Technology

"We pissed off a lot of people": Giant data center plan cut 50% amid protests

Developer felt "beaten up," with "no choice" but to shrink data center.

Ars Technica • Jun 5, 2026 • Ashley Belanger
Technology Jun 5, 2026

Harness engineering: Leveraging Codex in an agent-first world

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/harness-engineering/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48416264 ...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

GroWell Cap Review: I Have Hair for the First Time in 15 Years

I shaved my head 15 years ago and never looked back. This GroWell LED cap changed that.

Technology Jun 5, 2026

The US Has a Plan to Combat Screwworm. It Involves a Lot More Flies

Releasing sterilized flies can crash a local population of flesh-eating screwworms. But the US currently has limited cap...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

Cloudflare CEO Is Lying to You About the Bot Traffic Jump

Article URL: https://www.flyingpenguin.com/cloudflare-ceo-is-lying-to-you-about-the-bot-traffic-jump/ Comments URL: htt...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

GM’s electric future depends on a new battery — and this building

GM wants to slash EV prices by deploying new battery tech up to a year earlier than planned. This building is key to mak...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

As VC-backed e-bike startups went bankrupt, bootstrapped Lectric grew

Lectric, which says the U.S. market is ripe for competition and choice, has launched three new brands in the past six mo...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

Sakana AI's Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI) Lab

Article URL: https://sakana.ai/rsi-lab/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48415633 Points: 6 # Comment...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

The most interesting startups right now want to get you off your phone

While the AI fundraising machine keeps breaking its own records, some founders are building in the other direction....

Technology Jun 5, 2026

Review: Spider-Noir recaptures the magic of a bygone era

Nicolas Cage was born to play 1930s PI Ben Reilly/The Spider: part Bogart, part Bugs Bunny, 100...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

The Sonos Era 100 speaker is down to its lowest price in months

Whether you’re considering starting a Sonos speaker setup, or adding to an existing group, the Sonos Era 100 is worth ...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

Fake Money Built America

Article URL: https://mail.blockworks.com/p/how-fake-money-built-america Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

Adyen Selected as Payment Services Provider for GOV.UK Pay

Article URL: https://www.adyen.com/press-and-media/adyen-payments-gov-uk Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

SVG of a Hamster Playing Table-Tennis

Article URL: https://aibenchy.com/ro/showcase/hamster-playing-table-tennis-svg/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator....

Technology Jun 5, 2026

Gov.uk goes Dutch on payments as it dumps Stripe

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/06/04/govuk-goes-dutch-on-payments-as-it-dumps-stripe/52507...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

Mantine-datatable (and others) compromised – owner account suspended

Article URL: https://github.com/icflorescu/mantine-datatable/discussions/813 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

Am I Unc?

Article URL: https://amiunc.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48414974 Points: 9 # Comments: 1

Technology Jun 5, 2026

This is your laptop… on AI

We're now deep into developer conference season, and one of the themes so far is the relentless conviction from Big Tech...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

Launch HN: General Instinct (YC P26) – Frontier models on edge devices

Hey HN, Guanming and Bill here from General Instinct (https://general-instinct.com/).After years of working in robotics...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

The company I work for is losing all of its humanity, I don't know where to go

Article URL: https://superlemon.bearblog.dev/the-company-i-work-for-is-losing-all-of-its-humanity-but-i-dont-know-where...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

Supabase doubles valuation to $10B in 8 months

Supabase, an example of an open source project becoming a fast-growing company, has greatly benefited from AI tools like...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

Gemma 4 QAT models: Optimizing compression for mobile and laptop efficiency

Article URL: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/quantization-aware-training-gemma-4/ Com...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

Let's celebrate work that is 100% human-made

Article URL: https://www.human-made.work/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48414627 Points: 27 # Comm...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

What happens when your phone is confiscated at the airport

Even if you've done nothing wrong, it's never a good idea to hand your phone to the cops. But international travelers at...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

Logitech G512 X 98 Review: A Hybrid Mish-Mash

The Logitech G512 X 98 lets you swap between mechanical and analog switches in an attempt to achieve the best of both wo...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

Google and FBI warn of ransomware group that sends fake IT workers to hack victims in person

Cybercriminals, part of a gang known as Silent Ransom Group, have sent people pretending to be IT support employees to l...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

U.S. Military Turned GPS into a Global "Numbers Station"

Article URL: https://www.404media.co/the-u-s-military-quietly-turned-gps-into-a-global-numbers-station-evidence-suggest...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

This Summer Travel Season Could Forever Alter the Future of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

As the conflict in Iran disrupts the world’s oil supply, airlines are looking for jet fuel alternatives. The answer: e...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

How a Citizen Science Organization Aims to Preserve the Places It Brings Tourists to Study

The actual eco-friendliness of ecotourism varies considerably. One research station in the Peruvian Amazon is out to pro...

Technology Jun 5, 2026

So Long, ‘Ferrynoia.’ Green Maritime Technology Is Here

From San Francisco to Stockholm, a new generation of electric ferries is entering passenger service, marking a tipping p...