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Transformers Are Inherently Succinct
Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.19315 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48014197 Points: 6 # Comments: 1
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May 4, 2026
Canadian election databases use "canary traps"—and they work
Intentional errors can be useful.
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May 4, 2026
7 Best Smart Locks (2026) for Front Doors, Side Doors, and Even Garages
Upgrade your locks with fingerprint-scanning or a keypad, whether it’s at the front door or a sliding glass entryway.
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May 4, 2026
How OpenAI delivers low-latency voice AI at scale
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/delivering-low-latency-voice-ai-at-scale/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator....
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May 4, 2026
White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released
Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/technology/trump-ai-models.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator....
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May 4, 2026
Image AI models now drive app growth, beating chatbot upgrades
Appfigures finds visual model launches generate 6.5x more downloads — but most don’t convert that spike into revenue...
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May 4, 2026
Katie Haun raises $1 billion for new venture funds
Katie Haun announced on Monday that $1 billion has been raised across new funds to continue the firm’s thesis of backi...
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May 4, 2026
DHS demanded Google surrender data on a Canadian man over anti-ICE posts
https://archive.ph/5Fq2D Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48013423 Points: 11 # Comments: 0
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May 4, 2026
Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags
The retracted study on ChatGPT in education was already cited hundreds of times. ...
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May 4, 2026
SwitchBot’s rechargeable button pusher is on sale for over 20 percent off
If you want to give mom something that helps lighten the load, the SwitchBot Bot Rechargeable makes for a great, inexpen...
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May 4, 2026
Microsoft Edge stores all passwords in memory in clear text, even when unused
Article URL: https://twitter.com/L1v1ng0ffTh3L4N/status/2051308329880719730 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/...
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May 4, 2026
Rumor: Disney to Remove Star Wars Sequel Trilogy from Timeline
Article URL: https://geeksandgamers.com/remove-star-wars-sequel-trilogy/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...
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May 4, 2026
Usage-based pricing killing your vibe, here's how to roll your own local AI
Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/02/local_ai_coding_agents/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/...
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May 4, 2026
Offenders sentenced up to 10 years for spying on TSMC
Article URL: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2026/04/28/2003856358 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinat...
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May 4, 2026
Hackers are still exploiting the cPanel bug to gain control of thousands of websites
Days after the disclosure of a critical vulnerability in popular web hosting software cPanel and WHM, hackers keep targe...
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May 4, 2026
GameStop offers $56 billion for eBay, struggles to explain how it'll pay for it
Amid falling revenue and store closures, GameStop wants to buy the much larger eBay. ...
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May 4, 2026
F1 in Miami: That's what it looks like when an upgrade works
2026's Formula 1 championship now looks far from a foregone thing.
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May 4, 2026
U.S. military data left exposed at an a16z startup for 150 days
Article URL: https://www.strix.ai/blog/how-strix-found-zero-auth-vulnerability-dod-backed-startup Comments URL: https:/...
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May 4, 2026
Days Without GitHub Incidents
Article URL: https://www.dayswithoutgithubincident.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48012022 Poi...
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May 4, 2026
Heat pump sales rise 17% across Europe in Q1 as energy prices surge
Article URL: https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/05/04/heat-pump-sales-rise-17-across-europe-in-q1-as-energy-prices-surge/...
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May 4, 2026
'Kitten Space Agency' Is the Spiritual Successor to 'Kerbal Space Program'
Article URL: https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-games/kitten-space-agency-is-the-spiritual-successor-to-kerbal-s...
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May 4, 2026
Let's Talk about LLMs
Article URL: https://www.b-list.org/weblog/2026/apr/09/llms/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4801190...
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May 4, 2026
Best Mother's Day Deals on Mom-Approved Gifts (2026)
Give Mom the best and save some cash in the process with these legitimate discounts on WIRED-approved gifts.
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May 4, 2026
Trillions in Retirement Dollars Flow into Opaque Trusts
Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-05-03/trillions-in-us-retirement-dollars-flow-into-opaque-tru...
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May 4, 2026
US healthcare marketplaces shared citizenship and race data with ad tech giants
Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/04/us-healthcare-marketplaces-shared-citizenship-and-race-data-with-ad-tech...
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May 4, 2026
Stop big tech from making users behave in ways they don't want to
Article URL: https://economist.com/by-invitation/2026/04/29/stop-big-tech-from-making-users-behave-in-ways-they-dont-wa...
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May 4, 2026
The Visible Zorker: Zork 3
Article URL: https://eblong.com/infocom/visi/zork3/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48011440 Points:...
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May 4, 2026
Elon Musk’s only expert witness at the OpenAI trial fears an AGI arms race
Stuart Russell is a long-time AI researcher who thinks governments need to restrain frontier labs.
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May 4, 2026
The creator of Roomba is back with a furry robot companion
Colin Angle, the maker of the Roomba and the man who helped put 50 million household robots into people's homes, is back...
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May 4, 2026
The Pixel 11 could be the next victim of the RAM shortage
Google's next round of Pixel phones could be a downgrade compared to the Pixel 10 lineup due to the ongoing RAM shortage...