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How much energy do data centers and artificial intelligence use?

Data centers globally consumed approximately 485 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2025—about 1.5% of worldwide…

Show HN: Whetuu – a zero-config cross-shell prompt written in Zig

Whetuu is a zero-configuration cross-shell prompt written in Zig that installs with a single command and automatically…

Show HN: macOS menu-bar manager for SSH port forwards

RelayBar is a lightweight native macOS menu-bar application that simplifies managing SSH port forwards without external…

Show HN: Remux – an open-source tmux workspace designed for iPhone

Remux is a native iOS app that provides mobile access to remote tmux terminal workspaces, built on the Ghostty terminal…

Software rendering in 500 lines of bare C++

An author presents a tutorial series on software rendering that teaches how 3D graphics APIs like OpenGL and Vulkan work…

You can now run same OCI images as containers or Firecracker microVMs

Pullrun is a new runtime tool that allows users to run the same OCI container images as either traditional containers or…

Hybrid-Electric Aicraft Engine Targeting 30% Fuel Efficiency

I Regret Migrating to Codeberg

The author regrets migrating to Codeberg because the platform's new terms of service contradict the freedom and openness…

Emacs Is a Lispboard

Emacs functions as a "Lispboard"—a customizable interface where users can integrate multiple tools (email, terminal,…

Your backstage pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is waiting 

Volunteer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and get a behind-the-scenes look at how one of the world's biggest startup…

Ford bets on Apple for its next-generation of EVs

Ford is the first automaker to use a new set of developer tools that will let it embed Apple Maps navigation and mapping…

Brow6el: A full-featured web browser for the terminal using Chromium

Brow6el is a full-featured terminal web browser built on Chromium (CEF) that supports Sixel and Kitty graphics protocols…

DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16

DARPA and the U.S.

Sleepagotchi Strips the Identity Out of Your Health Data Before Its AI Sees It

The Web3 sleep-tracking app has scrapped its original plan: a marketplace where users would have sold their biometric…

Alphabet's cash burn raises alarm for Big Tech as AI spending climbs

AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt

Five major US tech companies—Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle—are concealing an estimated $1.65 trillion in…

Beijing Unveils AI Agent Plan Backing One-Person Companies and Token Economy

Beijing has introduced a policy package to accelerate the development of intelligent agents.

OpenAI and Anthropic unite against open-weight AI risks to their bottom line

Show HN: I simulated closing the Strait of Hormuz on real oil trade data

A researcher created a simulation modeling the economic impact of closing the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil…

Understanding the AI Economy

Google launched ATLAS, a large-scale study analyzing 15 million human-AI interactions across 150+ countries and 800…

'Let's enjoy the ride' says Elon Musk, as AI fears mount

Talking to The Economist, Musk said he doesn't care if people hate him and said he was not a racist.

New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495 and 192GB Memory

Worse on Purpose – How Corporate Greed Killed Product Quality – Worse on Purpose

This newsletter investigates how major corporations deliberately degrade product quality after acquiring brands,…

Why Cathie Wood Continues to Have Faith in SpaceX Despite its 48% Crash

Cathie Wood looks beyond SpaceX's 48% stock market loss to a financial and technological revolution.

I wanted a clock that never needed setting. Things escalated.

Sure, maybe your clock has a backup battery, but mine has a deployment pipeline!

Experts say exploiting Anthropic’s Fable isn’t how Kimi K3 got so good

"I don't think you get a model this strong and this quickly on the heels of Fable doing strictly distillation," one…

Code mode yields a 99.2% cost reduction in our systems

A development team demonstrated that using sandboxed scripts to process API data before passing results to AI agents…

OpenPayd Joins Fireblocks Payments Network in Europe

OpenPayd becomes the first provider to go live on the Fireblocks Network in Europe, widening institutional access.

OpenPayd Expands Global Payment Rails Through Fireblocks Integration

One of the leading providers of financial infrastructure, OpenPayd, has joined Fireblocks Network for Payments.