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The Chinese App That Puts Instagram to Shame

In the ancient city of Dali, I saw firsthand how RedNote has evolved from a lifestyle platform into the tool that powers the country’s tourism industry.

Wired • May 15, 2026 • Louise Matsakis
Technology May 15, 2026

Bun Rust rewrite: "codebase fails basic miri checks, allows for UB in safe rust"

Article URL: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/30719 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150900 Po...

Technology May 15, 2026

Does Trump Mobile know how many stripes are on the American flag?

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 15, 2026

Google updates its spam rules to include attempts to ‘manipulate’ AI

Google updated its spam policy to mark attempts to "manipulate" its AI model in search results as spam, including result...

Technology May 15, 2026

OpenAI is connecting ChatGPT to bank accounts via Plaid

Article URL: https://firethering.com/chatgpt-bank-account-plaid-openai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Technology May 15, 2026

Bill to block publishers from killing online games advances in California

Publishers would have to offer "independent" play patch or refunds after server shutdowns. ...

Technology May 15, 2026

Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better

Article URL: https://www.gutenberg.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150431 Points: 12 # Commen...

Technology May 15, 2026

OpenAI launches ChatGPT for personal finance, will let you connect bank accounts

Once users connect their accounts, they will see a dashboard of their portfolio performance, spending, subscriptions, an...

Technology May 15, 2026

OpenAI now wants ChatGPT to access your bank accounts

Your trust in AI is about to be put to the test: OpenAI will soon let you give the chatbot direct access to your bank ac...

Technology May 15, 2026

Honda shows off new hybrids for America as it absorbs $9 billion EV loss

The automaker marked its first annual loss in more than 70 years.

Technology May 15, 2026

Power prices are up 76% on America’s biggest grid, and a watchdog is pointing fingers

Prices have nearly doubled in the largest U.S. grid thanks to surging demand from data centers.

Technology May 15, 2026

I built Zenith: a live local-first fixed viewport planetarium

Article URL: https://smorgasb.org/zenith-tech/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150097 Points: 3 # ...

Technology May 15, 2026

Image-blaster: Creates 3D environments, SFX, and meshes from a single image

Article URL: https://github.com/neilsonnn/image-blaster Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150069 Poi...

Technology May 15, 2026

US orders travelers on Air Force One to throw away gifts, pins, and burner phones after China trip

People who travelled to Beijing for a summit between the United States and China had to throw away items they received d...

Technology May 15, 2026

BioLite’s stakeable solar lights are down to a new low price for Memorial Day

The Memorial Day deals have arrived — err, at least some of them. BioLite, purveyors of all things solar, has kicked o...

Technology May 15, 2026

Casimir force co-opted to generate free energy, midichlorians not included

The vacuum giveth, the vacuum taketh, but the vacuum doesn’t let you taketh. ...

Technology May 15, 2026

Companies Keep Slashing Employees’ Benefits for the Worst Reasons

Workers are getting worse health care, parental leave, and retirement benefits, showing once and for all that your job d...

Technology May 15, 2026

Additive Blending on the Nintendo 64

Article URL: https://phoboslab.org/log/2026/05/n64-additive-blending Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id...

Technology May 15, 2026

Best Early Memorial Day Deals: Garmin, Birdfy, Breville (2026)

Memorial Day isn’t until May 26, but sales on our favorite gear have already started.

Technology May 15, 2026

Rocket Report: Russia claims success with new ICBM; spaceplane déjà vu in Europe

SpaceX's upgraded Starship is set to launch on its first test flight as soon as Tuesday, May 19...

Technology May 15, 2026

Check Your Fucking Sources, People

Article URL: https://brodzinski.com/2026/05/check-fcking-sources.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology May 15, 2026

ASCII by Jason Scott

Article URL: https://ascii.textfiles.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48148726 Points: 6 # Comme...

Technology May 15, 2026

Routine vaccines may cut dementia risk—experts have startling hypothesis on how

Vaccines may be training a part of our immune system long thought to be untrainable. ...

Technology May 15, 2026

The funniest thing about the Trump arcade game is how good it is

This week, a trio of video game cabinets emblazoned with pixel art of Donald Trump and a number of other government offi...

Technology May 15, 2026

Runway started by helping filmmakers. Now it wants to beat Google at AI.

AI video generation startup Runway is betting that video generation is the path to world models. And that being an AI ou...

Technology May 15, 2026

The promises and pitfalls of personalized health

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and disc...

Technology May 15, 2026

Pennsylvanians use town hall meeting to rail against data center boom

“This is a public trust and transparency issue.”

Technology May 15, 2026

A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 10

Article URL: https://projectzero.google/2026/05/pixel-10-exploit.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology May 15, 2026

AI is wiping out entry-level jobs

Article URL: https://fortune.com/2026/05/15/ai-entry-level-jobs-higher-education-experience-gap/ Comments URL: https://...

Technology May 15, 2026

The Wonders of AI: We Are Retiring Our Bug Bounty Program

Article URL: https://turso.tech/blog/the-wonders-of-ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48148391 Poin...