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Pebble, the pioneering smartwatch company, has announced that its entire software platform is now open-source, allowing developers to freely access and contribute to the codebase. This move aims to empower the community and enable further innovation in the wearable technology space.

The article explores Anthropic's research on advanced tool use in AI systems, focusing on their development of an AI agent capable of using complex tools effectively to solve problems. It highlights the potential for AI to assist humans in a wide range of tasks by leveraging sophisticated tool-use capabilities.

The article discusses the phenomenon of data loss in unpowered solid-state drives (SSDs), where data can gradually disappear over time even without power. It explains the underlying mechanisms behind this issue and the importance of regularly backing up data stored on SSDs.

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This article discusses the progress of large language models over the past three years, from the release of GPT-3 to the development of the Gemini model, which has improved capabilities in areas such as commonsense reasoning and language generation.

https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/models/what...

Cool-Retro-Term is an emulator that makes your terminal look and feel like an old school CRT display. It aims to provide an authentic retro computing experience with customizable themes and effects to recreate the look and feel of vintage computer hardware.

The article explores how the author's experience with the virtual pet website Neopets shaped their personal growth, sense of community, and future career path in the technology industry.

Hey HN! Just for fun, I built an interactive Hacker News Simulator.

You can submit text posts and links, just like the real HN. But on HN Simulator, all of the comments are generated by LLMs + generate instantly.

The best way to use it (IMHO) is to submit a text post or a curl-able URL here: https://news.ysimulator.run/submit. You don't need an account to post.

When you do that, various prompts will be built from a library of commenter archetypes, moods, and shapes. The AI commenters will actually respond to your text post and/or submitted link.

I really wanted it to feel real, and I think the project mostly delivers on that. When I was developing it, I kept getting confused between which tab was the "real" HN and which was the simulator, and accidentally submitted some junk to HN. (Sorry dang and team – I did clean up after myself).

The app itself is built with Node + Express + Postgres, and all of the inference runs on Replicate.

Speaking of Replicate, they generously loaded me up with some free credits for the inference – so shoutout to the team there.

The most technically interesting part of the app is how the comments work. You can read more about it here, as well as explore all of the available archetypes, moods, and shapes that get combined into prompts: https://news.ysimulator.run/comments.html

I hope you all have as much fun playing with it as I did making it!

The article discusses the author's decision to move from using OpenBSD to using FreeBSD as their primary operating system, highlighting the differences in features, performance, and community support between the two BSD distributions.

The article discusses the potential benefits of using a Large Language Model (LLM) extension to enhance the capabilities of a personal assistant. It explores how an LLM extension could provide more natural language understanding, improved task completion, and personalized responses to user queries.

I built OCR Arena as a free playground for the community to compare leading foundation VLMs and open-source OCR models side-by-side.

Upload any doc, measure accuracy, and (optionally) vote for the models on a public leaderboard.

It currently has Gemini 3, dots.ocr, DeepSeek, GPT5, olmOCR 2, Qwen, and a few others. If there's any others you'd like included, let me know!

The article discusses the rising prices of DDR5 memory, with a 64GB Trident Z5 Neo kit now costing more than a PlayStation 5 console due to a DRAM shortage. The article notes that the situation is expected to worsen until 2026, as the demand for high-performance memory continues to outpace supply.

The article discusses the importance of prioritizing data processing and memory management over pure computational power in modern computing systems, highlighting the increasing relevance of 'bytes before flops' as a design principle for efficient and high-performance computing.

This article discusses a bug in Chromium where the browser crashes when a user attempts to print a page with a large number of images. The bug has been identified and a fix is being developed by the Chromium team.

TSMC, the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer, experienced a power outage at its Arizona facility, causing a temporary halt in production. The outage highlights the importance of reliable power infrastructure for the semiconductor industry and its impact on the global technology supply chain.

This article explores the impact of vibration on hard drives, discussing the importance of minimizing vibration to ensure optimal hard drive performance and longevity. It covers the various sources of vibration, the consequences of excessive vibration, and strategies for mitigating vibration-related issues.

The article explores the inner workings of Rust's standard library and the parking lot mutexes, delving into the performance differences between the two and the factors that influence their selection for different use cases.

Corvus Robotics is scaling the largest autonomous logistics data capture fleet ever built. If you're allergic to leaded solder, actual revenue, spreadsheets, or ambiguity -- this role is not for you. More "cardboard boxes," less "Pelican cases."

Our fleet of flying warehouse drones is 5x-ing in 2026, and I'm looking for a generalist ex-founder or manufacturing leader in the SF Bay Area who wants to get their hands dirty massively scaling manufacturing operations in the US and overseas.

We need someone who has worked on hardware products (not just SaaS), communicates clearly, and is relentlessly resourceful. Mandarin proficiency and leading a product through EVT/DVT/PVT is an added bonus.

