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This young startup is taking on a fragrance industry that hasn’t changed in a almost half century

Fragrance tech company Patina announced Thursday a $2 million raise from investors, including Betaworks and True Ventures. 

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Technology May 21, 2026

GitHub faces a fight for its survival at Microsoft

When Microsoft announced it was acquiring GitHub in a $7.5 billion deal in 2018, developers were nervous. Some were conc...

Technology May 21, 2026

Why the 2026 Hurricane Season Might Not Be That Bad

The impending arrival of El Niño will help keep the number of storms low. But it only takes one landfall to create a ca...

Technology May 21, 2026

Spotify is launching AI-generated remixes

Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced a licensing deal that will allow users to prompt the creation of AI-ge...

Technology May 21, 2026

Museum of Pocket Calculating Devices

Article URL: https://www.calculators.de/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48224768 Points: 7 # Commen...

Technology May 21, 2026

I Cloned Myself With Gemini’s AI Avatar Tool. The Result Was Unnervingly Me

I used the Gemini app to generate lifelike videos featuring a digital clone of myself. Google sees this as the future of...

Technology May 21, 2026

Spotify is going to reserve concert tickets for ‘real fans’

As part of a new "Reserved" program, Spotify is going to start offering concert tickets for "real fans" of participating...

Technology May 21, 2026

Spotify Studio’s AI agent creates a daily podcast just for you

Studio by Spotify Labs is a new standalone AI app that generates a daily briefing, podcasts, and playlists on your PC us...

Technology May 21, 2026

AI video is moving beyond clip slop

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated...

Technology May 21, 2026

Viture’s refurb Luma Pro smart glasses are more than half off at eBay

Price is a big barrier for most people who’d like to try out smart glasses for gaming, watching movies, or using their...

Technology May 21, 2026

Spotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool

Spotify is releasing new audiobook plans later this year

Technology May 21, 2026

Spotify adds AI-powered Q&A and briefing generation features to podcasts

Spotify will let you generate daily or weekly briefs based on your prompts

Technology May 21, 2026

Spotify takes on Google’s NotebookLM with its new app

Spotify is releasing the new desktop app as a research preview in more than 20 markets

Technology May 21, 2026

Spotify will reserve tickets for top fans of an artists in a bid to drum up engagement

Spotify said that it will monitor activity like streams and shares to determine who is a top fan

Technology May 21, 2026

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani takes to Twitch to chat with New Yorkers

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is launching a Twitch series today at 4 p.m. ET.

Technology May 21, 2026

We Reverse-Engineered Docker Sandbox's Undocumented MicroVM API

Article URL: https://rivet.dev/blog/2026-02-04-we-reverse-engineered-docker-sandbox-undocumented-microvm-api/ Comments ...

Technology May 21, 2026

Show HN: Freenet, a peer-to-peer platform for decentralized apps

For the past 5 years or so I've been working on a ground-up redesign of Freenet, my peer-to-peer project from the early...

Technology May 21, 2026

Michael Keating has died at the age of 79 (1947–2026)

Article URL: https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/michael-keating-1947-2026 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Technology May 21, 2026

Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can

Article URL: https://www.osnews.com/story/145029/get-your-passwords-out-of-bitwarden-while-you-still-can/ Comments URL:...

Technology May 21, 2026

Waymo pauses Atlanta service as its robotaxis keep driving into floods

Waymo's robotaxi service is now suspended in both Atlanta and San Antonio, as the company works to stop its vehicles fro...

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Indexing a year of video locally on a 2021 MacBook with Gemma4-31B (50GB swap)

Article URL: https://blog.simbastack.com/indexed-a-year-of-video-locally/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/it...

Technology May 21, 2026

Maka Kids is redefining kids’ screen time with a streaming app optimized for well-being, not engagement

Maka Kids is building a streaming app for children ages zero to six featuring content designed for healthy development. ...

Technology May 21, 2026

Hark raises $700M Series A for its secretive “universal” AI interface

Brett Adcock's new AI startup is now valued at $6 billion by its investors.

Technology May 21, 2026

The Path, founded by Tony Robbins and Calm alums, hopes to offer safer AI therapy

The Path says its AI model has scored 95 on the mental health safety AI benchmark, Vera-MH. This compares to a top score...

Technology May 21, 2026

Musk v. Altman: Much ado about nothing

Today I’m talking with Liz Lopatto, who spent the last month covering the Musk v. Altman trial in all its chaos. You...

Technology May 21, 2026

I tested several cases for the Switch 2 and these are the best

You might find it kind of sad to put your hard-earned Switch 2 into a protective case. To me, it’s freeing. Sure, it c...

Technology May 21, 2026

Google is pitching an AI agent ecosystem to consumers who may not buy it

The AI agents are coming. A lot of them.

Technology May 21, 2026

Google's Antigravity Bait and Switch

Article URL: https://www.0xsid.com/blog/antigravity-bait-n-switch Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48...

Technology May 21, 2026

US government takes $2 billion equity stake in nine quantum computing firms

Beneficiaries include startup backed by firm with links to the Trump family. ...

Technology May 21, 2026

Wayve’s self-driving tech is headed to US cars made by Stellantis

Wayve's self-driving tech will show up in Stellantis vehicles in 2028.