Hitachi launches CO2 heat pump water heaters with solar-friendly tariff controls

62 thelastgallon 2026-09-10 11:22:50 UTC pv-magazine.com Llama Share 40

Hitachi introduces Y-series EcoCute CO2 heat pump water heaters in Japan with 370-liter and 460-liter models launching in November 2026. The new range supports daytime electricity tariffs and PV-linked energy management with a five-year manufacturer warranty.

What algorithm did Windows XP use to choose your initial user picture?

172 soheilpro 2026-09-10 09:22:50 UTC devblogs.microsoft.com Llama Share 80

Windows XP uses a one-pass random selection algorithm to choose the initial profile picture, utilizing RtlRandomEx with GetTickCount() as the seed. This approach is efficient and avoids complications if directory contents change during execution.

Show HN: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

216 honestlyranked 2026-09-10 10:22:50 UTC honestlyranked.com Llama Share 198

The cost of nine major streaming services increased by 61% from $95.91 to $154.41 per month over the past five years, with each service rising in price at its own pace. The total annual increase is $702, with individual services experiencing varying percentage increases ranging from 23% to 138%.

Stockfish 19

120 atiedebee 2026-09-10 08:22:50 UTC stockfishchess.org Llama Share 77

Stockfish 19 has been released with improved strength and features, offering a stronger play and more accurate analysis. The new release brings an Elo gain of up to 44 points and is available for download at stockfishchess.org/download.

DeepSeek v4.1 Flash

582 Liwink 2026-09-10 06:22:50 UTC twitter.com/deepseek_ai Full Share 314

🚀 Introducing DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash: smarter, faster, more efficient. 🔹 Introducing the smallest model in our new architecture family, with native visual understanding. 🔹 Designed for greater capability, faster inference, higher throughput, and scaling to larger models. 1/6

iPhone Duo

1271 thecosmicfrog 2026-09-09 18:22:50 UTC apple.com Llama Share 2219

The iPhone Duo offers a spacious display, multitasking capabilities, and compact design. It features essential controls on the side for easy access and comes with various accessories like a 100% fiber-based box for packaging.

List of references on Sony websites to players "owning" their digital games

31 haunter 2026-09-10 12:22:50 UTC consumerrights.wiki Llama Share 3

Four California PlayStation buyers sued Sony Interactive Entertainment, alleging they received a limited license rather than ownership for hundreds of dollars spent on digital goods. The complaint claims the store's checkout language violates California's digital-goods transparency law.

The Feminist Was a Spy

8 mooreds 2026-09-10 13:04:50 UTC uscpublicdiplomacy.org Full Share 1

The CPD Blog is intended to stimulate dialog among scholars and practitioners from around the world in the public diplomacy sphere. The opinions represented here are the authors' own and do not necessarily reflect CPD's views. For blogger guidelines, click here.

Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?

446 dmitrybrant 2026-09-10 02:22:50 UTC rivendell.dmitrybrant.com Llama Share 183

User controls a park where the speed of light is 5 km/h, demonstrating relativistic effects like length contraction and time dilation. The user can accelerate, stop, and observe these effects by moving around the park with W A S D keys and mouse.

Another researcher says OpenAI trained on conversations, then claimed breakthrou

22 ColinWright 2026-09-10 13:08:50 UTC bsky.app Full Share 4

another researcher accuses OpenAI of training on conversations and then claiming a breakthrough

Shopify acquires Tailwind

1077 EdwinHoksberg 2026-09-09 14:22:50 UTC tailwindcss.com Llama Share 417

The Tailwind CSS framework is being joined by Shopify to provide a stable long-term home for its development and maintenance. This partnership will enable the creation of complex applications solving real-world problems, while maintaining open-source licensing and community support.

What do Visa and Mastercard do? An intro to card networks

584 evakhoury 2026-09-09 17:22:50 UTC tautology.town Llama Share 356

Visa and Mastercard are card networks that facilitate transactions between cardholders, issuers, and merchants. They don't issue cards or manage point-of-sale systems, but instead connect these parties to enable secure transactions.

Thanks to Siri Recaps, your Apple Watch is always listening

75 geox 2026-09-10 11:22:50 UTC techradar.com Llama Share 43

Apple has introduced Siri Recaps, a feature that uses the Apple Watch's sensors to provide a summary of your day, and Live Rewind, which can produce a transcript of the last 15 seconds of audio on your watch face. These features have raised concerns about user privacy due to their always-listening nature.

Larger Pacific Striped Octopus

92 olalonde 2026-09-10 05:22:50 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 45

The Pacific striped octopus, also known as the Harlequin octopus, is a social species that forms groups of up to 40 individuals and exhibits unique mating behaviors. It has been found in tropical waters of the Eastern Pacific and can reproduce multiple times throughout its life.

Object storage is all you need

35 jpsaccount 2026-09-10 10:22:50 UTC tigrisdata.com Llama Share 21

Ampbase uses Tigris, a distributed key-value store, as its object storage layer and implements database behaviors such as unique constraints, transactions, indices, and history tables on top of it. The system achieves strong read-after-write consistency through Tigris' global object storage.

