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Volkswagen shows its first electric GTI; there's no chance of US sales
The ID. Polo GTI takes plenty of inspiration from the original Golf GTI of 1976.
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May 15, 2026
One of Intel’s fastest desktop CPUs is $50 off
The Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus was billed by the company in late March as one of its “fastest gaming desktop process...
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May 15, 2026
Spencer Pratt Is Creating Panic Over ‘Super Meth.’ It’s Not Even Real
The LA mayoral candidate and former reality TV star is fueling his campaign with fears about an ultra-potent meth. Exper...
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May 15, 2026
U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100k users of car-tinkering app
Article URL: https://macdailynews.com/2026/05/15/u-s-doj-demands-apple-and-google-unmask-over-100000-users-of-popular-c...
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May 15, 2026
Feedr v0.8.0 – a TUI RSS reader, now read the full article from your terminal
Article URL: https://github.com/bahdotsh/feedr Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151317 Points: 4 # ...
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May 15, 2026
I designed a nibble-oriented CPU in Verilog to build a scientific calculator
Article URL: https://github.com/gdevic/FPGA-Calculator Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151237 Poin...
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May 15, 2026
Tesla reveals two Robotaxi crashes involving teleoperators
Newly un-redacted crash reports reveal some of the troubles Tesla has had as it tries to scale its robotaxis.
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May 15, 2026
Aperio Lang
Article URL: https://aperio-lang.github.io/aperio/introduction.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=...
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May 15, 2026
Greg Brockman Officially Takes Control of OpenAI’s Products in Latest Shakeup
OpenAI is once again reorganizing its executive ranks as part of its effort to unify ChatGPT and Codex into one core pro...
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May 15, 2026
AI radio hosts demonstrate why AI can’t be trusted alone
Andon Labs has been running a series of experiments in which AI agents run businesses without human intervention. Its la...
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May 15, 2026
Making cement from a different type of rock could clean up emissions
Limestone might not be the only source for Portland cement.
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May 15, 2026
Show HN: Sx – an open-source package manager for AI skills, MCPs, and commands
Article URL: https://github.com/sleuth-io/sx Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151058 Points: 5 # Co...
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May 15, 2026
Hightouch (YC S19) Is Hiring
Article URL: https://hightouch.com/careers Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151034 Points: 0 # Comm...
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May 15, 2026
We don't know why Malawi is poor
Article URL: https://newsletter.deenamousa.com/p/we-dont-know-why-malawi-is-poor Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator...
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May 15, 2026
The Chinese App That Puts Instagram to Shame
In the ancient city of Dali, I saw firsthand how RedNote has evolved from a lifestyle platform into the tool that powers...
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May 15, 2026
Bun Rust rewrite: "codebase fails basic miri checks, allows for UB in safe rust"
Article URL: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/30719 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150900 Po...
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May 15, 2026
Does Trump Mobile know how many stripes are on the American flag?
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 ...
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May 15, 2026
Google updates its spam rules to include attempts to ‘manipulate’ AI
Google updated its spam policy to mark attempts to "manipulate" its AI model in search results as spam, including result...
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May 15, 2026
OpenAI is connecting ChatGPT to bank accounts via Plaid
Article URL: https://firethering.com/chatgpt-bank-account-plaid-openai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...
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May 15, 2026
Bill to block publishers from killing online games advances in California
Publishers would have to offer "independent" play patch or refunds after server shutdowns. ...
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May 15, 2026
Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better
Article URL: https://www.gutenberg.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150431 Points: 12 # Commen...
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May 15, 2026
OpenAI launches ChatGPT for personal finance, will let you connect bank accounts
Once users connect their accounts, they will see a dashboard of their portfolio performance, spending, subscriptions, an...
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May 15, 2026
OpenAI now wants ChatGPT to access your bank accounts
Your trust in AI is about to be put to the test: OpenAI will soon let you give the chatbot direct access to your bank ac...
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May 15, 2026
Honda shows off new hybrids for America as it absorbs $9 billion EV loss
The automaker marked its first annual loss in more than 70 years.
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May 15, 2026
Power prices are up 76% on America’s biggest grid, and a watchdog is pointing fingers
Prices have nearly doubled in the largest U.S. grid thanks to surging demand from data centers.
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May 15, 2026
I built Zenith: a live local-first fixed viewport planetarium
Article URL: https://smorgasb.org/zenith-tech/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150097 Points: 3 # ...
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May 15, 2026
Image-blaster: Creates 3D environments, SFX, and meshes from a single image
Article URL: https://github.com/neilsonnn/image-blaster Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150069 Poi...
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May 15, 2026
US orders travelers on Air Force One to throw away gifts, pins, and burner phones after China trip
People who travelled to Beijing for a summit between the United States and China had to throw away items they received d...
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May 15, 2026
BioLite’s stakeable solar lights are down to a new low price for Memorial Day
The Memorial Day deals have arrived — err, at least some of them. BioLite, purveyors of all things solar, has kicked o...
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May 15, 2026
Casimir force co-opted to generate free energy, midichlorians not included
The vacuum giveth, the vacuum taketh, but the vacuum doesn’t let you taketh. ...