Hacker News with Generative AI: Tech News

Yahoo Is Selling TechCrunch (theverge.com)
TechCrunch has a new owner, again. Yahoo has sold the tech news site to the private equity firm Regent for an undisclosed sum, according to an announcement on Friday.
Tech News, Acquisitions, Private Equity
8 points by spatten 12 days ago | 1 comments
Apple's 64GB Era Is Over – MacRumors (macrumors.com)
All of the iPhone and iPad models that are currently part of Apple's lineup now start with at least 128GB of storage, marking the end of the 64GB era.
Apple, Storage, Mobile Devices, Tech News
35 points by rbanffy 28 days ago | 4 comments
The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a total disaster (zdnet.com)
At the start of the New Year, with no warning, Microsoft gives its flagship productivity app a name change and a huge price increase. Why would the company make this mess? I asked Copilot, who explained it very well.
Microsoft 365, Software, Business, Tech News, Artificial Intelligence
7 points by jsheard 67 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: What's a good alternative to The Verge now it's login-gated? (ycombinator.com)
For the last few years I’ve mainly just checked The Verge for the latest tech news. Alas, I will not be creating an account just to browse.
Tech News, Websites, Online Communities
4 points by mnfrmcddlykrnl 110 days ago | 9 comments
HowStuffWorks founder Marshall Brain sent final email before sudden death (arstechnica.com)
The week before Thanksgiving, Marshall Brain sent a final email to his colleagues at North Carolina State University. "I have just been through one of the most demoralizing, depressing, humiliating, unjust processes possible with the university," wrote the founder of HowStuffWorks.com and director of NC State's Engineering Entrepreneurs Program. Hours later, campus police found that Brain had died by suicide.
Tech News, Obituary, Mental Health, Education
140 points by CharlesW 119 days ago | 48 comments
HowStuffWorks founder Marshall Brain sent final email before sudden death (arstechnica.com)
The week before Thanksgiving, Marshall Brain sent a final email to his colleagues at North Carolina State University. "I have just been through one of the most demoralizing, depressing, humiliating, unjust processes possible with the university," wrote the founder of HowStuffWorks.com and director of NC State's Engineering Entrepreneurs Program. Hours later, campus police found that Brain had died by suicide.
Tech News, Obituaries, Suicide, Entrepreneurship, Education
16 points by LinuxBender 119 days ago | 3 comments
Ask HN: Whats a good publication to subscribe to for tech? (ycombinator.com)
I am an ACM subscriber, and read the ACM journal. I looked at MIT Tech review but Im wary of the MIT brand and many of their articles seems commercial. Im looking for something that people would be interested in just because its interesting tech/science news and not just the latest hype.
Tech News, Publications, Science
9 points by pm90 164 days ago | 2 comments
AnandTech Farewell (anandtech.com)
Tech News, Websites, Farewell
3025 points by janice1999 216 days ago | 598 comments
How do you follow news on tech and stay upto date? (ycombinator.com)
Tech News, Staying Updated
11 points by zigmig 248 days ago | 11 comments
iFixit takes shots at Anthropic for hitting servers a million times in 24 hours (pcgamer.com)
AI, Servers, Tech News
8 points by speeder 251 days ago | 2 comments
Spotify bricks $90 Car Thing device without customer recourse (techcrunch.com)
Spotify, Hardware, Customer Service, Tech News
58 points by big_dinghy 313 days ago | 3 comments