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Backrooms is at the forefront of horror’s YouTube wave

Though YouTube has always been a place where up-and-coming artists could be discovered and make it big, in recent years the platform has become a launching pad for some of Hollywood's most exciting ne...

The Verge May 29, 2026 Charles Pulliam-Moore
Technology May 29, 2026

Step 3.7 Flash

Article URL: https://static.stepfun.com/blog/step-3.7-flash/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4832245...

Technology May 29, 2026

Local Git Remotes

Article URL: https://cblgh.org/posts/local-git-remotes/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48322389 Poi...

Technology May 29, 2026

Here's why the failure of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is so catastrophic

"I hope that it makes it far enough away from the pad that it does not cause pad damage." ...

Technology May 29, 2026

Here's why the failure of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is so catastrophic

"I hope that it makes it far enough away from the pad that it does not cause pad damage." ...

Technology May 29, 2026

Poll: How often do you check "newest"?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48322267 Points: 13 # Comments: 7

Technology May 29, 2026

High Density Living, 2000 Years Ago: Inside the Roman Apartment Building

Article URL: https://commonedge.org/high-density-living-2000-years-ago-inside-the-roman-apartment-building/ Comments UR...

Technology May 29, 2026

Trump Mobile’s website still says the T1 Phone is ‘American-made’

Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the ...

Technology May 29, 2026

Jony Ive’s funky Ferrari

Most people will never own, drive, or even sit inside a Ferrari Luce. (If you can, or do… hit us up.) There's still no...

Technology May 29, 2026

Show HN: Context-aware Japanese furigana using Sudachi and ModernBERT

Article URL: https://www.ezfurigana.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48322203 Points: 6 # Commen...

Technology May 29, 2026

Prolific Wikipedia editors are threatening to go on strike

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/report/939442/wikipedia-editors-protest-wikimedia-layoffs-strike Comments URL: ht...

Technology May 29, 2026

Social media bans for teenagers lack evidence and pose risks, scientists say

Article URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/05/29/we-cannot-ban-our-way-out-of-a-youth-mental-health-crisis-soci...

Technology May 29, 2026

The UK Government's Low Value Purchase System Is a Waste of Time

Article URL: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/the-uk-governments-low-value-purchase-system-is-a-waste-of-time/ Comments...

Technology May 29, 2026

We should be more tired than the model

Article URL: https://vickiboykis.com/2026/05/28/we-should-be-more-tired-than-the-model/ Comments URL: https://news.ycom...

Technology May 29, 2026

Cedana (YC S23) Is Hiring

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cedana/jobs/d1vYocG-forward-deployed-engineer-ai-hpc Comments URL: h...

Technology May 29, 2026

This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory

South Korean chip startup Xcena is betting that AI's real bottleneck is not compute, but memory.

Technology May 29, 2026

Hundreds of prolific Wikipedia editors are threatening to go on strike

Wikipedia is one of the last bastions of trust on the internet. But last week, volunteer editors and contributors were a...

Technology May 29, 2026

This AI startup will clean your home for free to train future robots

AI training startup Shift wants to clean your home for free. The catch - because, despite what its website says, there's...

Technology May 29, 2026

Tulip mania: when a single flower was worth more than a house

Article URL: https://dutchreview.com/culture/tulip-mania-netherlands/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology May 29, 2026

This is MSI’s new Claw 8 EX AI Plus gaming handheld

MSI has unveiled a new Claw 8 handheld gaming PC ahead of the Computex 2026 show, and this model swaps out its predecess...

Technology May 29, 2026

Is AI causing a repeat of Front end's Lost Decade?

Article URL: https://mastrojs.github.io/blog/2026-05-23-is-AI-causing-a-repeat-of-frontends-lost-decade/ Comments URL: ...

Technology May 29, 2026

This MacBook Privacy Screen Totally Changed How I Work in Public

I'm one of those people who enjoy on planes and in public spaces in general. But the issue of privacy was always a hurdl...

Technology May 29, 2026

Digital Identity Management in Norway Is a Catastrophe

Article URL: https://www.uio.no/english/research/research-news/articles/2026/digital-id-management-is-a-catastrophe.htm...

Technology May 29, 2026

HP Omnibook 3 Review: Redefining the Budget Laptop

To get to $600, Apple and HP made different compromises. If you demand more power and performance, the HP Omnibook 3 del...

Technology May 29, 2026

These researchers would be in Africa fighting ebola—but Trump cut their funding

US Infectious diseases centers launched during COVID have lost their funding under Trump. ...

Technology May 29, 2026

Physical Media Is Making a Comeback. The Next Console Generation Might Kill It

Consoles with disc drives are the easiest way to enjoy all kinds of physical media, but that could end with the next-gen...

Technology May 29, 2026

Is This Sustainable?

Article URL: https://jamiehurst.co.uk/2026-05-24_ai-sustainable Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4832...

Technology May 29, 2026

GoRuck GR1 Review: Great For Travel, Rucking, the Gym, and More

Built like a tank, the endlessly capable GoRuck GR1 is as close to a do-it-all bag as you can get.

Technology May 29, 2026

Streamers Like Clavicular Are Humiliating OnlyFans Girls For Clout

Sex workers appear on the livestreams of famous manosphere influencers to boost their followings—but often end up bein...

Technology May 29, 2026

Adobe’s conversational AI agent is a mediocre design intern

AI image tools rarely make me feel like I'm part of the creative process. They are, after all, mostly designed so that p...