Around 10 percent of Meta's Reality Labs division, which develops its XR products and services, will be laid off beginning on Tuesday, as reported by Bloomberg . Meta spokesperson Tracy Clayton confir...
The first big outage of 2026 is here, as Verizon customers across the US, including several of our phones, complain that service has been spotty or nonexistent since just after noon ET, with phones sw...
Animal Crossing , like Kirby , has come back when it seems like the world needs it most. In 2020, Animal Crossing: New Horizon s released on the Nintendo Switch. The game instantly became a smash hit,...
Microsoft is getting ready to show the first gameplay of Forza Horizon 6 next week , and it might also be ready to put a date on its release, too. X poster Xbox Infinite claims they received a Forza H...
Mercedes-Benz is pausing the roll-out of Drive Pilot, an "eyes off" conditionally automated driving feature that was available in Europe and the US . As first reported by German publication Handelsbla...
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...
Insta360’s webcams are now going pro. | Image: Insta360 Insta360 has announced new Pro versions of its Link 2 and Link 2C webcams that first launched in September 2024 . As with the previous versions,...
The Acura RDX will be the automaker’s first two-motor hybrid. | Image: Honda Honda announced that the next-generation Acura RDX will be the brand's first SUV to feature a two-motor hybrid system. Whil...
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...
Haven’t you heard? Phones are boring now . And that’s just fine! Most people buying a new phone just want something familiar that works better than the device they’re replacing. If that’s your MO, the...
Hi HN, I built an open-source AI agent that has already indexed and can search the entire Epstein files, roughly 100M words of publicly released documents. The goal was simple: make a large, messy cor...
An internal product strategy document outlined Grindr's plans to expand its direct-to-consumer businesses. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Grindr aims to establish four successful direct-to-consumer busine...
Warhammer maker Games Workshop has banned the use of AI in its content production and its design process, insisting that none of its senior managers are currently excited about the technology. Deliver...
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...
Hi HN, I’m the creator of SnackBase. I built this because I work in Healthcare and Life Sciences domain and was tired of spending months building the same "compliant" infrastructure (Audit Logs, Row-L...
Wolfbox "Mega Flow" series electric air dusters feature good build quality and sustained, powerful cfm output at an affordable price. For a limited time, the most popular model - the Wolfbox Mega Flow...
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...
The first Paramount+ price increase since 2024 is set to go live on Thursday, January 15. The basic and premium subscriptions will both be receiving a $1 bump while the annual plans will see a much la...
From portable gaming handhelds to smartphones, our lives rely on portable, untethered electronics, and it can't hurt to always have a charger on hand. Fortunately, they don't have to be expensive. Cas...
Hi HN, In most codebases I’ve worked on, temporary hacks (“TODO: remove later”, “just for this release”) slowly become permanent. Nobody remembers why they exist, but they keep shipping to production....