Browser De-Slop

Modern browsers come with excessive bloatware that can be disabled through policy configuration files rather than manual settings.

2026-08-20 · 12:19 UTC
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Meta AI’s new Mac app wants you to talk to your apps

2026-08-20 · 12:11

Meta said its Muse Spark model is powering the dictation feature.

Show HN: I trained a 125M model to autocomplete piano on-device

2026-08-20 · 12:04

A developer trained a 125M-parameter transformer model to autocomplete piano performances in real time on iPhone,…

Proof of Human (YC S23) Is Hiring a Member of Technical Staff

2026-08-20 · 12:00

Proof of Human, a Y Combinator-backed startup founded by Princeton PhD scientists, is hiring a Member of Technical Staff…

Nifty’s Record 12-Session Streak: Are Indian Crypto Traders Getting Better Spot Returns?

2026-08-20 · 11:50

The Nifty 50 has set a historic record by failing to surpass its previous day’s high for 12 consecutive trading sessions…

AI didn't erase the junior engineer's value, it increased it it

2026-08-20 · 11:42

Junior engineers' value has increased rather than diminished with AI, as they can now lead feature development and solve…

Flock's New AI Police Tool Can Track Drivers Without a Name or License Plate

2026-08-20 · 11:31

The underlying code for "OS Investigate" has 69 preloaded AI prompts that turn Flock cameras into a super-charged…

VAP Group Announces Global Trading Show, The Most Influential Unified Multi-Asset Trading Show

2026-08-20 · 11:18

VAP Group today announced the Global Trading Show from 15-16 December 2026 at Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi.

Seeing beyond BMI: Estimating cardiometabolic risk with smartphone imagery

2026-08-20 · 11:03

Google Research has developed PhotoScan, a deep learning tool that estimates body composition metrics from smartphone…

Risk Engineering

2026-08-20 · 10:18

This site offers free Master's level e-learning courseware on risk engineering, covering hazard identification, risk…

AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint

2026-08-20 · 10:08

AliExpress runs hidden WebAudio fingerprinting scripts that interfere with Bluetooth multipoint functionality on…

AI firms are watermarking generated text – here’s why it won’t work

2026-08-20 · 09:00

AI companies have begun embedding watermarks in the output of their models to improve transparency and help crack down…

Don't Paste the AI, please

2026-08-20 · 08:20

The article argues against simply copying and pasting AI chatbot responses when answering someone's question, since they…

Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone

2026-08-20 · 06:16

A government complained that Windows 95's anti-piracy hologram depicted a "naked child" because the baby model wasn't…

Asana cleared 5 years of engineering work in 2 weeks with Codex

2026-08-20 · 05:54

Why Microsoft Entertainment Pack had a sticker announcing that it had Tetris?

2026-08-20 · 04:42

The original Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows featured a bright red sticker announcing "Now includes TETRIS for…

Turns are Better than Radians

2026-08-20 · 01:29

The article argues that using "turns" (a [0,1] range representing a full circle) instead of radians in code is more…

Raiders of the Lost Array: vibe-coding a macOS driver for my orphaned Drobo

2026-08-20 · 00:18

A software developer tasked Claude AI with reverse-engineering and creating a macOS driver for their discontinued Drobo…

Stripe didn’t really buy OpenRouter because of the ‘singularity’

2026-08-19 · 23:32

What does a payments giant want with a startup that routes prompts between different AI models?

Technical leaders should have the largest AI exhaust

2026-08-19 · 23:12

Technical leaders should actively use AI coding agents themselves rather than stepping back from hands-on work, because…

The Future of CSS: Target Multiple Classes with the Class Prefix Selector

2026-08-19 · 22:51

CSS is introducing a new Class Prefix Selector (.prefix-*) that allows developers to target multiple classes sharing the…

Waymo’s cheaper, next-gen robotaxi is now open to all riders in these three cities

2026-08-19 · 22:25

The next-generation robotaxi called the Waymo Ojai, is central to the company's push towards mass scale, and eventually,…

OpenAI seeks to one-up Anthropic with new customer privacy protections

2026-08-19 · 22:10

A competition is developing between OpenAI and Anthropic over who can provide the best privacy protections for…

Collaborative Human Agent Protocol (CHAP)

2026-08-19 · 22:09

The Collaborative Human-Agent Protocol (CHAP) is an open-source protocol that creates a structured, auditable record of…

Amazon aims for delivery drones to reach 500 US neighborhoods by end of 2026

2026-08-19 · 22:02

US residents face trade-offs as delivery drone services such as Prime Air expand.

Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup

2026-08-19 · 21:51

SpaceX was reportedly in talks to buy AI coding startup Cognition.

Travis Kalanick kicks off another round of VC bashing: ‘1% are helpful’

2026-08-19 · 21:48

After raising $1.7 billion for his new robotics company Atoms, Travis Kalanick is introspective about the role VCs have…

Trump Says AI Could Be 'Bigger Than the Internet' as He Pushes Light-Touch Regulation

2026-08-19 · 21:36

The president said the U.S.

Anthropic Refuses to Support Agents.md

2026-08-19 · 21:19

A user requested that Anthropic's Claude Code support the standardized AGENTS.md format, which is being adopted by…

Os8088.com: IBM XT OS now has a Browser, CP/M 2.2 with Z80 core and MS Word 1.1a

2026-08-19 · 21:11

Os8088.com has added several major features to its IBM XT operating system emulator, including a web browser that…

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