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Amazon targets as many as 30k corporate job cuts, sources say (reuters.com)

×20.25 36 | 177 points by zerosizedweasle 1 day ago | 119 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Grokipedia by xAI (grokipedia.com)

×12.03 18 | 185 points by thsName 1 day ago | 128 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Pipelex – declarative language for repeatable AI workflows (MIT) (github.com/Pipelex)

×8.60 28 | 24 points by lchoquel 11 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts (pabloecortez.com)

×7.42 20 #29 | 1002 points by speckx 1 day ago | 459 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Hi, it's me, Wikipedia, and I am ready for your apology (mcsweeneys.net)

×6.92 63 | 191 points by imichael 13 hours ago | 144 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Grokipedia and the coup against reality itself (thedissident.news)

×6.56 62 | 93 points by coloneltcb 8 hours ago | 135 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Your vibe coded slop PR is not welcome (samsaffron.com)

×6.51 49 | 226 points by keybits 16 hours ago | 114 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Amazon confirms 14,000 job losses in corporate division (bbc.com)

×6.07 69 | 358 points by mosura 16 hours ago | 468 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Nearly 90% of Windows Games Now Run on Linux (tomshardware.com)

×5.92 24 #30 | 299 points by jamesgill 9 hours ago | 155 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
PSF has withdrawn $1.5M proposal to US Government grant program (pyfound.blogspot.com)

×5.63 23 | 704 points by lumpa 1 day ago | 699 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Samsung makes ads on smart fridges official with upcoming software update (arstechnica.com)

×5.57 12 #15 | 439 points by stalfosknight 8 hours ago | 356 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him – bad idea (arstechnica.com)

×5.56 16 #53 | 1525 points by Brajeshwar 1 day ago | 602 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5M proposal to US Government grant program (simonwillison.net)

×5.03 6 | 238 points by lumpa 1 day ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
What happened to running what you wanted on your own machine? (hackaday.com)

×4.61 41 #66 | 397 points by marbartolome 1 day ago | 272 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
US Senate passes bill with Republican support to rescind Trump's Brazil tariffs (theguardian.com)

×4.48 75 | 8 points by mitchbob 52 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tough truths about climate (gatesnotes.com)

×4.36 26 | 96 points by ezequiel-garzon 23 hours ago | 115 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Mullvad DNS (mullvad.net)

×4.28 24 #86 | 29 points by napolux 12 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Hermes – Self-hosted video downloader (github.com/TechSquidTV)

×4.06 125 | 8 points by TechSquidTV 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Police used Flock cameras to accuse a woman of theft, she had to prove innocence (coloradosun.com)

×3.90 30 | 79 points by stevenhubertron 11 hours ago | 38 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
An ex-Intel CEO's mission to build a Christian AI: Hasten the return of Christ (theguardian.com)

×3.81 20 #52 | 26 points by teleforce 4 hours ago | 14 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Washington Post editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties (npr.org)

×3.80 26 #37 | 549 points by ilamont 13 hours ago | 248 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k (threads.com)

×3.62 9 #11 | 850 points by stevenhubertron 11 hours ago | 755 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Severe performance penalty found in VSCode rendering loop (github.com/microsoft)

×3.59 82 | 63 points by anticensor 1 day ago | 45 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Posting your property on Airbnb is now punishable offense in Sausalito, Bay Area (sfgate.com)

×3.58 26 #49 | 9 points by randycupertino 1 hour ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Texas Attorney General sues Tylenol makers over autism claims (bbc.com)

×3.57 33 | 75 points by throw0101a 11 hours ago | 115 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Meta layoff to hit 318 AI team workers around Bay Area headquarters (sfgate.com)

×3.54 34 | 5 points by randycupertino 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Austrian ministry kicks out Microsoft in favor of Nextcloud (itsfoss.com)

×3.36 26 #40 | 420 points by buyucu 14 hours ago | 93 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
1X Neo – Home Robot - Pre Order (1x.tech)

×3.31 11 #20 | 107 points by denysvitali 9 hours ago | 104 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: spoilerjs – Reddit-style spoilers with particle animations (sh4jid.me)

×3.30 105 | 6 points by sh4jid 1 day ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AI can code, but it can't build software (bytesauna.com)

