How Iran switched off the internet — and Iranians fought back
Tehran went from ‘halal internet’ to near-total blackout but activists have smuggled in Starlink devices to get information out...
2dFinancial TimesPolitics
Fact check: AI fakes and old videos mislead on Iran protests
Iran's protests face an information blackout, fueling a surge of AI-generated videos and recycled footage online. DW Fact check investigates how disinformation thrives when truth is hard to verify....
2dDeutsche Welleworld_news
Free Starlink access for Iran seen as game changer for demonstrators
SpaceX's Starlink has dropped fees to help Iranian demonstrators share protest details globally, activists say...
2dABC NewsPolitics
How Iran jammed Starlink (and how Iranians are trying to get around it)
After shutting down the internet, the Iranian government is now attempting to jam the Starlink satellite service made free to Iranians by the company. Iranians are now seeking ways to circumvent this ...
1dFrance 24TechnologyImpact
Briar keeps Iran connected via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when the internet goes dark
Article URL: https://briarproject.org/manual/fa/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46638013 Points: 14 # Comments: 2...
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Airbnb CEO says he was self-conscious about working out when he first got to Silicon Valley. Times have changed.
Brian Chesky said no one was weight lifting when he came to Silicon Valley in the 2000s. Myunggu Han/Getty Images for Airbnb Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said he's been surprised to see the tech community ...
6hBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact
Show HN: The Analog I – Inducing Recursive Self-Modeling in LLMs [pdf]
OP here. Birth of a Mind documents a "recursive self-modeling" experiment I ran on a single day in 2026. I attempted to implement a "Hofstadterian Strange Loop" via prompt engineering to see if I coul...
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Show HN: Hc: an agentless, multi-tenant shell history sink
This project is a tool for engineers who live in the terminal and are tired of losing their command history to ephemeral servers or fragmented `.bash_history` files. If you’re jumping between dozens o...
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A16z partner shares 3 things founders should be able to 'materialize' if they want to be successful
Andreessen Horowitz partner Alex Rampell said he likes founders with a chip on their shoulder. Charles Eshelman/Getty Images for AOL A16z general partner Alex Rampell said founders need to materialize...
1dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact
Deadhaus Sonata, From Eternal Darkness Creator Denis Dyack, Returns With New Trailer, Eyes Early 2026 Early Access Release
Deadhaus Sonata, the indie-developed action-RPG from Legacy of Kain, Eternal Darkness, and Too Human creator Denis Dyack that IGN first revealed in 2018, has "reawakened" with a new trailer and a targ...
23hIGNEntertainmentImpact
It's shaping up to be the 'prove it' year for workers in Silicon Valley
Across tech, pressure on workers to perform comes as leaders wait for AI bets to pay off. Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI Big Tech firms like Amazon and Meta are doubling down on worker oversight and p...
1dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact
One thing that might get workers to embrace AI? The 4-day workweek.
Working fewer days might help create buy-in among workers for adopting AI, authors of a book on the four-day workweek suggest. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Adopting a four-day workweek could boost employ...
2dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact
Nvidia is staffing up as it draws heightened scrutiny. These are the key leaders it gained and lost last year.
Jensen Huang Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images Nvidia has added key marketing, policy, and HR executives over the past year. Several senior software acqui-hires came via startup deals. Executiv...
1dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact
The best Sonos speakers to buy in 2026
After the self-induced tumult Sonos went through last year , I can understand why some people are reluctant to spend money on the company’s products. But newly appointed CEO Tom Conrad has shown that ...
16hThe VergeTechnology
The best budget smartphone you can buy
You can get a great budget device these days if you know how to pick your priorities. | Image: The Verge Some of us take a kind of “I eat to live” rather than an “I live to eat” approach to gadgets. T...
1dThe VergeTechnology
Terraria 1.4.5 Finally Gets a Release Date — Here Are All the Upcoming Features
Terraria 1.4.5 will release on January 27. In an excitable post , Re-Logic's Loki confirmed that while the team "did have to resubmit a few things, which pushed us back a bit further than expected," t...
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