Hardware/Chips Hacker News

Nintendo Wii U games running from a 1980's Bernoulli disk [video]

A demonstration of Nintendo Wii U games being successfully run from a vintage 1980s Bernoulli disk.

Tech Business/VC Hacker News

Charge Robotics (YC S21) Is Hiring Software and Hardware Engineers

Charge Robotics is seeking to hire software and hardware engineers.

Other Hacker News

Blogger Defeats Photographer's Copyright Claim-Sokolskyfilm vs. Messiah

A legal case where a blogger successfully defended against a photographer's copyright claim.

Hardware/Chips Hacker News

Steam Machine

Discussion regarding the Steam Machine hardware and its ecosystem.

AI/ML Hacker News

A Theory of Why Prompt Injection Works

An exploration and theoretical analysis of the mechanisms behind prompt injection attacks in LLMs.

Hardware/Chips Hacker News

Steam Machine Game Testing

Insights and testing results related to game performance on Steam Machines.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Show HN: Selector Forge – browser extension for AI-generated resilient selectors

Selector Forge is a browser extension that uses AI to create resilient CSS selectors for web automation.

Cybersecurity Hacker News

Tata Electronics cyber breach claiming to expose Apple, Tesla trade secrets

Tata Electronics has reportedly suffered a cyber breach potentially exposing trade secrets from Apple and Tesla.

AI/ML Hacker News

Moebius: 0.2B image inpainting model with 10B-level performance

Moebius is a 0.2B parameter image inpainting model that achieves performance comparable to models with 10B parameters.

AI/ML Hacker News

Claude Code's "extended thinking" is a summary- not authentic thinking

Analysis suggests that Claude Code's 'extended thinking' feature is a summary of internal processes rather than genuine autonomous reasoning.

Tech Business/VC Hacker News

Chevron signs 20-year power agreement with Microsoft for West Texas data center

Chevron has signed a 20-year power agreement with Microsoft to support a data center in West Texas.

Software Engineering Hacker News

I built Ponytrail, a local audit trail for AI coding-agent edits

Ponytrail is a newly created local audit trail tool designed to track edits made by AI coding agents.

Other Hacker News

DHL Set to Transport Goods on New Wind-Powered Cargo Ships

DHL is planning to use new wind-powered cargo ships to transport goods, reducing carbon emissions.

Other Hacker News

Granularity comes at a cost – Game Theory

An exploration of Game Theory discussing the trade-offs and costs associated with granularity in decision-making.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Rive, Fast and reliable background jobs in Go

Rive is presented as a tool for managing fast and reliable background jobs in the Go programming language.

Tech Business/VC TechCrunch

WhatsApp gets new chief as Meta taps India’s CRED founder Kunal Shah, and invests $900M in startup

Meta appoints Kunal Shah as the new chief of WhatsApp and invests $900M in a startup.

Hardware/Chips The Verge

Apple’s latest AirTags are cheaper than ever for Prime Day

Apple's second-generation AirTags are seeing rare discounts during Prime Day sales.

AI/ML VentureBeat

Why agentic enterprises need to become learning systems

A discussion on the need for enterprises to evolve into 'learning systems' where AI agents can capture and reuse institutional knowledge.

Cybersecurity Hacker News

Never Give Them Your Face

A discussion on the importance of protecting personal biometric data and the risks of sharing facial recognition data.

Hardware/Chips Hacker News

Die analysis of the 8087 math coprocessor's fast bit shifter

A technical deep dive into the die analysis of the 8087 math coprocessor, specifically focusing on its fast bit shifter.