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SpaceX launches new V3 Starlink satellites but suffers another booster failure

The company ticked off a few more boxes on the second Starship V3 flight, but appears to have had another issue re-lighting the booster's rocket engines.

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Sperm Whales blow bubbles to achieve restful, vertical sleep

Article URL: https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/sperm-whales-blow-bubbles-to-achieve-restful-vertical-sleep/ Comment...

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SpaceX Starship Flight 13 livestream [video]

Article URL: https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-13 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4904...

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One of NASA’s Most Important Deep Space Observatories Hit by Spanish Wildfires

Flames burned through the Deep Space Communications Complex near Madrid, but NASA has been unable to assess the damage a...

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Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Spain

"Any potential damage will be assessed when it is safe to do so."

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After backlash, Meta pauses plan to ‘rate limit’ its smart glasses

Remember when Meta was planning to charge a $20 monthly subscription fee for the smart glasses feature that lets people ...

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Prentis, new AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman, Marc Pincus in talks to raise $100M

The neolab is betting that automating routine computer tasks will soon outpace coding as AI's biggest use case.

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AIs don't do what you want. This is bad

Article URL: https://rewardhacking.org Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49042354 Points: 15 # Comment...

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s new Smart Money Stage explores fintech, payments, AI, and everything between 

Money has evolved into far more than the cash in your wallet or your bank account. And at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, we’...

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Paramount/WBD merger delayed for months as states' lawsuit moves toward trial

“Halting this merger while our case proceeds is a critical victory," NY AG said. ...

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Canadian legislator reads out apparent LLM response in floor speech

"Here’s a more natural, flowing version of that section..."

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Greenland's Ice Sheet Was Supposed to Be Rapidly Melting Away. It Hasn't Been

Article URL: https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/18/579/2022/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4904158...

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Anthropic's Opus 5 is about token efficiency, not a capability leap

Models are improving quickly, but the cheaper options are often good enough. ...

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Show HN: Max Studio Tools (C++ DSP Modules for Max and Ableton Live)

Article URL: https://github.com/apresta/max-studio-tools Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49041546 Po...

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Waymo reportedly mulling a breakup with Uber

The contract between the two companies ends in May 2028, Uber told TechCrunch.

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Chinese Companies Are Selling Vapes With Chemicals Potentially More Potent Than Nicotine

Big Tobacco studied nicotine analogs like 6-methyl-nicotine for decades but never marketed them. Now, Chinese vape maker...

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What If We Made Advertising Illegal?

Article URL: https://simone.org/advertising/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49040989 Points: 24 # C...

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Volkswagen engineers charged with insider trading tied to Rivian joint venture

The indictment, which was unsealed Friday, alleges the Volkswagen engineers used confidential insider information to buy...

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Opus 5 is currently #1 on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Leaderboard

Article URL: https://artificialanalysis.ai/models Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49040741 Points: 1...

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Roku raises streaming stick prices by up to 60 percent

Roku blames RAM shortage after CEO called it "great" for business in May.

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Meta just created a moderation nightmare for its smart glasses

Meta's smart glasses have been a PR headache for the company. Public backlash has been swift, and fierce; people are con...

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Qualcomm is about to raise prices and that’s bad news for everyone

Qualcomm sent a letter to customers on Friday warning of plans to increase its prices by "a percentage in the double dig...

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RFK Jr.'s hand-picked committee approves manufacture of peptides he uses

There's no human safety or efficacy data, but that no longer seems to matter. ...

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Midjourney bought the astrology app Co-Star

Midjourney, which has gone from generating AI cat images to full-body ultrasound scans, is getting into a new field: ast...

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Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY actually scales

Article URL: https://www.dbos.dev/blog/postgres-listen-notify-scalability Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/it...

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The 2026 El Niño Is On Track to Be the Strongest On Record

This climate phenomenon could cause a massive global temperature spike and cause economic losses of $10 trillion by 2032...

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Show HN: I made some transistor animations

Hi HN, I made some animations of the most important kinds of transistors using my semiconductor simulation, details of ...

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DJI camera clone company Xtra is halting and refunding all preorders

After selling a barely disguised version of the hit DJI Osmo Pocket 3 in the United States last year, Xtra Technology se...

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Nothing confirms layoffs, but calls market exit rumors ‘fake news’

In response to a report that Nothing is planning to "exit 12 markets as global shipments decline," Nothing cofounder Aki...

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Why Cognition bought Poke: AI personality is becoming a competitive advantage

AI coding startup Cognition has acquired Poke, the AI assistant you text like a friend, in a deal valuing the startup in...