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Show HN: Kikubot – Each AI agent is an inbox
Hi All, I’ve posted an OSS Agent framework with its main philosophy being the use of email as the message bus (no message queue, vector store, orchestrator). Essentially every agent is an email address. The main reason behind this project is to facilitate company adoption & deployment of AI agents.# How it behaves (what it looks like)
A user sends an email to a specific email address, e.g., [email protected]. Kiku was created as a designated coordinator agent that takes the requested task,
Show HN: I Built the Best Google Alternative for Gen-Z, Googling Like TikToking
Google but returns social media returns
Ask HN: How would you get your first user who is a stranger?
Assuming you had no social media with any significant following or any online presence, how would you get a stranger who could actually benefit from your product to see it?
Ask HN: What happens when AI-voice becomes good enough?
I fell into the rabbit hole of TTS models lately. Tried all major paid tools (ElevenLabs/InWorld/etc.), and all the newest open-source models.I started asking myself: what happens when the voice is "solved"? E.g. it gets impossible to distinguish it from a human. Wanted to hear your opinions!Sketched some of my own thoughts, and I see two futures:Future 1: the nuanced versionAudiobooks: I think established authors will still prefer human narrators. If you can afford a $3k–$4k
Show HN: Manob: A social media plaform without algorithm, ads, or data-tracking
I built Manob because I kept running into the same frustration with every major social media platform. A feed I couldn't control, content that I couldn't trust, and also a sense that I (my user data) am the product, not the user.I talked with people about these thoughts and concerns, and added my personal observation. I built this instead:- Chronological feed only. No ranking, no algorithmic shuffling. You follow people, you see all posts from all users, or choose to see posts from fri
People Are Calling Out The Things That Were "Ruined" When They Became Too Popular, And It's Wildly Accurate
"Pickleball started off as a relatively unknown sport that my husband and I discovered about 10 years ago. Now, the cost of equipment has skyrocketed and courts are jammed with people trying to become 'pickleball pros' on social media."
19 Companies That Made Huge Social Media Fails
<b>Pack your things, Community Managers.</b>
27 Times Maisie Williams And Sophie Turner Were Cute As Hell On Social Media
#Mophie forever.
People Who Went From Never Working Out To Exercising Regularly Are Sharing What They Wish They'd Known Before Starting
"It takes years, and almost all the people you see on social media are enhanced. I didn't know that. I figured I'd look quite different in a year or two. Ha, nope."
This Celebrity Mom Shared A Photo With Her Son, And The Caption Has Everyone Discussing "Boy Moms"
"Would people be okay if this were a father and daughter???" one social media user remarked.
Meet Joseph Purcell, The Micro Drama Heartthrob Women Across Social Media Are Swooning Over
The internet's newest crush has arrived.
5 Marketer Moves to Know This Week: Knix, Bayer, and More
A weekly roundup of the biggest U.S. and global marketing leadership appointments.
Absolut Gives Madonna the Icon Treatment For Her Dance Floor Comeback
Absolut has added Madonna to its long list of celebrated artistic collaborators ahead of her Confessions II album release.
Ads of the Week: 10 Campaigns That Caught Our Eye, From Uber Eats to American Eagle
Martini, American Eagle, Uber Eats, M&M's, and more are behind the week’s most notable ads.
Launch HN: Transload (YC P26) – Measuring freight items with CCTV
Hi HN — we’re Julius, Jago, and Nils, and we’re building transload (https://transload.io).transload helps LTL trucking companies measure freight dimensions using the security cameras already installed in their terminals. Instead of sending shipments through a dedicated dimensioning station, we measure them automatically as they move through the normal dock workflow.We’ve put together a small HN-specific demo site here: https://hn.transload.ioIn LTL trucking, dimensions matter
Show HN: I built a social-first search(X, Reddit, TikTok) cause Google is boring
bluhe is a social-first search engine, know what people are saying on X, Reddit, Tiktok, YT, Instagram & Facebook.
Show HN: Facebook Post Scraper
Facebook Post Scraper is a powerful and easy-to-use Chrome extension that helps you export Facebook posts and download Facebook post media directly from public Facebook pages and profiles.
AUDIO: Social media use tied to small rise in teen depression
Follow the latest headlines from ABC News, Australia's most trusted media source, with live events, audio and on-demand video from the national broadcaster.
'Off Campus' calls out 'targeted harassment' on social media
The Off Campus team is calling out fans’ unsportsmanlike behavior.Prime Video’s popular college hockey romance series posted a message to social media Thursday imploring fans to be kind.“The Off Campus community is built on a shared love of storytelling – and on respect for the real people who bring it to life,” read the message. “We ask that everyone in this space extend that respect to our cast and the people in their lives.”
Trump Media and TAE Technologies will not spin off Truth Social
June 10 (Reuters) - Trump Media and Technology and TAE Technologies said on Wednesday that they had decided against spinning ...