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- Starlink shifts hardware from one-time purchase to $10/month rental [7d]
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- It's Death [7d]
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- Show HN: Nucleus – A security-hardened, Nix-native container runtime [7d]
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- How we made hit video game Prince of Persia [7d]
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- AI misidentification results in wrongful arrest; man seeks justice [7d]
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- RIP software hackathons. Long live the hardware hackathon [7d]
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- Programming a GBA Game on an iPhone [7d]
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- Surprise, Pay $1000 [7d]
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- Trophic memory, deer, and a unique scientific object [7d]
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- If Claude Fable stops helping you, you'll never know [7d]
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- Exif Smuggling [7d]
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- Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to ALPRs [7d]
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- Upcoming breaking changes for NPM v12 [7d]
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- Tectonic: A modernized, complete, self-contained TeX/LaTeX engine [7d]
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- Alpine Linux 3.24.0 Released [7d]
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- Appreciating Exif [7d]
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- Woman Gets on Route 66. Then She Starts Hearing Music Coming from Her Tires [7d]
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- Google's 20% 'project' has become AI's 120% 'attention' [7d]
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- Grit: Rewriting Git in Rust with Agents [7d]
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- Ask HN: Favorite text heavy blogs that are a joy to read? [7d]
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- Ultrafast machine learning on FPGAs via Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks [7d]
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- Automating Myself Out of Development [7d]
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- Brexit Ten Years On: The Economy [7d]
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- Apple's AI Can Now Change Your Passwords. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? [7d]
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- Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro? [7d]
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- CEOs Who Think AI Replaces Their Employees Are Just Bad CEOs [7d]
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- The Future of wasi-gfx and wasi:webgpu [7d]
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- GPT-2: Too Dangerous To Release (2019) [7d]
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- Who's the Smartest Corvid? [7d]
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- Where is the AI jobs crisis? [7d]
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- The LD_DEBUG environment variable (2012) [7d]
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- Anthropic requires 30 day data retention for Fable and Mythos [7d]
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- What it feels like to work with Mythos [7d]
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- Claude Mythos 5 / Fable 5 [7d]
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- System Card: Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 [pdf] [7d]
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- It used to be hard [7d]
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- I Think Rutger Bregman and the School for Moral Ambition Are Full of Shit [7d]
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- Launch HN: Transload (YC P26) – Measuring freight items with CCTV [7d]
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- Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied request for exemption [7d]
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- Biff.core: system composition for Clojure web apps [7d]
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- Show HN: Claw Patrol, a security firewall for agents [7d]
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- 'Sloppenheimer:' Amazon Employees Mock the Company's AI on Slack [7d]
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- Pyodide 314.0: Python packages can now publish WebAssembly wheels to PyPI [7d]
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- What about OpenCL and CUDA C++ alternatives? [7d]
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- How we run untrusted customer code at scale [7d]
