2026-10-08 Discoveries

Animated ASCII Art for Web Pages

191 animated ascii pieces for web pages, in TypeScript with no dependencies: for React, Next.js, Astro, or one HTML tag. MIT licensed.

GPT‑6 and Intelligent UI for everyone

Claude Haiku 5.5

Claude Haiku 5.5 is our fastest, most capable small model. Built for high-volume work like summarization, subagents, and browser use.

Meta and Microsoft take steps to reduce employee usage of Claude AI

Meta and Microsoft are implementing new measures to limit employee use of Claude AI—discover what this means for the future of AI in the workplace.

As AI Closed In on ‘Unique Games’ Proof, Researchers Raced to Beat the Machines

In the shadow of a rumored AI proof of one of the biggest problems in their field, three computer scientists rushed to publish their own milestone result. The post As AI Closed In on ‘Unique Games’ Proof, Researchers Raced to Beat the Machines first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Docker Agent

AI Agent Builder and Runtime by Docker Engineering - docker/docker-agent

Streaming Games Means the Nintendo DSi Will Never Be Obsolete

There comes a point where you have to acknowledge that your beloved console is out of date and– barring the odd homebrew title– won’t be playing new games ever again. …

Google Playground: Create and play custom games

Playground is a new experimental gaming platform that lets you create, play, and share custom games.

This winter, use Google Maps and Waze to find the best fuel prices in the UK.

Find the cheapest petrol and diesel prices in the UK using Google Maps and Waze. Search for fuel stations near you to save money. See the latest rates.

Why the Maps of London, Tokyo, New York, and Other Major Cities Look the Way They Do

If you’re trying to understand a city, its map isn’t a bad place to start. Today, of course, we can call up an accurate map of practically any part of any city at any time we like, with detailed point-to-point directions available on command. Turn on the satellite view, street view, or 3D mode with

Meet the New Otterlike Predator That Scurried Alongside Dinosaurs

Its unique throat paved the way for our big brains

Handheld Atari 2600 Packs a CRT

We covered [Nick Bild]’s mini Atari console using original devices not so long ago, and today he’s back with the same console wrapped up with a CRT as a handheld. …

We're making it easier to identify AI-generated content globally.

We’re launching a standalone platform to help you easily identify whether online content was created using Google AI or tools from our industry partners.

It’s the End of the World as We Know It: The Apocalypse Gets Visualized in an Inventive…

When will the world end? We can find serious scientific answers to this question, depending on what we mean by “world” and “end.” If we mean the end of civilization as we currently know it, climate scientists’ worst-case scenario points toward somewhere around 2100 as the beginning of the end…

ImageFlow

Free Photoshop-grade image editor with AI features

More Than 18,000 Wildlife Species Populate Joel Sartore’s Ambitious ‘Photo Ark’ (So Far!)

National Geographic celebrates 20 years of the photographer's massive project to document the planet's biodiversity. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article More Than 18,000…

Why Forgive and Forget is Bad Advice

A conversation with MacArthur fellow Felipe de Brigard about how forgiveness reshapes the memory of atrocity

Repairing a Couple of Very Expensive Registered DDR5 RAM Sticks

It’s definitely a sign of the times when repair shops get handed sticks of registered ECC DDR5 RAM by businesses to try and fix, rather than just tossing the defective …

Paul Carus’ The History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil (1899)

A history of the Evil One, from the earliest times to the present.

Databench by Alkera

Open-source collaborative agentic workspace for data teams

Precarious Dwellings Perch Atop Rocks in Simon Laveuve’s 1/35-Scale Miniatures

See these works in person later this fall in the artist's solo exhibition at Loo & Lou Gallery in Paris. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Precarious Dwellings Perch Atop…

Show HN: Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app

Turn a phone, tablet or TV into a sign. Type a message and it fills the screen: welcome signs, timers, Wi-Fi passwords and more. No app, no account, free.

The Biggest Hug

How to Live to Be 194 Years Old

A tortoise’s genetic hacks for longevity

ParakeetAI 2.0

The ultimate way to prepare for your job interview