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Launch HN: Jasmine (YC S22) โ€“ Automating REC compliance and payouts for solar

Hi HN โ€” weโ€™re Nathalie, Dalton, Vince, and Matt, and weโ€™re launching Jasmine Energy (https://www.jasmine.energy), a tool that helps residential and commercial solar owners automatically register their systems, track energy generation, and get paid for Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).RECs are tradeable certificates for clean electricity, issued by energy markets across the US. Most people with rooftop or small...

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

Save big on the JBL PartyBox Club 120 Bluetooth speaker when you buy today

The JBL PartyBox Club 120 is discounted to $330 today from its $400 MSRP. Score this awesome deal at Amazon, Best Buy, and a handful of other sites and stores.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

RTX 4090 returned to eBay seller with GPU and VRAM chips missing

An engineer recounts being 'stressed out for the two weeks,' after someone bought their used RTX 4090 on eBay then had the cheek to return it with the GPU and memory chips missing.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Tom's Hardware favicon Tom's Hardware

โ€˜One minute itโ€™s โ€œwould you like to listen to Galaxie 500?โ€, the next humanityโ€™s enslavedโ€™: can anyone escape Spotify?

As a new book skewers Spotifyโ€™s effect on music, two Guardian music writers spent a week assessing the limits of living with and without itLaura Snapes, deputy music editor I was set the task of not listening to Spotify for a week, but Alexis, your task was much worse: only listening to Spotify-created playlists, and the songs it suggested to you based on your listening history. How did that go?Alexis Petridis, chief...

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: The Guardian Technology favicon The Guardian Technology

Aura Aspen Review (2025): Made for Vertical

The newest frame in Auraโ€™s lineup has the same aspect ratio as your phone, and you can use it in portrait or landscape orientation.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Wired favicon Wired

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB review: More VRAM and a price 'paper cut' could make for a compelling GPU

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB packs plenty of VRAM, with a base MSRP that looks reasonably attractive. It's not a huge generational improvement (outside of MFG numbers), but it will be a good option if it's readily available at $450 or less.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Tom's Hardware favicon Tom's Hardware

Lighthouse acquires The Hotels Network to boost personalised marketing management

Commercial travel and hospitality platform Lighthouse has acquired hotel marketing company The Hotels Network.The ability to deliver personalised offers and marketing messages to travellers has become...

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) review: A solid semi-budget GPU for $429 (but good luck scoring that price)

NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5060 Ti aims at a very niche group of gamers. Starting at $379 with 8GB of VRAM, or $429 with 16GB, the 5060 Ti is for people who want something a bit more powerful than the base $299 RTX 5060, but aren't willing to shell out for the midrange $549 RTX 5070. (And it's worth noting that card is already selling for well beyond that price). In terms of raw rendering power, it's a minor upgrade over the...

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Patreon is testing livestreaming with a major rollout planned for summer

Patreon has plenty of tools to help creators connect with audiences and grow those subscription numbers. However, it has never offered the ability to stream live video content. Thatโ€™s changing soon. The platform is testing livestreaming with a general rollout planned for summer. Itโ€™s called Live Video and will be available to a "limited group of creators" starting next week as part of a testing phase. Patreon says this...

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Salesforce: 20% of All New Code Is Already Written With AI

So Venturebeat did a brief interview with Jayesh Govindarajan, Senior Vice President of Salesforce AI. Now to some extent, everyone in AI at Big Tech Cos is talking their own game, and thatโ€™s OK. But the headline comment Jayesh made is important: โ€œโ€œAbout 20% of allAPEX code {Salesforceโ€™s own code} written in the last 30... Continue Reading

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: SaaStr favicon SaaStr

Where to buy Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti graphics card as 16GB and 8GB flavors hit the shelves

Nvidia's new lower-end RTX 5060 Ti GPU is the latest graphics card to launch. Check our handy list for all the RTX 5060 Ti models on sale and retailer links.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Tom's Hardware favicon Tom's Hardware

This Galaxy AI tool isnโ€™t available in most countries, and maybe thatโ€™s for the best

Samsung users outside of China don't get the company's Social Composer feature, and I think that's a good thing

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Exclusive: Peters, Rounds tee up bill to renew expiring cyber threat information sharing law

The law is due to lapse in September, something cyber experts and industry officials say would be a huge loss. The post Exclusive: Peters, Rounds tee up bill to renew expiring cyber threat information sharing law appeared first on CyberScoop.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: CyberScoop favicon CyberScoop

PNY GeForce RTX 5060 Ti OC Review: High-Definition Gaming

This graphics card conquers 1080p gaming, but if you have to pay more than sticker price, you can do better.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Wired favicon Wired

Futureverse acquires Candy Digital to build AI-powered fan experiences

Futureverse, which is building a Web3 and AI ecosystem, has acquired Candy Digital, which creates digital collectibles based on brands.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

404-GEN integrates decentralized 3D model generation platform with Unity

404-GEN today announced it has become the first decentralized 3D model generation platform to integrate with Unity.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

VoicePatrol unveils real-time AI voice protection for games

VoicePatrol is unveiling its real-time AI voice protection technology for game studios to make gaming communities safer.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Back Market and iFixit Want You to Use Your Phone for at Least 5 Years

Back Market and iFixit are partnering to encourage consumers to keep their phones in service for at least five yearsโ€”and to pressure manufacturers to extend smartphone support to 10 years.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Wired favicon Wired

Enhancing Avro With Semantic Metadata Using Logical Types

Apache Avro is a widely used data format that keeps things compact and efficient while making it easy to evolve schemas over time. By default, it comes with basic data types like int,long,string, and bytes. But what if you need to store something more specific, like a date or a decimal number? Thatโ€™s where logical types come in. Logical types let you add semantic meaning to your data. They ensure that values like...

