GoKawiil - Latest Tech News & Aggregated Headlines

‘Mortal Kombat II’ Is Ready to Be a Bigger, Better Sequel

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-01-10 02:25:30

Now that the first trailer for Mortal Kombat II dropped earlier this week, director Simon McQuoid’s free to talk about how this follow-up builds on the 2021 reboot. Talking to IGN, McQuoid opened up on ensuring the second movie delivered on the promise of the first movie, namely having the real fighting tournament that features franchise characters beating the hell out of each other. Said characters include the returning Sonya Blade, Raiden, and Liu Kang, and the newly introduced Kitana, Shao K

Topics: characters kombat like mcquoid movie

Shop Amazon

Chinese Scientists Invent System for Extracting Oxygen, Water and Rocket Fuel From Moon Dust

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-11 12:30:12

Chinese researchers say they've devised a new way to extract water from lunar soil and convert it into fuel. As detailed in a new paper published today in the journal Joule, the team found that their proposed "photothermal strategy" — essentially converting light into heat — could effectively convert carbon dioxide from extracted water into carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and oxygen gas, a "potential route for sustaining human life on the Moon and enabling long-term extraterrestrial exploration." "

Topics: chinese extract lunar moon water

Shop Amazon

I'm betting against AI agents, despite building them

news.ycombinator.com Utkarsh Kanwat 2026-01-11 09:59:19

Everyone says 2025 is the year of AI agents. The headlines are everywhere: "Autonomous AI will transform work," "Agents are the next frontier," "The future is agentic." Meanwhile, I've spent the last year building many different agent systems that actually work in production. And that's exactly why I'm betting against the current hype. I'm not some AI skeptic writing from the sidelines. Over the past year, I've built more than a dozen production agent systems across the entire software developm

Topics: actually agent agents ai systems

Shop Amazon

Show HN: A handpicked directory to help founders find great design studios

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-08 03:01:05

Product Video Studios that help you show, not just tell — with videos that turn features into stories your users actually remember.

Topics: actually features help just product

Shop Amazon

XMLUI

news.ycombinator.com View All Posts Jon Udell 2026-01-11 16:03:39

In the mid-1990s you could create useful software without being an ace coder. You had Visual Basic, you had a rich ecosystem of components, you could wire them together to create apps, standing on the shoulders of the coders who built those components. If you’re younger than 45 you may not know what that was like, nor realize web components have never worked the same way. The project we’re announcing today, XMLUI, brings the VB model to the modern web and its React-based component ecosystem. XML

Topics: app component components react xmlui

Shop Amazon

Why I'm Betting Against AI Agents in 2025 (Despite Building Them)

news.ycombinator.com Utkarsh Kanwat 2026-01-11 15:59:19

Everyone says 2025 is the year of AI agents. The headlines are everywhere: "Autonomous AI will transform work," "Agents are the next frontier," "The future is agentic." Meanwhile, I've spent the last year building many different agent systems that actually work in production. And that's exactly why I'm betting against the current hype. I'm not some AI skeptic writing from the sidelines. Over the past year, I've built more than a dozen production agent systems across the entire software developm

Topics: actually agent agents ai systems

Shop Amazon

Do Contact Lenses Expire? Everything Eye Doctors Want You to Know About Replacing Your Contacts

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-11 16:47:03

If you wear contact lenses, you probably don't think much about them. But they're a relatively new invention -- in fact, the first disposable contact lens wasn't introduced until 1982. "We think of contact lenses as being so normal, but 100 years ago, nobody walked around with little pieces of plastic over their eyes," says ophthalmologist Dr. Robert Kinast, the vice chair of ophthalmology at Legacy Devers Eye Institute and co-founder of GentleDrop. "Contact lenses are foreign bodies and should

Topics: contact contacts eye lens lenses

Shop Amazon

Corning avoids EU antitrust fine by ending exclusive deals with phone manufacturers

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-11 14:30:23

Corning, the US-based glass manufacturer behind Gorilla Glass, has vowed to end its exclusive deals and other practices that the European Commission deemed to be anti-competitive in order to avoid getting fined. If you'll recall, the commission announced that it was investigating Corning last year, accusing it of squashing competition with its exclusive supply agreements, thereby driving up prices and stifling innovation. Now, the commission has accepted the commitments Corning offered and made

Topics: commission company corning glass manufacturers

Shop Amazon

Brain Scans Reveal Why Waking Up Is Sometimes Such a Difficult Experience

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2026-01-11 09:00:12

Want to wake up feeling great? The secret might not be so simple as a multi-step nighttime routine, early bedtime, or a no-device rule. A new study suggests that how we fall asleep and how we wake up the next day may not be so similar as we once thought. Neuroscientists tracked 20 people’s brain activity as they woke up from sleep—sometimes naturally, sometimes by setting off an alarm—recording more than 1,000 awakenings in total. They found a pattern of neural activity signaled waking, but tha

