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Motorola Solutions introduced three new B2B solutions at MWC 2026, including a private wireless network, a cloud-based dispatch system, and an edge computing platform for mission-critical applications.

Microsoft bans the use of the word 'Microslop' on its Discord server, leading to a backlash from users. The company then locks the server after the incident, highlighting the sensitivity around the use of controversial terms.

The article discusses the Jolla Phone, a smartphone released by the Finnish technology company Jolla on September 26th. The Jolla Phone runs on the Sailfish OS, an open-source mobile operating system developed by Jolla, and offers a unique user experience compared to mainstream smartphones.

The article explores the development of computer-generated dream worlds, where artificial intelligence is used to create immersive, dreamlike experiences that blur the line between reality and simulation. It discusses the potential applications and ethical considerations surrounding this emerging technology.

Hey HN!

Over the past few months, I've been working on building Omni - a workplace search and chat platform that connects to apps like Google Drive/Gmail, Slack, Confluence, etc. Essentially an open-source alternative to Glean, fully self-hosted.

I noticed that some orgs find Glean to be expensive and not very extensible. I wanted to build something that small to mid-size teams could run themselves, so I decided to build it all on Postgres (ParadeDB to be precise) and pgvector. No Elasticsearch, or dedicated vector databases. I figured Postgres is more than capable of handling the level of scale required.

To bring up Omni on your own infra, all it takes is a single `docker compose up`, and some basic configuration to connect your apps and LLMs.

What it does:

- Syncs data from all connected apps and builds a BM25 index (ParadeDB) and HNSW vector index (pgvector) - Hybrid search combines results from both - Chat UI where the LLM has tools to search the index - not just basic RAG - Traditional search UI - Users bring their own LLM provider (OpenAI/Anthropic/Gemini) - Connectors for Google Workspace, Slack, Confluence, Jira, HubSpot, and more - Connector SDK to build your own custom connectors

Omni is in beta right now, and I'd love your feedback, especially on the following:

- Has anyone tried self-hosting workplace search and/or AI tools, and what was your experience like? - Any concerns with the Postgres-only approach at larger scales?

Happy to answer any questions!

The code: https://github.com/getomnico/omni (Apache 2.0 licensed)

Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) is a type of public-key cryptography that uses the algebraic structure of elliptic curves over finite fields to provide efficient and secure encryption and digital signature capabilities. ECC can offer comparable security to RSA with smaller key sizes, making it well-suited for resource-constrained devices and applications.

The article explores the latest developments in brain-computer interfaces and how artificial intelligence can be used to read and interpret human thoughts, with potential applications in various fields such as communication, gaming, and medicine.

The article discusses the release of the AMD AM386 processor on March 2, 1991, which was a clone of the Intel 80386 microprocessor. It provides technical details about the AM386's performance and compatibility, as well as the historical context of AMD's efforts to compete with Intel in the x86 processor market.

Hi HN,

I’ve been working on a browser-based tool for exploring and debugging Web Audio API graphs.

Web Audio Studio lets you write real Web Audio API code, run it, and see the runtime graph it produces as an interactive visual representation. Instead of mentally tracking connect() calls, you can inspect the actual structure of the graph, follow signal flow, and tweak parameters while the audio is playing.

It includes built-in visualizations for common node types — waveforms, filter responses, analyser time and frequency views, compressor transfer curves, waveshaper distortion, spatial positioning, delay timing, and more — so you can better understand what each part of the graph is doing. You can also insert an AnalyserNode between any two nodes to inspect the signal at that exact point in the chain.

There are around 20 templates (basic oscillator setups, FM/AM synthesis, convolution reverb, IIR filters, spatial audio, etc.), so you can start from working examples and modify them instead of building everything from scratch.

Everything runs fully locally in the browser — no signup, no backend.

The motivation came from working with non-trivial Web Audio graphs and finding it increasingly difficult to reason about structure and signal flow once things grow beyond simple examples. Most tutorials show small snippets, but real projects quickly become harder to inspect. I wanted something that stays close to the native Web Audio API while making the runtime graph visible and inspectable.

This is an early alpha and desktop-only for now.

I’d really appreciate feedback — especially from people who have used Web Audio API in production or built audio tools. You can leave comments here, or use the feedback button inside the app.

https://webaudio.studio

The article describes 'libxml2-ee', an enhanced version of the popular libxml2 library for parsing XML documents. The project focuses on improving performance, security, and error handling compared to the original libxml2 library.

LTX-2 is an open-source diffusion model that combines video and audio.

Visually it's not at the level of Seedance 2.0, Veo 3.1, or Sora 2, but it’s open-weights, so anyone can play with it.

I wanted to see how good it is at generating video from just audio.

Off-the-shelf, it's not very good, but I found that if you run the audio through Gemini to generate a prompt, then feed that into LTX-2, in addition to the audio, the output matches the audio much more often.

Foley sounds work particularly well, and one fun use case is uploading audio of yourself to see what AI thinks you look like.

Limitations:

- Doesn't know real people, so a famous person's voice just gets a generic person

- Sometimes gets gender wrong if the voice is more androgynous

- In dialogue with similar voices, it can render the same person saying both lines

The article discusses an incident with the Claude AI service, where the service experienced an outage due to a network issue affecting a key data center. The incident led to degraded performance and service disruption, and the article outlines the steps taken by the team to investigate and resolve the issue.

This article explores the benefits of using Commit Dog, a tool that helps developers track and visualize their Git commit history. It discusses how Commit Dog can improve code management, collaboration, and developer productivity.

The article describes a bot detection system for Hacker News, a popular online community for discussing and sharing tech news. The system aims to identify suspicious user accounts that may be bots, helping to maintain the integrity of the community.

The article discusses the potential of AI language models like GPT-3 to become adept at generating human-like creative writing, with the author exploring the implications of this emerging technology for the future of authorship and literature.

The article discusses the development of an app launcher in Rust, focusing on the use of the Iced library for building a GUI application. It covers the process of creating a simple app launcher that can open various programs on the user's computer.

The article discusses China's efforts to build affordable housing and address the problem of abandoned housing projects, which have resulted in vast 'ghost cities' across the country. It highlights the challenges and complexities involved in providing adequate and accessible housing for China's growing population.

Visualize and analyze complete Git commit histories as animated force-directed graphs. See how commit density, branch activity, and contributor participation evolve over time.

Live site: https://nshcr.github.io/git-commits-threadline/

This project helps you quickly inspect:

- repository growth over long time ranges

- branch structure and active thread distribution

- contribution patterns across maintainers and collaborators

The article explores the mathematical inaccuracies in the film 'Good Will Hunting' and how they irritate mathematicians, highlighting the importance of factual representation in media portrayals of technical fields.

The article explores the science fiction story 'Yvain: The Whispering Earring' by Hannu Rajaniemi, which delves into themes of identity, technology, and the human condition within a futuristic setting. It provides a detailed analysis of the narrative and its underlying ideas.