Hacker News 100 1 month ago

Spain blocks prediction markets Polymarket, Kalshi over lack of gambling licence Link: https://www.reuters.com/business/spain-blocks-prediction-markets-polymarket-kalshi-over-lack-gambling-licences-2026-05-26/ Discussion:

Spain blocks prediction markets Polymarket, Kalshi over lack of gambling licence | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 1 month ago

Sharla Boehm, the programmer whose code underpins the Internet Link:

Scientific American

The programmer whose code underpins the Internet

Sharla Boehm, a math teacher, spent her summers coding. She’d go on to build what would eventually evolve into the Internet

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48180173

Hacker News 100 1 month ago

Colorado Amended SB051 (Age Verification Bill) to Exclude Open Source Projects Link: https://legiscan.com/CO/bill/SB051/2026 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48213651

Hacker News 100 1 month ago

U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Leaves Its Digital Keys Out in Public on GitHub Link:

Gizmodo

‘The Worst Leak That I’ve Witnessed’: U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Leaves Its Digital Keys Out in Public on GitHub

Passwords were stored as plain text in a public GitHub repository.

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48192397

Hacker News 100 1 month ago

New accessibility features powered by Apple Intelligence Link:

Apple Newsroom

Apple unveils new accessibility features, and updates with Apple Intelligence

Apple announced major accessibility updates powered by Apple Intelligence, including new capabilities for VoiceOver, Magnifier, and Voice Control.

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48192224

Hacker News 100 1 month ago

U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100k users of car-tinkering app Link:

MacDailyNews

U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100,000 users of popular car-tinkering app in emissions crackdown

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking personal data on potentially hundreds of thousands of drivers who downloaded EZ Lynk’s Auto Agent…

Discussion:

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Hacker News 100 1 month ago

Scientists warn Atlantic current at risk of shutting down Link:

Yale E360

Why Fears Are Growing Over the Fate of a Key Atlantic Current

Scientists are increasingly worried that a vast system of ocean circulation, which deli...

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48084836

Hacker News 100 1 month ago

Plasticity and language in the anaesthetized human hippocampus Link:

Baylor College of Medicine

Researchers discover advanced language processing in the unconscious human brain

Baylor College of Medicine researchers have found that the human brain is capable of sophisticated language processing while in an unconscious stat...

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48056268

Hacker News 100 1 month ago

Batteries Not Included, or Required, for These Smart Home Sensors Link:

Batteries Not Included, or Required, for These Smart Home Sensors

Engineering and computing researchers create simple metal tags with unique ultrasonic fingerprints to detect door openings and other movements.

Discussion:

Batteries Not Included, or Required, for These Smart Home Sensors | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 1 month ago

Third Editor Fired in Elsevier's Citation Cartel Crackdown Link:

Third Editor Fired in Elsevier's Citation Cartel Crackdown; Hundreds of Papers At Risk of Retraction

"This is not a series of coincidences; it is a blatant, industrial-scale quid pro quo."

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47950022

Hacker News 100 1 month ago

Online age verification is the hill to die on Link: https://xcancel.com/GlennMeder/status/2049088498163216560 Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47950091

Hacker News 100 2 months ago

ChatGPT Images 2.0 Link: https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-images-2-0/ Discussion:

ChatGPT Images 2.0 | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 2 months ago

Darkbloom – Private inference on idle Macs Link:

Darkbloom

Darkbloom — Cost-Efficient Private AI Inference on Verified Macs

Route encrypted AI requests to hardware-verified Apple Silicon providers. Comparable model performance, operator-blind privacy, and about 50% lower...

Discussion:

Darkbloom – Private inference on idle Macs | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 2 months ago

BunnyCDN has been silently losing our production files for 15 months Link: https://old.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1sglytg/bunnycdn_has_been_silently_losing_our_production/ Discussion:

BunnyCDN has been silently losing our production files for 15 months | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 2 months ago

Revision Demoparty 2026: Razor1911 [video] Link: Discussion:

Revision Demoparty 2026: Razor1911 [video] | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 3 months ago

Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland Link:

Bluesky Social

ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social)

1/ Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland in January, with military support from France, Germany, and Nordi...

Discussion:

Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 3 months ago

Sci-Fi Short Film “There Is No Antimemetics Division” [video] Link: Discussion:

Sci-Fi Short Film “There Is No Antimemetics Division” [video] | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 3 months ago

Hammerspoon Link:

GitHub

GitHub - Hammerspoon/hammerspoon: Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua

Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua - Hammerspoon/hammerspoon

Discussion:

Hammerspoon | Hacker News

Hacker News 100 3 months ago

Amazon is holding a mandatory meeting about AI breaking its systems Link:

X (formerly Twitter)

Lukasz Olejnik (@lukOlejnik) on X

Amazon is holding a mandatory meeting about AI breaking its systems. The official framing is "part of normal business." The briefing note describes...

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47324211

Hacker News 100 3 months ago

Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS Foundation Link: https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/ Discussion:

Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS | Hacker News