bing.com
Copilot Chat arrives free for Microsoft 365 users - check if you have ithttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cec957d854024bea8fd175dd3c374&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.com%2Farticle%2Fcopilot-chat-arrives-free-for-microsoft-365-users-check-if-you-have-it%2F&c=17833983244575929345&mkt=en-usCopilot Chat is now integrated into Microsoft 365. Chat is available in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. But you'll need a Microsoft 365 business account. You're working on a Word ...Sep 16, 2025 8:43 AM
beyondpricing.com
Show HN: Beyond – Dynamic Pricing App for Short-Term Rentalshttps://www.beyondpricing.com/eu-blog/beyond-launches-first-revenue-management-mobile-app-for-short-term-rental-operatorsHey HN, We built a mobile app for short-term rental hosts and property managers to manage dynamic pricing, bookings, and calendars on the go. Our team has worked on revenue management for hospitality since 2013, and we’ve seen that many hosts (ourselves included) are rarely behind a desk—they’re out in the field, meeting owners, handling check-ins, or updating prices from their phones at odd hours. We wanted to fix a longstanding pain point: revenue management software for our space has always been web-first and clunky on mobile. This was frustrating, as over 60% of internet traffic is now mobile, and property managers need to react to market changes and new bookings quickly, no matter where they are. Here's what the new app does: Instantly adjust prices for listings, apply overrides, or respond to spikes in demand right from a phone. See each new booking as it happens (with details), so revenue planning is less guesswork. Access all property calendars in a streamlined, mobile-friendlySep 15, 2025 3:59 PM
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Launch HN: Trigger.dev (YC W23) – Open-source platform to build reliable AI appshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45250720Hi HN, I’m Eric, CTO at Trigger.dev (https://trigger.dev). We’re a developer platform for building and running AI agents and workflows, open-source under the Apache 2.0 license (https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev).We provide everything needed to create production-grade agents in your codebase and deploy, run, monitor, and debug them. You can use just our primitives or combine with tools like Mastra, LangChain and Vercel AI SDK. You can self-host or use our cloud, where we take care of scaling for you. Here’s a quick demo: (https://youtu.be/kFCzKE89LD8).We started in 2023 as a way to reliably run async background jobs/workflows in TypeScript (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34610686). Initially we didn’t deploy your code, we just orchestrated it. But we found that most developers struggled to write reliable code with implicit determinism, found breaking their work into small “steps” tricky, and they wanted to install any system packages they needed. Serverless timeouts maSep 15, 2025 3:20 PM
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Stephen Miller blames "terrorist networks" for Kirk's death, stoking MAGA outrage - Axioshttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQb1RiaVpxdEFXTUtMejI1MWR4bzI5ZkNkOWZZbzlxZjVtZXpkcWR1XzVHRWdmQTV2LThSMk1fVWdsdzMwMkRDM1djRm9EQi1WZkRWMUlPcGQxaUJLRTZ5QnFQUk53d1VGTmwySTB6Y1V6YUJxdTRfVWJoUDFNOEFuNTBwNDRGVXIyV2k3V1JFdk9xWUg1OTVNdnQwSQ?oc=5Stephen Miller blames "terrorist networks" for Kirk's death, stoking MAGA outrage AxiosSep 15, 2025 7:00 AM
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HairMama – AI-powered hair analysis and personalized care recommendationshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45221658Hey HN! I built HairMama, an AI tool that analyzes hair photos to provide personalized diagnostics and care recommendations.What it does:- Upload a hair photo → get analysis of hair health, damage level, texture, and specific issues - Receive personalized product recommendations and care routines - Track hair progress over time with follow-up photosTechnical approach: Currently using computer vision models via OpenRouter's API to analyze hair characteristics like porosity, damage patterns, and scalp health. The frontend handles image preprocessing and result visualization.Current state:- Built working frontend and core functionality - Successfully processing hair photo analysis via OpenRouter API - Validating the concept before full launch (hitting free API limits during testing)Questions for the community:- Would this solve a real problem for you or people you know? - What features would be most valuable in a hair analysis tool? - How important is accuracy vs. speed for this type of aSep 12, 2025 1:00 PM
