China’s exports defied a turbulent year of trade tensions to perform better than expected in 2025, cementing a record US$1.19 trillion annual surplus as manufacturers diversified markets to offset a s...
Hi HN, we're Sam, Shane, and Abhi. Almost a year ago, we first shared Mastra here ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43103073 ). It’s kind of fun looking back since we were only a few months into ...
Surging mainland Chinese investment in Hong Kong’s commercial real estate sector has helped set the stage for a “measured recovery” in 2026, according to Colliers. Investment from the mainland rose to...
Rural hospital closures limit healthcare for millions of Americans. Thomas Northcut/Getty Images Over `100 rural hospitals have closed since 2005, making it hard for millions to access healthcare. ERs...
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...
I'm not sure anyone saw this news coming, but the TV landscape as we know it could change considerably over the next year or two. Sony, the storied Japanese TV brand, has announced that it has signed ...
As masked and armed men in combat armor swarmed throughout the Twin Cities, Gov. Tim Walz took to primetime television to ask Minnesotans to film ICE. The videos, he said , would "create a database of...
Parents can now manually set a time limit on their kids' YouTube Shorts feed, ranging from fifteen minutes to two hours (with an option for zero minutes coming soon). The update, announced on Wednesda...
Hi HN -- I built HTTP:COLON, a small, open-source web tool for quickly checking a site’s HTTP response headers and learning what they mean as you go. Link: https://httpcolon.dev/ What it does - Enter ...
The cities building the most homes rely more heavily on immigrant labor. Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times The cities that build and remodel the most homes rely the most heavily on immigrant worker...
A prize wheel in Steal The Brainrot. Epic Games is making a big change to the rules for Fortnite creators just days after allowing them to publish experiences with in-game transactions. Beginning Janu...
An AI-generated scene created by Flow. Google is expanding access to its AI videomaking tool. Launched last May , Flow was initially only available to Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers, but now, ...
Customers of Visible Wireless, which is owned by Verizon, may be getting a $5 credit toward their next bill in response to a Verizon cell service outage earlier this week. Verizon customers were offer...
Why not get your custom insole engraved? This is Optimizer , a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest phones, smartwatches,...
Proposed policy changes could lead more consumers to turn to private or personal loans. Tatiana Maksimova/Getty Images New caps on student-loan borrowing could prompt more Americans to turn to private...
Kruthika Jayatheertha Kruthika Jayatheertha Kruthika Jayatheertha left her Microsoft job to take an extended career break after maternity leave. She believes being present during her child's early yea...
Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI have joined Google in paying the Wikimedia Foundation for access to its projects, including Wikipedia's vast collection of articles. The Wikimedia F...
Vay's vehicle operation center has eight driving stations for remote drivers. Lloyd Lee/BI Vay calls itself a "driverless car" rental service that wants to be cheaper than hailing an Uber. The...
Companies of all sizes are looking to hire workers who know how to use AI. Sebastien Bozon/Getty Images Do you know what LLM even is? How about a GPU? A new vocabulary has emerged with the rise of AI....
FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam said regular humanoid robots aren't sufficient for his warehouses. AP Photo/Eric Risberg FedEx's CEO said regular humanoid robots won't make the cut for work at his warehouse...