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Awful AI is a curated list to track current scary usages of AI (github.com/daviddao)

15 minutes ago | trueduke | github.com | frontpage

11

After 40 years of adventure games, Ron Gilbert pivots to outrunning Death (arstechnica.com)

18 minutes ago | mikhael | arstechnica.com | frontpage

17

Four countries to boycott Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete (theguardian.com)

34 minutes ago | JustSkyfall | theguardian.com | newest

24

Is Cloudflare Down Again? Also, DownDetector/Claude.ai/LinkedIn?

an hour ago | dfasoro | ycombinator.com | best

216

Cloudflare Is Down (cloudflare.com)

an hour ago | wonderfuly | cloudflare.com | best

98

Cloudflare Down Again – and DownDetector Is Also Down

an hour ago | bakigul | ycombinator.com | best

14

Another Cloudflare Outage? (downdetector.com.au)

an hour ago | no_creativity_ | downdetector.com.au | newest

1032

Cloudflare is down (cloudflare.com)

an hour ago | mektrik | cloudflare.com | best

14

Undisclosed Deaths in the Pfizer mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine Trial [pdf] (jpands.org)

an hour ago | hwj | jpands.org | frontpage

99

UniFi 5G (ui.com)

2 hours ago | janandonly | ui.com | best

13

Fast trigram based code search (github.com/sourcegraph)

2 hours ago | cv_h | github.com | best

58

Warner Bros Begins Exclusive Deal Talks With Netflix (bloomberg.com)

3 hours ago | mfiguiere | bloomberg.com | best

24

Rats Snatching Bats Out of the Air and Eating Them–Researchers Got It on Video (smithsonianmag.com)

3 hours ago | bookofjoe | smithsonianmag.com | best

17

CSS now has an if() conditional function (caniuse.com)

3 hours ago | aanthonymax | caniuse.com | best

30

I have been writing a niche history blog for 15 years (resobscura.substack.com)

4 hours ago | benbreen | substack.com | best

107

State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship' (npr.org)

4 hours ago | seattle_spring | npr.org | best

78

[dupe] Netflix becomes frontrunner in bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery – sources (cnn.com)

4 hours ago | mikeweiss | cnn.com | best

36

Blogging in 2025: Screaming into the Void (askmike.org)

5 hours ago | askmike | askmike.org | best

11

CDC vaccine panel realizes again it has no idea what it's doing, delays big vote (arstechnica.com)

6 hours ago | voxadam | arstechnica.com | best

14

You may loose your company email, but never lose your emails and contacts again (trevally.io)

7 hours ago | danvc | trevally.io | frontpage

17

What is better: a lookup table or an enum type? (cybertec-postgresql.com)

7 hours ago | todsacerdoti | cybertec-postgresql.com | best

38

NeurIPS 2025 Best Paper Awards (neurips.cc)

7 hours ago | ivansavz | neurips.cc | best

16

Ultrasonic device dramatically speeds harvesting of water from the air (news.mit.edu)

7 hours ago | bookofjoe | mit.edu | best

14

The Disappearance of an Anti-AI Activist (theatlantic.com)

7 hours ago | fortran77 | theatlantic.com | best

46

How Brussels writes so many laws (siliconcontinent.com)

7 hours ago | amadeuspagel | siliconcontinent.com | best

160

BMW PHEV: Safety fuse replacement is extremely expensive (evclinic.eu)

8 hours ago | mikelabatt | evclinic.eu | best

35

The Ofcom Files, Part 4: Ofcom Rides Again (prestonbyrne.com)

8 hours ago | parliament32 | prestonbyrne.com | best

24

StardustOS: Library operating system for building light-weight Unikernels (github.com/stardustos)

8 hours ago | transpute | github.com | best

71

Trick users and bypass warnings – Modern SVG Clickjacking attacks (lyra.horse)

9 hours ago | spartanatreyu | lyra.horse | best

176

Netflix’s AV1 Journey: From Android to TVs and Beyond (netflixtechblog.com)

9 hours ago | CharlesW | netflixtechblog.com | best

57

Coca Cola has an executive dedicated to McDonald's (coca-colacompany.com)

9 hours ago | sbolt | coca-colacompany.com | best

19

YouTuber accidentally crashes the rare plant market with viral cloning technique (dexerto.com)

10 hours ago | StrangeSound | dexerto.com | best

33

SMS phishers pivot to points, taxes, fake retailers (krebsonsecurity.com)

