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Fox is buying Roku

Fox has announced that it's acquiring Roku outright, in a deal that values the streaming company at $22 billion. The deal will see Fox's TV networks and Tubi streamer combine with Roku's network of st...

The Verge • Jun 15, 2026 • Dominic Preston
Technology Jun 15, 2026

Belgian politicians would rather risk treason charges than trust engineers

Article URL: http://mikhailian.mova.org/node/325 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48539859 Points: 8 ...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

All the gear a 20-year gadget blogging veteran packs when traveling

Through more than two decades of travel for both work and leisure, my packing list has evolved from a random assortment ...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

The Kratom Civil War Is Heating Up, and MAHA Has Picked a Side

Both kratom and one of its active components, 7-OH, have opioid-like effects and are widely available across the US. As ...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

Honor’s Magic V6 sets three foldable firsts

On paper, the Honor Magic V6 sounds like a tremendous leap forward for foldable phones: It's the thinnest one yet, with ...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

How Apple Is Making Your Older iPhone Run Faster and Stay Alive Longer

Even the aging iPhone 11 will feel a little more responsive soon, thanks to improvements in an unsung iOS feature.

Technology Jun 15, 2026

Anthropic's Safety Superpower

Article URL: https://stratechery.com/2026/anthropics-safety-superpower/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

A Crypto Scam Targeted a Gay OnlyFans Star. Then His X Feed Was Flooded With ‘MAGA Propaganda’

In recent months hackers have attempted to extort money from porn stars with big followings, in some cases filling their...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

1 in 4 World Cup Matches Could Be Played in Dangerous Temperatures

A new report warns that Miami, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Houston could be particularly hot places to play d...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

Show HN: I wrote a C++ ray tracer from scratch without AI

Article URL: https://github.com/themartiano/luz Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48538833 Points: 16 ...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

The US Government Is Letting a Key Data Center Regulation Expire

The federal government is planning to let a rule regulating federal data center operations sunset in September with no r...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

Anthropic flies staff to D.C. to clean up White House fight

Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2026/06/14/anthropic-white-house-mythos-fable Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

The UK Places a Sweeping Ban on Social Media for Kids Under 16

The UK government is introducing a ban on social media for children and a minimum age for some chatbots in an attempt to...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

Meta Tapped a Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses

Rank One, whose board includes a former CIA deputy director and a former FBI science chief, supplied face recognition to...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

UK Brings in Full Social Media Ban for Under-16s

Article URL: https://deadline.com/2026/06/uk-social-media-ban-under-16s-x-youtube-tiktok-reddit-1236956163/ Comments UR...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

What the Fuck Happened to Nerds

Article URL: https://mrmarket.lol/what-the-fuck-happened-to-nerds/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

Under-16 social media ban announced by UK government

The UK is the latest country to follow Australia in implementing a total social media ban for children under 16, Prime M...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

The AI layoff wave is becoming a powder keg

What makes this combustible: at the very moment that tens of thousands of workers are being shown the door, a small coho...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

Under-16s to be banned from social media, Starmer announces

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c77yx1jpg1nt Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48537709 P...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

Openrouter Fusion API

Article URL: https://openrouter.ai/openrouter/fusion Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48537641 Points...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

Dalus (YC W25) Is Hiring a Senior Software Engineer in Germany

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/dalus/jobs/5IDmKJt-senior-software-frontend-engineer-germany-office ...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

Successful Psilocybin Treatment of Alzheimer

Article URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2026.1813281/full Comments URL: h...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

Curl will not accept vulnerability reports during July 2026

Article URL: https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/06/15/curl-summer-of-bliss/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/it...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

Apple Foundation Models

Article URL: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/cli-sdks-libraries/libraries/apple-foundation-models Comments URL: htt...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

Orbio raises $21 million to automate hiring and onboarding for frontline workers

Orbio announces $21 Million Series A in round led by Dawn Capital.

Technology Jun 15, 2026

Even More Batteries Included with Emacs

Article URL: https://karthinks.com/software/even-more-batteries-included-with-emacs/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombin...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

The hallucinogenic mushroom that contains no known psychedelic

Article URL: https://psychedelics.co.uk/news/a-mushroom-genus-that-gets-people-high-but-not-the Comments URL: https://n...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

The rich aren't your role models

Article URL: https://theslowburningfuse.wordpress.com/2026/06/14/the-rich-arent-your-role-models-theyre-your-oppressors...

Technology Jun 15, 2026

21 years and counting of 'eight fallacies of distributed computing' (2025)

Article URL: https://blog.apnic.net/2025/12/08/21-years-and-counting-of-eight-fallacies-of-distributed-computing/ Comme...

Technology Jun 14, 2026

US and Iran announce deal to end military operations

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cj0grpyg4v1t Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48533976 Poi...