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Corgi, the buzzy Y Combinator-backed insurance tech startup, says it didn’t steal an open source product

Corgi became embroiled in controversy when Papermark accused it of stealing its software.

The open source DOCX editor submitted to HN a few weeks ago has been deleted

The github repo under eigenpal is gone. The web site at docx-editor is 503. No idea what's going on.

The Nationwide Backlash Against Cameras Watching Your Car

A C++ implementation of a fast hash map and hash set using hopscotch hashing

The hopscotch-map library is a C++ header-only implementation of hash maps and sets using hopscotch hashing that…

The gap between open weights LLMs and closed source LLMs

# Summary Open-source LLMs are narrowing the gap with closed-source models, particularly in coding benchmarks, but the…

We Can Still Stop California's 3D Printer Surveillance Scheme

California's state assembly has passed legislation (AB 2047) requiring surveillance software on 3D printers to prevent…

Streaming services’ obnoxiously loud ads become illegal on July 1 in California

Illinois passed a similar law, giving services more incentive to make ads less booming.

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Russian citizens told "switch to Android" after Apple blocks key Russian apps

Russian government lashes out at Apple's "bizarre" decisions.

PlayStation Is Deleting 551 Movies from Customers' Accounts

NYT slams Microsoft for building copyright-infringing supercomputer for OpenAI

NYT shifts OpenAI/Microsoft copyright claims after SCOTUS ruling against Sony.

Linux Foundation, Tech Giants Launch Akrites to Defend Open Source Against AI-Powered Attacks

A coalition of 19 organizations—including every major AI lab and Wall Street banks—just built the security team that…

Long Wave radio era set to end with Droitwich switch-off

The BBC will switch off its Long Wave radio service on June 26, 2026, ending nearly a century of broadcasts from the…

OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-5.6—But Only for Some Users Due to Trump Admin

OpenAI introduced the GPT-5.6 family of AI models on Friday, but only limited users can access them for now thanks to…

FCC accused of hiding Chairman Carr's messages with DOGE and Musk

FCC refuses to provide messages, has "wasted a year" of court's time, filing says.

Gossamer: a Rust-flavoured language with real goroutines and pause-free memory

Gossamer is a new programming language that combines Rust-like syntax features with lightweight concurrency primitives…

OpenAI limits GPT-5.6 rollout after government request, says restrictions shouldn’t be the norm

“We don’t believe this kind of government access process should become the long-term default,” says OpenAI.

Slisp: Simple Lisp compiler (Linux/amd64)

Slisp is a compiler that transforms Lisp programs into standalone assembly code for Linux/AMD64 systems, enabling…

Made a Rust DB run spatial queries on gaming GPU RT cores, beating an H100

Apache Sedona released SedonaDB 0.4 with GPU-accelerated spatial joins that leverage gaming GPU ray tracing cores to…

U.S. government will decide who gets to use latest upgrade to ChatGPT

Netflix now requires every user profile to be tied to unique email address

Update began June 15 and will no longer allow you to share your login info.

OpenAI poaches Uber India chief to lead its biggest market outside the U.S.

The hire marks OpenAI's latest push into India, expanding offices, partnerships and hiring.

This AI Agent Survived 6,000 Hack Attempts—Here’s How

Fernando Irarrázaval posted his OpenClaw assistant's inbox to Hacker News and watched Claude Opus 4.6 hold off thousands…

Webradio server – broadcasts audio source to clients

This project, funded by NGI Zero Core, provides a web radio server tool called tau-tower that broadcasts audio streams…

SEC, CFTC seek input on unified portfolio margin rules across securities and derivatives

The regulatory agencies are seeking public feedback on cross-margining, collateral and risk management as cryptocurrency…

Why everyone from OpenAI to SpaceX is building their own chips (and turning up the heat on Nvidia)

Nvidia has dominated the AI chip market for years, but the era of total dependence might be ending.   OpenAI just shared…

Russian hackers were behind $2.5 billion hack of Jaguar Land Rover: report

The hack on car giant Jaguar Land Rover last year was one the most disrupting, damaging, and costly hacks of the last…

Previewing GPT‑5.6 Sol: a next-generation model

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