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Mystery Microsoft bug leaker keeps the zero-days coming

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/13/disgruntled-researcher-releases-two-more-microsoft-zero-days/5239758 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48129789 Points: 7...

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Technology May 14, 2026

Scorched Earth 2000 is back

Article URL: http://www.scorch2000.com/web/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48129694 Points: 9 # Com...

Technology May 14, 2026

The Other Half of AI Safety

Article URL: https://personalaisafety.com/p/the-other-half-of-ai-safety Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Technology May 13, 2026

Today Intercom becomes Fin

Article URL: https://www.intercom.com/blog/today-intercom-becomes-fin/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

Technology May 13, 2026

Microsoft’s Edge Copilot update uses AI to pull information from across your tabs

Microsoft Edge is adding a new feature that will allow its Copilot AI chatbot to gather information from all of your ope...

Technology May 13, 2026

Everyone at the Musk v. Altman Trial Is Using Fancy Butt Cushions

The plaintiffs and defense have rested their cases, as well as their rear ends.

Technology May 13, 2026

Trump administration defends right to ban content moderation experts from US

The Trump administration is fighting for the right to keep some social media moderation advocates out of the US. On Wedn...

Technology May 13, 2026

Solar drone with jumbo jet wingspan broke a flight record—then it crashed

The final flight and complex legacy of a pioneering solar-powered aircraft. ...

Technology May 13, 2026

Notion just turned its workspace into a hub for AI agents

Notion’s new developer platform lets teams connect AI agents, external data sources, and custom code directly into the...

Technology May 13, 2026

Tell HN: Dont use Claude Design, lost access to my projects after unsubscribing

I wanted to try codex after 5 months of claude code max subscription. And then I went back to my previous projects on c...

Technology May 13, 2026

YouTube is courting creators — and sponsors — with streaming shows

In the ongoing fight for content and talent, YouTube is pitching itself as the connector between the creators and advert...

Technology May 13, 2026

Medicare's new payment model is built for AI. Most of the tech world has no idea

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/medicares-new-payment-model-is-built-for-ai-and-most-of-the-tech-world-h...

Technology May 13, 2026

Instagram’s New Instants App Is a Snapchat Clone for Thirst Traps

Instagram’s Instants app lets you send disappearing photos—and it’s probably where your horny friends will post sp...

Technology May 13, 2026

FCC angers small carriers by helping AT&T and Starlink buy EchoStar spectrum

Approval is no surprise after FCC chair pressured EchoStar to sell licenses. ...

Technology May 13, 2026

AMD’s best CPU tech for gamers is coming to workstations too

For the first time, AMD is including its 3D V-Cache tech in its commercial workstation processors with a refreshed line ...

Technology May 13, 2026

Protein in Homo erectus teeth suggests Denisovans gave us some of their DNA

Distinct form of tooth protein in Homo erectus shows up in Denisovans—and us. ...

Technology May 13, 2026

Meta won't let you block its AI account on Threads

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/tech/929091/meta-ai-threads-account-block Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator....

Technology May 13, 2026

Princeton mandates proctoring in-person exams, upending 133 years of precedent

Article URL: https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2026/05/princeton-news-adpol-proctoring-in-person-examinations-p...

Technology May 13, 2026

Foiled plot tried to sneak 49 lbs of cocaine into Australia via Xerox printers

The drugs had an estimated worth of over $9 million USD.

Technology May 13, 2026

Rars: a Rust RAR implementation, mostly written by LLMs

Article URL: https://bitplane.net/log/2026/05/rars/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48126675 Points:...

Technology May 13, 2026

Musk’s xAI is running nearly 50 gas turbines unchecked at its Mississippi data center

Gas turbines at xAI's Colossus 2 data center have drawn a lawsuit over the company's use of "mobile" gas turbines as pow...

Technology May 13, 2026

AI invades Princeton, where 30% of students cheat—but peers won't snitch

Old "honor code" systems are under strain.

Technology May 13, 2026

Anthropic’s Cat Wu says that, in the future, AI will anticipate your needs before you know what they are

The head of product for Claude Code and Cowork says that the next big step for AI is proactivity.

Technology May 13, 2026

EditLens: Quantifying the extent of AI editing in text (2025)

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03154 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48126241 Points: 5 # C...

Technology May 13, 2026

The crypto Clarity Act returns to the Senate this week. The banks are already trying to kill it.

Hello and welcome to Regulator, the newsletter for Verge subscribers that goes into tech shenanigans that take place in ...

Technology May 13, 2026

What It Will Take to Make AI Sustainable

Researcher Sasha Luccioni argues we need better emissions data and a better sense of how people are using AI in the firs...

Technology May 13, 2026

Fighting Trump will make or break Disney’s new CEO

A week ago, newly appointed Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro was busy regaling investors with plans to turn Disney Plus into the ...

Technology May 13, 2026

Making the news available at no cost is a victory

Article URL: https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2026/05/12/just-days-tribune-reporting/ Comments URL: https://ne...

Technology May 13, 2026

The physics of how Olympic weightlifters exploit barbell's "whip"

The type of bar matters when it comes to how it bends and recoils, but why is still a mystery. ...

Technology May 13, 2026

DHS Plans Experiment Running ‘Reconnaissance’ Drones Along the US-Canada Border

Autonomous drones and ground vehicles will stream “battlefield intelligence” over 5G along the US-Canada border in a...