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How to Earn a Billion Dollars

Starting a successful startup with rapid user growth is the most common path to becoming a billionaire, and it doesn't…

A Four-Armed Robot for Zero-Gravity Work Could Save $140,000 an Hour

A Swiss startup has unveiled a four-armed, legless humanoid for space stations, debuting on May 20, 2026, and built to…

Don't trust large context windows

Large language models lose effectiveness well before reaching their advertised context window limits, with a practical…

SpaceX IPO Is 4x Oversubscribed, But What Happens to the Rest of Market

You don’t need to own $SPCX, or even follow the company, for this IPO to hit your portfolio.

Tribblix: the retro illumos distribution

Tribblix is an open-source illumos-based operating system created by Peter Tribble that combines retro aesthetics with…

Phoenix LiveView 1.2 Released

Phoenix LiveView 1.2 has been released, introducing colocated CSS functionality that allows developers to write CSS…

Pac-Man, but You're the Ghost

A developer created a role-reversal Pac-Man game where players control a ghost trying to catch an AI-controlled Pac-Man…

Software Architecture Guide

Software architecture refers to the important aspects of a system's internal design that enable it to evolve and support…

Free SQL→ER diagram tool, runs in the browser, nothing uploaded

Code Visual is a free, browser-based tool that converts SQL CREATE TABLE statements into entity-relationship (ER)…

Amazon warning triggered US crackdown on Anthropic AI models: Reports

Calls from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and other tech firms prompted the Trump administration to suspend foreign access to…

As Anthropic suspends access to new models, India debates its AI future

Tech leaders debate whether the Anthropic episode is a wake-up call for India’s AI ambitions.

Making Claude a Chemist

Anthropic is working to enhance Claude's chemistry capabilities by focusing on common analytical tasks chemists perform…

Weave: Merging based on language structure and not lines

Weave is a Git merge driver that resolves conflicts based on code structure rather than line overlaps, enabling clean…

Amazon warning triggered US crackdown on Anthropic AI models: Reports

Calls from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and other tech firms prompted the Trump administration to suspend foreign access to…

Building a serial and VGA "everything console"

The author is building a portable serial and VGA console system using a used IBM 1U rack-mount console ($120) with a 17"…

Apt Encounters of the Third Kind

A security researcher conducting a routine assessment of a client's reverse gateway/load balancer infrastructure…

'Tell Him He's a Piece of Shit': Meta's New AI Unit Is a Total Mess

Meta's Applied AI unit, formed in March with 6,500 engineers, is experiencing widespread employee dissatisfaction, with…

10th Gen Honda Civic Updates Are Signed with AOSP Test Keys

A security researcher has discovered a critical vulnerability in 10th-generation Honda Civic infotainment systems,…

Kalshi Traders Price Fable 5 Return at 68% Before July 1 After Historic AI Ban

It’s been reported that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy alerted senior Trump administration officials to security findings from…

State Attorneys General Are Investigating OpenAI

Show HN: I built 80 mini-games using Fable before it was shut down

Dear Hacker News,I'm kindly asking for your participation in the open beta for my AI-managed mini-games website.

ReactOS (FOSS "Windows") achieves 3D-accelerated Half-Life on real hardware

ReactOS, an open-source operating system designed for Windows binary compatibility, has achieved the milestone of…

Russian families use AI to 'resurrect' loved ones killed in Ukraine

The highly controversial trend lies at the intersection of Russia's war on Ukraine, new AI technologies and grief.

Derbyshire Police officer accused of using AI to 'create evidence'

A Derbyshire Police officer has been removed from front-line duties following a criminal investigation into allegations…

Human Routers of Machine Words

The author argues that using AI to write content is intellectually dishonest and counterproductive, rejecting the claim…

Anthropic’s Secret AI Model Mythos Audits Entire Zcash Protocol, Finds No New Bugs

Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn publicly thanked Anthropic this week, confirming the artificial intelligence (AI)…

KPMG pulls report on AI usage due to apparent hallucinations

Once again, AI proves to be an unreliable source of information about AI.

Show HN: Trace – Offline Mac meeting transcripts you can flag mid-call

I'm the developer of Trace, a non-intrusive, shortcut-driven Mac app that records and transcribes your meetings…

Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evidence' in multiple cases