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Show HN: Gemini Pro 3 imagines the HN front page 10 years from now (dosaygo-studio.github.io)

×11.42 15 | 3318 points by keepamovin 3 days ago | 958 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump (reuters.com)

×9.82 28 | 46 points by jeroenhd 17 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Just 0.001% hold 3 times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds (theguardian.com)

×9.09 66 | 104 points by robtherobber 1 day ago | 154 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Size of Life (neal.fun)

×8.97 14 #69 | 2566 points by eatonphil 2 days ago | 277 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Young journalists expose Russian-linked vessels off the Dutch and German coast (digitaldigging.org)

×7.51 9 | 144 points by harshreality 20 hours ago | 120 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content (theguardian.com)

×7.33 12 | 364 points by ta988 1 day ago | 344 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Should "I asked $AI, and it said" replies be forbidden in HN guidelines?

×6.37 38 | 962 points by embedding-shape 3 days ago | 460 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
iPhone Typos? It's Not Just You – The iOS Keyboard Is Broken [video] (youtube.com)

×5.84 26 | 674 points by walterbell 1 day ago | 424 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4k employees (twitter.com/gothburz)

×5.81 71 | 50 points by eatonphil 1 day ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tesla US sales drop to nearly 4-year low in November (reuters.com)

×5.43 53 | 65 points by doener 8 hours ago | 43 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
GPT-5.2 (openai.com)

×5.37 27 | 189 points by meetpateltech 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
UK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16 (alecmuffett.com)

×5.35 10 | 378 points by nvarsj 1 day ago | 421 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Id Software devs form "wall-to-wall" union (rockpapershotgun.com)

×5.29 84 | 288 points by simjue 10 hours ago | 308 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Think Tanker Altered Ukraine War Map Before Big Polymarket Payout (responsiblestatecraft.org)

×4.78 34 #56 | 40 points by danso 4 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Battery storage hits $65/MWh, a tipping point for solar (electrek.co)

×4.69 31 #60 | 9 points by toomuchtodo 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Why isn't online age verification just like showing your ID in person? (eff.org)

×4.62 5 | 76 points by hn_acker 15 hours ago | 109 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
GPT-5.2 (openai.com)

×4.53 12 #51 | 1164 points by atgctg 1 day ago | 1040 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Pop_OS 24.04 LTS with COSMIC desktop environment (system76.com)

×4.48 36 | 147 points by onnnon 1 day ago | 94 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Google Removes Sci-Hub Domains from U.S. Search Results Due to Dated Court Order (torrentfreak.com)

×4.42 19 #22 | 31 points by t-3 1 hour ago | 16 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
We built a resource hub to fight back against age verification (eff.org)

×4.31 49 | 102 points by heavyset_go 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
French supermarket's Christmas advert is worldwide hit (without AI) [video] (youtube.com)

×4.25 4 | 471 points by gbugniot 1 day ago | 276 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options (arstechnica.com)

×4.20 8 #15 | 183 points by fleahunter 11 hours ago | 194 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Epic celebrates "the end of the Apple Tax" after court win in iOS payments case (arstechnica.com)

×4.18 37 #45 | 386 points by nobody9999 12 hours ago | 275 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Cupcake – Better performance and security for coding agents (via OPA) (github.com/eqtylab)

×4.15 113 | 12 points by ramoz 2 days ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
America's betting craze has spread to its news networks (newyorker.com)

×4.05 23 | 67 points by FinnLobsien 12 hours ago | 84 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Pope criticizes US bid to 'break apart' US-Europe alliance (apnews.com)

×4.04 6 #55 | 23 points by sipofwater 4 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Oliver Sacks fabricated key details in his books (boingboing.net)

×4.01 15 #19 | 28 points by talonx 1 hour ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Oracle made a $300B bet on OpenAI. It's paying the price (yahoo.com)

×3.94 48 | 127 points by pera 12 hours ago | 114 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Disney making $1B investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI (cnbc.com)

×3.93 10 | 324 points by tiahura 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Man shocks doctors with 254/150 blood pressure, stroke from energy drinks (arstechnica.com)

×3.83 9 #65 | 7 points by canucker2016 2 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Historic Shift Underway in China's Economy as Investment Slump Deepens (nytimes.com)

