Hacker News with Generative AI: Technology

Elon Musk's Starlink issued warning by Australian communications watchdog (sbs.com.au)
Elon Musk's satellite internet service, Starlink, has received a formal warning from the Australian Communications and Media Authority for failing to submit required quarterly complaints reports on time.
Space Exploration, Regulation, Technology, Australia
6 points by lysp 7 hours ago | 0 comments
New method for creating large 3D models of urban areas is faster and cheaper (techxplore.com)
A research team led by Waterloo Engineering has developed a faster, cheaper way to create large-scale, three-dimensional (3D) computer models of urban areas, technology that could impact fields including urban planning, architectural design and filmmaking.
Urban Planning, 3D Modeling, Computer Science, Technology
3 points by PaulHoule 10 hours ago | 0 comments
Stargate and the AI Industrial Revolution (davefriedman.substack.com)
The conventional narrative about artificial intelligence is deeply flawed. For years, we’ve been told that AI is "just software"—a clever layer atop the internet stack, maybe a productivity multiplier for office workers, maybe a toy for app developers. But that view is dying in the red clay of Abilene, Texas.
Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Opinion
21 points by mhb 12 hours ago | 17 comments
The EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue Is Now Live (europa.eu)
The European Commission has launched the EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue (EU OSS Catalogue) today, 31 March, making it publicly accessible through the Interoperable Europe Portal.
Open Source, European Union, Government, Software, Technology
5 points by doener 13 hours ago | 0 comments
AI Can't Even Fix a Simple Bug – But Sure, Let's Fire All Our Engineers (nmn.gl)
Reddit discovered the funniest thing in tech this week, and it shows exactly how broken the AI narrative is.
Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Software Development, Humor
9 points by namanyayg 14 hours ago | 0 comments
My Deathbed, I Have One Regret: Not Spending More Time Resetting Passwords (mcsweeneys.net)
Come closer, grandchild. Thanks for visiting me one last time before I die. I’ve lived a great life. I climbed Mt. Everest, founded a Fortune 500 company, and had six amazing children. But there’s one mistake that haunts me: not spending more of my life creating, entering, and re-entering passwords.
Humor, Life Lessons, Technology
9 points by zdw 15 hours ago | 4 comments
Space Force tech mission threatened by staff and funding black hole (theregister.com)
Budget slashing has 'outsized impact' on us, says commander who fears branch not ready for orbital war
Space Force, Military, Budget, Technology, Space
4 points by rntn 16 hours ago | 0 comments
To improve CarPlay Ultra, Apple needs to fix CarPlay (sixcolors.com)
Here’s the problem with CarPlay Ultra: It’s still CarPlay.
CarPlay, Apple, User Interface, Technology, Software
6 points by mpweiher 16 hours ago | 0 comments
The Next Abstraction (substack.com)
Software, Programming, Technology, Computer Science
40 points by mbs348 17 hours ago | 16 comments
The "AI 2027" Scenario: How realistic is it? (garymarcus.substack.com)
Everybody’s talking about a scary and vivid manifesto called AI 2027; even Vice President Vance claims to have read it.
Artificial Intelligence, Future, Technology, Speculation
118 points by NotInOurNames 18 hours ago | 191 comments
Fei-Fei Li, godmother of AI, points to risks of US research student visas cuts (semafor.com)
Fei-Fei Li, the leading Stanford University researcher nicknamed the “godmother of AI,” emphasized the risks of cutting research funding and international student visas to the US as it faces an increasingly competitive global tech race.
Artificial Intelligence, Education, Immigration, Technology, Research
6 points by Bluestein 19 hours ago | 0 comments
Patent suit threatens system to keep Boston subway trolleys from crashing (universalhub.com)
A company that sells a system aimed at keeping trains from slamming into each other yesterday filed a patent suit against the MBTA and the company it hired to install a system aimed at keeping Green Line trolleys from slamming into each other.
Transportation, Lawsuits, Boston, Technology, Public Transportation
12 points by ilamont 19 hours ago | 0 comments
It's Far Too Soon to Let Supersonic Flights Rip Across the Country (jalopnik.com)
While Boom Supersonic boasted about there being no audible sonic boom on the ground during the final test flight of its XB-1 demonstrator in February, its prospective airliner still isn't allowed to break the sound barrier over the United States.
Supersonic Flight, Aviation, Technology, Regulation, United States
6 points by rntn 19 hours ago | 0 comments
Russian parliament passes bill to track migrants via mobile app (novayagazeta.eu)
Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, has adopted a bill introducing a pilot scheme to register migrants in Moscow and the Moscow region via a mobile app, according to information published by the Duma on Tuesday.