Liesegang Rings

8 surprisetalk 2026-09-10 11:22:50 UTC chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com Full Share 1

Growing proof that autonomous cars save lives

383 bookofjoe 2026-09-09 17:22:50 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 667

Researchers found that self-driving cars crash significantly less often than human drivers, with evidence showing a 27% reduction in pedestrian crashes and up to 39% fewer property-damage claims. Studies also show that Waymo's robotaxis have given millions of paid rides with a 92% reduction in fatal or serious-injury crashes compared to human drivers.

Show HN: Art – draw one stroke, let symmetry complete it

30 cyb0rg0 2026-09-10 09:22:50 UTC mrdee.in Full Share 14

Recolour keeps the geometry and re-runs the palette. Inks below are for drawing — metallics and gradient inks shift colour as the stroke travels outward.

Samsung Debuts zHBM Prototype, Stacking Memory Directly on AI Accelerators

40 peter_d_sherman 2026-09-10 06:22:50 UTC thelec.net Llama Share 7

Samsung Electronics unveiled next-generation 3D memory technologies, including zHBM and zNAND-O, to strengthen its position in the rapidly growing AI market. The company showcased mockups of these technologies at the FMS 2026 conference in California.

PlayStation cancels Kojima's PHYSINT, Xbox steps in

61 HatchedLake721 2026-09-10 11:22:50 UTC twitter.com/hideo_kojima_en Llama Share 39

PlayStation Studios cancelled the PHYSINT project, prompting KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS to search for a new partner. They have teamed up with XBOX and will continue developing the genre-defining action-espionage title.

To write non-fiction, draw the trunk, then the rest of the tree

3 DanielVZ 2026-09-10 12:22:50 UTC devz.cl Prefix Share 0

“You should have failed this class. I’m going to make accommodations so that no student can pass next semester the same way you did.” This is what my Ancient History II professor told me when my group and I got our final group project essay handed out. Every group would have an interview with her to get feedback on the essays and ideally congratulate students. We did get really good feedback ...

No Man's Sky Cosmos

417 Limb 2026-09-09 16:22:50 UTC nomanssky.com Llama Share 420

New features have been added to No Man's Sky, including a star system map, deep-space points of interest, and the ability to mine resources from asteroids. The game also includes new player titles and rewards for accomplishments at these points of interest.

GPT-6 Astra, looped transformers, and hidden reasoning

469 ModelForge 2026-09-09 15:22:50 UTC magazine.sebastianraschka.com Llama Share 147

The author discusses OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra model, highlighting its exceptional performance in 3D rendering and animation tasks. The model uses a looped transformer architecture, which allows it to reuse transformer blocks multiple times without adding more weights. This technique improves modeling performance at a fixed compute budget but may not significantly impact the reasoning trace or ...

AirPods 5

480 awad 2026-09-09 18:22:50 UTC apple.com Llama Share 408

Apple has announced AirPods 5 with improved Active Noise Cancellation and sound quality, starting at $129. The new model features a multiport acoustic architecture and Adaptive EQ for immersive sound.

iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max

383 meetpateltech 2026-09-09 18:22:50 UTC apple.com Llama Share 433

Apple has announced iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max with improved cameras, battery life, and performance. The new models feature a 48MP Fusion Main camera with variable aperture and AI-powered improvements to cellular quality and reliability.

Automattic's board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence

364 LeoPanthera 2026-09-10 00:22:50 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 233

Matt Mullenweg, founder of Automattic, has been placed on paid leave by the company's board after a vote. The move comes amid ongoing lawsuits and controversy surrounding the company's leadership and operations.

Open Source Durable Objects for Postgres

37 cardmagic 2026-09-10 07:22:50 UTC solidobjects.dev Llama Share 15

The author discusses the trade-offs of using Durable Objects, a model that stores state in a database and uses transactions to ensure durability. They weigh the benefits against potential drawbacks like lock-in and high costs, ultimately concluding that Solid Queue is a better alternative with similar functionality.

Aardman (Wallace and Gromit) Is Selling Its Original Movie Puppets

66 Gaishan 2026-09-10 01:22:50 UTC gizmodo.com Full Share 15

Desert Ant Labs: local, fast models that run on device

467 willwhitedc 2026-09-09 13:22:50 UTC desertant.com Llama Share 97

Desert Ant Labs launches a European frontier AI lab building on-device intelligence models for audio, vision, and text. The first 18 models are live today, offering fast and cost-free inference for various tasks.

Show HN: Compute polynomials twice as fast

108 thomasahle 2026-09-10 01:22:50 UTC thomasahle.com Llama Share 34

Horner's method can evaluate a polynomial in n multiplications, but preprocessing coefficients reduces this to ⌊n/2⌋+1 for monic polynomials and ⌊n/2⌋+2 for general ones.