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Building the Skyline: The Birth and Growth of Manhattan's Skyscrapers (buildingtheskyline.org)

×0.87 | 1 points by danielam 2 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Apple acquires Israeli audio AI startup Q.ai (reuters.com)

×5.51 53 | 4 points by tosh 2 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Who here works with just a laptop?

×0.88 | 1 points by hu3 3 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
We Ran 11 AI PR Bots in Production (loganharless.com)

×0.86 | 1 points by myhandleisbest 3 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Students Are Finding New Ways to Cheat on the SAT (nytimes.com)

×0.84 | 1 points by JumpCrisscross 4 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Transcribee: YouTube transcriber that builds a knowledge base (github.com/itsfabioroma)

×0.85 | 1 points by ofabioroma 4 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible (redgamingtech.com)

×2.01 | 2 points by croes 4 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The dev who asks too many questions is the one you need in your team (leadthroughmistakes.substack.com)

×3.00 35 | 3 points by birdculture 5 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Cisco AI Agent Skills Security Scanner (github.com/cisco-ai-defense)

×0.82 | 1 points by hsanthan 6 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
SpaceX in Merger Talks with xAI (reuters.com)

×2.98 33 | 3 points by m-hodges 6 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Magit (magit.vc)

×1.76 | 2 points by tosh 7 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Agent Swarms, like the one Cursor created (mrinal.com)

×0.78 | 1 points by rdegges 8 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Anna's Archive is sued for $13T (nme.com)

×5.85 64 | 6 points by antonmks 8 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Light the Nuclear Candle – Incautious Optimism (jordanwtaylor2.substack.com)

×0.78 | 1 points by bilsbie 9 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
We created more tech debt in 6 months than in a 10-year-old system (superkacper4.github.io)

×0.79 | 1 points by superkacper4 9 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: GodScore CI – a CI gate that blocks risky changes before production (github.com/willshacklett)

×0.70 | 1 points by PapaShack45 11 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Exploring single-cell biosynthetic noise for enhanced production in E. coli (nature.com)

×0.73 | 1 points by PaulHoule 11 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: VCluster Free – Free K8s Multi-Tenancy with Virtual Clusters (vcluster.com)

×4.10 63 | 6 points by gentele 11 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
County pays $600k to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security (arstechnica.com)

×2.63 30 | 3 points by MBCook 12 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Junior getting lost

×1.29 50 | 4 points by TheRegularOne 12 minutes ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Password is Too Damn Short (2015) (codinghorror.com)

×0.70 | 1 points by giancarlostoro 13 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Opinion on self driving cars breaking the law?

×0.67 | 1 points by socalgal2 13 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Founding Is a Snowball (bawolf.com)

×0.69 | 1 points by bryantwolf 13 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
My Mom and Dr. DeepSeek (2025) (restofworld.org)

×2.69 #7 | 16 points by kieto 12 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I Stress-Tested Cube's New AI Analytics Agent. Here's What Happened [video] (youtube.com)

×0.68 | 1 points by fromthegut 14 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Chinese Startup to Build a New Brain-Computer Interface–No Implant Required (wired.com)

×0.63 | 1 points by beardyw 17 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4M followers reports TikTok ban (aljazeera.com)

×1.53 | 2 points by bjourne 17 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Honda Has Invented an AI Heads-Up About Potholes and Road Hazards (caranddriver.com)

×0.63 | 1 points by RickJWagner 18 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
GNU gettext 1.0 released (gnu.org)

×1.37 | 2 points by layer8 20 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Password Generator for Bios (github.com/bacher09)

×0.61 | 1 points by gregsadetsky 20 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
ArXiv says submissions must be in English: are AI translators up for the job? (nature.com)

×1.47 | 2 points by bikenaga 20 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Apple acquires secretive Q․AI startup for $2B (9to5mac.com)

×2.66 6 #46 | 4 points by myth_drannon 22 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Code World Model (github.com/facebookresearch)

×1.43 | 2 points by tosh 22 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Lowercase Politics (neilthanedar.com)

×0.59 | 1 points by thanedar 23 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Accountability Sinks (aworkinglibrary.com)

×1.37 | 2 points by _vaporwave_ 24 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The End of Human Code Review (twitter.com/kayvz)

×5.46 67 | 8 points by curiouska 25 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: A WordPress plugin that detects affiliate links that don't convert

×0.55 | 1 points by aflwp 25 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Athena Parthenos: A Reconstruction (2000) (goddess-athena.org)

×0.56 | 1 points by joebig 26 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Datadog Monitors Are Down (datadoghq.com)

×1.32 21 | 3 points by nzach 27 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Scientists assemble the most detailed map of dark matter (nationalgeographic.com)

×0.58 | 2 points by layer8 27 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ratchets in Software Development (qntm.org)

×0.57 | 1 points by nvader 28 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
What ICE did to Alex Pretti is somehow worse than we thought (esquire.com)

×4.52 65 | 8 points by MaysonL 29 minutes ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
'Pesticide cocktails' polluting apples across Europe, study finds (theguardian.com)

×1.28 | 2 points by akyuu 29 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The State of Voice AI Instruction Following in 2026 (coval.dev)

×1.97 20 | 3 points by underfox 30 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Google's AI helped me make bad Nintendo knockoffs (theverge.com)

×1.29 | 2 points by vintagedave 30 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A CLI tool to migrate VSCode themes to Zed (npmjs.com)

×1.26 32 | 4 points by enbonnet 32 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Vets Who Code 2026: What to Know Before You Apply (vetswhocode.io)

