New top story on Hacker News: Rust Any part 3: we have upcasts

Rust Any part 3: we have upcasts
14 by jmillikin | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Appear as anyone in video calls like zoom or Google meets

Show HN: Appear as anyone in video calls like zoom or Google meets
3 by michaelphi | 4 comments on Hacker News.
Hey everyone! i built this free tool that basically let you appear as literally anyone in video calls. it uses the latest tech in audio driven portrait animation. Would love to have some people test this out and let me know what you think! It's currently available on ubuntu systems. it works best with 4070 or 3080 gpus and up! basically anything with about 30TFLOPS on fp16. It runs totally on your device for 100% privacy too. Just looking for people to test this out and let me know what they think! You can download it at https://www.phazr.ai/

New top story on Hacker News: I don't think I can trust Google as my search engine anymore

I don't think I can trust Google as my search engine anymore
2 by sundaybsunday | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Around the World, Many People Are Leaving Their Childhood Religions

Around the World, Many People Are Leaving Their Childhood Religions
4 by vially | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Bknd – Firebase alternative that embeds into any React stack

Show HN: Bknd – Firebase alternative that embeds into any React stack
8 by dswbx | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I built bknd because I was tired of stitching together auth, file storage, and database APIs every time I started a new project. Existing solutions were either too hard to extend, too basic, or required a separate deployment. bknd runs directly inside your frontend app — no separate backend required. It works with Next.js, Remix, Astro, React Router. It also runs standalone on Cloudflare Workers, AWS Lambda, Bun, or Node. It supports Postgres, LibSQL (Turso), D1, SQLite and has adapter-based storage. You get instant APIs, multi-strategy auth, media handling and a built-in Admin UI. Curious what you’d build with it, feedback welcome!

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Are there any money-saving hacks that AI can assist you with？

Ask HN: Are there any money-saving hacks that AI can assist you with？
3 by yeeyang | 1 comments on Hacker News.
AI Agents are becoming increasingly powerful – they can search online, make phone calls, and engage in ongoing communication with humans to solve complex problems. So, think about this: are there things you know could save you money, but you don't do them simply because your time is too valuable and it doesn't feel worth the effort? Perhaps these are the perfect tasks to delegate to AI Agents. Let's discuss!

New top story on Hacker News: Microsoft's many Outlooks are confusing users – including its own employees

Microsoft's many Outlooks are confusing users – including its own employees
35 by rntn | 13 comments on Hacker News.