Nowadays (YC S23) Is Hiring
Nowadays is an AI copilot that automates the boring parts of planning corporate events. For example, our AI can contact venues by email and phone to get availability, deal with back-and-forth negotiations, and present the best options. We’re looking for founding engineer at Nowadays — someone who’s proactive, generalist full-stack, loves bringing people together, and […]
Spanish police arrest ex-fraud chief after €20M found in walls of his house
Spain has arrested one of its top police officers after €20m (£17m) was found hidden in the walls of his house, as part of an investigation into the country’s largest-ever cocaine bust. Óscar Sánchez Gil was until recently the head of the fraud and anti-money laundering division of Spain’s national police force in Madrid. Officers […]
Voice acting in Space Quest V
I added full voice acting to Space Quest V. Fixed some bugs along the way. Sample videos: Installation To install, get a copy of Space Quest V from the Space Quest Collection, and run the exe found in the Releases. Provide the exe with the path to your Space Quest 5 folder. The installer should […]
Show HN: Jelly – A simpler shared inbox for small teams
Small teams with shared email addresses (i.e. hello@ or support@) have been stuck between a rock and a hard place for far too long. Sharing a login to an inbox requires a delicate dance to avoid stepping on toes and missing important replies. When that inevitably breaks down, the search for tools leads you through […]
Gmail AI Agent: Automate Your Inbox with AI-Powered Telegram Commands
An intelligent email management system that automates email processing using AI. The system analyzes emails, suggests actions, and allows control through Telegram. agent-read-emails-1.mov agent-read-emails-2.mov agent-commands.mp4 Features 🌟 Top features AI-Powered Analysis: Uses GPT models to understand email context and intent Smart Response Generation: Creates contextually appropriate responses Smart Email Summarization: Generates action-driven email summaries Bulk […]
Developing a D-20 Watch for Tabletop Roleplaying Games
The germ, so to speak, for Timestop and the D-20 watch came out of the pandemic. I was running a makerspace, playing D&D, and doing some small electronics projects with my kids. I was spending a lot of time with people who liked games and making things. The initial idea was extremely broad: some kind […]
Spin 3.0 – open-source tooling for building and running WASM apps
Back November 11, 2024 Radu Matei & Michelle Dhanani spin webassembly component model release wasmtime The Spin community is proud to introduce Spin 3.0 — the latest major release of Spin, the open source developer tool for building, distributing, and running serverless WebAssembly (or Wasm) applications everywhere. Since the initial release of Spin back in […]
Bypassing regulatory locks, hacking AirPods and Faraday cages
How we bypassed Apple’s regulatory restrictions, built a Faraday cages and enabled georestricted features on the Airpods Pro 2 for our grandparents. Last week, right after Apple dropped the iOS 18.1 update, my dad and I set out to go buy a pair of AirPods Pro 2 for my grandma who is hard of hearing. […]
Visualizing 13M Bluesky Users
Anyone who uses Twitter a lot knows that it’s a big place. Not just that it has a lot of active users, but more that there are lots of different parts. Over time, everybody develops their own mental map of the landscape, infering how vast and foreign the whole network is from hints and clues, […]
Large Language Models in National Security Applications
Abstract:The overwhelming success of GPT-4 in early 2023 highlighted the transformative potential of large language models (LLMs) across various sectors, including national security. This article explores the implications of LLM integration within national security contexts, analyzing their potential to revolutionize information processing, decision-making, and operational efficiency. Whereas LLMs offer substantial benefits, such as automating tasks […]