A party balloon shut down El Paso International Airport; estimated cost –$573k
A party balloon mistaken for a cartel drone shut down El Paso for hours. Here’s what it cost. On February 10, 2026, the FAA shut down all flights over El Paso for what was supposed to be 10 days because the U.S. military had shot down what it thought was a drone. It turned out […]
Anthropic raises $30B in Series G funding at $380B post-money valuation
We have raised $30 billion in Series G funding led by GIC and Coatue, valuing Anthropic at $380 billion post-money. The round was co-led by D. E. Shaw Ventures, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, ICONIQ, and MGX. The investment will fuel the frontier research, product development, and infrastructure expansions that have made Anthropic the market leader in […]
Real-time PathTracing with global illumination in WebGL
Real-time PathTracing with global illumination and progressive rendering, all on top of the Three.js WebGL framework. Quick Controls Notes Desktop: Mouse click anywhere to capture mouse, then the usual Mouse-move and WASD/QZ keys control 1st person camera. Mousewheel to zoom in and out. O and P keys toggle Orthographic and Perspective camera modes. Left/Right arrow […]
Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from anywhere
Hey y’all, Kartik, Ishaan, and Christian from Omnara (https://www.omnara.com/) here. We’re building a web and mobile agentic IDE for Claude Code and Codex that lets you run and interact with coding agents from anywhere. Omnara lets you run Claude Code and Codex sessions on your own machine, and exposes those sessions through a web and […]
Shut Up: Comment Blocker
Huh? Comments are awful. Shut Up hides them by default, sparing your sanity and preventing you from getting sucked into a world of hurt. ”Comments Section”, a Chainsawsuit comic by Kris Straub For the sites where discussions can be more constructive – like GitHub, Dropbox, or Stack Overflow – you can show comments by default. […]
Gemini 3 Deep Think
Today, we’re releasing a major upgrade to Gemini 3 Deep Think, our specialized reasoning mode, built to push the frontier of intelligence and solve modern challenges across science, research, and engineering. We updated Gemini 3 Deep Think in close partnership with scientists and researchers to tackle tough research challenges — where problems often lack clear […]
A practical guide to observing the night sky for real skies and real equipment
The night sky is vast.For many beginners, and even experienced observers, that abundance becomes a barrier. Thousands of objects. Endless lists.Too many choices, too little clarity on where to begin. Stargazing Buddy removes that friction by offering a curated path into visual observing and astrophotography.
Beginning fully autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo driver
Waymo will begin fully autonomous operations with its 6th-generation Driver —an important step in bringing our technology to more riders in more cities. This latest system serves as the primary engine for our next era of expansion, with a streamlined configuration that drives down costs while maintaining our uncompromising safety standards. Designed for long-term growth […]
Major European payment processor can’t send email to Google Workspace users
TL;DR: Viva.com, one of Europe’s largest payment processors, sends verification emails without a Message-ID header — a recommendation of RFC 5322 since 2008. Google Workspace rejects them outright. Their support team’s response to my detailed bug report: ”your account has a verified email, so there’s no problem.” A few days ago, I tried to create […]
The Future for Tyr, a Rust GPU Driver for Arm Mali Hardware
Benefits for LWN subscribers The primary benefit from subscribing to LWN is helping to keep us publishing, but, beyond that, subscribers get immediate access to all site content and access to a number of extra site features. Please sign up today! The team behind Tyr started 2025 with little to show in our quest to […]