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Ars Asks: Share your shell and show us your tricked-out terminals!

A celebration of the tweaks and customizations that make life easier at the CLI.

Ars Technica May 6, 2026 Lee Hutchinson
Technology May 6, 2026

A Library Dedicated Solely to the Epstein Files Is Opening in New York

The Institute for Primary Facts has compiled more than 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files for public display at the ...

Technology May 6, 2026

OpenAI president forced to read his personal diary entries to jury

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/openai-president-explains-to-jury-why-his-diary-entries-sound-...

Technology May 6, 2026

Google’s AI search summaries will now quote Reddit

Google is updating its AI Search features to make it easier for users to find information from sources they know and tru...

Technology May 6, 2026

Zest Maps Is the AI-Powered ‘Spiritual Successor to Foursquare’

This new app tracks every time you swipe your card at a cool restaurant—and tells all your friends.

Technology May 6, 2026

It’s time to let my iPhone Mini go

It's not the Mini, it's me. Nearly five years after it launched, the 13 Mini is still the best phone ever made. That has...

Technology May 6, 2026

Show HN: Adam – An embeddable cross-platform AI agent library

Article URL: https://github.com/sqliteai/adam Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48035677 Points: 6 # C...

Technology May 6, 2026

Shrinkflation Is Quietly Making All Gadgets Worse

Article URL: https://gizmodo.com/shrinkflation-is-quietly-making-all-gadgets-worse-2000754565 Comments URL: https://new...

Technology May 6, 2026

Building the deployment tool I wish I had

Article URL: https://ruuda.nl/2026/deptool Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48035607 Points: 7 # Comm...

Technology May 6, 2026

More than just an SUV? Rivian is working on more R2 variants.

Without giving much away, CEO RJ Scaringe teased the idea of an R2 pickup and an R2X. ...

Technology May 6, 2026

7 Best Digital Notebooks (2026): reMarkable, Kobo, Kindle

These nifty tools combine the ease of jotting notes by hand with the power of saving them digitally.

Technology May 6, 2026

ReMarkable Paper Pure Tablet Review: Back to Basics

After six years, the ReMarkable 2 gets a replacement in the form of the ReMarkable Paper Pure.

Technology May 6, 2026

Cat (YC S22) Seeks Fractional Engineer to Build AI-Native Growth Toolkit

Article URL: https://www.coveragecat.com/careers/engineering/fractional-growth-engineer Comments URL: https://news.ycom...

Technology May 6, 2026

reMarkable’s new Paper Pure tablet goes back to basics with a monochrome screen

The new Paper Pure is lighter and faster than the reMarkable 2, which is going to be retired six years since its launch.

Technology May 6, 2026

Energizer’s new coin batteries won’t cause ingestion burns if swallowed

Energizer has announced a new line of lithium coin batteries it claims are the world's first to eliminate the risk of in...

Technology May 6, 2026

Remarkable’s next E Ink digital notepad skips the color screen

Remarkable announced a new paper tablet today - albeit one without the advanced color screen found in its recent Paper P...

Technology May 6, 2026

The Remarkable Paper Pure is the best digital notepad I’ve ever used

Was I writing with pen and paper, or a stylus on a tablet? It’s getting more difficult than ever to tell.  The Re...

Technology May 6, 2026

Microsoft’s Office and LinkedIn chief now runs Teams in latest reshuffle

Microsoft's LinkedIn CEO, Ryan Roslansky, took on an expanded role at the company as head of Office last year, and he's ...

Technology May 6, 2026

Best Indoor Security Cameras (2026): For Homes and Apartments

Cameras can offer peace of mind, but choose carefully before inviting one into your home.

Technology May 6, 2026

Best Webcams (2026): My Honest Take After Testing the Best

I tested all the major webcams across the price spectrum in attempts to find the very best. Here's what I learned.

Technology May 6, 2026

The clippening

Earlier this year, after a tumultuous period serving as the former second-in-command at the FBI, Dan Bongino went back t...

Technology May 6, 2026

Setting up a Sun Ray server on OpenIndiana Hipster 2025.10

Article URL: https://catstret.ch/202605/srss-hipster202510/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48034762...

Technology May 6, 2026

Apple Will Pay $250 Million to Settle Lawsuit Over Siri's AI Features

If you bought an iPhone 15 or 16 in the US, you could be set to pocket up to $95 per device as part of the settlement.

Technology May 6, 2026

Focal Mu-So Hekla Soundbar Review: Dolby Atmos With 1 Speaker

The Focal Mu-so Hekla can almost replace a multi-speaker surround-sound setup.

Technology May 6, 2026

Show HN: Red Squares – GitHub outages as contributions

Article URL: https://red-squares.cian.lol/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48034587 Points: 61 # Com...

Technology May 6, 2026

Best Water Leak Detectors (2026): Moen, Phyn, TP-Link

Don’t let busted pipes or an overflowing washing machine dampen your day. These smart water sensors can help you catch...

Technology May 6, 2026

Chrome’s AI features may be hogging 4GB of your computer storage

Google Chrome may be taking up more of your storage than expected thanks to a large on-device AI model file that, in som...

Technology May 6, 2026

Smeg Forte Stand Mixer Review: Big Power, Mixed Results

Smeg’s new retro-looking Forte stand mixer packs some serious power, but its performance isn’t as polished as its de...

Technology May 6, 2026

Hasan Piker, Self-Described ‘Ayatollah of Woke,’ Wants AI to Die

The far-left Twitch streamer says AI is rotting our brains. He’s also addicted to Twitter and listens to at least eigh...

Technology May 6, 2026

NZ Government to Disestablish the BSA

Article URL: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-disestablish-bsa Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com...