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Sem: New primitive for code understanding – not LSPs, but entities on top of Git

Article URL: https://ataraxy-labs.github.io/sem/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48428475 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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Technology Jun 6, 2026

Home alone: Remote work, isolation, and mental health

Article URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec7671 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=484...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

Ntsc-rs – open-source video emulation of analog TV and VHS artifacts

Article URL: https://ntsc.rs/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48428025 Points: 19 # Comments: 5

Technology Jun 6, 2026

Meta confirms 1000s of Instagram accounts were hacked by abusing its AI chatbot

Article URL: https://this.weekinsecurity.com/meta-confirms-thousands-of-instagram-accounts-were-hacked-by-abusing-its-a...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say

Article URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-raised-threat-israeli-spying-us-highest-level-...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

Cloning a Sennheiser BA2015 battery pack

Article URL: https://blog.brixit.nl/cloning-a-sennheiser-ba2015-accu-pack/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/i...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

The first Story-Rich showcase was packed with narrative-driven games

Fellow Traveller, the publisher behind games like Titanium Court and 1000xResist, just wrapped up its Story-Rich Showcas...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

GOG apologizes for emailing people Nazi symbols

GOG sent a newsletter about the game The End of the Sun on June 5th that included symbols associated with the Nazi SS. T...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

Sriram Krishnan is leaving his role as White House AI advisor

Krishnan is reportedly starting a new institution to continue shaping Trump's AI policy.

Technology Jun 6, 2026

The cutest games from the Wholesome Direct 2026 showcase

Every year at Summer Game Fest, nestled in between the splashy blockbuster showcases, the Wholesome Direct provides a ni...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

The Trump administration might take an equity stake in OpenAI

President Donald Trump said he's discussing deals "where the American people can benefit from the success of AI."

Technology Jun 6, 2026

4K Blu-rays are three for $33 ahead of Father’s Day

If you know a dad with a predilection for physical media, he might really dig what you buy for him with this deal at Gru...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

You Can Run

Article URL: https://magazine.atavist.com/2026/mccann-cocaine-fugitives Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

Police in England and Wales told to halt AI use in court statements

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/229e5949-3ebc-4151-8a86-a01b5e259241 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

Python JIT project was asked to pause development

Article URL: https://discuss.python.org/t/an-announcement-from-the-steering-council-regarding-the-jit-project/107638 Co...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

The mayor of Shelbyville, Indiana, says only people who live in ‘shitty houses’ oppose data center

A proposed $2 billion data center has become a political flashpoint in the small city of Shelbyville, Indiana. And the c...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

Beyond Instagram: Introducing the next generation of social apps

These newer social apps offer alternatives to Big Tech’s feeds, focusing on interests, creativity, and community.

Technology Jun 6, 2026

Benn Jordan longs for the days of tech that didn’t spy on you

Benn Jordan may have initially gained notoriety for his music as Flashbulb and later, reviewing synths and effects pedal...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

Zeroserve: A zero-config web server you can script with eBPF

Article URL: https://su3.io/posts/introducing-zeroserve Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48425723 Poi...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

Motorola effectively bricked its entire line of WiFi routers without explanation

Article URL: https://mashable.com/tech/motorola-wifi-routers-stop-working-motosync-plus-app-down Comments URL: https://...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

Moving beyond fork() + exec()

Article URL: https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1076018/16f01bbbb8e0d1f0/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

82-0 is the best basketball game, to hell with NBA 2K

82-0 marries the stat nerd fun of fantasy basketball with instant gratification and a bit of dumb luck. The goal is to d...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

Running Python code in a sandbox with MicroPython and WASM

Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/6/micropython-in-a-sandbox/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

Benchmarks in Leipzig

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.05818 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48425247 Points: 19 # ...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

Meta made its own AI-generated clickbait news feed

Facebook has long been filled with feeds of clickbait articles. Now, Meta is making its own clickbait articles with AI. ...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

US House lawmakers release draft bill to prohibit state AI rules

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/business/us-house-lawmakers-release-draft-bill-regulate-ai-2026-06-04/ Comments UR...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

Kabuto Park captures the fleeting joy of summer vacation

There are a lot of games that remind me of summer - hot days in the backseat with a copy of Dragon Warrior III, cooling ...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

Trees to Flows and Back: Unifying Decision Trees and Diffusion Models

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.00414 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48424674 Points: 5 # C...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

Nvidia is proposing a beast of a CPU system for Windows PCs

Article URL: https://twitter.com/lemire/status/2062880075117113739 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4...

Technology Jun 6, 2026

Meta Keeps Delaying the Release of Its New AI Model to Developers

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-keeps-delaying-the-release-of-its-new-ai-model-to-developers-f8569c8c Com...