×3.76 | 7 points by mooreds 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Tor Project is switching to Rust (itsfoss.com)

×3.65 54 #81 | 323 points by giuliomagnifico 16 hours ago | 236 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Live Nation, Ticketmaster must face sprawling class action over prices (reuters.com)

×3.63 14 #66 | 18 points by defrost 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
South Korea – A cautionary tale for the rest of humanity (worksinprogress.co)

×3.52 77 | 65 points by barry-cotter 1 day ago | 176 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Benn Jordan’s flock camera jammer will send you to jail in Florida now [video] (youtube.com)

×3.52 71 #87 | 160 points by givemeethekeys 10 hours ago | 150 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
HyperCard on the Macintosh (stonetools.ghost.io)

×3.51 11 | 7 points by TMWNN 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class (nytimes.com)

×3.45 8 #80 | 12 points by johntfella 4 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: End of Year Book Recommendations

×3.39 99 | 19 points by marai2 2 days ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Three Dogs Stroll (reddit.com)

×3.27 16 | 5 points by susam 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
UK Lords propose ban on VPNs for children (techradar.com)

×3.25 11 #36 | 10 points by josephcsible 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Opinion: US Authorities Have Far-Reaching Access to European Cloud Data (heise.de)

×3.08 72 | 45 points by doener 1 day ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
4 billion if statements (2023) (andreasjhkarlsson.github.io)

×3.08 20 #39 | 599 points by damethos 20 hours ago | 167 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A Developer Accidentally Found CSAM in AI Data. Google Banned Him for It (404media.co)

×3.08 52 | 118 points by markatlarge 1 day ago | 92 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Google de-indexed Bear Blog and I don't know why (james-zhan.com)

×3.05 5 #68 | 405 points by nafnlj 1 day ago | 172 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The true story of the Windows 3.1 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme (pcgamer.com)

×3.05 32 #58 | 125 points by naves 9 hours ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Wine 11.0 RC2 – Run Windows Applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and macOS (winehq.org)

×2.98 24 #64 | 48 points by neustradamus 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Senator endorses discredited book that claims chemical treats autism, cancer (propublica.org)

×2.98 29 | 82 points by duxup 12 hours ago | 60 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Home Depot GitHub token exposed for a year, granted access to internal systems (techcrunch.com)

×2.95 19 #29 | 218 points by kernelrocks 10 hours ago | 129 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The highest quality codebase (gricha.dev)

×2.91 10 #83 | 618 points by Gricha 1 day ago | 383 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Berlin Approves New Expansion of Police Surveillance Powers (reclaimthenet.org)

×2.88 25 #71 | 147 points by robtherobber 13 hours ago | 99 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan was investor and adviser to firm sanctioned for China deals (oregonlive.com)

×2.81 8 | 4 points by osnium123 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Framework Raises DDR5 Memory Prices by 50% for DIY Laptops (phoronix.com)

×2.77 25 #53 | 203 points by mikece 13 hours ago | 182 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Japan law opening phone app stores to go into effect (nhk.or.jp)

×2.76 27 #62 | 146 points by shlip 12 hours ago | 29 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools (larr.net)

×2.72 8 | 408 points by todsacerdoti 1 day ago | 510 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Briddle – Guess the AI's semantic path between two words (briddle.io)

×2.65 133 | 10 points by rvranjan 3 days ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Epstein's emails reconstructed in a message-style UI (OCR and LLMs) (github.com/Toon-nooT)

×2.65 23 | 43 points by toon-noot 16 hours ago | 8 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I used Gemini 3 to turn 42 books into interactive webpages in 2 weeks (vibary.art)

×2.63 102 | 8 points by Rand_cat 1 day ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Google releases its new Google Sans Flex font as open source (omgubuntu.co.uk)

×2.62 26 #40 | 198 points by CharlesW 10 hours ago | 97 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Updated Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio Model (blog.google)

×2.57 62 #74 | 10 points by pretext 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
My productivity app is a never-ending .txt file (2020) (jeffhuang.com)

×2.56 4 | 279 points by simonebrunozzi 1 day ago | 179 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Nokia N900 Necromancy (yaky.dev)

