reduce-cpu-costs

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45012414

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Article URL: https://waxy.org/2025/08/will-smiths-concert-crowds-were-real-but-ai-is-blurring-the-lines/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45022184

Points: 128

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https://waxy.org/2025/08/will-smiths-concert-crowds-were-real-but-ai-is-blurring-the-lines/

Hi HN,

To truly understand how operating systems and network protocols work, I decided to combine two classic learning tools: the xv6 teaching OS and a from-scratch TCP/IP stack.

I'm excited to share the result: my own from-scratch TCP/IP networking stack running directly inside the xv6-riscv (https://github.com/pandax381/xv6-riscv-net) kernel.

The project uses a modern virtio-net driver, allowing it to run seamles

Article URL: https://www.intofarlands.com/map-of-pauls-journeys

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45023071

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Thailand is using Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRAD) as sound-wave disruption equipment. At high levels, exceeding 120–160 decibels, it can cause harm and lead to ear pain or deafness, dizziness, headaches, nausea, and difficulty breathing.

https://x.com/BongSeiha/status/1959953357277470757?t=kKBVeXW8s6CJNg7Wv4TonA&s=19

#CambodiaNeedPeace #ceasefireviolation

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45023292

The US Attorneys General of 44 jurisdictions have signed a letter [PDF] addressed to the Chief Executive Officers of multiple AI companies, urging them to protect children "from explo

Hi,

My daily workhorse is a M1 Pro that I purchased on release date, It has been one of the best tech purchases I have made, even now it really deals with anything I throw at it. My daily work load is regularly having a Android emulator, iOS simulator and a number of Dockers containers running simultaneously and I never hear the fans, battery life has taken a bit of a hit but it is still very respectable.

I wanted a new personal laptop, and I was debating between a MacBook Air or going f

Article URL: https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-08-25/us-retail-giants-raise-prices-and-seek-new-import-sources-due-to-tariffs.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45021955

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Article URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/multi-path-tcp-revolutionizing-connectivity-one-path-at-a-time/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45022380

Points: 7

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Article URL: https://becca.ooo/blog/macos-dotfiles/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45022383

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An Illinois man keeps buying and returning 110-pound anvils on Amazon—until “someone does something about it,” he says.

The creator, who goes by Johnbo Stockwell on TikTok, went viral back in June after revealing he’d spent the past eight months repeatedly buying and returning anvils—each one costing just under $230 and weighing 110 pounds.

Because he is an Am

Digital hoarders, unite! I have a game on my PC that I haven’t played in months, and it’s taking up more than 100 GB of disk space. There, I said it.

This is a scenario most of us find ourselves in at one point or another. You’re happily using your computer, downloading things, saving files, installing apps, and then . . . a little red bar appears in File Explorer and your PC starts to feel as sluggish as a sloth in quicksand.

Don’t worry. Windows 11 has some

Rich Harris, creator of Svelte and software engineer at Vercel, joins Ryan on the show to dive into the evolution and future of web frameworks. They discuss the birth and growth of Svelte during the rise of mobile, the challenges of building robust and efficient web applications, how companies can back more open-source community projects, and the dirty little secret about asynchronous operations and component frameworks. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/08/26/svelte-was-built-on-slinging-code-for

Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Aug. 26. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-mini-crossword-answers-for-tuesday-aug-26/#ftag=CADf328eec

AI-generated music getting released under real artists’ names is a growing threat to creativity and the integrity of music streaming platforms.

https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/ai-music-is-fine-until-it-starts-pretending-to-be-real-people

NotebookLM’s newest upgrade brings multilingual video and audio summaries to a global audience.

https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/gemini/google-notebooklm-goes-global-with-multilingual-ai-video-summaries-of-your-notes

Article URL: https://aislowdown.replit.app/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45019724

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Article URL: https://www.science.org/content/article/thousands-climbing-catfish-filmed-scaling-waterfalls

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45020903

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Article URL: https://scottstuff.net/posts/2025/05/19/ntp-limits/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45021078

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Article URL: https://infrequently.org/2025/08/apple-vs-fb-kayfabe/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45021300

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Vibe coding is redefining who can build software. By enabling code generation through natural language prompts, it’s quickly gained traction among startups and indie developers. But the biggest opportunity lies ahead: the enterprise.   The rapid rise of Lovab

The Mirror Edition of the popular Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 RPG is up for preorder. You can get limited edition goodies, including a gorgeous steelbook, with this purchase.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/clair-obscur-expedition-33-mirror-edition-preorder-where-to-buy

Despite all the division and controversy rife in the modern era, sometimes the Internet does manage to collectively agree on something. Right now, they agree that they hate Imgur parent company MediaLab.