×3.27 6 | 252 points by nreece 1 day ago | 165 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
What we talk about when we talk about sideloading (f-droid.org)

×3.25 #1 | 789 points by rom1v 9 hours ago | 369 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Amazon strategised about keeping water use secret (source-material.org)

×3.21 42 | 237 points by chhum 1 day ago | 232 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tailscale Services (tailscale.com)

×3.20 18 #71 | 66 points by xd1936 15 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Web (anildash.com)

×3.12 7 #2 | 54 points by AndrewDucker 3 hours ago | 25 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly (techcrunch.com)

×3.03 6 #69 | 368 points by jnord 1 day ago | 523 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Pg_textsearch – BM25 Ranking for Postgres (tigerdata.com)

×3.03 155 | 11 points by tjgreen 5 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Airplane Captures Striking 'Stadium Effect' Inside Hurricane Melissa's Eye (petapixel.com)

×2.99 29 #64 | 6 points by andsoitis 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I built the same app 10 times: Evaluating frameworks for mobile performance (lorenstew.art)

×2.95 20 | 227 points by 0xblinq 22 hours ago | 137 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
You are how you act (boz.com)

×2.95 22 | 323 points by HiPHInch 1 day ago | 184 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Recall for Linux (github.com/rolflobker)

×2.84 3 | 537 points by anticensor 1 day ago | 211 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Friend or Foe: Delegating to an AI Whose Alignment Is Unknown (arxiv.org)

×2.83 10 | 5 points by paulpauper 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tell HN: OpenAI now requires ID verification and won't refund API credits

×2.82 83 | 199 points by retube 3 days ago | 117 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Men need twice as much exercise as women to lower heart disease risk (theguardian.com)

×2.78 26 #46 | 19 points by rdhyee 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Guidelines for User Age-Verification and Responsible Dialogue Act (Guard Act) [pdf] (senate.gov)

×2.75 6 #72 | 4 points by hedora 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I was tired of people dmming me just "hi", so I made this - NoGreeting (kuber.studio)

×2.71 80 | 11 points by kuberwastaken 18 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ubuntu Unity faces possible shutdown as team member cries for help (neowin.net)

×2.63 23 #76 | 8 points by jnord 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
John Carmack: "DGX Spark has only half the advertised performance" (twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack)

×2.63 26 #38 | 20 points by behnamoh 5 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Microsoft in court for allegedly misleading Australians over 365 subscriptions (accc.gov.au)

×2.59 14 | 292 points by edwinjm 1 day ago | 125 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The AirPods Pro 3 flight problem (basicappleguy.com)

×2.58 5 #10 | 343 points by andrem 13 hours ago | 205 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tor Browser 15.0 (torproject.org)

×2.52 19 #32 | 90 points by pentagrama 6 hours ago | 20 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
X-59 Soars: A New Era in Supersonic Flight Begins – Oct 28, 2025 (lockheedmartin.com)

×2.49 8 | 5 points by bpierre 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Microsoft needs to open up more about its OpenAI dealings (wsj.com)

×2.45 39 | 266 points by zerosizedweasle 1 day ago | 178 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Criminal complaint against facial recognition company Clearview AI (noyb.eu)

×2.45 17 | 153 points by latexr 19 hours ago | 48 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Nvidia takes $1B stake in Nokia (cnbc.com)

×2.44 18 #16 | 145 points by kjhughes 11 hours ago | 86 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Avoid 2:00 and 3:00 am cron jobs (2013) (endpointdev.com)

×2.43 1 | 327 points by pera 1 day ago | 362 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The decline of deviance (experimental-history.com)

×2.38 24 #19 | 109 points by zdw 11 hours ago | 98 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Pass-by-Value Overhead (owen.cafe)

×2.28 55 | 70 points by todsacerdoti 1 day ago | 11 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The next chapter of the Microsoft–OpenAI partnership (openai.com)

×2.26 27 #45 | 338 points by meetpateltech 14 hours ago | 447 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Volunteers Step in to Help Understaffed NOAA Track Hurricane Melissa (nytimes.com)

×2.24 21 #73 | 15 points by perihelions 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Dictly – Local, real‑time voice‑to‑text for macOS (sub‑100ms, no cloud) (dictly.app)