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- FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones by Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers' IDs [7d]
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- Using Optical Aberrations to Distinguish Real Astronomical Transients [7d]
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- Solar Energy Saves Europeans $135M a Day [7d]
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- macOS 27 Beta breaks the ability to boot Asahi Linux [7d]
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- The Conductor Rewrite: What They Changed to Make It Fast [7d]
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- Can LLMs Beat Classical Hyperparameter Optimization Algorithms? [7d]
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- Build a Basic AI Agent from Scratch: Long Task Planning [8d]
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- Symbolicating a minified stack trace by hand: why source maps can't do it alone [8d]
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- Exceptions should not be handled – they should be aggregated [8d]
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- Unified Controllable and Faithful Text-to-CAD Generation with LLMs [8d]
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- WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding [8d]
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- Albania Is Not for Sale: Kushner's $4B Resort Triggers'Flamingo Revolution' [8d]
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- Is Grep All You Need? How Agent Harnesses Reshape Agentic Search [8d]
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- Show HN: 3D print Z reinforcement via injected loops [8d]
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- The better the autopilot the worse the pilot [8d]
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- Show HN: Atlasphere – Live Infrastructure Diagrams [8d]
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- Show HN: We post-trained a model that pen tests instead of refusing your code [8d]
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- Faking keyword arguments to functions in C++ [8d]
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- Emerge Career (YC S22) Is Hiring a Founding Growth Marketer [8d]
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- CoreWeave founders have sold $2.3B in stock since the company's lockup period expired in August after a March 2025 IPO, reducing their combined holdings by ~25% (Ella Feldman/Bloomberg) [7d]
- ServiceNow says attackers exploited a flaw, patched on June 5, that let unauthenticated users query data from customer instances, but gives few other details (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer) [7d]
- Sources: SpaceX aims to launch orbital AI computing tests by late 2027 and has requested permission from regulators to launch up to 1M data-center satellites (Akash Sriram/Reuters) [7d]
- Super Micro Computer aims to raise $7B in a series of equity and equity-linked financing transactions to fund its component purchases to satisfy AI orders (Harshita Mary Varghese/Reuters) [7d]
- Analysis: Trump and his sons profited $2.3B+ from four crypto ventures including $TRUMP since January 2025, while other investors in those projects lost ~$2.3B (Reuters) [7d]
- Docs: ~34K Instagram accounts, including Obama's White House account, were affected in the attack tied to Meta's AI chatbot; 3,500+ usernames were changed (New York Times) [7d]
- Anthropic says Fable 5 has invisible safeguards that use prompt modification, steering vectors, or PEFT to limit its effectiveness for frontier LLM development (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder) [7d]
- Hands-on with Claude Fable 5: impressive results with complex projects, including a data analysis tool built in just 9.5 hours and an interactive isochrone map (Ethan Mollick/One Useful Thing) [7d]
- Kalshi plans to require users seeking to make bets in some markets linked to material nonpublic information to submit an online form disclosing where they work (Wall Street Journal) [7d]
- Apple says 79% of all iPhones and 86% of iPhones released in the last four years were running iOS 26 as of June 7, vs. 82% and 88% for iOS 18 before WWDC 2025 (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors) [7d]
- Sources: Canadian payments company Nuvei is in advanced talks to acquire cross-border payments company Payoneer Global for about $2.7B (Milana Vinn/Reuters) [7d]
- A US judge cancels a Mississippi trial and disqualifies and fines lawyers on both sides after finding their filings were filled with hallucinated case citations (Jason Koebler/404 Media) [7d]
- Anthropic says internal and external red team tests of Fable 5 found no universal jailbreaks; it will keep user traffic for 30 days, aligning with Trump's AI EO (Derek B. Johnson/CyberScoop) [7d]
- Anthropic says Fable 5 uses conservative safety classifiers that trigger a fallback to Claude Opus 4.8 in ~5% of sessions, in areas like cybersecurity (Anthropic) [7d]