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How carrying enough water to make return-trip propellant simplifies a Starship mission to Marshttps://spacenews.com/how-carrying-enough-water-to-make-return-trip-propellant-simplifies-a-starship-mission-to-mars/The idea of a human mission to explore Mars has been studied repeatedly over the past 75 years. More than 1,000 piloted Mars mission studies were conducted inside and outside NASA between about 1950 and 2000. Many were the product of NASA and industry study teams, while others were the work of committed individuals or […] The post How carrying enough water to make return-trip propellant simplifies a Starship mission to Mars appeared first on SpaceNews.Sep 12, 2025 1:00 PM
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Show HN: Fast Isolated Postgres DB for Spring Boot Integration Testshttps://github.com/misirio/dbsandboxerI build a small Spring Boot library that makes Postgres-backed integration tests both fast and fully isolated.How it works:At test-suite start-up it creates a single PostgreSQL template database.For every JUnit test it runs CREATE DATABASE … TEMPLATE … to clone that template - about 50 ms per sandbox.It plugs right into Spring Boot, Testcontainers, Flyway, and Liquibase.If you use text fixtures you can mess with it freely, and never worry about affecting other tests.I introduced this approach after hitting serious test-isolation problems on a large enterprise project. The approach worked greatly and the integration tests grow to past 4 000 tests without any slowdown or cleanup scripts.I added an example project setup including test fixtures here: https://github.com/misirio/dbsandboxer/tree/main/examples/sp...I would love to hear your feedback and how you solve this problem in your projects.Sep 11, 2025 6:17 PM
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When Startups Ask for Free Security Workhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45209615A few weeks ago, I explored [redacted], a YC-backed AI backend platform. Like many security researchers, I tend to poke at new tools to see how they handle common attack vectors.It didn’t take long to find issues, both in security and user experience.## The Vulnerabilities*Authorization Flaw*: [redacted] limits free users to 3 items, with a paywall for more. But their API doesn’t enforce this. Anyone can bypass the frontend and call the API directly.This classic flaw means free users can generate unlimited content, paid tiers lose value, and the business model collapses.*UX Problems*: The platform also has confusing navigation, inconsistent design, poor hierarchy, clunky workflows, and unclear onboarding. When the product experience feels this raw, security flaws are just another sign of neglect.## The ResponseI asked in their community channel about their disclosure process. The founder replied:“hi [name], i just saw your message on the general channel. right now, we are not hiring, bSep 11, 2025 9:43 AM
aras-finder.vercel.app
Show HN: Aras Finder – Create precise Boolean job search linkshttps://aras-finder.vercel.app/enHi HnLinkedIn and Indeed search is broken. You spend hours sifting through irrelevant jobs because the native filters are too basic. You want "Python" AND "Java," but get results that only mention one. You want to avoid certain companies, but they keep showing up. It's a massive waste of time. I built Aras Finder to fix this. It's a simple, no-fluff tool that gives you back control by generating hyper-specific search URLs. It correctly applies boolean logic so you only see what you want. Stop letting the algorithm feed you junk. Build the exact search you need. How it works: You input your criteria, and it generates a precise link. No sign-up, no email, no friction. Just build your link and go. * Boolean Logic: Use AND logic for must-have skills by separating terms with a comma (e.g., Python, Java finds jobs with both). Use the exclusion field to filter out noise, including specific companies (e.g., Angular, PHP, Accenture). * Advanced Filters: Go beyond keywords. Filter by Seniority (Sep 10, 2025 7:00 PM