Topics: activity brain people rem sleep

Shop Amazon

Meta says it won’t sign Europe AI agreement, calling it an overreach

news.ycombinator.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-10 16:56:37

Meta Platforms declined to sign the European Union's artificial intelligence code of practice because it is an overreach that will "stunt" companies, according to global affairs chief Joel Kaplan. "Europe is heading down the wrong path on AI," Kaplan wrote in a post Friday on LinkedIn. "This code introduces a number of legal uncertainties for model developers, as well as measures which go far beyond the scope of the AI Act." Last week, the European Commission, the executive body of the EU, pub

Topics: act ai code companies european

Shop Amazon

Meta says it won't sign the EU's AI code of practice

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-11 00:01:32

Meta said on Friday that it won't sign the European Union's new AI code of practice. The guidelines provide a framework for the EU's AI Act, which regulates companies operating in the European Union. The EU's code of practice is voluntary, so Meta was under no legal obligation to sign it. Yet Meta's Chief Global Affairs Officer, Joel Kaplan, made a point to publicly knock the guidelines on Friday. He described the code as "over-reach." "Europe is heading down the wrong path on AI," Kaplan post

Topics: act ai code european meta

Shop Amazon

Replication of Quantum Factorisation Records with a VIC-20, an Abacus, and a Dog

news.ycombinator.com Peter Gutmann 2026-01-11 00:09:07

Paper 2025/1237 Replication of Quantum Factorisation Records with an 8-bit Home Computer, an Abacus, and a Dog Peter Gutmann , University of Auckland Stephan Neuhaus , Zurich University of Applied Sciences Abstract This paper presents implementations that match and, where possible, exceed current quantum factorisation records using a VIC-20 8-bit home computer from 1981, an abacus, and a dog. We hope that this work will inspire future efforts to match any further quantum factorisation recor

Topics: abacus factorisation match quantum records

Shop Amazon

I'm Rebelling Against the Algorithm

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-11 10:45:32

I'm rebelling against the algorithm 14 Jul, 2025 I grew up on the internet. I'm old enough to remember when my news feeds actually ended. Remember the times before infinite scroll was engineered? I remember when algorithms weren't good enough to keep me in a trance-like state for eternity. Fast forward to today, I experience firsthand the horrible effects of the algorithms. We weren't meant to read the thoughts of 100s of people all at once. It's also not possible to fully check out from soci

Topics: actively media read remember want

Shop Amazon

Meta says it wont sign Europe AI agreement, calling it growth stunting overreach

news.ycombinator.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-12 16:56:37

Meta Platforms declined to sign the European Union's artificial intelligence code of practice because it is an overreach that will "stunt" companies, according to global affairs chief Joel Kaplan. "Europe is heading down the wrong path on AI," Kaplan wrote in a post Friday on LinkedIn. "This code introduces a number of legal uncertainties for model developers, as well as measures which go far beyond the scope of the AI Act." Last week, the European Commission, the executive body of the EU, pub

Topics: act ai code companies european

Shop Amazon

Starbase injury rates outpace rivals as SpaceX chases its Mars moonshot

news.ycombinator.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2026-01-12 22:12:05

SpaceX employees are more likely to be injured while working at Starbase than any of its other manufacturing facilities, according to company worker safety records reviewed by TechCrunch. Starbase, a sprawling launch-and-manufacturing site that recently incorporated as its own Texas city, logged injury rates almost six times higher than the average for comparable space vehicle manufacturing outfits and nearly three times higher than aerospace manufacturing as a whole in 2024, according to Occup

Topics: manufacturing safety spacex starbase trir

Shop Amazon

The Laws That Changed the Jedi and Republic Forever

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-01-12 22:00:27

“For a over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic,” Obi-Wan Kenobi tells Luke Skywalker in A New Hope. In the decades of Star Wars storytelling since, countless tales have fleshed out that connection between the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order’s service of it, from its highest highs to the lows that tore them both apart in the fires of the Empire’s rise. But while a thousand generations span much of the unseen ancient history o

Topics: galactic jedi republic sith wars

Shop Amazon

SpaceX worker injury rates at Starbase outpace industry rivals

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2026-01-12 21:29:06

SpaceX employees are more likely to be injured while working at Starbase than any of its other manufacturing facilities, according to company worker safety records reviewed by TechCrunch. Starbase, a sprawling launch-and-manufacturing site that recently incorporated as its own Texas city, logged injury rates almost six times higher than the average for comparable space vehicle manufacturing outfits and nearly three times higher than aerospace manufacturing as a whole in 2024, according to Occup

