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Wisconsin governor says ‘no’ to age checks for porn

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers vetoed a bill that would've required residents to verify their age before accessing porn sites, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In a letter to the members of the assemb...

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Technology Apr 6, 2026

Trump's next budget once again calls for massive cuts to science

Congress rejected huge cuts to science in 2026, but Trump is trying again.

Technology Apr 6, 2026

Ask HN: How do you handle marketing as a solo technical founder?

I've shipped multiple products over the past few years. Every single one followed the same pattern: build, post, get 12...

Technology Apr 6, 2026

NYC Families Need over $125,000 in Income to Live in Any Borough

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-06/nyc-families-need-over-125-000-in-income-to-live-in-any...

Technology Apr 6, 2026

“The problem is Sam Altman”: OpenAI Insiders don’t trust CEO

OpenAI brainstorms ways AI can benefit humanity in effort to counter bad vibes. ...

Technology Apr 6, 2026

Derek Lowe on "Peptides"

Article URL: https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/ah-peptides-where-begin Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.c...

Technology Apr 6, 2026

Gas prices aren’t the only factor fueling used EV sales

There are a growing number of reasons why used EVs have gained in popularity.

Technology Apr 6, 2026

HackerRank (YC S11) Is Hiring

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47667011 Points: 0 # Comments: 0

Technology Apr 6, 2026

Root Persistence via macOS Recovery Mode Safari

Article URL: https://yaseenghanem.com/recovery-unrestricted-write-access/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/it...

Technology Apr 6, 2026

Artemis II astronauts break a record, name a crater

A few minutes before 2PM ET on Monday, the crew of Artemis II broke a record set 56 years ago by the ill-fated Apollo 13...

Technology Apr 6, 2026

A Single Strike Won’t Shut Off the Gulf’s Desalination System

The Gulf’s water system is built with layers of backup, but it relies on continuous operation to hold.

Technology Apr 6, 2026

A macOS kernel bug can cause OpenClaw to stop working after 49.7 days

Article URL: https://photon.codes/blog/we-found-a-ticking-time-bomb-in-macos-tcp-networking Comments URL: https://news....

Technology Apr 6, 2026

Show HN: Ghost Pepper – 100% local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS

I built this because I wanted to see how far I could get with a voice-to-text app that used 100% local models so no dat...

Technology Apr 6, 2026

Wikipedia's AI agent row likely just the beginning of the bot-ocalypse

Article URL: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/ai/2026/04/wikipedias-ai-agent-row-likely-just-the-beginning-of-the-bot-...

Technology Apr 6, 2026

Show HN: TTF-DOOM – A raycaster running inside TrueType font hinting

TrueType fonts have a hinting VM that grid-fits glyphs. It has a stack, storage area, conditionals, function calls, and...

Technology Apr 6, 2026

Agent Reading Test

https://dacharycarey.com/2026/04/06/designing-agent-reading-... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=476...

Technology Apr 6, 2026

Google quietly releases an offline-first AI dictation app on iOS

Google's new offline-first dictation app uses Gemma AI models to take on the apps like Wispr Flow.

Technology Apr 6, 2026

SOM: A minimal Smalltalk for teaching of and research on Virtual Machines

Article URL: http://som-st.github.io/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47665207 Points: 7 # Comments:...

Technology Apr 6, 2026

Zooming UIs in 2026: Prezi, impress.js, and why I built something different

There are essentially two established ways to use zooming in web interfaces today. They serve different purposes and ma...

Technology Apr 6, 2026

Londoners are sick of viral videos telling lies about their city

Article URL: https://www.londoncentric.media/p/london-crime-viral-videos-crime Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.c...

Technology Apr 6, 2026

The Cult of Vibe Coding Is Insane

Article URL: https://bramcohen.com/p/the-cult-of-vibe-coding-is-insane Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

Technology Apr 6, 2026

DJI’s Mic Mini records clear audio on the go, and it’s on sale for $60

If you regularly create content for TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube on the go, bad sound quality can easily take away from...

Technology Apr 6, 2026

Netflix launches a standalone app for kids’ games

Netflix says the app gives children access to an "ever-growing" library of games for kids.

Technology Apr 6, 2026

NASA's Moon ship and rocket seem to be working well, so what about the landers?

Lori Glaze: "We have seen real commitment to try and do that... from both Blue and from SpaceX....

Technology Apr 6, 2026

Why safety regulators closed their investigation into Tesla’s remote parking feature

NHTSA closed its investigation into Tesla's "Actually Smart Summon" feature, saying that only a fraction of cases result...

Technology Apr 6, 2026

Border Patrol Agents Sold Challenge Coins With ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Characters in Riot Gear

Nonprofits run out of US Border Patrol stations are also selling other “operation”-themed coins that include a phras...

Technology Apr 6, 2026

Robotaxi companies won’t say how often remote operators intervene

Autonomous vehicle companies are refusing to disclose key details about their use of remote assistance teams, including ...

Technology Apr 6, 2026

Got kicked out of uni and had the cops called for a social media website I made

Article URL: https://monyatwu.com/blog/iitsocial/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47664647 Points: 1...

Technology Apr 6, 2026

Iran threatens ‘Stargate’ AI data centers

Iran said it will target U.S.-linked data centers with new missile strikes, as the war between the U.S. and Iran escalat...

Technology Apr 6, 2026

Smart people recognize each other – science proves it

Article URL: https://comuniq.xyz/post?t=920 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47664389 Points: 24 # Co...