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Show HN: Hacking a $20 4G wireless hotspot into a texting device

https://bkovac.github.io/modem-thing/
46•bobili1234•1h ago

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xx_ns•1h ago
This is a really cool project! A mini cyberdeck that doesn't seem too impractical to use. Repurposing the Clicks keyboard is a genius idea.
dgf18•47m ago
Really cool!
harhargange•7m ago
I often ditch my phone and carry my hotspot device for my internet. The only drawback is that for viewing my texts and OTPs i end up putting the sim in my phone or opening up the web interface on my laptop. This seems to work very well as a dumbphone per se.

Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations

https://github.com/arnegiacomo/fugleramme
342•arnemunthekaas•2h ago•69 comments

A Cop Searched 19,000 Flock Cameras Across 1,558 Cities. His Reason: 'LMAO'

https://www.techtimes.co.uk/police-flock-search-licence-plate-lmao-1808683
32•Tiwariparth6165•13m ago•3 comments

Java 27 Released

https://mail.openjdk.org/archives/list/announce@openjdk.org/thread/ORGGLMN75HFEWP7YL3ZLGHLYHVIBJDYT/
146•mkurz•1h ago•110 comments

I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea

https://notnottalmud.substack.com/p/why-i-cant-stop-thinking-about-papua
607•networked•8h ago•257 comments

Show HN: Hacking a $20 4G wireless hotspot into a texting device

https://bkovac.github.io/modem-thing/
46•bobili1234•1h ago•3 comments

Show HN: Capsule – Single-file web apps that save their data into SQLite

https://withcapsule.app/
55•bashtian•1h ago•18 comments

25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/25-years-of-mass-surveillance-is-enough.html
331•iamnothere•3h ago•68 comments

Global bond yields hit 2008 highs, raising stakes for big borrowers

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/bond-selloff-drives-us-benchmark-beyond-5-stocks-rattl...
41•kaycebasques•54m ago•10 comments

Alternatives to MinIO for single-node local S3

https://rmoff.net/2026/01/14/alternatives-to-minio-for-single-node-local-s3/
137•rmoff•6h ago•69 comments

Sony's First Computer – The SMC-70 from 1982 [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT2-7KkPkBc
21•ksymph•2d ago•1 comments

Suspected sabotage causes major Netherlands rail disruption

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8ly49w9g1edo
311•choult•4h ago•287 comments

CSS-Tricks in Limbo

https://vale.rocks/micros/20260915-0135
157•edent•7h ago•61 comments

Show HN: Panel – A research workspace where the agent can build its own panes

https://github.com/greentfrapp/panel
11•greentfrapp•1h ago•2 comments

A Man Archiving Pirate Radio Station Kool FM

https://londonist.com/london/music/kool-fm-archives
5•rdmuser•1d ago•0 comments

iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/major-updates-for-apples-software-platforms-are-now-availa...
684•throw0101d•21h ago•780 comments

OpenArm: An open-source 7DOF humanoid arm

https://github.com/enactic/OpenArm
169•Lwrless•2d ago•35 comments

Show HN: Ordewell – turn one goal into an ordered plan of coding-agent tasks

https://github.com/ordewell/ordewell
10•ac-ciano•1h ago•4 comments

US confirms for first time it has deployed space weapons

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ck790xg41ygro
214•harporoeder•11h ago•132 comments

Show HN: Jexxa: High Speed on Device Dictation

https://jexxa.org
6•sankde•55m ago•11 comments

Inverse-Square Law

https://blog.coredump.cx/p/inverse-square-law
21•surprisetalk•1d ago•5 comments

The k-server conjecture is true

https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.15979
70•iamsyr•7h ago•32 comments

Lingo.dev (YC F24) is hiring a senior content engineer (Remote, worldwide)

https://lingo.dev/en/careers/ff88132a-cb79-4d35-a6a0-a6230de7a013
1•maxpr•8h ago

OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300M

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/14/openai-buys-smartphone-camera-maker-glass-imaging-for-300-milli...
83•myth_drannon•2h ago•46 comments

Australia 'on the same page' as Canada as it seeks deeper EU alliance

https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1wgqken/australia_on_the_same_page_as_canada_as_it_se...
73•vrganj•1h ago•55 comments

25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough [Auth: Cindy Cohn; Bruce Schneier]

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/25-years-of-mass-surveillance-is-enough
72•mdp2021•2h ago•6 comments

AI is breaking our proxies for expertise

https://www.seangoedecke.com/ai-is-breaking-our-proxies-for-expertise/
26•jbkcc•1h ago•8 comments

Pion, an agent designed to run any company autonomously

https://andonlabs.com/blog/why-we-built-pion
455•lukaspetersson•21h ago•550 comments

4,400-Year-Old Tomb of Egyptian Judge Found at Saqqara with Colors on Walls

https://arkeonews.net/4400-year-old-tomb-of-an-egyptian-judge-found-at-saqqara-with-colors-still-...
186•arunbahl•2d ago•57 comments

A rough guide for going back to the Moon

https://research.ibm.com/blog/nasa-ibm-lunar-foundation-model
35•gmays•1d ago•30 comments

There are only twelve 4x4 sudokus (and a cool trick for finding minimal subsets)

https://baldino.dev/blog/there-are-only-twelve-4x4-sudokus/
26•Fran314•1d ago•9 comments