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Launch HN: Recall.ai (YC W20) – API for meeting recordings and transcriptshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45199648Hey HN, we're David and Amanda from Recall.ai (https://www.recall.ai). Today we’re launching our Desktop Recording SDK, a way to get meeting data without a bot in the meeting: https://www.recall.ai/product/desktop-recording-sdk. It’s our biggest release in quite a while so we thought we’d finally do our Launch HN :)Here’s a demo that shows it producing a transcript from a meeting, followed by examples in code: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4croAGGiKTA . API docs are at https://docs.recall.ai/.Back in W20, our first product was an API that lets you send a bot participant into a meeting. This gives developers access to audio/video streams and other data in the meeting. Today, this API powers most of the meeting recording products on the market.Recently, meeting recording through a desktop form factor instead of a bot has become popular. Many products like Notion and ChatGPT have added desktop recording functionality, and LLMs have made it easier to work with unstructured transcripts. BSep 10, 2025 4:00 PM
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Ask HN: Has the Gaza war affected the HN crowd?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45199167I'm curious whether others in the HN community have felt ripple effects from the Gaza war—either directly or indirectly.In Israel, the war has triggered a noticeable academic brain drain, with foreign students and collaborators pulling back from Israeli institutions (Haaretz). In tech, the impact has been even more pronounced: thousands of workers have relocated abroad, especially to the U.S., and investment in Israeli startups has dropped sharply. Some VCs now require Israeli companies to incorporate outside Israel to mitigate perceived risks (Calcalist).At the same time, there's growing tension within global tech companies. Internal protests—especially at firms like Google and Microsoft—have raised questions about how Israeli professionals are perceived, and whether political affiliations or national origin are starting to affect hiring, collaboration, or workplace culture. Google recently fired 28 employees after a sit-in protest over its cloud contract with Israel (The Verge), and Sep 10, 2025 3:29 PM
bing.com
Your Warm-Up Might Be Even More Vital to Your Workout Than You Thoughthttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d77e6b9c04e4fb570ce761ca095a9&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.self.com%2Fstory%2Fwarm-up-importance-study&c=16793315369970868876&mkt=en-usEven though warming up before a workout can sometimes feel like a chore if you’re raring to jump right in, you’ve probably heard its virtues extolled ad nauseam: Proper warm-ups can boost your ...Sep 10, 2025 3:02 PM
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Iris Binorhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d11e161b7475fa0ea394cfde6d0b6&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.artnet.com%2Fartists%2Firis-binor%2F&c=13756612092595708994&mkt=en-usView Iris Binor’s artworks on artnet. Learn about the artist and find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices.Sep 9, 2025 5:00 PM
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Show HN: Bootstrapped Terraform Orchestration in OCamlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45180661We are Malcolm and Josh, two engineers who wanted to bootstrap a business after reading the book Company of One. (If you haven't read it, it is a great book about building something sustainable instead of chasing exponential growth.) We never set out to build a Terraform company. We just wanted independence, a lifestyle business, and ended up here.Terrateam is an open source tool that runs Terraform plans and applies inside pull requests. Think of it as Terraform orchestration designed to handle large monorepos and flexible workflows.A few years ago we were trying to figure out how to start a company. We did not want VC money. We wanted independence and something sustainable, even if it grew slowly. That was the goal.We tried a bunch of things first, Package Depot, Curl Bash, and something called "Hosted Atlantis." None of it really worked. But Terraform kept coming back into the picture. Honestly, we were not superfans. Writing HCL all day never excited us. But the orchestration problSep 9, 2025 11:51 AM
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SANRAL Announces Night-Time Closures on N3 Between St James Avenue and EB Cloete Interchange for Bridge Work - Central News South Africahttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi0AFBVV95cUxPdElONjB1WXB6Vlk5M3RnazNXeFNvTzJ1Z0RaLTJ5b3lNY3BmeFhheHV6NS01U05aczhGNmJWa0czRlFaZWJwYkR4WFpMdGpOWERkNUtlQWtaZ29kLVhVVmJkcDdxZmlqYkpaZV94b0U1ZUJWdkNCZmhJWlN0RlpVLU91eXFXdzRmSUJ3dTZGWHVsNHp2MkE5eWFjcEJUY0lzLUFWRk5LMzg3MU1TUEZ2dTFtZTltQm5DZHcwcmppZ3Y5SUt3X3lUVzlmZHlRYWVs?oc=5SANRAL Announces Night-Time Closures on N3 Between St James Avenue and EB Cloete Interchange for Bridge Work Central News South AfricaSep 9, 2025 7:00 AM