×2.23 139 | 10 points by JannikJung 3 days ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Univ of Miami scientists launch accessible global climate modeling framework (miami.edu)

×2.22 40 | 3 points by susiecambria 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Why JPEG XL ignoring bit depth is genius (and why AVIF can't pull it off) (fractionalxperience.com)

×2.20 69 | 101 points by Bogdanp 1 day ago | 64 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Claude for Excel (claude.com)

×2.18 11 #78 | 666 points by meetpateltech 1 day ago | 447 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Senator Cotton blocks effort to make daylight saving time permanent (politico.com)

×2.17 41 | 4 points by rurp 58 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tags to make HTML work like you expect (jim-nielsen.com)

×2.14 9 | 433 points by FromTheArchives 1 day ago | 231 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: PDF to Text Without OCR (signmypdf.com)

×2.14 35 | 3 points by aqrashik 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
EuroLLM: LLM made in Europe built to support all 24 official EU languages (eurollm.io)

×2.13 5 #3 | 537 points by NotInOurNames 12 hours ago | 423 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I made semantic search engine for engineering blogs and conferences (devblogs.sh)

×2.11 58 | 9 points by iillexial 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
No License: The Only Non-Violent License (github.com/uzkbwza)

×2.10 30 | 3 points by ivysly 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: MNML – Android Launcher (Open Testing Release)

×2.09 118 | 4 points by tuxxness 1 day ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
China Pushes Boundaries with Animal Testing to Win Global Biotech Race (bloomberg.com)

×2.08 15 | 4 points by latchkey 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I built a tech news aggregator that works the way my brain does (deadstack.net)

×2.08 92 | 187 points by dreadsword 5 days ago | 97 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Galactic Empires May Live at the Center of Our Galaxy, Hence Why We Don't Hear (universetoday.com)

×2.04 | 5 points by atilimcetin 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Rust cross-platform GPUI components (github.com/longbridge)

×2.02 1 | 501 points by xvilka 1 day ago | 210 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Understanding Docker Internals: Building a Container Runtime in Python (muhammadraza.me)

×1.98 58 #87 | 6 points by mr_o47 6 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Truth is not the same as Fact (secondvoice.substack.com)

×1.97 23 | 3 points by jger15 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Boring is what we wanted (512pixels.net)

×1.93 1 #6 | 221 points by Amorymeltzer 7 hours ago | 122 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
FCC Changes Course on the Price of Prisoners' Phone Calls (nytimes.com)

×1.93 22 | 8 points by coloneltcb 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tinkering is a way to acquire good taste (seated.ro)

×1.91 #4 | 173 points by jxmorris12 6 hours ago | 134 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Vitamin D reduces incidence and duration of colds in those with low levels (ijmpr.in)

×1.91 35 #54 | 307 points by cachecrab 14 hours ago | 213 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Inspec – Specification scheduling software for interior designers (inspec.design)

×1.89 148 | 13 points by nick_cook 4 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Omnia OS, the Most Efficient Email Client Without AI (omniaos.co)

×1.88 113 | 5 points by jmchugh9 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
"The Age of Extraction"–an urgent, pessimistic take on the dominance of big tech

×1.87 75 | 8 points by bookofjoe 13 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
This World of Ours (2014) [pdf] (usenix.org)

×1.84 48 | 243 points by xeonmc 1 day ago | 189 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: AI that uses image context to translate and redraw manga (aifandom.app)

×1.82 131 | 5 points by Shawn1991 2 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Fil-C: A memory-safe C implementation (lwn.net)

×1.80 9 #12 | 152 points by chmaynard 10 hours ago | 37 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The human only public license (vanderessen.com)

×1.79 8 #31 | 109 points by zoobab 11 hours ago | 109 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tesla and Panasonic to produce anode-free battery, increasing range 25% (electrek.co)

×1.73 | 2 points by guywithahat 16 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: OpenSkills - Run Claude Skills Locally Using Any LLM (github.com/BandarLabs)

×1.73 106 | 6 points by mkagenius 1 day ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Story Keeper – AI agents with narrative continuity instead of memory (github.com/neurobloomai)

×1.72 161 | 5 points by neurobloom 5 days ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???