Technology

I Am Retiring from Tech to Live Offline

Article URL: https://openpath.quest/2026/i-am-retiring-from-tech-to-live-offline/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48323683 Points: 118 # Comments: 48

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Technology May 29, 2026

Blue Origin rocket explodes on launchpad in a setback

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/science/blue-origin-says-it-faced-anomaly-during-hot-fire-test-2026-05-29/ Comment...

Technology May 29, 2026

Headway Therapy Patients Forced to Scan Their Faces to Keep Getting Care

Article URL: https://www.404media.co/headway-therapy-facial-scan-biometric-data-identity-verification/ Comments URL: ht...

Technology May 29, 2026

Today is the last day to apply to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Submit your session topic before today ends for a chance to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Apply now to share your in...

Technology May 29, 2026

The Secret Garden of Rock-Paper-Scissors

Article URL: https://theshamblog.com/the-secret-garden-of-rock-paper-scissors/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.c...

Technology May 29, 2026

Final 24 hours to save up to $410 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket

You now have until tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT to lock in Early Bird savings of up to $410 for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 befo...

Technology May 29, 2026

How Ferrari bungled the design of its first EV

For nearly 80 years, Ferrari occupied a unique cultural space where its cars were aspirational, even for people who rese...

Technology May 29, 2026

What would you be willing to put in your body?

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the lat...

Technology May 29, 2026

Please Use AI

Article URL: https://shawnsmucker.substack.com/p/please-use-ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48323...

Technology May 29, 2026

Show HN: AISlop, a CLI for catching AI generated code smells

Hi, I’m Kenny, I’ve been building aislop. I starting working on this after using Claude Code, codex and opencode se...

Technology May 29, 2026

Expertise in the Age of AI

Article URL: https://www.moderndescartes.com/essays/ai_and_expertise/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology May 29, 2026

Blue Origin Rocket Explodes in Fiery Setback

The detonation of the New Glenn rocket resulted in a huge fireball in Florida, and may have long-term implications for t...

Technology May 29, 2026

Someone used my open source project to phish 14,000 people

Article URL: https://andrej.sh/posts/phishing-through-my-open-source-project Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com...

Technology May 29, 2026

Poisonous invasion: What is the 'devil's trumpet' harming crops in Iraq?

Article URL: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/28/poisonous-invasion-what-is-the-devils-trumpet-harming-crops-in-ir...

Technology May 29, 2026

Rocket Report: A dark day for Blue Origin; Pentagon eyes new launch site

A new crew launched to China's Tiangong space station, and one of the astronauts will stay for ...

Technology May 29, 2026

Kiwibit’s AI-powered bird feeder is my new backyard buddy

If you're looking for a fun way to connect with nature while collecting bird species on an app like Pokémon, give this ...

Technology May 29, 2026

Acer’s answer to the MacBook Neo is a $699 laptop with Intel chips and 8GB of RAM

Acer is aiming to take on the MacBook Neo more directly with a new Swift Air 14, a new 14-inch laptop that starts at $69...

Technology May 29, 2026

Backrooms is at the forefront of horror’s YouTube wave

Though YouTube has always been a place where up-and-coming artists could be discovered and make it big, in recent years ...

Technology May 29, 2026

Step 3.7 Flash

Article URL: https://static.stepfun.com/blog/step-3.7-flash/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4832245...

Technology May 29, 2026

Local Git Remotes

Article URL: https://cblgh.org/posts/local-git-remotes/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48322389 Poi...

Technology May 29, 2026

Here's why the failure of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is so catastrophic

"I hope that it makes it far enough away from the pad that it does not cause pad damage." ...

Technology May 29, 2026

Here's why the failure of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is so catastrophic

"I hope that it makes it far enough away from the pad that it does not cause pad damage." ...

Technology May 29, 2026

Poll: How often do you check "newest"?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48322267 Points: 13 # Comments: 7

Technology May 29, 2026

High Density Living, 2000 Years Ago: Inside the Roman Apartment Building

Article URL: https://commonedge.org/high-density-living-2000-years-ago-inside-the-roman-apartment-building/ Comments UR...

Technology May 29, 2026

Trump Mobile’s website still says the T1 Phone is ‘American-made’

Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the ...

Technology May 29, 2026

Jony Ive’s funky Ferrari

Most people will never own, drive, or even sit inside a Ferrari Luce. (If you can, or do… hit us up.) There's still no...

Technology May 29, 2026

Show HN: Context-aware Japanese furigana using Sudachi and ModernBERT

Article URL: https://www.ezfurigana.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48322203 Points: 6 # Commen...

Technology May 29, 2026

Prolific Wikipedia editors are threatening to go on strike

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/report/939442/wikipedia-editors-protest-wikimedia-layoffs-strike Comments URL: ht...

Technology May 29, 2026

Social media bans for teenagers lack evidence and pose risks, scientists say

Article URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/05/29/we-cannot-ban-our-way-out-of-a-youth-mental-health-crisis-soci...

Technology May 29, 2026

The UK Government's Low Value Purchase System Is a Waste of Time

Article URL: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/the-uk-governments-low-value-purchase-system-is-a-waste-of-time/ Comments...