bing.com
Google Meet Is Working Again, and Users Say, Really, You Didn’t Need to Rushhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d8162101448028e1ab29a18a8d3b8&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fnews-live%2Fgoogle-meet-appears-to-be-back-up-and-running-after-outage-google-says%2F&c=4221410959707368102&mkt=en-usGoogle’s video call app, Meet, is back up after a one-hour outage Monday, and Google said engineers have rolled back the change that caused the outage. Starting just before 10:30 a.m. PT (1:30 p.m. ET ...Sep 8, 2025 6:41 PM
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Google Meet Is Working Again, and Users Say, Really, You Didn’t Need to Rushhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d6b5b3ed04854bcce052313d8fca6&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fnews-live%2Fgoogle-meet-appears-to-be-back-up-and-running-after-outage-google-says%2F&c=4221410959707368102&mkt=en-usGoogle’s video call app, Meet, is back up after a one-hour outage Monday, and Google said engineers have rolled back the change that caused the outage. Starting just before 10:30 a.m. PT (1:30 p.m. ET ...Sep 8, 2025 6:41 PM
pluely.com
Show HN: Pluely v0.1.3 – Invisible Open Source AI Assistant with System Audiohttps://pluely.com/downloadsPluely is an open-source alternative to all stealth AI products/companies, and Pluely is your go-to AI companion that lives silently on your desktop as a translucent overlay—always on display, one click away. At just ~10 MB, it’s ultra-lightweight (27× smaller than Cluely), uses 50% less compute power, and launches in < 100 ms. Pluely stays on top of any window without intrusion, overlaps seamlessly with your workflow, and requires zero configuration—just your API keys and you’re ready to summon AI insights, summaries, translations, and more in an instant.Core Features: System Audio Capture: Transcribe any audio—Zoom calls, YouTube videos, podcasts, music, game commentary—in real time. Cross-platform support via BlackHole (macOS), Stereo Mix/VB-Cable (Windows), and PulseAudio monitors (Linux).True Invisibility: No dock or taskbar icon. Always-on-top overlay with passthrough clicks. Global shortcuts for quick toggle and voice input. Undetectable in screen shares, recordings, and live stSep 8, 2025 1:42 PM
vizzly.dev
Show HN: Vizzly – Visual testing platform with built-in review workflowshttps://vizzly.devHey HN! I’m Robert. I worked on [Percy’s SDKs/support from 2018–2022.](https://github.com/percy/cli/graphs/contributors) If you ever reached out to support or opened an issue, I probably helped you. Hopefully it was positive :) After a few years away, visual testing still felt stuck, so I'm building Vizzly.The problem: Design handoffs kinda suck. Designers make beautiful specs, devs implement them, then everyone realizes the details got lost somewhere. Current visual testing tools catch broken CSS but miss the real issue - making sure what ships actually matches what was designed, functionally (like really in the browser/OS/etc).What it is- Visual testing + review where you send actual screenshots (not DOM re-renders). Can be _any_ image to review (PDFS!)- Collaboration built-in: reviewer assignment, approvals, @mentions, screenshot-level threads.- Baselines: automatic (Git-aware), manual (not Git-based), or hybrid.- Team-based pricing; generous free plan for OSS; on-prem available.WhaSep 7, 2025 3:44 PM
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Show HN: Beelzebub (OSS) – MCP "canary tools" for AI agentshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45158776We’re open-sourcing a simple way to add “canary tools” to AI agents via MCP honeypots. These are functions your agent should never call during normal operation. If a canary is invoked, you get a high-fidelity signal of prompt-injection, tool hijacking, or lateralization—no heuristics, no extra model calls.What it is:- Go framework exposing decoy tools over MCP that look legitimate (names/params/descriptions), return safe dummy output, and emit telemetry when invoked.- Runs alongside your real tools; ship events to stdout/webhook or your pipeline (Prometheus/Grafana, ELK).Why it helps:Agent logs show what happened; canaries mark what must not happen. A single tripwire is an immediate, low-noise indicator of compromise.Real-world relevance (Nx attack):Recent reporting on the Nx npm supply-chain incident (“s1ngularity”) shows malicious versions exfiltrated SSH keys, tokens, and other secrets—and notably abused AI developer tools like Claude/Gemini in the workflow, one of the first documenSep 7, 2025 3:00 PM