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: DZone favicon DZone

Spotify was down โ€“here's everything we know about its huge outage

Spotify was down for many in one of its biggest outages โ€“ here's how the four-hour debacle played out.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: TechRadar favicon TechRadar

Kermit: A typeface for kids

Article URL: https://microsoft.design/articles/introducing-kermit-a-typeface-for-kids/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43704904 Points: 149 # Comments: 90

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

Google could give the Home app a spring clean with these changes (APK teardown)

Expect a faster way to set up Matter gadgets, a new home for settings, and more.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

China accuses UK politicians of โ€˜arroganceโ€™ in British Steel row

Embassy criticises โ€˜slanderingโ€™ of Chinese government and defends Jingye over furnaces disputeBusiness live โ€“ latest updatesChina has accused UK politicians of โ€œarrogance, ignorance and a twisted mindsetโ€ as it defended British Steelโ€™s owner, Jingye, after a barrage of criticism over the narrowly averted shutdown of its blast furnaces.Beijingโ€™s embassy to the UK accused unspecified British public figures of slandering...

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: The Guardian World News favicon The Guardian World News

Herb: Powerful and seamless HTML-aware ERB parsing and tooling

Article URL: https://herb-tools.dev/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43704853 Points: 73 # Comments: 13

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

The iPhone allows anyone to create award-winning films, says Apple

Apple has highlighted comments from award-winning filmmakers pointing to the benefits of shooting on iPhone โ€“ from speed and flexibility, to the sheer accessibility of the device. One of them says the ability of anyone with an iPhone to create a credible short film means that weโ€™re now โ€œliving in the age of democracy in filmmakingโ€ โ€ฆ moreโ€ฆ

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: 9to5Mac favicon 9to5Mac

Eindhoven researchers achieve 5.7 Tb/s data transfer speeds using highly focused infrared light

The researchers utilized multiple wavelengths to boost wireless speed without interference

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Tom's Hardware favicon Tom's Hardware

Skin Analytics raisesย  ยฃ15M Series B to build a future where nobody dies of skin cancerย 

British medtech company Skin Analytics has secured 15 million in Series B funding led by Intrepid Partners.This investment follows Skin Analyticsโ€™ recent EU MDR Class III CE mark approval, making it...

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Tech.eu favicon Tech.eu

Google Blocked 5.1B Harmful Ads and Suspended 39.2M Advertiser Accounts in 2024

Google on Wednesday revealed that it suspended over 39.2 million advertiser accounts in 2024, with a majority of them identified and blocked by its systems before it could serve harmful ads to users. In all, the tech giant said it stopped 5.1 billion bad ads, restricted 9.1 billion ads, and blocked or restricted ads on 1.3 billion pages last year. It also suspended over 5 million accounts for

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: The Hacker News favicon The Hacker News

Resolv Labs Raises $10M as Crypto Investor Appetite for Yield-Bearing Stablecoins Soars

Stablecoins are "perfect rails for yield distribution," the protocol's CEO and founder Ivan Kozlov said in an interview.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: CoinDesk favicon CoinDesk

Trump-Family Backed World Liberty Gets $25M Investment From DWF Labs

DWF Labs opened a New York office and invested in World Liberty Financial, backing its stablecoin USD1 and decentralized finance growth

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: CoinDesk favicon CoinDesk

Using CSS backdrop-filter for UI Effects

Tips and tricks on utilizing the CSS backdrop-filter property to style user interfaces. Youโ€™ll learn how to layer backdrop filters among multiple elements, and integrate them with other CSS graphical effects to create elaborate designs. Using CSS backdrop-filter for UI Effects originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: CSS-Tricks favicon CSS-Tricks

Wallpaper Wednesday: More great phone wallpapers for all to share (April 16)

Here is a weekly selection of Android wallpapers created by our readers and members of the Android Authority team!

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

xAI's Grok launches Studio interface for documents and code

xAI has launched a new interface for its Grok chatbot that could be compared to ChatGPT's Canvas. The Elon Musk-helmed AI company has introduced the first version of Studio, which can generate documents, code and even browser games on a separate window. If you ask Grok to write an essay for you, for instance, you'll find text formatting buttons (Bold, Italics and Underline) at the top of the interface. You'll also find...

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

15 Best Outdoor Security Cameras (2025): Battery-Powered, LTE, No Subscription

These weatherproof outdoor security cams keep a watchful eye on your property while you get on with life. Our list includes battery-powered and LTE devices and options that need no subscription.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: Wired favicon Wired

Bitcoin at Risk of Dropping to $75K if BTC's $83K Support Breaks, Chart Analysis Show

Key intraday averages look to cross bearish as bulls struggle to engineer a breakout above $86K.

Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: CoinDesk favicon CoinDesk