Topics: manufacturing safety spacex starbase trir

Shop Amazon

Starbase injury rates outpace rivals as SpaceX chases its Mars moonshot

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2026-01-13 03:29:06

SpaceX employees are more likely to be injured while working at Starbase than any of its other manufacturing facilities, according to company worker safety records reviewed by TechCrunch. Starbase, a sprawling launch-and-manufacturing site that recently incorporated as its own Texas city, logged injury rates almost six times higher than the average for comparable space vehicle manufacturing outfits and nearly three times higher than aerospace manufacturing as a whole in 2024, according to Occup

Topics: manufacturing safety spacex starbase trir

Shop Amazon

Meta says it won't sign Europe AI agreement, calling it an overreach that will stunt growth

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-13 08:22:52

Meta Platforms declined to sign the European Union's artificial intelligence code of practice because it is an overreach that will "stunt" companies, according to global affairs chief Joel Kaplan. "Europe is heading down the wrong path on AI," Kaplan wrote in a post on LinkedIn Friday. "This code introduces a number of legal uncertainties for model developers, as well as measures which go far beyond the scope of the AI Act." Last week, the European Commission published a final iteration of its

Topics: act ai code european kaplan

Shop Amazon

Hot Toys Just Gave Us Our Best Look Yet at Galactus Ahead of ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2026-01-13 12:04:42

Whenever a highly anticipated comic book film is released, toy manufacturers often reveal the looks of the main heroes and villains before they appear on the big screen. And like clockwork, Hot Toys has carried on that tradition by revealing The Fantastic Four: First Steps‘ Galactus in all his celestial glory. Okay, we can’t entirely blame Hot Toys here. AMC theaters merchandised the Marvel big bad by transforming his big noggin into a popcorn bucket. And before that, Lego joined in on the mark

Topics: big fantastic galactus hot toys

Shop Amazon

‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Exec Producer Confirms Identity of Rhys Darby’s Character

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-01-13 12:30:16

It’s very common for TV cast and crew to do spoiler-y interviews that run after a certain episode airs to address standout moments. Andor did it after Bix’s big shocker; The Last of Us did it after Joel’s big shocker; the Severance gang did it pretty much weekly throughout season two’s many big shockers. But what’s not ideal is when a showrunner type has to clarify something from an episode that… wasn’t made clear by said episode. That happened this week on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. The se

Topics: character darby did episode trelane

Shop Amazon

Ask HN: Any active COBOL devs here? What are you working on?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-13 17:05:55

COBOL legacy systems in finance and government are somewhat of a meme. However, I've never actually met a single person who's day job is to maintain one. I'd be curious to learn what systems are you working on?

Topics: actually cobol curious finance systems

Shop Amazon

Bored with your phone’s lock screen? This brand lets you replace it with an eye-tracking 3D game

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-14 09:27:45

Paul Jones / Android Authority TL;DR Huawei’s flagship Pura 80 Ultra features 3D interactive lock screens that move in sync with the phone’s physical movement. The interactive lock screens also function as games, utilizing hand and eye-tracking features to manipulate objects. While the hand and eye-tracking gestures likely utilize the phone’s front camera, there is no usage indicator, which raises privacy concerns. Android phones have always offered comprehensive customization options for th

Topics: huawei interactive lock phone screen

Shop Amazon

Fighting Brandolini's Law with Sampling

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-11 05:56:35

Brady Hurlburt - July 8, 2025 “But Don’t All Politicians Lie?” In 2015, Angi Drobnic Holan published a wonderful article titled “All Politicians Lie. Some Lie More Than Others.” In it, she makes the case that while all politicians lie, there are meaningful differences in how often and how severely they do so. Here is the graphic from her piece: Her article resonates with me because indifference to political dishonesty is surprisingly common in my circles. In conversations with my peers, when

Topics: fact jr new politician rfk

Shop Amazon

Best No-Contract Internet Providers for July 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-14 09:00:00

Our picks 90001 Edit ZIP code Why we chose these providers Sort by Best no-contract ISP (if you can get it) 1,000 - 8,000 Mbps $70 - $150 per month Check with Google Fiber Provider not available in 90001 Edit ZIP code Or call to learn more: (855) 500-4211 Best for DSL value 10 - 140 Mbps $55 per month Check with CenturyLink Provider not available in 90001 Edit ZIP code Or call to learn more: (866) 671-3650 Best no-contract cable internet 500 - 1,000 Mbps $50 - $80 per month Check with Spectrum I

Topics: contract fiber internet mbps range

Shop Amazon

Crypto’s Wild West Era Is Over

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-01-14 06:49:25

For more than a decade, cryptocurrency lived in a regulatory gray zone. Loved by libertarians, feared by bankers, and mocked by lawmakers, it was treated like a side project of the internet, too weird to regulate and too volatile to embrace. That era just ended. The U.S. House of Representatives has officially passed the GENIUS Act, a landmark bill that sets federal rules for stablecoins—the digital currencies pegged to the U.S. dollar. The bill is expected to be signed into law by President Do

