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The crypto Clarity Act returns to the Senate this week. The banks are already trying to kill it.

Hello and welcome to Regulator, the newsletter for Verge subscribers that goes into tech shenanigans that take place in the backrooms of Washington. Really, it sometimes does feel like the online seri...

The Verge May 13, 2026 Tina Nguyen
Technology May 13, 2026

What It Will Take to Make AI Sustainable

Researcher Sasha Luccioni argues we need better emissions data and a better sense of how people are using AI in the firs...

Technology May 13, 2026

Fighting Trump will make or break Disney’s new CEO

A week ago, newly appointed Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro was busy regaling investors with plans to turn Disney Plus into the ...

Technology May 13, 2026

Making the news available at no cost is a victory

Article URL: https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2026/05/12/just-days-tribune-reporting/ Comments URL: https://ne...

Technology May 13, 2026

The physics of how Olympic weightlifters exploit barbell's "whip"

The type of bar matters when it comes to how it bends and recoils, but why is still a mystery. ...

Technology May 13, 2026

DHS Plans Experiment Running ‘Reconnaissance’ Drones Along the US-Canada Border

Autonomous drones and ground vehicles will stream “battlefield intelligence” over 5G along the US-Canada border in a...

Technology May 13, 2026

"Not Medically Necessary": Helping America's Health Insurers Deny Coverage

Article URL: https://www.propublica.org/article/evicore-health-insurance-denials-cigna-unitedhealthcare-aetna-prior-aut...

Technology May 13, 2026

Netflix’s ad ambitions just keep growing

For the second year in a row, Netflix's ad-supported tier more than doubled its monthly viewerbase. During its 2026 upfr...

Technology May 13, 2026

Everything at The Criterion Collection is 30 percent off right now

If you’ve been meaning to grow your physical movie collection, now’s a good time to do it. Through May 25th, The Cri...

Technology May 13, 2026

NASA provides some details about Artemis III, but hard decisions remain

"NASA also is defining the concept of operations for the mission."

Technology May 13, 2026

MacBook Neo Deep Dive: Benchmarks, Wafer Economics, and the 8GB Gamble

Article URL: https://www.jdhodges.com/blog/macbook-neo-benchmarks-analysis/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/...

Technology May 13, 2026

A sentimental tour of late 1990s and early 2000s hacking tools

Article URL: https://andreafortuna.org/2026/05/13/amarcord/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48125557...

Technology May 13, 2026

ReactOS

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Technology May 13, 2026

This is what some the world’s largest banks of malware look like stacked as hard drives

What would some of the world's largest repositories of malware look like if they were stacked as hard drives, one on top...

Technology May 13, 2026

Overworked AI Agents Turn Marxist, Researchers Find

In a recent experiment, mistreated AI agents started grumbling about inequality and calling for collective bargaining ri...

Technology May 13, 2026

A new US military wargame series began by simulating a nuclear weapon in orbit

US officials have said a nuclear detonation would render portions of low-Earth orbit useless fo...

Technology May 13, 2026

Neanderthals drilled cavities to treat a toothache 59,000 years ago

“Every time I go to the dentist, I think about that guy,” researcher says. ...

Technology May 13, 2026

Instagram hits the copy button again with new disappearing Instants photos

Instagram is once again cribbing from competitors like Snapchat and BeReal with a new photo-sharing format it calls "Ins...

Technology May 13, 2026

Altman forced to confront claims at OpenAI trial that he's a prolific liar

"Very painful": Altman relives his Muskian reaction to losing control over OpenAI. ...

Technology May 13, 2026

Geothermal startup Fervo Energy pops 33% in IPO debut fueled by AI data center demand

Fervo Energy's IPO was upsized several times after potential investors asked why the enhanced geothermal startup wasn't ...

Technology May 13, 2026

Windows Update is getting better at saving your PC from buggy drivers

Driver recovery can automate what used to be an irritating manual process.

Technology May 13, 2026

X launches a History tab for bookmarks, likes, videos, and articles

X’s new History tab combines bookmarks, likes, watched videos, and read articles into a single place, expanding the ap...

Technology May 13, 2026

OpenAI Brings Its Ass to Court

In Musk v. Altman, the company sought to show the jury a remarkable trophy as physical proof of Elon Musk’s concerning...

Technology May 13, 2026

Amazon devices chief says a new smartphone is “just not the goal”

"We know what customers need right now.”

Technology May 13, 2026

Instagram’s new ‘Instants’ feature combines elements from Snapchat and BeReal

The feature lets users share disappearing photos with their Close Friends or mutual followers that can be viewed only on...

Technology May 13, 2026

Launch HN: Ardent (YC P26) – Postgres sandboxes in seconds with zero migration

Hey HN! We’re Vikram and Evan from Ardent (https://tryardent.com). We're building database sandboxes for you and your...

Technology May 13, 2026

Mark Zuckerberg announces ‘completely private’ encrypted Meta AI chat

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says its new Incognito Chat is "the first major AI product where there is no log of your conver...

Technology May 13, 2026

Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics raises another $400M

Mind Robotics, which was first revealed in late 2025, has now raised more than $1 billion to date.

Technology May 13, 2026

Anthropic blames dystopian sci-fi for training AI models to act “evil”

But training on "synthetic stories" that model good AI behavior can help.

Technology May 13, 2026

Who trusts Sam Altman?

"I believe I am an honest and trustworthy business person," Altman testified in federal court.