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

102 thelastgallon 2026-09-10 12:02:13 UTC pv-magazine.com Llama Share 75

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.

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

262 honestlyranked 2026-09-10 11:02:13 UTC honestlyranked.com Llama Share 227

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%.

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

188 soheilpro 2026-09-10 10:02:13 UTC devblogs.microsoft.com Llama Share 90

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.

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

72 haunter 2026-09-10 13:02:13 UTC consumerrights.wiki Llama Share 9

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.

iPhone Duo

1286 thecosmicfrog 2026-09-09 19:02:13 UTC apple.com Llama Share 2241

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.

DeepSeek v4.1 Flash

625 Liwink 2026-09-10 07:02:13 UTC twitter.com/deepseek_ai Full Share 335

🚀 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

Tell HN: OpenAI keeps re-enabling the 'allow training' setting

23 jacquesm 2026-09-10 13:42:13 UTC news.ycombinator.com Full Share 4

I've reset this more than once and the last time I made a careful note of when I did it and to my surprise I found it re-enabled when I checked just now. Make sure you check this thing to see if it hasn't been re-enabled if you believe it to be off right now.

Another researcher says OpenAI trained on conversations, then claimed breakthrou

86 ColinWright 2026-09-10 13:09:13 UTC bsky.app Full Share 36

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

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

466 dmitrybrant 2026-09-10 02:02:13 UTC rivendell.dmitrybrant.com Llama Share 195

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.

Stockfish 19

139 atiedebee 2026-09-10 08:02:13 UTC stockfishchess.org Llama Share 94

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.

Liesegang Rings

13 surprisetalk 2026-09-10 12:02:13 UTC chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com Full Share 1

Shopify acquires Tailwind

1090 EdwinHoksberg 2026-09-09 14:02:13 UTC tailwindcss.com Llama Share 419

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

595 evakhoury 2026-09-09 17:02:13 UTC tautology.town Llama Share 361

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.

Object storage is all you need

42 jpsaccount 2026-09-10 10:02:13 UTC tigrisdata.com Llama Share 24

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.

Thanks to Siri Recaps, your Apple Watch is always listening

98 geox 2026-09-10 11:02:13 UTC techradar.com Llama Share 62

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

99 olalonde 2026-09-10 06:02:13 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 48

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.

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

9 DanielVZ 2026-09-10 13:02:13 UTC devz.cl LocalLLM Share 1

A professor criticized a student's group essay, attributing success to a friend and suggesting individual essays next semester. The student felt undervalued despite writing most of the essay alone.

Who People Talk to When They're Struggling

16 toomuchtodo 2026-09-10 13:02:13 UTC graphsaboutreligion.com Llama Share 8

The article discusses the US loneliness epidemic and how people turn to their spouses, close friends, or mental health therapists for support. Most Americans feel comfortable talking about their mental health with family members but struggle to open up to co-workers or neighbors.

Growing proof that autonomous cars save lives

392 bookofjoe 2026-09-09 18:02:13 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 680

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.

No Man's Sky Cosmos

421 Limb 2026-09-09 16:02:13 UTC nomanssky.com Llama Share 421

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.

Samsung Debuts zHBM Prototype, Stacking Memory Directly on AI Accelerators

42 peter_d_sherman 2026-09-10 07:02:13 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.

GPT-6 Astra, looped transformers, and hidden reasoning

470 ModelForge 2026-09-09 15:02:13 UTC magazine.sebastianraschka.com Llama Share 153

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 ...

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

32 cyb0rg0 2026-09-10 09:02:13 UTC mrdee.in Full Share 17

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.

AirPods 5

486 awad 2026-09-09 18:02:13 UTC apple.com Llama Share 413

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

390 meetpateltech 2026-09-09 18:02:13 UTC apple.com Llama Share 435

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

377 LeoPanthera 2026-09-10 00:02:13 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 248

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.

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

71 Gaishan 2026-09-10 01:02:13 UTC gizmodo.com Full Share 18

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

472 willwhitedc 2026-09-09 14:02:13 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

110 thomasahle 2026-09-10 02:02:13 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.

Qwen 3.8 follows GPT-5.5 Pro reasoning prefills

228 wsxiaoys 2026-09-09 18:02:13 UTC gist.github.com Embed Share 89