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The Best Smart Sprinklers and Irrigation Systems: In-Ground Sprinklers, Hose Timers (2026)

We’ve tested almost a dozen options that handle everything from scheduling and weather changes to water conservation, so you don’t have to.

Wired May 23, 2026 Christopher Null
Technology May 23, 2026

The FBI Wants ‘Near Real-Time’ Access to US License Plate Readers

Plus: Google publishes a live exploit for an unpatched flaw, the feds arrest two men accused of creating thousands of no...

Technology May 23, 2026

Cosmic Voids May Contain the Universe’s Best Secrets

Once dismissed as empty expanses between galaxies, cosmic voids are becoming one of the most promising tools for probing...

Technology May 23, 2026

- -dangerously-skip-reading-code – olano.dev

Article URL: https://olano.dev/blog/dangerously-skip/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48246232 Point...

Technology May 23, 2026

A 'Golden Orb' on the Ocean Floor Came From a Mysterious Animal

A fascinating, unclassifiable orb found in the Gulf of Alaska is not an alien object, as some speculated, but the remain...

Technology May 23, 2026

White Rabbit – sub-nanosecond synchronization for large distributed systems

Article URL: https://ohwr.org/projects/white-rabbit/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48245916 Points...

Technology May 23, 2026

BambuStudio has been violating PrusaSlicer AGPL license since their fork

Article URL: https://xcancel.com/josefprusa/status/2054602354851254330 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

Technology May 23, 2026

Experience: We found a baby on the subway – now he's our 26-year-old son

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/22/experience-found-baby-subway-now-26-year-old-son Comm...

Technology May 23, 2026

Peec, one of Berlin’s rising startups, more than doubled annualized revenue in months to $10M, sources say

Peec, which helps brands track their presence in AI searches, offers proof of a key trend among European startups.

Technology May 23, 2026

All Vehicles Sold in the EU Must Be Able to Hook Up to a Breathalyzer

The measure is part of a European Union–led strategy to eliminate all drunk-driving-related deaths and injuries by 205...

Technology May 23, 2026

Spanish Court Declines to Fine NordVPN over LaLiga Piracy Blocking Order

Article URL: https://torrentfreak.com/spanish-court-declines-to-fine-nordvpn-over-laliga-piracy-blocking-order/ Comment...

Technology May 23, 2026

Rubish: A Unix shell written in pure Ruby

Article URL: https://github.com/amatsuda/rubish Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48245262 Points: 13 ...

Technology May 23, 2026

White House ordering agencies to place its new app on all employees' govt phones

Article URL: https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/05/white-house-ordering-agencies-place-its-new-app-all-employees-g...

Technology May 23, 2026

Microsoft reports AI is more expensive than paying human employees

Article URL: https://fortune.com/2026/05/22/microsoft-ai-cost-problem-tokens-agents/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombin...

Technology May 23, 2026

New rule requires most green-card applicants to apply from outside U.S.

Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/05/22/new-rule-requires-most-green-card-applicants-apply-o...

Technology May 23, 2026

Is AI Profitable Yet?

Article URL: https://isaiprofitable.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48243863 Points: 43 # Comme...

Technology May 23, 2026

Didgeridoo playing as alternative treatment for obstructive sleep apnea(2006)

Article URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1360393/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48243...

Technology May 23, 2026

FBI director's Based Apparel site has been spotted hosting a 'ClickFix' attack

Article URL: https://www.pcmag.com/news/kash-patels-apparel-site-is-trying-to-trick-visitors-into-installing-malware Co...

Technology May 22, 2026

TikTok disproportionately served anti-Democratic videos during the 2024 election

Article URL: https://www.psypost.org/tiktok-disproportionately-served-anti-democratic-videos-during-the-2024-election-s...

Technology May 22, 2026

SpaceX launches Starship v3 rocket

Article URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/spacex-successfully-launches-prototype-of-starship-rocket-263835205505 C...

Technology May 22, 2026

I was bored so I turned my dev tools into an alien planet ruled by my dog

Article URL: https://github.com/bkawa-bot/planet-maiko Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48242949 Poin...

Technology May 22, 2026

AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots

People used AI on a spectrogram image of cockpit recordings to reconstruct them, forcing the NTSB to temporarily block a...

Technology May 22, 2026

Why We've Filed a Referendum

Article URL: https://www.stopstratos.org Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48242668 Points: 11 # Comme...

Technology May 22, 2026

Don't just paste the AI at me

Article URL: https://dontquotetheai.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48242648 Points: 33 # Comme...

Technology May 22, 2026

SpaceX launches Starship V3 for the first time, but loses booster on return

The company had a mostly successful first launch of its upgraded Starship V3, which it needs to power its many ambitious...

Technology May 22, 2026

Four Russian satellites are now within striking distance of an ICEYE radarsat

"This capability is not common for satellites conducting typical missions." ...

Technology May 22, 2026

Bug 1950764: Work Around Crash on Intel Raptor Lake CPU

Article URL: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D301917 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=482425...

Technology May 22, 2026

Ebola outbreak now third largest recorded and "spreading rapidly"

Ebola outbreak risk level increased as deaths reach 177 with nearly 750 cases. ...

Technology May 22, 2026

Sleep research led to a new sleep apnea drug

Article URL: https://temertymedicine.utoronto.ca/news/how-decades-sleep-research-led-new-sleep-apnea-drug Comments URL:...

Technology May 22, 2026

First-generation Chromecast users stressed by devices suddenly failing

Google tells Ars it fixed the first-gen Chromecast bug.