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Clarification on the Notepad++ Trademark Issue

Article URL: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/clarify-npp-trademark-infringement/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48026206 Points: 15 # Comments: 0

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GLM-5V-Turbo: Toward a Native Foundation Model for Multimodal Agents

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.26752 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48026021 Points: 3 # C...

Technology May 5, 2026

Pennsylvania sues Character.AI after a chatbot allegedly posed as a doctor

According to Pennsylvania's filing, a Character AI chatbot presented itself as a licensed psychiatrist during a state in...

Technology May 5, 2026

Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) and Quantum Cryptography (QC)

Article URL: https://www.nsa.gov/Cybersecurity/Quantum-Key-Distribution-QKD-and-Quantum-Cryptography-QC/ Comments URL: ...

Technology May 5, 2026

IBM didn't want Microsoft to use the Tab key to move between dialog fields

Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260505-00/?p=112298 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.co...

Technology May 5, 2026

Google Home gets upgraded Gemini voice assistant and new camera controls

Google's smart home ecosystem is getting its biggest update since the AI-fueled 2025 revamp. ...

Technology May 5, 2026

Trump SEC lets Musk settle $150 million Twitter lawsuit for $1.5 million

SEC alleged Musk's late disclosure cheated Twitter investors out of $150 million. ...

Technology May 5, 2026

Proliferate (YC S25) Is Hiring- 200k for junior engineers

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/proliferate/jobs/L3copvK-founding-engineer Comments URL: https://new...

Technology May 5, 2026

OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 Instant, a new default model for ChatGPT

The new GPT-5.5 Instant model will replace GPT-3.5 Instant as the default model for ChatGPT

Technology May 5, 2026

OpenAI claims ChatGPT’s new default model hallucinates way less

OpenAI's newest default model for ChatGPT might not make stuff up as much. Hallucinations have been an ongoing problem f...

Technology May 5, 2026

Meta sued by major book publishers over copyright infringement

Meta is facing a class action lawsuit filed by five major book publishers and one author over claims the company "engage...

Technology May 5, 2026

Microsoft’s new Xbox shake-up is all about platform changes

Microsoft's new Xbox chief, Asha Sharma, has spent the past couple of months making her mark on the Xbox organization. A...

Technology May 5, 2026

Computer Use Is 45x More Expensive Than Structured APIs

Article URL: https://reflex.dev/blog/computer-use-is-45x-more-expensive-than-structured-apis/ Comments URL: https://new...

Technology May 5, 2026

From Alan Shepard to Artemis, celebrating 65 years of Americans in space

On the morning of May 5th, 1961, 37-year-old Alan Shepard woke up, ate a breakfast (consisting of a filet mignon wrapped...

Technology May 5, 2026

Accelerating Gemma 4: faster inference with multi-token prediction drafters

Article URL: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/multi-token-prediction-gemma-4/ Comments...

Technology May 5, 2026

UK: Two millionth electric car registered as market rebounds strongly

Article URL: https://www.smmt.co.uk/two-millionth-electric-car-registered-as-market-rebounds-strongly-from-tax-changes/...

Technology May 5, 2026

I'm Scared About Biological Computing

Article URL: https://kuber.studio/blog/Reflections/I%27m-Scared-About-Biological-Computing Comments URL: https://news.y...

Technology May 5, 2026

The new AirPods Max 2 are already on sale for $40 off

In terms of pricing, the original AirPods Max remained stubbornly high even years after their debut, which made them h...

Technology May 5, 2026

PayPal says it’s ‘becoming a technology company again.’ That means AI.

PayPal is pitching an AI-led turnaround, tying automation and restructuring to $1.5B in savings as it cuts jobs and work...

Technology May 5, 2026

Instagram Encrypted Messaging Ends on Friday, May 8

Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/05/psa-instagram-encrypted-messaging-ends-may-8/ Comments URL: https://n...

Technology May 5, 2026

EEVblog: The 555 Timer is 55 years old

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JhK8iCQuqI Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48024129 Po...

Technology May 5, 2026

How do you design a $30,000 electric pickup? Inside Ford's skunkworks.

We tour Ford’s top-secret Electric Vehicle Development Center in California. ...

Technology May 5, 2026

The Italian Dubbing of ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Has Stirred Up a Surprising Controversy

The voice actors from the original film have returned for the sequel—and not everyone is happy about it.

Technology May 5, 2026

Etsy launches its app within ChatGPT as it continues its AI push

Etsy's new native app within ChatGPT aims to be a conversational shopping experience for users.

Technology May 5, 2026

Three Inverse Laws of AI

Article URL: https://susam.net/inverse-laws-of-robotics.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4802386...

Technology May 5, 2026

Charlize Theron is a bewitching Circe in Odyssey trailer

"You're a man who needs to control his fate. But you cannot control this."

Technology May 5, 2026

Kaspersky suspects Chinese hackers planted a backdoor into Daemon Tools in ‘widespread’ attack

The cybersecurity company says it's seen thousands of infection attempts, and at least a dozen successful hacks after us...

Technology May 5, 2026

New Landing Page for Awesome PaaS

Article URL: https://debarshibasak.github.io/awesome-paas/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48023691 ...

Technology May 5, 2026

Pornhub Restores Access for UK Adults Who Use Apple’s Age Verification

The porn giant blocked its content from new UK users in February but says device-based age verification is more secure t...

Technology May 5, 2026

Musk's Europe gamble: Will others follow the Dutch and approve FSD?

The Dutch road authority will ask other EU regulators to approve the driver assist. ...