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We didn't ask for 'smart' cars – so why are we getting them?

https://www.autocar.co.uk/opinion/new-cars/we-didn%E2%80%99t-ask-smart-cars-so-why-are-we-getting-them
14•breve•1h ago

Comments

metalman•1h ago
I loath my smart car * , it goes....away, and the funds will build a pure mechanical do the thing mobile...unless(Canada here) the Chinese electrics are truely simple and clean, then one of those.

* honda crv, easy to see why honda is in trouble

dmitrygr•1h ago
We are getting them because someone else asked. Someone whose opinion, unlike ours matters. The politicians.
speakingmoistly•1h ago
I'd also toss in that it feels like the consumer demand for smart cars is just as manufactured as the demand for "smart" components (not limited to but including AI features) in everything. It makes products less reliable over time, and pushes upgrades / replacement faster (and opens the door to subscriptions being added on already-overpriced products).

Not everything needs a touchscreen.

claysmithr•3m ago
this is what happens when corpos pander to shareholders.

Wake: Terminal History for Claude Code

https://crowprose.com/blog/wake/
1•baobabmeeko•1m ago•1 comments

Direct-to-Cell Satellite Internet

https://www.direct2cell.org
1•SJk7TAy•4m ago•0 comments

How One Steam Developer Made a Million Dollars Selling a Remote Access Trojan

https://outsidetheasylum.blog/screeps/
1•IsaacKing•6m ago•0 comments

400M-pixel superconducting delay-line camera with 30-ps readout circuit

https://pubs.aip.org/aip/adv/article/15/11/115134/3373303/400-million-pixel-superconducting-delay...
1•PaulHoule•6m ago•0 comments

149M Logins and Passwords in Cleartext Discovered

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1•cma5•8m ago•0 comments

Elon Musk at Davos 2026: why technology could shape a more 'abundant future'

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/elon-musk-technology-abundant-future-davos-2026/
1•journey2s•11m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Unicode Explorer – Explore, Search, and Export Unicode Characters

https://unicode-detector-nine.vercel.app/
3•SpyCoder77•12m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Why can't I apply custom fonts to HN?

1•-__-•13m ago•1 comments

Frequently Ignored Feedback

https://ampcode.com/fif
1•g947o•13m ago•1 comments

Google shutting down Gmailify after nearly 10 years

https://9to5google.com/2026/01/23/gmail-gmailify-pop-shutting-down/
1•jayknight•15m ago•0 comments

Components I created – for database users

1•jonathanscion•18m ago•0 comments

Nurses in New York City Say They Deserve $200k a Year. Here's Why.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/nyregion/nyc-nurses-strike-pay-raises.html
3•bookofjoe•19m ago•1 comments

Amazon braces for another major round of layoffs, 14,000 jobs at risk

https://mynorthwest.com/local/amazon-layoffs-14000-jobs-at-risk/4192118
24•niuzeta•20m ago•7 comments

Half-Life 2 RTX on Vega 8 APU from 2019 [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzDryEUBrA0
1•bigyabai•20m ago•0 comments

Gold tops $4,900/oz; silver and platinum extend record‑setting rally

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4•TMWNN•26m ago•0 comments

Surge Protectors: Marketing vs. Reality

https://chameth.com/surge-protectors-marketing-vs-reality/
2•Ariarule•27m ago•0 comments

Xiaomi Blames iPhone for EV Taking Off on Its Own

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/shopping/xiaomi-blames-iphone-for-ev-taking-off-on-its-own/ar...
2•walterbell•27m ago•0 comments

What Happens When You Model Humanity as Data and Turn It into a Card Game

https://petridishtalk.com/2026/01/24/what-happens-when-you-model-humanity-as-data-and-turn-it-int...
1•pascalemarill•30m ago•0 comments

Frankenwine: Multiple Personas in a Wine Process

https://nullprogram.com/blog/2026/01/19/
1•jeffjeffbear•33m ago•1 comments

What Do Microbes Have to Do with How We Age? Everything

https://thewalrus.ca/what-do-microbes-have-to-do-with-how-we-age-everything-actually/
2•gmays•37m ago•0 comments

The Value of Things – Journal.stuffwithstuff.com

https://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2026/01/24/the-value-of-things/
1•cratermoon•37m ago•0 comments

Musk vs. Altman

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69013420/379/75/musk-v-altman/
3•46493168•42m ago•0 comments

Episode 41 of lava fountaining begins on Kilauea

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1•cratermoon•43m ago•0 comments

A Complete Guide to Agents.md

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1•SouravInsights•47m ago•0 comments

MCP is the New GraphQL

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4•lunarcave•47m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: How would you promote a song digitally?

1•radicalethics•49m ago•0 comments

Research After AI: Principles for Accelerated Exploration

https://gist.github.com/joelkuiper/d52cc0e5ff06d12c85e492e4295ca890
1•anon1253•51m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A tiny scalar that detects regression drift before CI tests fail

https://github.com/willshacklett/gv-drift-demo
1•PapaShack45•52m ago•0 comments

Career transition question – Assistance, MLOps guidance

1•Pierre_Esteves•55m ago•0 comments

ICE Releases RFI for User Tracking Tools

https://www.wired.com/story/ice-asks-companies-about-ad-tech-and-big-data-tools/
16•eoskx•55m ago•0 comments