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Weather-monitoring firm hangs dark cloud over customers’ heads by forcing new app
Newer AcuRite Now app lacks some features but has a subscription option.
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May 15, 2026
Palantir has hired more than 30 senior UK Government officials
Article URL: https://www.thenational.scot/news/26055524.palantir-hired-30-senior-uk-government-officials/ Comments URL:...
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May 15, 2026
Microscale Thermite Reaction
Article URL: https://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/presentations/microscale-thermite-reaction Comments URL: htt...
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May 15, 2026
Tesla Reveals New Details About Robotaxi Crashes—and the Humans Involved
Remote operators (slowly) drove the automaker’s autonomous vehicles into a metal fence and a construction barricade, T...
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May 15, 2026
California bill would require patches or refunds when online games shut down
Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/05/bill-to-keep-online-games-playable-clears-key-hurdle-in-california/...
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May 15, 2026
Meta to receive $3.3B in tax breaks for its $10B Louisiana data center
Article URL: https://fortune.com/2026/05/14/meta-data-center-tax-break-hyperion-louisiana/ Comments URL: https://news.y...
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May 15, 2026
Judge Bars Kars4Kids from Broadcasting 'Misleading' Ads in California
Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/us/kars4kids-advertising-banned-california.html Comments URL: https://n...
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May 15, 2026
WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64
Article URL: https://github.com/ThroatyMumbo/WinCE64 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48152729 Points...
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May 15, 2026
Three's a party: US, China, and now Russia are on the prowl in GEO
Instead of running silent and deep, most satellites easily stand out against the blackness of s...
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May 15, 2026
ABC News has taken all FiveThirtyEight articles offline
Article URL: https://twitter.com/baseballot/status/2055309076209492208 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...
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May 15, 2026
Ebola outbreak with uncommon strain erupts in Congo and Uganda; 65 deaths
WHO learned of potential cases May 5; US CDC said it just heard about it yesterday. ...
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May 15, 2026
A hotel check-in system left a million passports and driver’s licenses open for anyone to see
The tech company that maintains the hotel check-in system set its cloud storage to public, allowing anyone to access cus...
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May 15, 2026
Echoes (Live at Pompeii)
Article URL: https://genius.com/Pink-floyd-echoes-live-at-pompeii-lyrics Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...
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May 15, 2026
The Analogue 3D is finally getting save states
Analogue has released a new firmware update for its Analogue 3D console that adds the Memories save state feature. Memor...
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May 15, 2026
The Zulip Foundation
Article URL: https://blog.zulip.com/2026/05/15/announcing-zulip-foundation/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/...
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May 15, 2026
Preprint server arXiv will ban submitters of AI-generated hallucinations
One of the site's moderators described the new policy on social media.
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May 15, 2026
OpenAI keeps shuffling its executives in bid to win AI agent battle
OpenAI announced yet another reorganization Friday, consolidating certain areas and making company president Greg Brockm...
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May 15, 2026
Silicon Valley’s vacationland needs a new energy provider just as AI is driving prices up
Lake Tahoe, Silicon Valley's favorite ski spot, is about to get hit with higher energy prices as AI drives demand for el...
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May 15, 2026
OpenAI feels “burned” by Apple’s crappy ChatGPT integration, insiders say
Judge orders Apple to give Musk internal messages discussing secretive ChatGPT deal. ...
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May 15, 2026
Waymo recalls 3,800 robotaxis after they drive into flood waters
Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/waymo-recalls-3800-robotaxis-after-able-drive-into-standing-water.html Com...
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May 15, 2026
Building a UMatrix Replacement
Article URL: https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/umatrix.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151761 Points...
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May 15, 2026
Volkswagen shows its first electric GTI; there's no chance of US sales
The ID. Polo GTI takes plenty of inspiration from the original Golf GTI of 1976. ...
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May 15, 2026
One of Intel’s fastest desktop CPUs is $50 off
The Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus was billed by the company in late March as one of its “fastest gaming desktop process...
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May 15, 2026
Spencer Pratt Is Creating Panic Over ‘Super Meth.’ It’s Not Even Real
The LA mayoral candidate and former reality TV star is fueling his campaign with fears about an ultra-potent meth. Exper...
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May 15, 2026
U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100k users of car-tinkering app
Article URL: https://macdailynews.com/2026/05/15/u-s-doj-demands-apple-and-google-unmask-over-100000-users-of-popular-c...
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May 15, 2026
Feedr v0.8.0 – a TUI RSS reader, now read the full article from your terminal
Article URL: https://github.com/bahdotsh/feedr Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151317 Points: 4 # ...
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May 15, 2026
I designed a nibble-oriented CPU in Verilog to build a scientific calculator
Article URL: https://github.com/gdevic/FPGA-Calculator Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151237 Poin...
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May 15, 2026
Tesla reveals two Robotaxi crashes involving teleoperators
Newly un-redacted crash reports reveal some of the troubles Tesla has had as it tries to scale its robotaxis.
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May 15, 2026
Aperio Lang
Article URL: https://aperio-lang.github.io/aperio/introduction.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=...
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May 15, 2026
Greg Brockman Officially Takes Control of OpenAI’s Products in Latest Shakeup
OpenAI is once again reorganizing its executive ranks as part of its effort to unify ChatGPT and Codex into one core pro...