- Anthropic says Fable 5 is available on Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans through June 22, after which using Fable 5 will require usage credits (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch) [7d]
- Anthropic prices both Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 at $10 per 1M input and $50 per 1M output tokens, less than half the price of Claude Mythos Preview (David Gewirtz/ZDNET) [7d]
- Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5, a "safe" Mythos-class model it says can't be used for cyberattacks, to the public, and Claude Mythos 5 to trusted orgs (Wired) [7d]
- Apple updates its guidelines to say it may remove apps in saturated categories from the App Store if they're not "updated, improved, or attracting customers" (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) [7d]
- SF voters reject the Overpaid CEO Act, a union-backed ballot measure to raise taxes on any large business where the CEO earns 100x more than the median employee (Bloomberg) [7d]
- If Apple's Siri AI works as it was shown in the WWDC demos, Apple is set to take the lead in consumer AI, with iPhone becoming the first true AI device (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass) [7d]
- EU regulators order Meta to give rival AI chatbots free access to WhatsApp while they continue to probe if Meta abused its market power by blocking competitors (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters) [7d]
- Google releases Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, which it says can deliver "near real-time speech-to-speech translation in over 70 languages" (The Keyword) [7d]
- Meta plans to expand the use of off-platform data, such as e-commerce purchases, from serving ads to personalize content feeds and AI responses (Emma Roth/The Verge) [7d]
- Sources: India froze Starlink approvals to begin commercial operations due to concerns over the use of its terminals in Iran despite not being licensed there (Bloomberg) [7d]
- China starts operations of the world's first wind-powered underwater data center off Shanghai coast, and says it uses 20% less power than land-based facilities (Amy Hawkins/The Guardian) [8d]
- Vinyl Equity, an SEC-registered transfer agent that has launched a payments platform earlier this year, raised a $20M Series A led by Jump Capital (Ryan Lawler/Axios) [8d]
- Decentralized lending protocol Morpho raised $175M led by Paradigm, Ribbit Capital, and a16z Crypto in a token sale valuing Morpho at up to $2B (Ben Weiss/Fortune) [8d]
- Apple unveils new Apple Foundation Models: two on-device models, including a 20B-parameter multimodal model called AFM 3 Core Advanced, and three cloud models (Apple Machine Learning Research) [8d]
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- EOFY 2026 phone deals in Australia: score up to 45% off flagships, budget phones and everything in between [7d]
- 'More than any other country in the world' - Ukraine wants to be the biggest drone and robot producer worldwide, outstripping China, Russia, and the US combined —Kyiv claims it could build more than 30 million units annually within years [7d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, June 10 (game #1095) [7d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday, June 10 (game #1598) [7d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, June 10 (game #829) [7d]
- 'AI tools could lead to nothing less than the death of astrophysics': Researchers predict bleak future for thousands who study black holes, galaxies, and supernovae [7d]
- Americans are increasingly opposing data centers — here is every US state fighting back against new buildings [7d]
- Quote of the day by Google CEO Sundar Pichai: AI is "more profound than electricity or fire" — a reminder of its role as a critical resource in the modern world [7d]
- Millions at risk: 1 in 3 users are still stuck on Wi-Fi routers using almost 20-year-old tech — here's why it matters [7d]
- 6 brilliant gadgets ever grill master needs — clever kit to help you up your BBQ game this summer [7d]
- How to watch Argentina vs Iceland: FREE streams, TV channels for World Cup 2026 warm-up [7d]
- Huawei just dropped a major AI chip surprise — but Nvidia should really be paying attention to the other big news from its rival [7d]
- A single character could be enough to let hackers crack your Linux kernel [7d]
- I spent a month with the ModRetro M64 — and I think there’s no better way to play your classic Nintendo 64 games [7d]
- Spatial Reframing in iOS 27 might finally turn me into a photo pro — here’s how it works, and why it could be your iPhone’s secret storage weapon [7d]
- Should I use a VPN to watch the World Cup? [7d]
- Apple Maps has a huge iOS 27 upgrade on the way for Flyover that will help you ‘see cities around the world like never before’ — and users think it’s down to Gaussian Splatting, the next big 3D photography craze [7d]
