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My burner email blocklist blocked me

The author, who created a burner email blocklist in 2018, now regrets this practice and recommends against automatically…

Anthropic’s new Claude feature is quietly selling you on AI

Claude’s new Reflect dashboard doesn’t just visualize how you use AI.

Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX are bigger than the last 25 years of tech exits

Three big AI IPOs are set to generate more value than all the U.S. VC-backed exits since 2000.

Why the Next Era of AI Is About Infrastructure, Not Just Models

As AI moves from experimentation to production deployment, organizations face unprecedented infrastructure challenges…

Show HN: Analog Watch

New open access book on history of computers and politics

Muse Spark 1.1

Meta has released Muse Spark 1.1, a multimodal AI model designed for agentic tasks with significant improvements in tool…

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev Sells 375,000 HOOD Stock

Robinhood Markets CEO Vlad Tenev has sold 375,000 shares of Robinhood worth about $43.56 million, according to a newly…

Free Waymo rides in California? You can thank a regulatory quirk.

State agency's delay could mean free robotaxi rides in company’s new Ojai vehicle for a few months.

The newest entrant in the military’s launch competition isn't actually a launch company

"I think it's fair to say that Phase 3 did not contemplate this."

A road to Lisp: Why Lisp

Lisp is a challenging but powerful programming language with a steep learning curve due to its unconventional syntax and…

Character.AI enters the microdrama arena with its own productions, but there’s a twist

In an interesting twist that takes advantage of the company's core product, users can chat with these shows' characters,…

Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users

Benchmark-backed Ollama has amassed 176,000 stars, and nearly 17,000 forks on GitHub by helping developers easily run AI…

Show HN: 18 Words

This post introduces "18 Words," a word puzzle game where players attempt to survive a challenge using only 18 words.

TrueBiz (YC S22) – Senior Software Engineer – Remote (US) – Full-Time

TrueBiz, a Y Combinator-backed company, is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to scale its API platform that automates…

Nandan Nilekani leaves GP role at Fundamentum as it launches $200M third fund

Nilekani remains Fundamentum's anchor investor as the firm expands its leadership team and targets AI and fintech…

Telebiz Launches AI-Powered CRM Platform Built for Teams on Telegram

Today, Telebiz announced the release of a platform that lets teams handle follow-ups, collaborations, sales, and client…

Payloads used to dictate the terms of launch. That's finally changing.

"The Starship Pez dispenser demonstrates very smart industrial design and scale."

SpaceXAI Enters The AI Race With New Coding Model

SpaceXAI is ready to take a new step in the global race for artificial intelligence.

Show HN: Getting GLM 5.2 running on my slow computer

A developer created "colibri," a C-based engine that runs GLM-5.2, a 744-billion parameter mixture-of-experts model, on…

Paradigm Raises $1.2 Billion to Accelerate Its AI Investments

The venture capital market is evolving rapidly, driven by new technological priorities and increasingly distinct…

CollectWise (YC F24) Is Hiring

CollectWise, a Y Combinator-backed startup using AI to automate debt collection, is hiring a Founding Account Executive…

Chat Control Returns to the European Parliament for a New Vote

The EU Parliament revives the vote on the Chat Control text.

AI boom fuels inflation fears, complicating Fed’s next rate move

Ongoing strong demand for AI infrastructure “would likely sustain upward pressure on prices for technology products and…

Wealthy AI workers send San Francisco house prices soaring

The median cost of a home in the city is now $1.7m, a record high, according to the latest figures.

The New Grok 4.5 Is Out. Elon Musk Says It Competes With Last Year's Claude Opus

SpaceXAI's new coding model is cheaper and faster than Anthropic and OpenAI's flagships—and by Musk's own account, at…

Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered an in-person final; scores fell 50%

AI cheating leads to "a failed society," professor says.

Lawsuit: Man used Grok to make 7K sex images of stepdaughter, then shot himself

More young girls sue X over Grok CSAM; X accused of shielding child predators.

Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapes

Both vulnerabilities allow untrusted users to gain root privileges.