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Show HN: Hocuspocus 4 – self-hosted Yjs collaboration backend

Hi HN! I'm Philip, one of the founders of Tiptap. Next to our open-source rich text editor framework, we started developing Hocuspocus about five years ago and open-sourced it too, to solve one of ou...

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Technology May 20, 2026

Man wins $835K after sheriff jailed him for a month over Charlie Kirk post

Sheriff loses fight with man he jailed for 37 days for posting a Trump meme on Facebook. ...

Technology May 20, 2026

Testing distributed systems with AI agents

Article URL: https://github.com/shenli/distributed-system-testing Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48...

Technology May 20, 2026

Victory: Tennessee man jailed 37 days for Trump meme wins $835,000 settlement

Article URL: https://www.fire.org/news/victory-tennessee-man-jailed-37-days-trump-meme-wins-835000-settlement-after-fir...

Technology May 20, 2026

Russia's plan to advertise on rockets and spacecraft takes off

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Technology May 20, 2026

A feature-packed MagSafe power bank is 20 percent off for Memorial Day

Having personally recently tested a bunch of MagSafe power banks for an upcoming piece, let me tell you that it’s toug...

Technology May 20, 2026

It’s make or break time for AI labeling systems

We're about to find out if the systems designed to make deepfakes and AI-generated content easy to spot are actually up ...

Technology May 20, 2026

Trump Mobile may be leaking customer addresses

Just as the T1 Phone is seemingly on the verge of release, Trump Mobile has been accused of insecurely storing customer ...

Technology May 20, 2026

Insta360’s Mic Pro uses a three microphone array for improved recordings

After initially revealing its unique design at NAB 2026 last month with few technical details, Insta360 has announced an...

Technology May 20, 2026

Startup Battlefield 200 applications close in one week: Window to nominate and apply for the most promising startups ends May 27

Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27. Pitch at TechCrunch Disrupt, get investor access, win $100K, plus mor...

Technology May 20, 2026

NanoClaw creator turns down $20M buyout offer, raises $12M seed instead

NanoCo, the company behind OpenClaw alternative NanoClaw, has raised a $12 million seed after a viral launch, the found...

Technology May 20, 2026

Trump is waging a silent war on legal immigration

When the member states of the United Nations reviewed their Global Compact on Migration earlier this month, one country ...

Technology May 20, 2026

GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 repos via malicious VSCode extension

Previous thread in sequence:GitHub is investigating unauthorized access to their internal repositories - https://news.y...

Technology May 20, 2026

560-610 minutes of exercise a week needed for substantial heart benefits

Article URL: https://bmjgroup.com/560-610-minutes-of-exercise-a-week-needed-for-substantial-heart-benefits/ Comments UR...

Technology May 20, 2026

Yearslong fight over users' right to tweak smart TV software heads to trial

Access to TV OS's source code could allow users to limit ads, tracking.

Technology May 20, 2026

GitHub says hackers stole data from thousands of internal repositories

The code hosting giant GitHub said it was investigating a breach, but said there was no evidence of customer data theft.

Technology May 20, 2026

If Google can’t  make AI agents useful, maybe no one can

For years, tech companies have promised AI will give everyone a capable personal assistant but delivered something more ...

Technology May 20, 2026

America's Greatest Strategic Blunder: The Imprisonment of Qian Xuesen

Article URL: https://danieltan.weblog.lol/2026/05/americas-greatest-strategic-blunder-the-imprisonment-of-qian-xuesen C...

Technology May 20, 2026

‘Perfect Storm’: How Trump's Aid Cuts Are Fueling the Ebola Outbreak

One health provider who works on the ground says that basic medical equipment like masks and hand sanitizers are in shor...

Technology May 20, 2026

China banned RTX 5090D V2 while Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was visiting

The chip was added to a list of banned goods at China’s customs checkpoints last Friday. ...

Technology May 20, 2026

Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to sovereign payment

Article URL: https://www.lesnumeriques.com/banque-en-ligne/adieu-visa-et-mastercard-130-millions-d-europeens-basculent-...

Technology May 20, 2026

Quartermaster is building a maritime hive mind

The Arlington, Virginia-based startup has raised $42 million to equip ships with sensors that blow the current AIS tech ...

Technology May 20, 2026

Figma adds an AI assistant to its collaborative canvas

Figma's new AI assistant will be first available on Figma Design

Technology May 20, 2026

The biggest data center ever is becoming a huge problem in Utah

Utah may host one of the world's most colossal data centers, despite stark warnings from experts and fierce public backl...

Technology May 20, 2026

Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Arabia and the UAE

Article URL: https://www.alqst.org/ar/posts/1190 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48206768 Points: 94...

Technology May 20, 2026

Ride1Up Roadster Review (2026): An Ebike That Feels Like a Bike

This lightweight commuter ebike feels a lot like a regular bike would feel if I had bionic legs. I wish there were more ...

Technology May 20, 2026

Anna's Archive Hit with $19.5M Default Judgment and Global Domain Takedown Order

Article URL: https://torrentfreak.com/annas-archive-hit-with-19-5m-default-judgment-and-global-domain-takedown-order/ C...

Technology May 20, 2026

Hypershell X Ultra S Review: The Best Exoskeleton Yet

With its clever new algorithm, the latest Hypershell exoskeleton powers your legs without making you feel like a puppet ...

Technology May 20, 2026

Saying Goodbye to Asm.js

Article URL: https://spidermonkey.dev/blog/2026/05/20/saying-goodbye-to-asmjs.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinat...

Technology May 20, 2026

‘It’s in the air’: Apple TV’s hottest new shows explore different sides of OnlyFans

Apple TV is best known for its lineup of science fiction shows and feel-good sitcoms, but of late the streaming service ...