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The article discusses the NeurIPS (Neural Information Processing Systems) conference, one of the premier annual events in the field of machine learning. It highlights the conference's focus on showcasing groundbreaking research and fostering discussions around the latest advancements in artificial intelligence and related technologies.

The article discusses the significant progress made by European countries in transitioning away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy sources, particularly wind and solar power, which now account for a larger share of the continent's electricity generation than fossil fuels.

This article examines the high network traffic generated by SSH connections, with each keystroke triggering up to 100 packets being sent. It discusses the implications of this bandwidth consumption and suggests ways to optimize SSH usage for more efficient network performance.

This article explores fascinating optical illusions that can be created using CSS, such as making objects appear to be rotating or changing shape. It provides detailed examples and code snippets to help readers understand and recreate these visual effects.

An Alaskan student was arrested for allegedly vandalizing an art exhibit featuring AI-generated images. The incident has sparked discussions about the legalities and ethics surrounding the display and interaction with AI-powered artworks.

A study has found that not all types of sitting are equal in their effects on brain health. Specifically, sedentary activities involving mental engagement, such as reading, writing, or using a computer, were associated with better cognitive function and brain structure compared to passive sitting activities.

Hey HN! We're Nithin and Nikhil, twin brothers building BrowserOS (YC S24). We're an open-source, privacy-first alternative to the AI browsers from big labs.

The big differentiator: on BrowserOS you can use local LLMs or BYOK and run the agent entirely on the client side, so your company/sensitive data stays on your machine!

Today we're launching filesystem access... just like Claude Cowork, our browser agent can read files, write files, run shell commands! But honestly, we didn't plan for this. It turns out the privacy decision we made 9 months ago accidentally positioned us for this moment.

The architectural bet we made 9 months ago: Unlike other AI browsers (ChatGPT Atlas, Perplexity Comet) where the agent loop runs server-side, we decided early on to run our agent entirely on your machine (client side).

But building everything on the client side wasn't smooth. We initially built our agent loop inside a Chrome extension. But we kept hitting walls -- service worker being single thread JS; not having access to NodeJS libraries. So we made the hard decision 2 months ago to throw away everything and start from scratch.

In the new architecture, our agent loop sits in a standalone binary that we ship alongside our Chromium. And we use gemini-cli for the agent loop with some tweaks! We wrote a neat adapter to translate between Gemini format and Vercel AI SDK format. You can look at our entire codebase here: https://git.new/browseros-agent

How we give browser access to filesystem: When Claude Cowork launched, we realized something: because Atlas and Comet run their agent loop server-side, there's no good way for their agent to access your files without uploading them to the server first. But our agent was already local. Adding filesystem access meant just... opening the door (with your permissions ofc). Our agent can now read and write files just like Claude Code.

What you can actually do today:

a) Organize files in my desktop folder https://youtu.be/NOZ7xjto6Uc

b) Open top 5 HN links, extract the details and write summary into a HTML file https://youtu.be/uXvqs_TCmMQ

--- Where we are now If you haven't tried us since the last Show HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44523409), give us another shot. The new architecture unlocked a ton of new features, and we've grown to 8.5K GitHub stars and 100K+ downloads:

c) You can now build more reliable workflows using n8n-like graph https://youtu.be/H_bFfWIevSY

d) You can also use BrowserOS as an MCP server in Cursor or Claude Code https://youtu.be/5nevh00lckM

We are very bullish on browser being the right platform for a Claude Cowork like agent. Browser is the most commonly used app by knowledge workers (emails, docs, spreadsheets, research, etc). And even Anthropic recognizes this -- for Claude Cowork, they have janky integration with browser via a chrome extension. But owning the entire stack allows us to build differentiated features that wouldn't be possible otherwise. Ex: Browser ACLs.

Agents can do dumb or destructive things, so we're adding browser-level guardrails (think IAM for agents): "role(agent): can never click buy" or "role(agent): read-only access on my bank's homepage."

Curious to hear your take on this and the overall thesis.

We’ll be in the comments. Thanks for reading!

GitHub: https://github.com/browseros-ai/BrowserOS

Download: https://browseros.com (available for Mac, Windows, Linux!)

The Anthropic Economic Index report for January 2026 analyzes key economic indicators and trends, providing insights into the overall state of the economy and potential future developments.

Archaeologists have discovered a well-preserved medieval ship in Copenhagen, Denmark, dating back to the 13th century. The discovery provides valuable insights into the maritime history and trade activities of the region during the Middle Ages.

The CoreML-CLI is a command-line tool that simplifies the integration of Core ML models into iOS and macOS applications. It provides an easy-to-use interface for converting various model formats, including TensorFlow, PyTorch, and ONNX, into the Core ML format.

This article examines the historical inaccuracies found in medieval city-building video games, highlighting how they often fail to capture the complexities of urban life and development in the Middle Ages, such as the role of religion, feudal power structures, and technological limitations.

Waymo, the self-driving car company, announces the launch of its ride-hailing service in Miami, Florida, allowing residents to access autonomous vehicles for their transportation needs.

The article discusses how the Swift team is working to improve the usability of C libraries in Swift, focusing on making the integration process more straightforward and providing better tooling and documentation to help developers work with C libraries effectively.

This article discusses the importance of linking logs to code in software development, explaining how it can help identify the root cause of issues and improve debugging and troubleshooting processes. It provides practical tips and techniques for effectively linking logs to code.

Brex and Capital One have announced a strategic partnership to provide a comprehensive suite of financial products and services for businesses. The collaboration aims to offer customers enhanced capabilities, streamlined financial management, and access to a wide range of financial solutions through the integration of Brex's innovative fintech platform and Capital One's banking expertise.

The article examines the rising office vacancy rates in downtown Denver, driven by factors like remote work and changing workplace preferences. It explores the challenges facing landlords and the potential impact on the city's economy as businesses reassess their office space needs.

Author here. This came out of debugging a real Rails app running in a FIPS enabled container.

Everything looked correct. OpenSSL 3 with the FIPS provider enabled. Ruby built against it. A simple pg connection worked.

The app failed once ActiveRecord was involved. The error came from libpq. It turned out the pg gem had pulled in a prebuilt native dependency that was linked against different crypto. That path was always there. It just was not exercised until ActiveRecord hit it.

Forcing a source build fixed the issue because the extension then linked against the OpenSSL in the image.

The takeaway is that a FIPS base image does not mean your dependency graph respects the same boundary once native code is involved.

Curious how others have seen this play out in Ruby, Python wheels, Go with CGO, or Node native addons.

The article discusses Y Combinator's startup accelerator program, which provides funding, mentorship, and connections to help entrepreneurs build successful companies. It outlines the application process, program details, and the benefits that startups can expect from participating in the Y Combinator accelerator.

The article discusses Zack Polanski's plan to terminate Palantir's NHS contract, citing concerns over the company's involvement in data-sharing agreements with government agencies and its potential misuse of personal information.

It's free and open source. The aim is to have more transparent access to wine prefixes and the surrounding tooling (winetricks, proton configuration, etc...) per game in comparison to Lutris. Same features like statistics (time played, times launched, times crashed, and so on) per game is available in the app.