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Cyberpunk Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels

Cyberpunk Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels

Article URL: https://shellzine.net/cyberpunk-comics/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48885643 Points: 206 # Comments: 69…
6 Best Bidets of 2026: Toto, Brondell, More, All Tested in My Bathroom

6 Best Bidets of 2026: Toto, Brondell, More, All Tested in My Bathroom

These butt-cleaning machines also offer luxe features like custom seat warming and adjustable water flows.…
Zig Creator Calls Spade a Spade, Anthropic Blows Smoke

Zig Creator Calls Spade a Spade, Anthropic Blows Smoke

Article URL: https://raymyers.org/post/zed-creator-calls-spade-a-spade/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48889637 Points: 229 # Comm…
White Supremacists Love Armie Hammer’s New Movie

White Supremacists Love Armie Hammer’s New Movie

Described as the “feel-good movie of white-boy summer” by one extremist, the movie Citizen Vigilante has been hailed by the far-right as a way to conv…
Python Is So Slow. Can Julia Solve the Two-Language Problem?

Python Is So Slow. Can Julia Solve the Two-Language Problem?

By some benchmarks, Julia code can run 10X to 1,000X faster than Python—but there’s a reason it’s not a very popular programming language.…
iGarden Swim Jet X Pro 10 Review: Endless Pool

iGarden Swim Jet X Pro 10 Review: Endless Pool

Swimming against the iGarden Swim Jet X Pro 10’s artificial current is a real workout, even if it doesn’t quite replace a full-size lap pool.…
Scientists’ Side Hustle? Using AI and Quantum Computing to Generate New Peptides

Scientists’ Side Hustle? Using AI and Quantum Computing to Generate New Peptides

Researchers cobbled together funding and time to show how quantum computing could aid in the development of drugs to help underserved populations and …
War Atlas: An interactive cartography of every named war in human history

War Atlas: An interactive cartography of every named war in human history

Article URL: https://waratlas.org Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48863080 Points: 178 # Comments: 69…
How the terrorist group Boko Haram uses frontier AI

How the terrorist group Boko Haram uses frontier AI

Article URL: https://casp.ac/reports/ai-enabled-terrorism Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48863707 Points: 215 # Comments: 185…
AI Found a Root Bug in Linux That Everyone Missed for 15 Years

AI Found a Root Bug in Linux That Everyone Missed for 15 Years

Plus: The Pentagon is training amateurs to become part of its hacker army, a Flock license plate reader error led to cops surrounding a car reviewer, …
Increased drone surveillance of illegal July 4th fireworks led to $100K fine

Increased drone surveillance of illegal July 4th fireworks led to $100K fine

More police and firefighters use drones to catch and deter illegal fireworks.…
GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra produces proof of the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture [pdf]

GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra produces proof of the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture [pdf]

Article URL: https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/04d1d1e4-bc75-476a-97cf-49055cd98d31/cdc_proof.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48863490…
The FCC is cracking down on DJI tech that dodged the foreign drone ban

The FCC is cracking down on DJI tech that dodged the foreign drone ban

Last year, we told you about Xtra, the company that lets DJI sneak its popular cameras into the US, and Skyrover, a brand seemingly selling DJI drones…
QuadRF can spot drones and see WiFi through my wall

QuadRF can spot drones and see WiFi through my wall

Article URL: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/quadrf-can-spot-drones-and-see-wifi-through-my-wall/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/it…
The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break in the next war

The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break in the next war

Article URL: https://mwi.westpoint.edu/the-glass-backbone-why-the-armys-logistics-will-break-in-the-next-war/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.c…
The newest entrant in the military’s launch competition isn't actually a launch company

The newest entrant in the military’s launch competition isn't actually a launch company

"I think it's fair to say that Phase 3 did not contemplate this."…
Is an Air-Conditioning Revolution Coming to Europe?

Is an Air-Conditioning Revolution Coming to Europe?

As extreme heat becomes the norm on the continent, the AC culture wars may be solved by advances in environmentally friendly technology.…
I Built a Self-Improving AI, and So Can You

I Built a Self-Improving AI, and So Can You

Experiments in using AI to build AI show that the future doesn’t just belong to the frontier labs.…
The FTC Settlement With John Deere Is a Huge Win for the Right-to-Repair Movement

The FTC Settlement With John Deere Is a Huge Win for the Right-to-Repair Movement

After more than a decade of pushback, farmers and repair advocates have won access to equipment and services John Deere had long kept under its contro…
Peter Thiel’s Husband Sued a Flight Attendant Who Says He Assaulted Her on a Private Jet

Peter Thiel’s Husband Sued a Flight Attendant Who Says He Assaulted Her on a Private Jet

Matthew Danzeisen’s lawyer says the case is a “shakedown about a bag” that brushed someone’s leg. Stefanie Bojar says she was injured aboard the jet—a…
US seeks cheaper hunter-killer drones after Iran destroys $1B worth of Reapers

US seeks cheaper hunter-killer drones after Iran destroys $1B worth of Reapers

US military drone losses in Iran war spur Pentagon call for cheap replacements.…
Google Photos adds a new AI ‘Video Remix’ tool

Google Photos adds a new AI ‘Video Remix’ tool

The feature can do things like apply cinematic relighting to brighten up a dark clip, swap out a plain background for something fun, or add artistic s…
This jumping $800 robot camera dog filled me with joy

This jumping $800 robot camera dog filled me with joy

What if you had a drone that wasn't a buzzy, annoying fly people wanted to swat - but rather a cute dog that runs and jumps? What if it could do trick…
Pickup Artist Mystery Has an AI Girlfriend

Pickup Artist Mystery Has an AI Girlfriend

A new book claims that Mystery, who teaches awkward men how to hit on women, had sex and smoked weed with an AI chatbot named Miss Shira Always.…
LG Micro RGB Evo Review: Brilliant, Bright, Not Budget-Friendly

LG Micro RGB Evo Review: Brilliant, Bright, Not Budget-Friendly

It’s hard to say if the pricey LG Micro RGB Evo television is worth shelling out for compared to its cheaper competitors, but you’ll probably enjoy it…
What Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply? I Went to a Secret War Game to Find Out

What Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply? I Went to a Secret War Game to Find Out

Burst water mains. Evacuated hospitals. In a closed-door simulation, insurers played out their response to a mass disruption by China’s Volt Typhoon h…
Dragonflies maneuver like fighter pilots

Dragonflies maneuver like fighter pilots

Male dragonflies' dramatic aerial combat maneuvers emerge from relatively simple vision-based rules.…
Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns?

Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns?

In the summer of 2024, former Army National Guard member Andrew Scott Hastings spent a sweaty afternoon carefully packing boxes with parts he made usi…
The first American autonomous ground vehicles are fighting in Ukraine

The first American autonomous ground vehicles are fighting in Ukraine

Forterra has deployed more than 100…
Kremlin suspected of flying drones over Europe using Russian shadow fleet

Kremlin suspected of flying drones over Europe using Russian shadow fleet

Drone intruders that possibly flew from Russian ships showed Europe isn’t ready.…