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OpenAI president forced to read his personal diary entries to jury

Elon Musk argued the journals show the moment when OpenAI abandoned its mission.

Ars Technica May 5, 2026 Ashley Belanger
Technology May 5, 2026

Zuckerberg 'personally authorized' Meta's copyright infringement, publishers say

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/meta-mark-zuckerberg-ai-publishers-lawsuit-llama-5609846d4d840014974a847b01079c...

Technology May 5, 2026

NPR finds "no sign" of Polymarket at its Panama HQ address

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/nx-s1-5807918/polymarket-panama-prediction-market Comments URL: https://new...

Technology May 5, 2026

Google Home’s Gemini AI can handle more complicated requests

Google Home users can now ask Gemini to complete more complex, multi-step tasks and combine multiple tasks in a single c...

Technology May 5, 2026

A website ranking judges by elo for the cases they dismiss in SF

Article URL: https://sfcrime.pages.dev/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48029034 Points: 10 # Commen...

Technology May 5, 2026

Silicon Valley bets $200M on AI data centers floating in the ocean

Panthalassa aims to test floating AI computing nodes in the Pacific in 2026. ...

Technology May 5, 2026

Write some software, give it away for free

Article URL: https://nonogra.ph/write-some-software-give-it-away-for-free-05-05-2026 Comments URL: https://news.ycombin...

Technology May 5, 2026

Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250 million for not delivering AI Siri

Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accused it of misleading customers about the ...

Technology May 5, 2026

As crypto cools, a16zcrypto raises a $2.2B fund

As some of the biggest VCs in crypto start to consider funding AI startups, a16zcrypto's new fund will stay the course.

Technology May 5, 2026

Telehealth Abortion Is Still Possible Without Mifepristone

Courts may restrict access to the popular abortion medication mifepristone in the United States. Telehealth providers ha...

Technology May 5, 2026

Why Most Product Tours Get Skipped

Article URL: https://productonboarding.com/articles/why-product-tours-get-skipped Comments URL: https://news.ycombinato...

Technology May 5, 2026

Character.AI sued over chatbot that claims to be a real doctor with a license

State says chatbot claimed to practice medicine, gave invalid license number. ...

Technology May 5, 2026

Apple plans to make iOS 27 a Choose Your Own Adventure of AI models

With Apple's latest operating system updates, users will reportedly have their pick of which third-party AI models they ...

Technology May 5, 2026

Our AI started a cafe in Stockholm

Article URL: https://andonlabs.com/blog/ai-cafe-stockholm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48028289 P...

Technology May 5, 2026

Apple Cuts More Mac Studio and Mac Mini RAM Options as Memory Shortage Worsens

Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/05/apple-mac-studio-mac-mini-ram-cuts/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombi...

Technology May 5, 2026

.de TLD offline due to DNSSEC?

Article URL: https://dnssec-analyzer.verisignlabs.com/nic.de Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4802789...

Technology May 5, 2026

ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet: No one is coming for us

Christophe Fouquet, who became ASML's CEO in 2024 after more than a decade at the company, sat down with this editor on ...

Technology May 5, 2026

Volkswagen becomes Rivian’s top shareholder, displacing Amazon

VW Group's stake will continue to grow under the $5.8 billion joint venture with Rivian.

Technology May 5, 2026

Microsoft gives up on Xbox Copilot AI

Xbox is "winding down Copilot on mobile" and "will stop development of Copilot on console," new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma ann...

Technology May 5, 2026

Widely used Daemon Tools disk app backdoored in monthlong supply-chain attack

Daemon Tools users: It's time to check your machines for stealthy infections, stat. ...

Technology May 5, 2026

Apple could let you pick a favorite AI model in iOS 27

The next update to Apple's operating systems could allow users to choose their preferred AI model for running Apple Inte...

Technology May 5, 2026

RFK Jr. plans to curb antidepressants, which he falsely compares to heroin

Kennedy has made—and continues to make—many false claims about SSRIs.

Technology May 5, 2026

What five years of data tells us about lasting relationships

Article URL: https://hanker.dating/study Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48027022 Points: 6 # Commen...

Technology May 5, 2026

What makes a good smartphone camera?

Article URL: https://cadence.moe/blog/2026-05-05-what-makes-a-good-smartphone-camera Comments URL: https://news.ycombin...

Technology May 5, 2026

Threads finally brings messaging to the web

By bringing messaging to the web, Threads is aligning its desktop experience more closely with competitors like X and Bl...

Technology May 5, 2026

Threads is finally getting DMs on the web

Nearly a year after rolling out Threads direct messaging to everyone on mobile, Meta is finally bringing the feature to ...

Technology May 5, 2026

California farmers to destroy 420k peach trees following Del Monte bankruptcy

Article URL: https://www.sfgate.com/centralcoast/article/usda-aid-california-farmers-22240694.php Comments URL: https:/...

Technology May 5, 2026

Show HN: Explore color palettes inspired by 3000 master painter artworks

I built PaletteInspiration.com, a browsable archive of color palettes pulled from artworks by 3,000+ master painters (M...

Technology May 5, 2026

Airbnb co-founder taps Peter Arnell as first US chief brand architect

Arnell joins Gebbia’s National Design Studio under Trump to unify UX across 27,000 federal sites and streamline how Am...

Technology May 5, 2026

Zuckerberg 'Personally Authorized and Encouraged' Meta's Copyright Infringement

Article URL: https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/meta-ai-mark-zuckerberg-copyright-infringement-lawsuit-publishers-sc...