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Pope Leo XIV says AI must serve humanity, not the powerful few

Article URL: https://religionnews.com/2026/05/25/in-his-first-encyclical-pope-leo-xiv-says-ai-must-serve-humanity-not-the-powerful-few/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48266485 Poi...

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Technology May 25, 2026

Pope Leo: opaque AI run by few firms risks "New Forms of Dehumanization"

Article URL: https://variety.com/2026/biz/global/pope-leo-ai-encyclical-algorithms-threaten-dehumanisation-1236758186/ ...

Technology May 25, 2026

Microsoft pulls plug on plans for 244-acre data center in Caledonia

Article URL: https://www.tmj4.com/news/racine-county/microsoft-pulls-plug-on-plans-for-244-acre-data-center-in-caledoni...

Technology May 25, 2026

Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymore

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/six-search-engines-worth-trying-now-that-google-isnt-really-google-anymo...

Technology May 25, 2026

Leave Me Behind

Article URL: http://androidessence.com/leave-me-behind/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48265876 Poi...

Technology May 25, 2026

I manage teams without a single call

Article URL: https://orchidfiles.com/build-without-calls/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48265869 P...

Technology May 25, 2026

US's big bet on quantum computing may not be entirely legal

Deal also launched the first quantum foundry company, but is there a need for it? ...

Technology May 25, 2026

GPT Guesses Between 1 and 100

Article URL: https://github.com/exmergo/research-chatgpt-guesses-between-1-and-100 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinat...

Technology May 25, 2026

These Privacy-Conscious Gay Dating Apps Want to Dethrone Grindr

As public backlash against Big Dating mounts, a batch of new gay hookup apps offer community-powered alternatives.

Technology May 25, 2026

I spent years forcing myself to finish The Witcher 3—don't repeat my mistake

Consensus and genre labels aren't reliable predictors of what you'll enjoy. ...

Technology May 25, 2026

In Defense of My Attachment to This Lululemon Duffel Bag (2026)

Say what you will about the brand's leggings, but you'll never convince me to hate this marvel of a carryall.

Technology May 25, 2026

Use Tiny11 to Rescue a Computer Running Windows 10

If you can’t—or don’t want to—upgrade to full Windows 11, consider this lightweight version of Microsoft’s ope...

Technology May 25, 2026

The AI Era Is Creating a Bug Hunting Arms Race

As attackers ramp up their AI exploit development, the search for software vulnerabilities is changing rapidly.

Technology May 25, 2026

Magnifica Humanitas (Encyclical Letter)

Article URL: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html Comments...

Technology May 25, 2026

IBM Spins Off the First Pure-Play Quantum Chip Foundry

Article URL: https://futurumgroup.com/insights/2-billion-chips-act-investment-in-quantum-bets-on-ibms-300mm-superconduc...

Technology May 25, 2026

Rising seas will swallow New Orleans. People need to start relocating now

Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/25/climate/new-orleans-sea-level-rise-relocation Comments URL: https://news.yc...

Technology May 25, 2026

A Probe Took Incredible Pictures of Mars on Its Way to a Far-Off Asteroid

NASA took advantage of the recent close approach of the Psyche probe to Mars to calibrate its observation instruments.

Technology May 25, 2026

Show HN: Geomatic – a command-driven geometry studio enabled with autodiff

All commands have the format `output = \func inputs` or just `\function inputs`. Points and scalars are built on the fl...

Technology May 25, 2026

If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you

Article URL: https://samkriss.substack.com/p/if-you-let-ai-do-your-writing-i-will Comments URL: https://news.ycombinato...

Technology May 25, 2026

Why Do We Sleep Under Blankets, Even on the Hottest Nights? (2017)

Article URL: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/blankets-summer-hot Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

Technology May 25, 2026

Companies Are Just a Graph of Algorithms

Article URL: https://danielmiessler.com/blog/companies-graph-of-algorithms Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/i...

Technology May 25, 2026

Jira Is Turing-Complete

Article URL: https://seriot.ch/computation/jira.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48263253 Points...

Technology May 25, 2026

The Eternal Sloptember

Article URL: https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2026/05/24/the-eternal-sloptember.html Comments URL: https://...

Technology May 24, 2026

AI is becoming increasingly unpopular

Article URL: https://www.marketscreener.com/news/ai-is-becoming-increasingly-unpopular-ce7f5ad9d88af026 Comments URL: h...

Technology May 24, 2026

San Francisco immigration court shuts down after purge of judges

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/san-francisco-immigration-court-closed-asylum-8a0946a7cd4bcc9bd925d075cabef44a ...

Technology May 24, 2026

Everyone is navigating AI security in real time — even Google

We're in the transition period -- all of us.

Technology May 24, 2026

The political polarization of health outcomes in the USA

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-026-02474-9 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4826...

Technology May 24, 2026

Why Physical Reality Is a Collective Construction

Article URL: https://mimetra.com/blog/consciousness-fusion/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48260302...

Technology May 24, 2026

CBP Directive 3340-049B: Border Search of Electronic Devices

Article URL: https://www.cbp.gov/document/directives/cbp-directive-no-3340-049b-border-search-electronic-devices Commen...

Technology May 24, 2026

A fundamental principle of aeronautical engineering has been overturned

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/a-fundamental-principle-of-aeronautical-engineering-has-been-overturned/ Comme...