The most interesting story at this year's CES was just a little tiny bundle of technology. One way to look at Lego's new Smart Brick is as something like a Raspberry Pi, an endlessly remixable gizmo w...
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. Noam Galai/Getty Images Jamie Dimon defended JPMorgan's spending, especially on tech, during Tuesday's earnings call. He said the bank would stay ahead as it competes a...
This afternoon I wrote some tips on how to present a new* programming language to HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46608577 . It occurred to me that HN has a tradition of posts called "The {na...
exa-d is our internal data processing framework that stores the web in S3. It helps deal with the complexity of data at (web) scale using specific design decisions like declarative typed dependencies ...
It's been a banner launch day for Hytale, the new sandbox game from the creators of popular Minecraft server Hypixel. In addition to a surge of players and a lot of positive buzz, it's shot up to beco...
Reddit's API is effectively dead for archival. Third-party apps are gone. Reddit has threatened to cut off access to the Pushshift dataset multiple times. But 3.28TB of Reddit history exists as a torr...
Audible's new Harry Potter full-cast audiobook series has already received its third entry. This new form of the Harry Potter books kicked off back in November 2025 with a unique interpretation of The...
A Chinese phone application called “dead or alive” that helps users check in daily has become a top-ranked app, reflecting the trend of solo living among the country’s young people. The Sileme app, or...
Wireless phone chargers are now common in vehicles, but they're typically missing one very useful feature. Nissan announced last month that it will be the first automaker in the US to offer wireless c...
A former veteran Bethesda developer has said the studio may end up with “hateful comments” even if The Elder Scrolls 6 ends up just being as good as Skyrim, which he considers to be one of the top 10 ...
Sean Hollister demos the Lego Smart Brick at CES. The Lego Smart Brick won our Best in Show award at CES 2026, and it was no wonder after watching Lego designer Maarten Simons' expert demo there. So I...
Larry Hryb, better known to legions of fans as Xbox's former communications director Major Nelson, has reported being laid off from his new role at Unity. In a post on Twitter/X, Hryb shared an image ...
I have spent enough years covering games to know when a sale actually matters, and this one does. It's looking like a proper cross platform clearance out there, the kind where great games quietly slip...
It's smart to have a light source on hand for emergencies, especially since everyday carry flashlights can be had for a throwaway price. The Sofirn brand is extremely popular amongst the enthusiast fl...