After being

Article URL: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/reverse-engineering-all-raspberry-pis

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45018509

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Article URL: https://bphilip.uk/blog/2025-08-25-the-cs2-server-browser-where-community-goes-to-die/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45019950

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Article URL: https://github.com/MaliosDark/wifi-3d-fusion

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45020457

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Article URL: https://daringfireball.net/2025/08/macos_26_tahoes_dead_canary_utility_app_icons

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45020685

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Article URL: https://nathansnelgrove.com/2025/08/maid-in-canada

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Proč stavět větrné turbíny na zemi, když je možné je vypustit do vzduchu? Společnost SAWES Energy Technology Company vyrábí létající větrné turbíny, což jsou heliové vzducholodě ss mikrogenerátory elektřiny. Brzy vzlétne jejich nejnovější model S1500, který bude ve výšce 1 500 metrů nad zemí těžit rekordních 1 MW. http://www.osel.cz/14219-brzy-na-start-cinsti-sawes-vyvinuli-letajici-vetrnou-turbinu-o-vykonu-1-mw.html

Essentially, invisible prompts on websites could make Comet's AI assistant do things it wasn't asked to do. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/perplexitys-comet-ai-web-browser-had-a-major-security-vulnerability/#ftag=CADf328eec

Nearly half of US adults don't want to commit to meal kit subscriptions. Our top pick listened. https://www.cnet.com/health/this-meal-kit-service-made-a-big-change-that-may-win-over-your-wallet-and-fridge/#ftag=CADf328eec

Best Buy is once again selling DVDs and Blu-Rays in the US, albeit via third party sellers

https://www.techradar.com/televisions/best-buy-just-announced-an-expanded-online-marketplace-and-its-great-news-for-4k-blu-ray-fans

Samsung's first micro-RGB TV is both big and expnsive – here's what we think after a short first-look, and what it might mean for the future of TVs.

https://www.techradar.com/televisions/i-saw-samsungs-usd30-000-115-inch-micro-rgb-tv-and-its-vivid-picture-outshines-mini-led-tvs

XREAL has released its flagship One Pro AR glasses on Amazon, with Best Buy availability to come in the future. You can also save by bundling XREAL products.

https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/wearables-tech/xreal-one-pro-amazon-release-announcement

Billions of dollars are being poured into AI development, but most pilot programs don't succeed.

https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/95-percent-ai-projects-fail-bubble-pop

Popíšeme si vestavěné funkce nabízené překladačem GCC, které zajišťují výpočet bitových rotací a taktéž výpočet parity. Zajímat nás bude použitá technologie: způsob překladu těchto funkci do strojového kódu. https://www.root.cz/clanky/funkce-vestavene-v-gcc-pro-nizkourovnove-bitove-operace-a-rotace/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=rss

Perplexity is launching a new revenue-sharing plan for publishers that will pay them every time its AI assistants use an article to answer a question,

We're still waiting for Apple to make the official announcement for the iPhone event that usually takes place in September. At that event, they'll showcase the new iPhone 17 lineup which will come equipped with the

We're getting super close to finding out when the annual Apple iPhone event will take place, giving us a first look at the new iPhone 17 lineup. We should also find out th

The next season of Overwatch 2 will bring more than the usual new hero and battle pass to the team shooter. Blizzard announced that Season 18 will introduce a

Article URL: https://blog.rubygems.org/2025/08/25/rubygems-security-response.html

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Article URL: https://github.com/zserge/fenster

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45018081

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Article URL: https://news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stories/study-finds-gaps-in-evidence-for-air-cleaning-technologies-designed-to-prevent-respiratory-infections

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Article URL: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-pleasure-plummets.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45018474

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Article URL: https://blog.appliedcomputing.io/p/make-the-easy-change-hard

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Article URL: https://llama.fund

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Article URL: https://newpublic.substack.com/p/how-blacksky-grew-to-millions-of

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45018773

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Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/08/billionaire-tax-study/683987/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45019513

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Article URL: https://www2.math.upenn.edu/~pjmcgrat/research/hairy-ball.pdf

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Tell me what you want, what you really, really want -- and why is it that one Spice Girls song? https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/ai-says-these-are-the-catchiest-songs-of-all-time/#ftag=CADf328eec

Want to buy a used car on Amazon? No, it's not going to ship it to your house with Prime. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/amazon-and-hertz-team-up-to-sell-used-cars-online/#ftag=CADf328eec

Don't sweat your AC bill during the summer when you set your thermostat to the right temperature. https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/save-money-on-your-ac-bill-during-heat-waves-by-setting-your-thermostat-to-this-temp/#ftag=CADf328eec

The first models will reportedly be black and white, with five cameras and less of a visible crease. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/details-about-the-first-iphone-foldable-are-coming-into-focus/#ftag=CADf328eec

Here are hints and the answer for today's Wordle for Aug. 26, No. 1,529. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-wordle-hints-answer-and-help-for-aug-26-1529/#ftag=CADf328eec

Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 26, #807. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-connections-hints-answers-and-help-for-aug-26-807/#ftag=CADf328eec

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for Aug. 26, No. 541. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-strands-hints-answers-and-help-for-aug-26-541/#ftag=CADf328eec

Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Aug. 26, No. 337. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-and-answers-for-aug-26-337/#ftag=CADf328eec

NotebookLM's new Video Overviews will generate a slideshow video based on your sources. Here's the result generated from approximately 1500 words of Homer's The Odyssey. https://www.cnet.com/videos/notebooklms-new-video-overviews-in-action/#ftag=CADf328eec

The next expansion for the digital card game introduces rare monsters from classic 1999 games Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/pokemon-tcg-pockets-next-set-showcases-johtos-rarest-legendaries/#ftag=CADf328eec

There are some devices in your home that can sneakily siphon energy from you. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/effortlessly-shave-100-from-your-power-bill-without-sacrificing-comfort/#ftag=CADf328eec

A new subscription tier, Comet Plus, is available for Perplexity Pro and Max customers. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/perplexity-will-share-revenue-from-ai-searches-with-publishers/#ftag=CADf328eec

It's easy to bypass some of the most interesting features in iOS 18. Make sure you check out these settings before the iPhone 17 arrives. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/did-you-miss-these-10-essential-ios-18-settings-they-made-my-iphone-feel-brand-new/#ftag=CADf328eec

If you look at your phone all day long, you might forget to pay attention to your friends and family. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/4-reasons-why-your-phone-shouldnt-be-face-up-on-the-table/#ftag=CADf328eec

Don't use one type of cooking oil for everything. Here's why. https://www.cnet.com/news/this-is-the-best-oil-to-use-for-every-type-of-cooking/#ftag=CADf328eec

The a_77 laptop concept created by a Microsoft designer combines a compact keyboard layout, unusual screen ratio, and colorful aesthetic into a design unlike most laptops today.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/a-microsoft-employee-designed-an-unbelievably-tiny-surface-laptop-months-ago-and-i-only-found-out-about-it-now

We finally got to try the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X at Gamescom, but with no mention of price, battery life, and user confusion over compatibility — there are still some big unanswered questions left.

https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/handheld-gaming-pc/hands-on-with-the-xbox-ally-gamescom-2025

If you're looking at your PC and wondering what sort of GPU you might need to power local LLMs, the good news is it doesn't have to be as expensive as you think. Allow me to explain.

https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/just-what-sort-of-gpu-do-you-need-to-run-local-ai-with-ollama-the-answer-isnt-as-expensive-as-you-might-think

Windows 11 now has Quick Machine Recovery to fix boot failures faster, and in this guide, I'll explain the steps to enable it.

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/whats-quick-machine-recovery-and-how-to-set-it-up-windows-11-recovery-feature-explained

SK hynix kicks off mass production of its 321-layer 2Tb QLC NAND, offering higher speed and efficiency at lower cost and paving the way for cheap multi-terabyte client SSDs and ultra-high-capacity enterprise drives of up to 244TB.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/sk-hynix-announces-mass-production-of-its-2tb-3d-qlc-nand-cheaper-high-capacity-c

Intel's SEC filing warns that the U.S. government's 10% ownership stake, gained through an $8.9 billion CHIPS Act–linked funding deal, could bring political and legal risks, and potential backlash in international markets where Intel earns most of its revenue.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-warns-shareholders-that-the-us-governments-10

The long-awaited cyberpunk platformer Replaced has been delayed once again. Now it's not coming out until next spring. Developer Sad Cat Studio apologized for the delay and said that this is simply "what's right for the project" and that the team remains dedicated to creating a "truly special experience."

This isn't the first time the game has suffered a delay. It wa

Google wants to get Gemini in your smart home, and it looks like it's planning to

Hey HN, we're Glenn and Julian, and we're building stagewise (https://stagewise.io), a frontend coding agent that inside your app’s dev mode and that makes changes in your local codebase.

We’re compatible with any framework and any component library. Think of it like a v0 of Lovable that works locally and with any existing codebase.

You can spawn the agent into locally running web apps in dev mode with `npx stagewise` from the project root. The agent le

Article URL: https://www.servethehome.com/ibms-power11-processor-architecture-at-hot-chips-2025/

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Article URL: https://chipsandcheese.com/p/googles-liquid-cooling-at-hot-chips

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Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/08/with-ai-chatbots-big-tech-is-moving-fast-and-breaking-people/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45016999

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Article URL: https://9to5google.com/2025/08/25/android-apps-developer-verification/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45017028

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Article URL: https://www.angrymetalguy.com/angry-metal-guy-speaks-on-spotify/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45017685

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Article URL: https://twitter.com/nealstephenson/status/1959759051732213812

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45017969

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