Topics: act crypto genius just like

Shop Amazon

‘Utopian’ city California Forever announces huge tech manufacturing park

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2026-01-14 17:44:05

In Brief California Forever announced on Thursday plans to build a massive manufacturing park called Solano Foundry, the newest addition to its master-planned “utopian” city backed by a group of Silicon Valley billionaires. Solano Foundry is 2,100 acres that can host 40 million square feet of advanced tech manufacturing space. The manufacturing park will be built as part of its planned walkable city with over 175,000 homes, CEO Jan Sramek said at the Reindustrialize conference in Detroit. Sra

Topics: 40 foundry manufacturing park solano

Shop Amazon

Congress Passes GENIUS Act in Major Win for US Crypto Industry

wired.com Joel Khalili 2026-01-15 03:31:03

The US House of Representatives on Thursday voted overwhelming to pass the country’s first significant cryptocurrency regulation, the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. It will now go to President Donald Trump for final approval. If enacted, the bill will establish rules for issuers of stablecoins, a type of coin pegged to a $1 valuation, which proponents have pitched as a faster and cheaper way to make payments. The bill requires issuers to collater

Topics: act crypto genius stablecoin stablecoins

Shop Amazon

Hadrian raises $260M to build out automated factories for space and defense parts

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2026-01-15 12:16:15

Investors are continuing to rally behind the call to reindustrialize American industry, this time by building out a $260 million war chest for automated manufacturing startup Hadrian to scale its factory footprint and make even more machine parts. Hadrian’s aim is to modernize American manufacturing by leveraging advanced automation to deliver mass-produced parts for aerospace and defense companies at a fraction of the time. It’s a huge change to the status quo: a manufacturing industry that’s

Topics: capital disrupt factory hadrian new

Shop Amazon

Tell HN: Notion Desktop is monitoring your audio and network

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-15 15:59:54

If you have the Notion Desktop App installed, you may have started to notice a "In a meeting? Start AI Meeting Notes" notification pop up exactly when you are joining a virtual meeting (e.g. joining a Google Meet on Firefox). At first, I assumed it must have been using my Google Workspace account to snoop on my calendar. But then I started to notice it would notify exactly when I joined even if I was late and the meeting had previously started. This was the response from Notion Support after t

Topics: detection exactly meeting notion started

Shop Amazon

Latest Tech News

‘Mortal Kombat II’ Is Ready to Be a Bigger, Better Sequel

Chinese Scientists Invent System for Extracting Oxygen, Water and Rocket Fuel From Moon Dust

I'm betting against AI agents, despite building them

Show HN: A handpicked directory to help founders find great design studios

XMLUI

Why I'm Betting Against AI Agents in 2025 (Despite Building Them)

Do Contact Lenses Expire? Everything Eye Doctors Want You to Know About Replacing Your Contacts

Corning avoids EU antitrust fine by ending exclusive deals with phone manufacturers

Brain Scans Reveal Why Waking Up Is Sometimes Such a Difficult Experience

Meta says it won’t sign Europe AI agreement, calling it an overreach

Meta says it won't sign the EU's AI code of practice

Replication of Quantum Factorisation Records with a VIC-20, an Abacus, and a Dog

I'm Rebelling Against the Algorithm

Meta says it wont sign Europe AI agreement, calling it growth stunting overreach

Starbase injury rates outpace rivals as SpaceX chases its Mars moonshot

The Laws That Changed the Jedi and Republic Forever

SpaceX worker injury rates at Starbase outpace industry rivals

Starbase injury rates outpace rivals as SpaceX chases its Mars moonshot

Meta says it won't sign Europe AI agreement, calling it an overreach that will stunt growth

Hot Toys Just Gave Us Our Best Look Yet at Galactus Ahead of ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’

‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Exec Producer Confirms Identity of Rhys Darby’s Character

Ask HN: Any active COBOL devs here? What are you working on?

Bored with your phone’s lock screen? This brand lets you replace it with an eye-tracking 3D game

Fighting Brandolini's Law with Sampling

Best No-Contract Internet Providers for July 2025

Crypto’s Wild West Era Is Over

‘Utopian’ city California Forever announces huge tech manufacturing park

Congress Passes GENIUS Act in Major Win for US Crypto Industry

Hadrian raises $260M to build out automated factories for space and defense parts

Tell HN: Notion Desktop is monitoring your audio and network

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising

Latest Tech News

Trending Topics

Hot Now

Popular

Emerging

About GoKawiil

Privacy

Advertising