10 hours ago | todsacerdoti | krebsonsecurity.com | best

169

We gave 5 LLMs $100K to trade stocks for 8 months (aitradearena.com)

10 hours ago | cheeseblubber | aitradearena.com | best

61

Countdown until the AI bubble bursts (pop-the-bubble.xyz)

11 hours ago | tapematch | pop-the-bubble.xyz | best

11

Chatbots can sway political opinions but are 'substantially' inaccurate: study (theguardian.com)

11 hours ago | devonnull | theguardian.com | best

14

Why won't Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? (arstechnica.com)

11 hours ago | saghm | arstechnica.com | best

81

State of AI: An Empirical 100T Token Study with OpenRouter (openrouter.ai)

11 hours ago | anjneymidha | openrouter.ai | best

23

Man Asks $75M for 'Lambo.com,' Court Gives It to Lamborghini for Free (roadandtrack.com)

11 hours ago | kerim-ca | roadandtrack.com | best

216

Thoughts on Go vs. Rust vs. Zig (sinclairtarget.com)

11 hours ago | yurivish | sinclairtarget.com | best

40

CUDA-l2: Surpassing cuBLAS performance for matrix multiplication through RL (github.com/deepreinforce-ai)

12 hours ago | dzign | github.com | best

157

Django 6 (djangoproject.com)

12 hours ago | wilhelmklopp | djangoproject.com | best

21

Who Hooked Up a Laptop to a 1930s Dance Hall Machine? (chrisbako.com)

12 hours ago | ChrisbyMe | chrisbako.com | best

14

Netherlands, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia Boycott Eurovision After Israel Allowed (bbc.com)

12 hours ago | cramsession | bbc.com | frontpage

225

A Cozy Mk IV light aircraft crashed after 3D-printed part was weakened by heat (bbc.com)

12 hours ago | toss1 | bbc.com | best

45

Hammersmith Bridge – Where did 25k vehicles go? (nickmaini.substack.com)

13 hours ago | tobr | substack.com | best

65

CJEU has made it effectively impossible to run a user-generated platform legally (techdirt.com)

13 hours ago | alsetmusic | techdirt.com | best

28

PyTogether: Collaborative lightweight real-time Python IDE for teachers/learners (github.com/sjriz)

14 hours ago | indigodaddy | github.com | best

11

Show HN: Turn APIs into MCP servers without code (zalor.ai)

14 hours ago | rishavmitra | zalor.ai | best

13

A lost Amazon world just reappeared in Bolivia (frontiersin.org)

14 hours ago | ashishgupta2209 | frontiersin.org | frontpage

10

Meta reportedly plans to slash Metaverse budget by up to 30%, includes layoff (techcrunch.com)

14 hours ago | donsupreme | techcrunch.com | best

308

The RAM shortage comes for us all (jeffgeerling.com)

14 hours ago | speckx | jeffgeerling.com | best

33

Rsync.net Technical Notes – Q4 2025 (rsync.net)

14 hours ago | rsync | rsync.net | best

11

All the Way Down (futilitycloset.com)

14 hours ago | surprisetalk | futilitycloset.com | frontpage

36

US will now review H-1B applicants' social media – require them to make public (businessinsider.com)

14 hours ago | JKCalhoun | businessinsider.com | best

18

[dupe] Crucial shutting down as Micron wants to sell RAM/SSDs to AI companies instead (theverge.com)

15 hours ago | kjhughes | theverge.com | best

13

Show HN: MTXT – Music Text Format (github.com/daninet)

15 hours ago | daninet | github.com | frontpage

431

Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're disabled? (reason.com)

15 hours ago | delichon | reason.com | best

21

The End of the Train-Test Split (benguzovsky.com)

15 hours ago | gmays | benguzovsky.com | best

13

XY Problem (xyproblem.info)

15 hours ago | lentil_soup | xyproblem.info | best

89

Multivox: Volumetric Display (github.com/ancientjames)

16 hours ago | jk_tech | github.com | best

28

Feynman vs. Computer (entropicthoughts.com)

16 hours ago | cgdl | entropicthoughts.com | best

28

Launch HN: Browser Buddy (YC W24) – A recommendation system for Internet writing (browserbuddy.com)

16 hours ago | alien0006 | browserbuddy.com | best

20

TrueMeter: AI Energy Agent That Optimizes Utility Bills (truemeter.com)

16 hours ago | oateco | truemeter.com | best

10

Aluminium is crucial to vaccines – and safe. Why are US advisers debating it? (nature.com)

16 hours ago | bikenaga | nature.com | best

149

Autism should not be treated as a single condition (economist.com)

