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How Madrid built its metro cheaply

Article URL: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/how-madrid-built-its-metro-cheaply/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48575997 Points: 23 # Comments: 0

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Technology Jun 17, 2026

Massive breach spills credentials for thousands of sensitive networks

The affected include Oracle, Lenovo, FedEx, a NATO contractor, and Fortinet. ...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

Made a free macOS menu bar app that fixes typing in the wrong keyboard layout

Article URL: https://flickey.site Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48575878 Points: 8 # Comments: 4

Technology Jun 17, 2026

FTC lawsuit reveals how subscription scam networks evade app store enforcement

A new FTC lawsuit reveals how sophisticated subscription app operators can allegedly use shell companies and payment inf...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's “abusive conduct”

Tesco claimed Broadcom hiked its VMware prices by about 175 percent in UK court filings. ...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

AI coding agents can autonomously direct robot training

NVIDIA’s self-improvement program for robots enlists teams of AI coding agents. ...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

The hacker sent by Anthropic to calm the government's nerves about AI safety

Readable: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-mythos-safety-nicholas... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/i...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

Epic wants to let you bring your Fortnite skins to other games

Epic Games has been touting the potential of an interoperable metaverse for years, though that vision hasn't yet become ...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

World leaders want American AI. They just don’t want America to be able to turn it off.

French President Macron and Indian PM Modi raised alarms at the G7 summit that the U.S. could cut off access to American...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

Anthropic becomes first AI startup to join the Frontier carbon removal coalition

Anthropic has joined the Frontier coalition, which received another $915M in pledges to fund carbon removal projects.

Technology Jun 17, 2026

Anthropic got hit by export rules nobody understands

Anthropic has spent much of this week fighting to get its newest AI models back online after the Trump administration ab...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

Operating a Humanoid With Your Body Is a Hot Job in China’s Hardware Capital

In Shenzhen, workers at IO-AI Tech control humanoid robots using a VR rig reminiscent of Ready Player One.

Technology Jun 17, 2026

No, I Don’t Want to Watch Your Straight Hockey Show

From Amazon's “Off Campus” to Netflix’s upcoming “Icebreakers,” the recent spate of hetero hockey romances sho...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

The Slate Truck's price may have leaked, starts at $24,950

The official launch takes place next week.

Technology Jun 17, 2026

Cybercriminals allegedly hacked tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls used by major companies all over the world

An alleged Russian-speaking group of cybercriminals are reportedly compromising and targeting several major companies th...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

Social media’s next evolution: user-controlled algorithms

Social media feeds are becoming more customizable as platforms like Threads, Instagram, and TikTok introduce tools that ...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

Ask HN: How do you separate intentional test boilerplate from real duplication?

I am maintaining an open-source project (deterministic open source duplicate-code detector) and a user asked for a feat...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

"Dangerous" AI models are coming no matter what

AI models with advanced hacking capabilities will soon be the norm.

Technology Jun 17, 2026

World model maker Odyssey nabs $1.45B valuation backed by Amazon and other big names

World models are the next big thing in AI beyond LLMs and, with this round, Odyssey has cemented itself as one of the st...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

Mastodon looks to newsletters to help revive the open social web

Mastodon’s newly launched newsletter feature lets anyone subscribe to creators by email, even without a Mastodon accou...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

AI chemist improves a challenging reaction in medicinal chemistry

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/ai-chemist-improves-reaction/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

Two-thirds of Americans think AI is advancing too quickly

According to the latest Pew Research poll, 49 percent of Americans report using chatbots at least occasionally, but 63 p...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

The Competitive Moat That AI Can't Replicate

Article URL: https://ghostinthedata.info/posts/2026/2026-06-13-human-connection-moat/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombi...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

Only 16 Percent of Americans Think AI Will Have a Positive Impact on Society

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/only-16-percent-of-americans-think-ai-will-have-a-positive-impact-on-soc...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

Trellis AI (YC W24) hiring a product lead to build agents for healthcare access

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/trellis-ai/jobs/Cg94htp-product-lead Comments URL: https://news.ycom...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows

Although Wall Street loves AI, every day Americans are significantly less optimistic about the industry, a new report fr...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

The White House Wants Anthropic to Block All Jailbreaks. That May Not Be Possible

Trump administration officials tell WIRED that if Anthropic wants to rerelease Fable 5, it will need to ensure the model...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

Two Stanford grads raise $11M to build a noninvasive wearable for hormone tracking

Clair Health's wearable will cost $369 and will an app-based subscription of $9.99 per month

Technology Jun 17, 2026

The Echo Dot Max is cheaper than ever in an early Prime Day sale

We’re seeing good early Prime Day deals ahead of the event next week, and unsurprisingly, some of the best deals are o...

Technology Jun 17, 2026

Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball

Hey HN, I built a website to watch live baseball games in an 8-bit broadcast. It takes live MLB data streams and conver...