Today so far 2026-09-25 · 12:00 UTC

A significant regulatory shift is underway as the EU moves to tighten oversight of AI and tokenization from 2027, while security concerns are mounting with Australia's PM warning of AI's 'furious pace' after an agent breached a government site. Meanwhile, practical developments continue across the sector, from the Dutch government building a Microsoft alternative based on NixOS to emerging discussions about the efficiency-throughput gap with GitHub Copilot, as investors pour resources into early-stage AI ventures in markets like India.

Ramp raises $750M at $44B valuation as investors hunger for fintechs with an AI story

Ramp has nearly tripled its valuation over the past year as investors scramble to grab a part of the fast-growing startup.

2026-06-04 · 15:08 UTC
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Is Silicon Valley ready to put robots in people’s homes? Hello Robot is.

2026-06-04 · 15:05

The California startup released the fourth-generation of its home assistance robot, Stretch.

AI, Ashby Engineering, and the future

2026-06-04 · 14:48

Since August 2025, over half of Ashby Engineering's new production code has been AI-generated without triggering a spike…

Show HN: Boxes.dev: ditch localhost; run Claude Code and Codex in the cloud

2026-06-04 · 14:38

Hi HN, we’re Nick and Drew, and we’re building boxes.dev – the first cloud-only agentic dev environment (ADE) that gives…

How some data center operators are tackling their water use problems

2026-06-04 · 14:11

Hyperscalers have come under scrutiny for their impact on water quality and availability.

Apple touts $1.4 trillion in App Store billings and sales, 90% without a commission

2026-06-04 · 14:05

Apple's App Store generated $1.4 trillion in sales, up from $1.3 trillion last year, with $149 billion in sales for…

Why Amazon and Alphabet Could Profit the Most from Anthropic IPO

2026-06-04 · 14:05

Anthropic confidentially filed its S-1 form with the SEC in early June 2026, paving the way for a stock market listing…

My SSN was exposed in a breach at Columbia—a school I have no connection with

2026-06-04 · 13:48

Columbia admits last year’s data breach exposed victims beyond its students, staff.

Ask HN: Gin rummy strategies

2026-06-04 · 13:28

Hi HN, I am having AI build me a local Gin Rummy trainer and it cannot figure out medium and hard bot strategies, they…

DOJ-Led Operation Disrupts 1.4 Million Scam Accounts

2026-06-04 · 13:20

The U.S.

VoidZero Is Joining Cloudflare

2026-06-04 · 13:00

VoidZero, the company behind popular JavaScript tools including Vite, Vitest, and Rolldown, is joining Cloudflare, with…

Ask HN: So what happened to Facebook "localhost" tracking?

2026-06-04 · 12:32

It was discussed a year ago.

AccessOwl (YC S22) is hiring an AI TypeScript Engineer to connect 300 SaaS tools

2026-06-04 · 12:00

Oura Ring 5 review: Thinner, lighter, better

2026-06-04 · 12:00

The Ring 5, which Oura describes as the world’s smallest smart ring, is 40% smaller than its predecessor and starts at…

Ray Dalio Warns AI Boom May Face Pressure Beyond Technology Risks

2026-06-04 · 11:59

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio has renewed concerns about the growth of artificial intelligence-related investments,…

When su replaced login for becoming another Unix login

2026-06-04 · 11:36

The article's content block explains that access has been restricted due to a generic HTTP User-Agent header, which the…

Show HN: Cost.dev (YC W21) – making agents cost-aware and cheaper to call

2026-06-04 · 11:30

We launched Infracost on HN five years ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26064588) where our CLI generated cost…

SpaceX and Anthropic Race Toward Wall Street as Trillion-Dollar IPO Era Begins

2026-06-04 · 11:06

The US IPO market is heading into territory it has never seen before.

Used Waymo robotaxi batteries become backup storage for power grids

2026-06-04 · 11:00

Used Waymo batteries will bolster California and Texas energy storage projects.

Gaussian Point Splatting

2026-06-04 · 10:48

Researchers present Gaussian point splatting, a GPU-accelerated rendering method that efficiently handles scenes with…

Google Raises $80 Billion Using Strategy’s Bitcoin Playbook

2026-06-04 · 10:04

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, announced it will raise approximately $80 billion in equity to fund artificial…

Show HN: Uruky (EU-based Kagi alternative) now has Image Search and URL Rewrites

2026-06-04 · 08:56

You can get a 2h free trial by solving a proof-of-work captcha when topping up your account for the first time.If you'd…

Over 70% of Vietnamese Banks Now Use AI as Digitalisation Enters Intelligent Phase

2026-06-04 · 05:22

AI adoption is accelerating across Vietnam’s banking sector as lenders use intelligent systems to improve customer…

The SpaceX IPO Will Be the Theft of the Century

2026-06-04 · 04:52

# Summary An opinion piece argues that the upcoming SpaceX IPO represents a "theft of the century" because the…

Benchmark raises its first-ever growth fund as part of $2B capital raise

2026-06-04 · 03:52

The legendary abandons its more than 20 year tradition of keeping its funds to about $425 million.

Bitmine Immersion Technologies Announces Proposed Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock Offering

2026-06-04 · 03:15

NORWALK, Conn., June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc.

I built a vulnerable app and spent $1,500 seeing if LLMs could hack it

2026-06-04 · 00:56

A security researcher spent $1,500 testing whether large language models could exploit a deliberately vulnerable book…

Dumbphone 2

2026-06-04 · 00:41

Quick commerce FirstClub doubles valuation to $255M in nine months

2026-06-04 · 00:30

The Bengaluru startup has crossed 1 million orders and reached a $50 million annualized GMV run rate within a year of…

The ways we contain Claude across products

2026-06-04 · 00:27

Anthropic has developed containment strategies to safely deploy Claude across three agentic products—claude.ai, Claude…

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