- North Korean hackers are at it again — phishing scheme targets hundreds of workers to try and steal crypto and more [7d]
- Best World Cup 2026 eSIM deals — Stay connected from the opening game to the final whistle [7d]
- Amazon wants to end dodgy knockoffs with its own AI-generated custom merch printing [7d]
- Secretlab's already perfected the gaming chair — and now it's going for the home office market with its new Atlas model [7d]
- I've spent over 35 hours sitting in Secretlab's new Atlas task chair and there's a lot I like about it — but I'm still not sure it will dethrone my Herman Miller [7d]
- Bowers & Wilkins just blew me away with its new 801 D5 speakers — here’s what I made of the model after attending a demo at at High End Vienna [7d]
- Why I wouldn't buy a super-cheap huge-screen TV for the World Cup as someone who watches 60 games per year — the 'dirty screen effect' is brutal for watching football [7d]
- Hold out for a little longer FromSoft fans — The Duskbloods will get a closed network test this summer, but a release date for the full game has yet to be announced [7d]
- I tried Siri AI on the iPhone, Mac, and iPad — here's why I'm convinced Apple's long-overdue next-gen assistant will win you over [7d]
- 'The biggest risk of AI is over-reliance': How AI is changing the way web agencies deliver value [7d]
- New iOS 27 Passwords app can automatically change your passwords for you [7d]
- This $160 office chair deal with adaptive lumbar support is easily the best budget upgrade I've seen ahead of Prime Day — and it's cheaper now than it was in the Spring sale [7d]
- B&H Photo has slashed the price of my ‘favorite camera bag’ — grab the Wandrd Prvke V3 photo bundle for just $150 [7d]
- ‘The best thing we’ve ever made’: Jason Momoa turns his 100-year-old Harleys into new electric classics — and you can buy the same ‘drop-in’ conversion kits [7d]
- Say what you will about Clarkson's Farm season 5 — the latest four episodes of the hit Prime Video show have unexpectedly proved why fan culture can be so toxic [7d]
- The working class are rallying to oppose data centers at 5 times the rate of wealthy neighborhoods – the great unifier is helping workers punch up, and its super effective [7d]
- Russia’s solution to its VPN crackdown breaking the internet? A state-owned VPN [7d]
- Time to ditch your slow router: Amazon just dropped massive pre-Prime Day discounts on TP-Link Wi-Fi 7 setups — upgrade your home network from just $85 [7d]
- The rumors were true! The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 'will be reborn' on Nintendo Switch 2 this year [7d]
- The RAM crisis will last 'quite a few years' says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang — so despite hiked prices, I think if you want a new laptop, now might be the time to buy [7d]
- ‘Surveillance is not safety’ — UK’s device scanning order faces privacy backlash [7d]
- Meta wants to train Americans to build its data centers — and is offering a free 5-week program to teach you everything [7d]
- AI agents are being deployed – but not to full effect [8d]
- The Bear season 5 finally has a trailer — and it could be the Hulu show's most stressful chapter yet [8d]
- Microsoft disables over 70 GitHub repos after hackers compromised them with dangerous malware [8d]
- Uplift Clarksville review: A simple, subtle office chair built for the workplace [8d]
- How to watch Queen's Club Championships 2026: FREE live streams & TV channels for ATP & WTA 500 tennis [8d]
- Nest Mini and Nest Audio speakers are mysteriously vanishing from the shelves, and I'm convinced the new Google Home Speaker is arriving soon [8d]
- Apple’s WWDC upgrades might protect your phone — this VPN deal will secure your connection [8d]
- Brother MFC-L8970CDW color laser printer review: A downsized, upgraded spin on the company's best enterprise printer [8d]
- Update Chrome now — Google patches new zero-day flaw already being exploited [8d]
- How to watch World Cup 2026 in Spanish [8d]
- EcoFlow Stream Ultra X review: This is a balcony solar battery that changes everything for renters [8d]
- Could Toy Story 5 be the end of the road for Woody, Buzz, and Jessie? The new Pixar movie's creators have their say [8d]
- Check Point says VPN attacks caused by Qilin ransomware group — who had a month's head start on them [8d]
- There's more to Google than search and YouTube — prove how well you know its tech by nailing this quiz [8d]
- Lenovo ThinkStation PGX review: I may have just found the best mini workstation for OpenClaw, and it’s not a Mac mini [8d]
- Crazy Taxi: World Tour officially arrives in 2027 with all-new multiplayer modes, which series creator Kenji Kanno says were highly requested in 1999 — 'Back then we were limited by the technology' [8d]
- Why Anthropic’s closed approach may be safer than OpenAI’s [8d]
- Yellowstone fan theory thinks 'brutal' Dutton Ranch villain will lead Taylor Sheridan spinoff to a Landman crossover — and the logic is completely sound [8d]
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