×2.55 9 #70 | 461 points by yaky 1 day ago | 181 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Auto-grading decade-old Hacker News discussions with hindsight (bearblog.dev)

×2.55 72 #44 | 648 points by __rito__ 2 days ago | 266 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Waymo: "Not yet a legal path to operating in New York"; NYC demo video (twitter.com/Waymo)

×2.53 20 | 4 points by tech234a 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I'm building an open-source Amazon (openship.org)

×2.52 65 | 7 points by theturtletalks 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Marmot v2.20 – A distributed SQLite server with MySQL wire compatbility (github.com/maxpert)

×2.47 85 | 5 points by maxpert 13 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
CRISPR fungus: Protein-packed, sustainable, and tastes like meat (isaaa.org)

×2.46 1 #76 | 294 points by rguiscard 1 day ago | 222 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Nuclear energy key to decarbonising Europe, says EESC (europa.eu)

×2.45 16 #63 | 107 points by mpweiher 11 hours ago | 146 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Things I want to say to my boss (ithoughtaboutthatalot.com)

×2.45 21 | 238 points by casca 1 day ago | 220 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora (openai.com)

×2.37 24 | 262 points by inesranzo 1 day ago | 495 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
India Is a Rising Power, but Breathing in Its Capital Is Hazardous (nytimes.com)

×2.35 18 | 4 points by bookofjoe 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
macOS 26.2 enables fast AI clusters with RDMA over Thunderbolt (apple.com)

×2.35 #2 | 320 points by guiand 8 hours ago | 179 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
OpenAI are quietly adopting skills, now available in ChatGPT and Codex CLI (simonwillison.net)

×2.31 #1 | 210 points by simonw 5 hours ago | 133 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Rats Play DOOM (ratsplaydoom.com)

×2.29 3 #8 | 219 points by ano-ther 8 hours ago | 84 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: DeChecker – Detect AI-generated text (dechecker.ai)

×2.24 155 | 6 points by GrammarChecker 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
1300 Still Images from the Animated Films of Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli (ghibli.jp)

×2.21 5 #6 | 18 points by vinhnx 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Crick and Watson Did Not Steal Franklin's Data (nautil.us)

×2.15 74 | 58 points by Brajeshwar 1 day ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: S3 compatible store with 1M IOPS(4K-R,p99~5ms), BYOC in 5min with rust (github.com/fractalbits-labs)

×2.14 145 | 23 points by fractalbits 5 days ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The surprising longevity lessons from the oldest animal (newscientist.com)

×2.11 30 | 3 points by Anon84 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
If You Quit Social Media, Will You Read More Books? (newyorker.com)

×2.11 84 | 45 points by pseudolus 1 day ago | 88 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Koralm Railway (oebb.at)

×2.10 16 #57 | 293 points by fzeindl 18 hours ago | 173 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Going Through Snowden Documents, Part 1 (libroot.org)

×2.09 13 | 236 points by libroot 1 day ago | 177 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Scrapers Take Down GitHub: December 11 Outage Timeline (statusgator.com)

×2.06 57 #90 | 7 points by colinbartlett 9 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help (hey.paris)

×2.05 | 2 points by parisidau 6 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Review of Medical Cannabis Use Finds Little Evidence of Benefit (nytimes.com)

×2.04 29 | 3 points by pseudolus 3 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
An SVG is all you need (recoil.org)

×2.03 3 | 328 points by sadiq 1 day ago | 139 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Chess-TUI Play Lichess games in your terminal (Rust) (github.com/thomas-mauran)

×2.02 115 | 5 points by Thomalloc 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A LLM trained only on data from certain time periods to reduce modern bias (github.com/haykgrigo3)

×1.98 29 #78 | 9 points by jpalomaki 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: EdgeVec – Sub-millisecond vector search in the browser (Rust/WASM) (github.com/matte1782)

×1.97 47 | 5 points by matteo1782 6 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
US TikTok investors in limbo as deal set to be delayed again (bbc.com)

×1.96 55 #42 | 9 points by 1659447091 5 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Bet on Juniors Just Got Better (tidyfirst.substack.com)

×1.96 14 | 3 points by gmays 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???