Indonesia’s ambitious free nutritious meals programme has fed more than 55 million people in its first year, a scale-up President Prabowo Subianto has hailed as a major step in tackling childhood maln...
Plans are increasing by $1-$2 per month. The price of Spotify Premium is about to jump again in the US , marking its third price hike since 2023. Spotify announced that subscribers in the US, Estonia,...
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...
Animal Crossing: New Horizon's big 3.0 update is now live, and with it a bustling hotel where you can decorate rooms and attract villagers from the game's massive roster of over 400 animals for a visi...
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Oman led a diplomatic effort to dissuade Donald Trump from launching a high-risk military strike on Iran. For in-depth analysis, Genie Godula welcomes Jon Hoffman, Research Fe...
Thailand’s election season has triggered a dizzying array of cash giveaway offers from parties vying for votes, from a US$2,000 payment for newborns to debt write-offs and US$100 monthly top-ups for t...
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....
Google's Gemini AI is getting what could prove to be a very big upgrade: To help answers from Gemini be more personalized, the company is going to let you connect the chatbot to Gmail, Google Photos, ...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson has responded to outgoing Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy's claim that he was put off making more Star Wars as he "got spooked by the online negativ...
Bethesda’s former Elder Scrolls loremaster has revealed his idea for The Elder Scrolls 6 story, and how it would have set up The Elder Scrolls 7. In an interview with PC Gamer discussing his dissatisf...
President Donald Trump met with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado at the White House Thursday, where she said she presented him with her Nobel medal....
Despite the ceasefire, conditions in Gaza remain perilous for many residents, with UNICEF reporting that more than 100 children have been killed by military action since the truce began. Large numbers...
It’s been about a year since AMD and Nvidia released the Radeon RX 9070 XT and GeForce RTX 5090 , respectively, and this would usually mean that gaming PC prices would start to normalize a bit. And wh...
The Leaptic Cube will be available in black or white, but pricing and availability aren’t known yet. | Image: Dreame Dreame, a Chinese company known for its unique robot vacuums and floor cleaners, ex...
LG's White-OLED technology (WOLED) has been improving for years, each iteration boosting output, efficiency, and color volume. And while 2025's C5 doesn't get LG's new Primary RGB Tandem tech from the...
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s first visit to Asia has raised India’s hopes for a long-awaited trade pact with the European Union as Berlin pushes for deeper engagement with South Asia amid height...
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, ...
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...
Hi HN, I have been working with regulation-heavy documents lately, and one thing kept bothering me. Flat RAG pipelines often fail to retrieve related articles together, even when they are clearly conn...