If this resonates with you, DM me, or send a super short email to a@ our url with: - why you’re interested - what was the biggest manufacturing fuckup you've recovered from - your target comp

PS - Please reshare our LinkedIn post! https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mhkabirr_at-corvus-robotics-w...

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Aluminium OS is a new Android-based operating system designed for PCs, offering a desktop-like experience with support for keyboard and mouse input, as well as the ability to run Android apps on a larger screen.

IBM has installed a working quantum computer at its London office, allowing visitors to see and interact with this cutting-edge technology. The article provides an overview of the quantum computer and its capabilities, as well as insights into IBM's efforts to make quantum computing more accessible to the public.

This article discusses how Google built a 130,000-node Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster, the largest Kubernetes cluster ever built, to support their internal workloads and services. It provides technical details on the challenges faced and the solutions implemented to achieve this scale.

Hey HN! We're Toni and Pablo, and we're building Karumi (https://www.karumi.ai), a system that lets your users get instant, scalable, guided demos of your product, fully automated, zero human interaction. It works in any language.

Here's a demo video: https://www.loom.com/share/e7f7e00f2284478e8335f8f4d4dac6bd. There's also a live demo at https://www.karumi.ai/meet/start/phlz.

Karumi is an AI agent that operates a real web app in a shared browser session and talks the user through it. Instead of a human giving a screen-share demo, the agent opens your product, clicks around, fills forms, and explains what it’s doing. We started building this as an internal tool at our previous company. As the product grew, people kept asking “what’s the right way to demo feature X?“. Docs and scripts became outdated quickly, and the quality of demos depended too much on who was presenting. We wanted something closer to a repeatable program: an agent that knows the main flows, understands who it’s talking to, and can walk through the product without getting lost.

Over time this turned into three main components:

Planning/control layer

A loop that decides the next step: ask something, click, navigate, reset, etc. It uses a reasoning model, but only within a fixed set of allowed actions with guards (timeouts, depth limits, reset states). It never gets free control of the browser.

Browser execution layer

A controlled browser session, streamed in a video call. The agent can only interact with the elements we want. We log each action with a timestamp and the agent’s “reason”, which helps debug odd behavior.

Product knowledge layer

We ingest docs, demo scripts & videos, and usage analytics, to train the agent. At runtime, the agent uses its knowledge to decide what flow to show and how to explain it.

Some practical details and limitations:

We only support web apps right now. Desktop apps will come next. LLMs introduce non-determinism, so we bias toward safe, predictable behavior: checkpoints, conservative navigation, and “escape hatches” that reset to known states. If the agent doesn’t understand a UI state (unknown modal, layout shift, etc.), it asks the user instead of guessing. Regarding pricing, it’s still early. We tailor it to each customer based on their needs. Our current thinking is a platform fee plus a per-call charge for the agent. The platform fee varies depending on complexity, support requirements, and overall scope.

People currently use Karumi for inbound demos and internal demo environments. If you want to see it inside a real product, here’s Karumi running in Deel’s platform: https://www.loom.com/share/e7f7e00f2284478e8335f8f4d4dac6bd

We’ll be around to answer questions and look forward to your feedback!

This article explores the nuances of object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts, highlighting the different approaches and interpretations that can exist within the OOP paradigm. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the various shades and perspectives of OOP to become a more versatile and effective programmer.

Hi HN — we've built a testing framework for Supabase that spins up fast, isolated Postgres databases for each test case. It’s designed to make RLS policies easy to validate with real database state, without global test fixtures or mock auth.

Features: - Instant isolated Postgres DBs per test - Automatic rollback after each test - RLS-native testing with `.setContext()` for auth simulation - Flexible seeding (SQL, CSV, JSON, JS) - Works with Jest, Mocha, and any async test runner - CI-friendly (runs cleanly in GitHub Actions)

We also published example projects and a free set of tutorials: https://launchql.com/learn/supabase

Package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/supabase-test

Source + full test suite: https://github.com/launchql/supabase-test-suite

Happy to answer questions and get feedback, cheers :)

The article explores the little-known history of Indian science fiction, tracing its origins back to the 19th century and highlighting the contributions of pioneering authors who helped establish the genre in the Indian subcontinent despite limited recognition and commercial success.

The article discusses the discovery of a new state of matter called a 'magical glass' that has unusual properties, including the ability to remain stable at high temperatures and pressures. Researchers believe this discovery could lead to the development of new materials with potential applications in fields like energy storage and electronics.

The article discusses the importance of dodging in video games, emphasizing its role in improving player skills, strategic thinking, and overall gameplay experience. It provides insights into the technical aspects of dodging and how developers can effectively incorporate it into their game designs.