Podcast Episodes
Back to Search7.3.25 | Exploiting IKKO Activebuds, US climate report websites down, gene therapy restored hearing
Episode 162
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 3, 2025.
Exploiting the IKKO Activebuds “AI powered” earbuds (2024)
https://blog.mgdproductio…
1 year, 3 months ago
7.2.25 | Fed miscalculates $1M cube, Spegel is an LLM-based Terminal Browser, Figma files for IPO
Episode 161
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 2, 2025.
The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million
https://calvin.sh/…
1 year, 3 months ago
7.1.25 | AI's new skill is context engineering, Xfinity detects motion via WiFi signals, Proton sues Apple for harmful practices
Episode 160
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 1, 2025.
The new skill in AI is not prompting, it's context engineering
https://www.philschmi…
1 year, 3 months ago
6.30.25 | VM simulates CPU fan, ransomware avoids Russian keyboards, HN inquiry on current projects
Episode 159
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 30, 2025.
I made my VM think it has a CPU fan
https://wbenny.github.io/2025/06/29/i-made-my-v…
1 year, 3 months ago
6.29.25 | JavaScript trademark changes, MCP's universal plugin system, engineered addictions
Episode 158
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 29, 2025.
JavaScript Trademark Update
https://deno.com/blog/deno-v-oracle4
https://news.ycombi…
1 year, 3 months ago
6.28.25 | Airline pilot creates flight graphs, Facebook uses private photos for AI, user deletes second brain
Episode 157
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 28, 2025.
Show HN: I'm an airline pilot – I built interactive graphs/globes of my flights
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1 year, 3 months ago
6.27.25 | AlphaGenome enhances genome understanding, Gemma 3n introduced, Issen is a personal AI language tutor
Episode 156
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 27, 2025.
AlphaGenome: AI for better understanding the genome
https://deepmind.google/discove…
1 year, 3 months ago
6.26.25 | Gemini CLI, OpenAI charges by the minute, new PNG spec
Episode 155
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 26, 2025.
Gemini CLI
https://blog.google/technology/developers/introducing-gemini-cli-open-so…
1 year, 3 months ago
6.25.25 | Joy in toy software, Exploring uv and PEP 723, New PNG spec
Episode 154
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 25, 2025.
Writing toy software is a joy
https://blog.jsbarretto.com/post/software-is-joy
https…
1 year, 3 months ago
6.24.25 | Backyard coffee and jazz in Kyoto, Vera C. Rubin Observatory's first images, personal terminal usage
Episode 153
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 24, 2025.
Backyard Coffee and Jazz in Kyoto
https://thedeletedscenes.substack.com/p/backyard-…
1 year, 3 months ago