Russia, Immigration, Surveillance, Technology
4 points by gslin 19 hours ago | 0 comments
I used to shoot $500k pharma commercials. I made this for $500 in Veo 3 (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Video Production, Advertising, Budget, Technology, Social Media
10 points by enraged_camel 20 hours ago | 1 comments
Administrative court: Cookie banner must contain "Reject all" button (heise.de)
Lower Saxony's data protection officer Denis Lehmkemper can report a legal victory in his long-standing battle against manipulatively designed cookie banners.
Privacy, Law, Germany, Technology, Cookies
16 points by nabla9 20 hours ago | 4 comments
Social media platforms: what's wrong, and what's next (scottgoci.com)
I think we need a new social media platform to emerge from the web.
Social Media, Technology, Criticism
44 points by eggbrain 20 hours ago | 54 comments
WiFi: "beamforming" only begins to describe it (2014) (apenwarr.ca)
Wifi: "beamforming" only begins to describe it
Networking, Wireless Technology, Technology
9 points by Tomte 22 hours ago | 0 comments
Sorry, grads: Entry-level tech jobs are getting wiped out (sfstandard.com)
New graduates are being increasingly excluded from a job market that prefers automation and more seasoned workers.
Jobs, Technology, Education, Labor Market
88 points by nradov 22 hours ago | 181 comments
Google pretends to be in on the joke, but its focus on AI Mode search is serious (arstechnica.com)
Google used to be all about the 10 blue links, but that was then, and this is now. You have to scroll farther than ever to get to the links in Google search results, and now this trend is being taken to its ultimate conclusion. At I/O, the company has announced a major expansion of AI Mode search, which heralds a new era for its signature product.
Search Engines, Artificial Intelligence, Google, Technology
4 points by LorenDB 1 day ago | 0 comments
Apartment living to get worse in 5 years as 6 GHz Wi-Fi nears 'exhaustion' (theregister.com)
Rapid growth in Wi-Fi use means the 6 GHZ band’s carrying capacity may soon be exhausted, according to CableLabs, the nonprofit networking think tank run by cable television operators.
Wi-Fi, Technology, Connectivity, Networking
5 points by rntn 1 day ago | 0 comments
VMware price hikes? Between 800 and 1,500%, claim Euro customers (theregister.com)
Broadcom has upped VMware licensing costs by between eight to 15 times since it took over the organization, and a lack of alternatives in the tech industry means trade and end customers have no choice but to play ball.
Business, Technology, Pricing, VMware, Broadcom
9 points by rntn 1 day ago | 4 comments
Ask HN: Places in the UK / Europe Related to computers (ycombinator.com)
I’m interested in visiting some historic or special places related to this field as a way of rejuvenating my passion in the field again.
History, Technology, Travel, Computer Science
7 points by sailorganymede 1 day ago | 9 comments
Show HN: Nostria – A peer-to-peer social protocol that avoids centralized relays (nostria.app)
Decentralization, Social Networks, Peer-to-Peer, Technology, Web3
6 points by shegby 1 day ago | 3 comments
The Agentic Web and Original Sin (stratechery.com)
I have come to believe that advertising is the original sin of the web.
Web Design, Technology, Ethics
10 points by prawn 1 day ago | 2 comments
The Lost Art of Tech Demos [video] (youtube.com)
Tech Demos, Technology, Video
3 points by instagraham 1 day ago | 0 comments
How AppHarvest’s indoor farming scheme imploded (2023) (lpm.org)
The workers had spent the morning of November 8, 2021, clipping, trussing, and trellising hundreds of thousands of tomato plants that twisted almost four stories into the air. They were inside one of the world’s largest high-tech greenhouses, which sat on more than 60 acres of a former cattle field in Morehead, Kentucky.
Agriculture, Business, Technology, Sustainability, Kentucky
34 points by andrewrn 1 day ago | 16 comments
The SpaceX genie is out of the bottle (chrisprophet.substack.com)
SpaceX is approaching a growth surge that will transform how the company is perceived and operates.
SpaceX, Growth, Business, Technology
9 points by Teever 1 day ago | 6 comments
Microsoft employee shouts over Satya Nadella's keynote to protest (fortune.com)
Microsoft, Protests, Technology, Leadership
9 points by zhengiszen 1 day ago | 1 comments
Southwest will require passengers to keep chargers visible due to fire risk (npr.org)
Passengers flying on Southwest Airlines will soon be required to keep battery packs and other portable charging devices visible if they're using them during a flight.
Safety, Air Travel, Southwest Airlines, Technology
6 points by voxadam 2 days ago | 1 comments