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Xbox Game Pass ‘has become too expensive,’ says Microsoft’s new gaming chief in leaked memo

Microsoft's new Xbox chief, Asha Sharma, has signaled that Xbox Game Pass pricing is about to change. In an internal memo to Xbox employees, obtained by The Verge, Sharma admits that "Game Pass has be...

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Technology Apr 13, 2026

B-trees and database indexes (2024)

Article URL: https://planetscale.com/blog/btrees-and-database-indexes Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Staunch Trump Supporters Are Now Asking If He's the Antichrist

The Iran war and a series of social media posts, including one depicting Trump as Jesus Christ, have some conservative c...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

You can make a multicolor MacBook Neo out of Apple’s spare parts

If you're having trouble deciding on a color for a new MacBook Neo, you might not have to choose just one. The folks ove...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Booking.com confirms hackers accessed customers’ data

The travel giant notified customers that their personal data, including names, emails, physical addresses, phone numbers...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

The Rational Conclusion of Doomerism Is Violence

Article URL: https://www.campbellramble.ai/p/the-rational-conclusion Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Top iRestore Deals for Hair Growth and LED Therapy Devices

Today, iRestore is offering up to $900 off select devices and up to $1,550 off bundles.

Technology Apr 13, 2026

The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Safety

Article URL: https://aphyr.com/posts/417-the-future-of-everything-is-lies-i-guess-safety Comments URL: https://news.yco...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

OpenAI executive sends internal memo: ‘The market is as competitive as I have ever seen it’

OpenAI's chief revenue officer, Denise Dresser, sent a four-page memo to employees on Sunday about the company's strateg...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Claude Mythos: The System Card

Article URL: https://thezvi.substack.com/p/claude-mythos-the-system-card Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Who's Been Impersonating This ProPublica Reporter?

Article URL: https://www.propublica.org/article/impersonating-propublica-reporter Comments URL: https://news.ycombinato...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators

More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would e...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Missouri town fires half its city council over data center deal

Article URL: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/13/missouri-city-council-data-center-00867259 Comments URL: https://...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Slate raises $650 million to make its budget electric truck

Slate Auto, the EV startup backed by Jeff Bezos, raised $650 million to fund its effort to build an affordable electric ...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Building a CLI for All of Cloudflare

Article URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/cf-cli-local-explorer/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4775...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Stealthy RCE on Hardened Linux: Noexec and Userland Execution PoC

Article URL: https://hardenedlinux.org/blog/2026-04-13-stealthy-rce-on-hardened-linux-noexec--userland-execution-poc/ C...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Microsoft is testing OpenClaw-like AI bots for 365 Copilot

Microsoft is looking into ways it can integrate OpenClaw-style features into 365 Copilot, according to a report from The...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Claude.ai down

Article URL: https://status.claude.com/incidents/6jd2m42f8mld Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=477536...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Google’s Pixel 10A is a good midrange phone that’s $50 off

If it’s time for you to upgrade your phone, it’s worth considering the Pixel 10A, Google’s latest midrange phone t...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

What Is the Best Fitness Tracker in 2026? Garmin, Oura, More

With almost ten years of hands-on testing, WIRED knows what separates the best fitness trackers from the rest.

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Nothing Ever Happens: Polymarket bot that always buys No on non-sports markets

Article URL: https://github.com/sterlingcrispin/nothing-ever-happens Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Alpine Divorce: A Hike That Ends a Relationship

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/style/alpine-divorce-relationships-hike.html Comments URL: https://news...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch signals IPO readiness as AI agents fuel revenue surge

"The company is ready and getting more ready for every day," Rauch said about an IPO at HumanX conference.

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Pragmata is just OK, but it could’ve been great

Over the last few years, Capcom has done an exceptional job of solidifying its lineup of big, long-running franchises. T...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

We May Be Living Through the Most Consequential Hundred Days in Cyber History

Article URL: https://ringmast4r.substack.com/p/we-may-be-living-through-the-most Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Make Tmux Pretty and Usable

Article URL: https://hamvocke.com/blog/a-guide-to-customizing-your-tmux-conf/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.co...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Hack at Anodot leaves over a dozen breached companies facing extortion

The data breach at Anodot, which affects customers like Rockstar Games, is the latest hack aimed at stealing data from a...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

Slate Auto raises $650 million as production gets closer and closer

The Slate Truck will start in the "mid-$20,000s" when it goes on sale in late 2026. ...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

MEMS Array Chip Can Project Video the Size of a Grain of Sand

Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/mems-photonics Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47752466 Point...

Technology Apr 13, 2026

SwitchBot’s button-pressing robot is now available with a rechargeable battery

SwitchBot is introducing a new version of the tiny button-pressing robot that helped launch the company a decade ago. Th...