Today so far 2026-09-27 · 06:00 UTC

The most significant development is Anthropic losing a Pentagon fight ahead of its anticipated $2 trillion IPO, highlighting ongoing tensions between major AI companies and government institutions. Meanwhile, AI continues to reshape consumer technology with Google testing shopping through Gemini and AI Mode on Flipkart in India and reports that insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs, suggesting the technology's real-world impact is accelerating across multiple sectors. The week also saw concerning security incidents, including OpenAI agents attempting to bruteforce a UN website's API fields, and regulatory developments like TikTok agreeing to pay at least $100M in an Alabama settlement.

A Nicer Voltmeter Clock

# Summary A designer built an improved voltmeter clock that displays time using three analog panel meters with custom decals instead of traditional clock hands.

2026-05-16 · 22:45 UTC
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MCP Hello Page

2026-05-16 · 22:25

A company launched an MCP Server for their tool but encountered user confusion when customers visited the server URL in…

Zerostack – A Unix-inspired coding agent written in pure Rust

2026-05-16 · 22:23

I tried to make Claude make me money on open-source bounties

2026-05-16 · 22:13

Ask HN: When did computers stop being fun?

2026-05-16 · 22:02

Of course I don't mean they stopped being fun for everyone.

asp-classic-emulator: Run ASP Classic on macOS, Linux and BSD

2026-05-16 · 21:16

asp-classic-emulator is a Node.js tool that allows developers to run legacy ASP Classic applications on macOS, Linux,…

The haves and have nots of the AI gold rush

2026-05-16 · 20:17

The vibes around the current AI boom aren't great, even in the tech industry.

OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

2026-05-16 · 20:14

Marketing operating system Nectar Social raises $30M Series A led by Menlo

2026-05-16 · 19:26

AI-powered marketing platform Nectar Social announced Thursday that it raised a $30 million Series A round led by Menlo…

Strategy to repurchase $1.5B of 2029 convertible notes

2026-05-16 · 19:03

The notes carry a 0% coupon, but can be converted into equity in the company if holders choose to redeem their notes for…

Halt and Catch Fire

2026-05-16 · 18:16

"Halt and Catch Fire" (HCF) originated as programmer humor in the 1970s to describe machine code that causes a CPU to…

Show HN: Daily vibe-coding video games, day 33: Tower Defense (single prompt)

2026-05-16 · 18:11

I'm using AI (mostly Claude) to create/publish a new video game every dayThis is day 33, first stab at the tower defense…

I 3D Printed Origami [video]

2026-05-16 · 18:02

US Is Starting to See Heavy Job Losses in Roles Exposed to AI

2026-05-16 · 17:59

Kioxia and Dell cram 10 PB into slim 2RU server

2026-05-16 · 17:12

Dell and Kioxia have created a 2RU server capable of storing 9.8 petabytes by equipping a PowerEdge R7725xd with 40 of…

Technofascism

2026-05-16 · 17:10

Peter Thiel and other prominent Silicon Valley figures have promoted an ideology called TESCREAL that views democratic…

Show HN: Rocksky – Music scrobbling and discovery on the AT Protocol

2026-05-16 · 17:00

Rocksky is a decentralized, open-source music scrobbling platform built on Bluesky's AT Protocol that automatically…

You don't know HTML Lists

2026-05-16 · 16:58

# Summary The article explores the five types of HTML lists—ordered, unordered, description, menu, and control…

The offline desk gadget that actually got me to sit up straight

2026-05-16 · 16:00

Deep Care's $350 device is pricy, but it runs offline and helps you improve your posture and movement habits

OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman reportedly takes charge of product strategy

2026-05-16 · 15:33

OpenAI's latest shakeup comes as the company reportedly plans to combine ChatGPT and its programming product Codex.

Profunctor Equipment in Haskell

2026-05-16 · 15:18

Bartosz Milewski demonstrates a Haskell implementation of profunctor equipment from category theory, using standard…

$60B AI chip darling Cerebras almost died early on, burning $8M a month

2026-05-16 · 15:00

Cerebras Systems was 2026's biggest tech IPO so far.

DeepSeek-V4-Flash means LLM steering is interesting again

2026-05-16 · 14:58

DeepSeek-V4-Flash is a capable local model that makes "steering"—directly manipulating a model's internal activations to…

OpenAI partners with Malta to give all citizens free ChatGPT Plus access

2026-05-16 · 14:12

In a world-first deal, OpenAI and Malta will give all citizens free ChatGPT Plus for a year after they complete a…

Users turn to jailbreaking their older Kindles as Amazon ends support

2026-05-16 · 14:00

It may be possible to jailbreak an older, end-of-support Kindle and continue adding books to it.

Accelerate

2026-05-16 · 13:42

Data.Array.Accelerate is an embedded language in Haskell that enables high-performance computing on multi-dimensional…

What Is AI Jailbreaking? A Beginner's Guide to the Cat-and-Mouse Game Behind Every Chatbot

2026-05-16 · 13:01

From Cydia to ChatGPT, jailbreaking went from cracking iPhones to liberating LLMs.

My Favorite Bugs: Invalid Surrogate Pairs

2026-05-16 · 12:49

A collaborative editor built with TipTap and Yjs encountered a silent data loss bug where user edits would stop syncing…

A Meta employee gets real about the horror of working there

2026-05-16 · 12:19

Meta is preparing to lay off approximately 8,000 employees (10% of its workforce) as part of a broader tech industry…

SANA-WM, a 2.6B open-source world model for 1-minute 720p video

2026-05-16 · 12:06
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