16 hours ago | bookofjoe | economist.com | best

11

FDEs were why I invested in Palantir in 2022 (and sold it all in 2024) (ossa-ma.github.io)

17 hours ago | ossa-ma | github.io | newest

74

Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later (onlyrecipeapp.com)

17 hours ago | AwkwardPanda | onlyrecipeapp.com | best

75

Bootloader Unlock Wall of Shame (github.com/zenfyrdev)

17 hours ago | thunderbong | github.com | best

55

Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.0 available (proxmox.com)

17 hours ago | speckx | proxmox.com | best

213

Microsoft drops AI sales targets in half after salespeople miss their quotas (arstechnica.com)

17 hours ago | OptionOfT | arstechnica.com | best

23

The Math Legend Who Just Left Academia–For an AI Startup Run by a 24-Year-Old (wsj.com)

18 hours ago | pondsider | wsj.com | best

11

Flock cameras are also computers – and perfectly hackable (neuburger.substack.com)

18 hours ago | ThomasNeu | substack.com | best

16

Brave vs. Firefox – Brave (brave.com)

18 hours ago | kirillrogovoy | brave.com | best

168

The Free Software Foundation Europe deleted its account on X (fsfe.org)

18 hours ago | latexr | fsfe.org | best

33

Microsoft faces complaint in EU over Israeli surveillance data (france24.com)

18 hours ago | cramsession | france24.com | best

17

Show HN: I analyzed 8k near-death experiences with AI and made them listenable (noeticmap.com)

18 hours ago | mikias | noeticmap.com | best

11

[flagged] Imo.im – Instant Messenger (imo.im)

19 hours ago | amai | imo.im | best

11

Ask HN: What are the ethics at YC?

19 hours ago | jagged-chisel | ycombinator.com | best

16

Zuck Plans Deep Cuts for Metaverse Efforts (bloomberg.com)

19 hours ago | nycdatasci | bloomberg.com | best

88

Japanese four-cylinder engine is so reliable still in production after 25 years (topspeed.com)

19 hours ago | teleforce | topspeed.com | best

18

Show HN: Walrus – a Kafka alternative written in Rust (github.com/nubskr)

19 hours ago | janicerk | github.com | frontpage

94

Fighting the age-gated internet (wired.com)

19 hours ago | geox | wired.com | best

164

Transparent leadership beats servant leadership (entropicthoughts.com)

19 hours ago | ibobev | entropicthoughts.com | best

64

Human hair grows through 'pulling' not pushing, study shows (phys.org)

20 hours ago | pseudolus | phys.org | best

49

Functional Quadtrees (lbjgruppen.com)

20 hours ago | lbj | lbjgruppen.com | best

212

RAM is so expensive, Samsung won't even sell it to Samsung (pcworld.com)

20 hours ago | sethops1 | pcworld.com | best

27

Building optimistic UI in Rails (and learn custom elements) (railsdesigner.com)

20 hours ago | amalinovic | railsdesigner.com | best

10

Ethiopian volcano erupts for first time in nearly 12k years of records (smithsonianmag.com)

21 hours ago | pseudolus | smithsonianmag.com | best

10

Recreating the lost SDK for a 42-year-old operating system: VisiCorp Visi On (sr.ht)

21 hours ago | nkali | sr.ht | best

167

I ignore the spotlight as a staff engineer (lalitm.com)

21 hours ago | todsacerdoti | lalitm.com | best

120

Programming peaked (functional.computer)

21 hours ago | Antibabelic | functional.computer | best

11

The Mysterious Realm of JavaScriptCore (2021) (cyberark.com)

21 hours ago | program | cyberark.com | best

89

30 years ago today "Netscape and Sun announce JavaScript" (archive.org)

21 hours ago | donohoe | archive.org | best

24

NextJS Security Vulnerability (nextjs.org)

22 hours ago | connor11528 | nextjs.org | best

75

Tunnl.gg (tunnl.gg)

22 hours ago | klipitkas | tunnl.gg | best

55

Porn company fined £1M over inadequate age checks (UK) (bbc.co.uk)

22 hours ago | ndsipa_pomu | bbc.co.uk | best

179

PGlite – Embeddable Postgres (pglite.dev)

22 hours ago | dsego | pglite.dev | best

264

It’s time to free JavaScript (2024) (javascript.tm)

23 hours ago | pavelai | javascript.tm | best

181

Unreal Tournament 2004 is back (reddit.com)

23 hours ago | keithoffer | reddit.com | best