×1.20 | 2 points by mooreds 33 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
ACP Agent Registry in JetBrains IDEs (jetbrains.com)

×1.21 18 | 3 points by saikatsg 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Granular API Keys for Buttondown (buttondown.com)

×0.54 | 1 points by mooreds 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
High-Fidelity RPPG Waveform Reconstruction from Palm Videos Using GANs (mdpi.com)

×0.55 | 1 points by PaulHoule 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
WebView2, a browser for WinForms in .NET 5 (grantwinney.com)

×1.27 | 2 points by bob1029 35 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
MetMo Gear Train Fidget Toy (metmo.co.uk)

×0.54 | 1 points by cirrus3 37 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Bonzai gives a bird's eye view of a codebase while AI generates (bonzai.dev)

×0.53 | 1 points by frootoftheloom 38 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Is that allowed? Authentication and authorization in Model Context Protocol (stackoverflow.blog)

×0.54 | 1 points by mooreds 39 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Generative UI: MCP Apps, A2UI, and AG-UI (github.com/CopilotKit)

×0.53 | 1 points by nathan_tarbert 39 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Multi-Die Assemblies Require More Detailed Test Plan Earlier (semiengineering.com)

×0.54 | 1 points by rbanffy 40 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I built a fun interactive tutorial teach about Docker Containers (github.com/mraza007)

×0.58 | 2 points by mraza007 40 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Is time a fundamental part of reality? Quiet revolution in physics suggests not (theconversation.com)

×2.31 4 #54 | 5 points by Stratoscope 40 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: SimpleSVGs – Free Online SVG Optimizer Multiple SVG Files at Once (simplesvgs.online)

×1.18 | 2 points by firtaet 41 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Compose - Building a low-profile wireless split keyboard (compose.llc)

×0.58 | 1 points by ryanlpeterman 41 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Molty Report #2 by Robert Scoble (twitter.com/Scobleizer)

×0.58 | 1 points by nadis 41 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
MakuluLinux (6.4M Downloads) Ships Persistent Backdoor from Developer's Own C2 (werai.ca)

×0.57 | 1 points by werai 41 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
48 hours without lungs: artificial organ kept man alive until transplant (nature.com)

×1.52 8 #56 | 4 points by geox 41 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
OpenAI's In-House Data Agent (openai.com)

×2.77 12 #23 | 7 points by meetpateltech 40 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Coffee timing isn't one-size-fits-all (examine.com)

×1.41 | 2 points by mustaphah 42 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Apache ADBC is all I need for DB connections (github.com/early-signal-tech)

×0.61 | 1 points by nhemerson 43 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tesla is committing automotive suicide (electrek.co)

×7.51 12 #14 | 60 points by jethronethro 41 minutes ago | 27 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Suzerain – How much autonomy do you give your AI coding assistants? (suzerain.dev)

×0.55 | 1 points by amadeuswoo 45 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Amazon and Google Eat into Nvidia's A.I. Chip Supremacy (nytimes.com)

×0.52 | 1 points by ripe 49 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Is archive.is currently broken for WSJ links?

×1.99 14 | 3 points by bigwheels 49 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
What those AI benchmark numbers mean (ngrok.com)

×1.31 13 | 3 points by samwho 49 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Speed of Time (brendangregg.com)

×0.54 | 1 points by dgramaciotti 51 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Deploy Moltbot on AWS or Hetzner Securely with Pulumi and Tailscale (pulumi.com)

×0.56 | 1 points by jjwiseman 51 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Raku MCP SDK (github.com/wkusnierczyk)

×1.33 | 2 points by wkusnierczyk 51 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Share your favorite digital bookshelves

×0.57 | 1 points by surprisetalk 51 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Gemini 3 Flash can now read fine image details (xcancel.com)

×1.37 | 2 points by bigwheels 52 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Evolution of the First Commercial Time-Sharing Company [pdf] (leeandmelindavarian.com)

×0.58 | 1 points by rbanffy 53 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Bug in AI Toy Console leaked 50k kid's conversation (wired.com)

×1.49 6 #41 | 6 points by rez0__ 52 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
4% Layoffs Mastercard

×2.21 11 | 3 points by fairytalemtg 53 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Cursor Agent Trace RFC (agent-trace.dev)

×1.41 | 2 points by mccraveiro 53 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
OpenAI Working on Social Media Network That Could Require Eye Scans: Report (gizmodo.com)

×1.33 | 2 points by pseudolus 55 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Coffee as a staining agent substitute in electron microscopy (phys.org)

×1.49 22 #63 | 3 points by PaulHoule 53 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
What technology takes from us – and how to take it back (theguardian.com)

×2.21 23 | 4 points by devonnull 55 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Death of an Indian Tech Worker (restofworld.org)

×7.60 60 | 10 points by akbarnama 56 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Call Screening Is Aggravating the Rich and Powerful (wsj.com)

×2.18 5 | 3 points by JumpCrisscross 56 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Connect your past, present and future, with lines on a graph (ncase.me)

×0.58 | 1 points by janpio 57 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Alaska Airlines apologizes after passengers left stranded outside airport (sfgate.com)

×0.59 | 1 points by tima101 58 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Best Gas Masks (theverge.com)

×4.66 40 | 6 points by cdrnsf 58 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The UX of Saving and Quitting in Videogames (rystorm.com)

×1.38 | 2 points by gnoll_of_gozag 58 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The 30th anniversary of the first C++ compiler: let's find the bugs in it (pvs-studio.com)

×1.68 22 #66 | 3 points by davikr 56 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???