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S&P 500 rejects SpaceX, also blocking entry for OpenAI and Anthropic

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/sp-500-blocks-fast-spacex-entry-wont-waive-rule-for-unprofitable-ai-firms/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48421442 Points:...

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Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part I: Why They Fight

Article URL: https://acoup.blog/2026/06/05/collections-pre-modern-armies-for-worldbuilders-part-i-why-they-fight/ Comme...

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OpenAI Help: Lockdown Mode

Article URL: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001061-lockdown-mode Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

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C++: The Programming Language back cover raises questions not answered by front

Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260605-01/?p=112391 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.co...

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Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI?

Genuine question.Over the past six months, there hasn’t been a single day where I’ve checked the HN Best RSS feed w...

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Show HN: ABC Classic 100 Rankings visualised

This weekend is the ABC Classic FM countdown, which prompted me to dust off an old un-published data visualisation of r...

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Alzheimer's patient gets back speech, bladder control and memory in drug trial

Article URL: https://nypost.com/2026/06/04/health/alzheimers-patient-recovers-speech-continence-and-memory-with-this-dr...

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The intracies of modern camera lens repair (2024)

Article URL: https://salvagedcircuitry.com/sigma-45mm.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48420148 ...

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Nordstjernen Web Browser 1.0.0 released

Article URL: https://github.com/nordstjernen-web/nordstjernen/releases/tag/1.0.0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator...

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More than a decade later, the team behind N++ is back with a multiplayer sequel

Back in 2015, the two-person studio Metanet released N++, a brutally hard 2D platformer that was a decade in the making,...

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The perils of UUID primary keys in SQLite

Article URL: https://andersmurphy.com/2026/06/05/the-perils-of-uuid-primary-keys-in-sqlite.html Comments URL: https://n...

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Grand Theft Auto VI is warping the video game release calendar

Who's afraid of the next GTA? Based on the last few days of Summer Game Fest, just about everyone. Grand Theft Auto VI h...

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Best Running Shoes, Tested and Reviewed (2026): Saucony, Adidas, Hoka

We logged thousands of test miles to bring you the best running shoes for every pace, ability, and running goal.

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Final Fantasy VII’s remake trilogy will conclude with Revelation

Square Enix has officially announced the third and final game in its Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy: Final Fantasy VII...

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Baby botulism outbreak: FDA still doesn't know cause—or how to prevent it

In the end, the three companies involved all point the finger at each other. ...

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Reid Hoffman is leaving Microsoft’s board to go ‘founder mode’ with startup Manus

After a very profitable decade on Microsoft's board, Reid Hoffman is stepping down to focus on his AI drug discovery sta...

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Microsoft wants users to be addicted to Scout, their AI personal assistant

Article URL: https://disassociated.com/microsoft-users-addicted-ai-personal-assistant/ Comments URL: https://news.ycomb...

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner Loses Door at Remote Pacific Airport, Puzzling Engineers

Article URL: https://aeroxplorer.com/articles/boeing-787-dreamliner-loses-door-at-remote-pacific-airport-puzzling-engin...

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Warren's Abstract Machine: A Tutorial Reconstruction

Article URL: https://github.com/a-yiorgos/wambook Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48418839 Points: 4...

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Founders share VC horror stories, and some are naming names

A massive viral conversation sharing VC horror stories has taken place this week on X. Some are weird. Some are infuriat...

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Control Resonant is a sequel — and also a starting point

Chronologically, Control Resonant is a sequel to 2019's Control. But in most other ways, the games aren't directly conne...

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Congress still can’t decide what to do about warrantless surveillance

The deadline to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is coming up a week from now on Jun...

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Highly reviewed speaker can be hacked over the air to infect connected devices

Seller of the Sound Blaster Katana V2X doesn't consider the behavior a vulnerability. ...

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Tribute to Jiro Yamada, Automotive Artist (1960-2025) [video]

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ2gQ5Md60U Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48418125 Po...

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Summer Game Fest Live 2026: The biggest news, trailers, and announcements

Geoff Keighley’s annual June celebration of games is here. Summer Game Fest Live, the big live show that will feat...

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Hacker News, Sans AI

Article URL: https://elijahpotter.dev/articles/hacker-news-sans-AI Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4...

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Former cyber executive turned whistleblower accuses IBM of covering up several data breaches

IBM and two of its subsidiary companies were allegedly breached during the mid-2010s, which a lawsuit filed by a former ...

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Google to pay SpaceX $920M a month for compute capacity at xAI data centers

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/05/google-to-pay-spacex-920-million-a-month-for-xai-compute-capacity.html Com...

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Startup Battlefield 200 applications officially close in 3 days

Applications for Startup Battlefield 200 officially close on June 8, 11:59 p.m. PT. Now’s not the time to wait any lon...

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Small modular nuclear reactor reaches criticality in first test

The reactor, from a startup called Antares, isn't ready to generate power yet. ...