Technology

Trump's Inner Circle Is Already Scrambling Over the 2028 Presidential Ticket

Republicans still have the midterms to get through, but administration officials have already set their sights on the next election.

Wired • May 13, 2026 • Hugo Lowell
Technology May 13, 2026

Amazon launches an AI shopping assistant for the search bar, powered by Alexa+ 

Alexa for Shopping is a new personalized AI shopping assistant in the Amazon search bar that replaces its Rufus assistan...

Technology May 13, 2026

Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain

Article URL: https://fredchan.org/blog/locality-domains-guide/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48122...

Technology May 13, 2026

The AI Backlash Could Get Ugly

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/05/ai-backlash-data-centers-political-violence/687151/ Comment...

Technology May 13, 2026

Anduril raises $5B, doubles valuation to $61B

After achieving $2.2 billion in revenue in 2025, the defense tech startup has raised another massive round, led by Thriv...

Technology May 13, 2026

r/WallStreetBets really hates the SEC’s proposal to weaken quarterly reporting

The retail trading subreddit submitted the sharpest criticism yet in response to the financial regulator's idea of letti...

Technology May 13, 2026

Swatch’s latest luxury collaboration is a $400 pocket watch

Following a series of cryptic newspaper ads and Instagram teasers that had watch fans speculating about its next collabo...

Technology May 13, 2026

US lawmakers demand answers from Instructure after Canvas data breaches

U.S. House lawmakers want to know how hackers broke into education tech giant Instructure twice, and stole reams of data...

Technology May 13, 2026

European Stagnation Is Real

Article URL: https://www.siliconcontinent.com/p/european-stagnation-is-real Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/...

Technology May 13, 2026

Blue Origin may need external funding to hit ambitious launch targets

Are the pockets of Jeff Bezos not as deep as everyone thinks?

Technology May 13, 2026

WhatsApp Adds Meta AI Chats That Are Built to Be Fully Private

The company says its new Incognito Chat allows you to use its AI chatbot without anyone else—including Meta—being ab...

Technology May 13, 2026

WhatsApp adds an incognito mode in Meta AI chats

Meta said these incognito conversations are not saved, and messages will disappear by default once you close the chat.

Technology May 13, 2026

Introducing the 6 stages at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — built for today’s tougher startup market

From October 13-15, TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will feature 200+ sessions across six stages, led by 250+ tech leaders shapi...

Technology May 13, 2026

Anthropic now has more business customers than OpenAI, according to Ramp data

For the first time, Anthropic has more verified business customers than OpenAI, according to this month’s AI Index fro...

Technology May 13, 2026

Why does the Googlebook exist?

Google announced its new Googlebook laptop platform yesterday, and so far I've been left asking, "Why?" Why is Google bl...

Technology May 13, 2026

The US Is Winning the AI Race

Article URL: https://avkcode.github.io/blog/us-winning-ai-race.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=...

Technology May 13, 2026

The border is everywhere

No one paid attention to the gunshots that echoed through the convention center. They were real enough, and so were the ...

Technology May 13, 2026

Show HN: Rotunda - A browser built for agents with simulated typing

Hi HN! Pierce here.Rotunda is a firefox fork primarily intended for agent use, which I’ve been hacking on nights/week...

Technology May 13, 2026

Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains

Article URL: https://www.404media.co/software-developers-say-ai-is-rotting-their-brains/ Comments URL: https://news.yco...

Technology May 13, 2026

Poppy debuts a proactive AI assistant to help organize your digital life

Poppy is an AI-powered app that connects your calendar, email, messages, and other services to surface reminders, sugges...

Technology May 13, 2026

Nintendo says it has more Switch 2 games in store for 2026

With the Switch 2 getting a price hike in September, this holiday season will be pivotal for Nintendo. That increased co...

Technology May 13, 2026

Daredevil: Born Again S2 gives us a darker, grittier canvas

Cinematographer Hillary Fyfe Spera on how she kept things visually fresh for Born Again’s sec...

Technology May 13, 2026

Alexa is moving into Amazon.com

Amazon is bringing Alexa Plus to Amazon.com, integrating its LLM-powered AI assistant directly into the company's shoppi...

Technology May 13, 2026

Canon’s latest EOS R6 camera goes V for video

Canon has announced a new EOS R6 V mirrorless camera, a 32.5-megapixel camera with 7K video. It's the first full-frame E...

Technology May 13, 2026

Dutch suicide prevention website shares data with tech companies without consent

Article URL: https://nltimes.nl/2026/05/13/dutch-suicide-prevention-hotline-shares-visitor-data-tech-companies Comments...

Technology May 13, 2026

Why I'm leaving GitHub for Forgejo

Article URL: https://jorijn.com/en/blog/leaving-github-for-forgejo/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=...

Technology May 13, 2026

Rivian adds a new onboard AI assistant to its latest software update

The Rivian Assistant is available for both Gen1 and Gen2 hardware.

Technology May 13, 2026

Adaption aims big with AutoScientist, an AI tool that helps models train themselves

Adaption's new AutoScientist tool is designed to let models adapt to specific capabilities quickly through an automated ...

Technology May 13, 2026

Unitree will sell you a massive ‘transformable mecha’ for $650,000

Unitree is already one of the most recognizable names in the humanoid robot industry, but now it's pursuing even nicher ...

Technology May 13, 2026

Substrate (YC S24) Is Hiring a Technical Success Manager

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/substrate/jobs/T2fMBhD-technical-success-manager Comments URL: https...