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eBay’s bizarre cyberstalking saga ends with a $56 million settlement

eBay and three former executives will pay $55.7 million as part of a settlement with a Massachusetts couple targeted with a bizarre harassment and cyberstalking campaign in 2019, as reported earlier b...

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The union drive at the Wikimedia Foundation is expanding

In June, UK staff at the nonprofit that runs Wikipedia became the first to announce their intentions to form a union. No...

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eBay pays $46M to journalists it targeted in bizarre harassment campaign

eBay sent bloody pig mask and other macabre deliveries to journalists' home. ...

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Half-Life ported to Mac OS 9

Article URL: https://mac-classic.com/news/half-life-ported-to-mac-os-9/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

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OpenAI just open-sourced Codex Security

Article URL: https://github.com/openai/codex-security Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49089755 Point...

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Study: Dinosaurs were charbroiled after Chicxulub impact

“We're in the realm where we might be essentially killing off everything within that first ho...

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MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea

Runlayer is suing Rippling after Rippling evaluated the startup's MCP gateway product and then opted to build one itsel...

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Philly suburb: Sure, build that data center—but first meet our 43 demands

The final condition will shock you! (It won’t. It’s taxes.)

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Toolcraft

Article URL: https://toolcraft.sh Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49089600 Points: 20 # Comments: 2

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Recursion Is Lying to You

Article URL: https://blog.gaborkoos.com/posts/2026-05-09-Your-Recursion-Is-Lying-to-You/ Comments URL: https://news.yco...

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Despite AI hype, Google's data shows workers aren't automating themselves away

Analysis of 15 million real AI interactions finds most tasks at most jobs are unaffected. ...

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Sam Altman is ready to decelerate

His change of position comes after "the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally."

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Ebay Has to Pay $55.7 Million in Settlement for Its Unhinged Harassment Campaign

For months on end, eBay employees and contractors made life hell for a couple that had criticized the company. Six years...

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Pacing the frontier

Article URL: https://www.pacingthefrontier.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49089240 Points: 10 ...

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Hulios: An eBPF-powered, transparent Tor gateway for Linux

Article URL: https://github.com/ghaziwali/Hulios Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49089045 Points: 5 ...

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Granola for Apple Watch

Article URL: https://www.granola.ai/blog/granola-for-apple-watch Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=490...

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AI leaders sign statement asking the government to do something about automated AI

Employees of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, Mistral, and other leading AI ...

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uv 0.12.0

Article URL: https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/releases/tag/0.12.0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=490...

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Is it illegal to trick the US government into wiping your phone during a questionably legal search?

A Georgia man was charged with a felony for allegedly wiping his phone while being questioned by Customs and Border Prot...

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AI’s finally expensive enough to make Wall Street nervous

It's earnings season, and investors got an unpleasant surprise from Google: an increase on its spending estimate, to as ...

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Laura Loomer's Reversal on Ukraine Stirs Up the MAGA Civil War

Donald Trump's base has been increasingly spilt. Laura Loomer's sudden embrace of Ukraine has only widened that divide.

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This comfy gaming headset that can play audio from two sources is $25

While most gaming headsets have moved towards low-latency wireless connections, there’s something to be said for a bud...

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Logitech will pull a Nintendo — only European mice will come with replaceable batteries

In June, Nintendo announced a new version of the Switch 2 that should let you easily replace its battery pack - but only...

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Ozlo’s Sleepbuds 2 build on Bose’s sleep earbud legacy

Ozlo’s first major update to its sleep earbuds introduces longer battery life, improved connectivity, enhanced audio, ...

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The robot NASA hired to lift a orbital telescope is tumbling out of control

Katalyst's LINK spacecraft is tumbling out of control after suffering key component failures.

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Waymo, robotaxi operators face fresh scrutiny over emergency response failures

Rep. Kevin Mullin (D-California ) has proposed bill would direct federal regulators to establish minimum national safety...

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Donate to GrapheneOS

Article URL: https://grapheneos.org/donate Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49088451 Points: 27 # Com...

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Apple won’t turn on any ‘restricted mode’ for missed lease payments

Apple says it won't limit the capabilities of devices leased through its new Upgrade program if you miss a payment. In a...

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New airliner sets record flying 24 hrs nonstop from Australia to France

Record flight shows viability of Qantas Airways’ Project Sunrise routes in 2027. ...

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Deflock Casa Grande

Article URL: https://deflockcg.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49088148 Points: 5 # Comments: 0...