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Can Shawn Levy Resuscitate "Star Wars?" (nytimes.com)

×0.93 | 2 points by bookofjoe 2 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Silent Rebuilds: Keeping Container CVE Counts Near-Zero (bretfisher.com)

×0.47 | 1 points by ropable 22 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Anthropic bans xAI from using Claude in Cursor (xcancel.com)

×1.86 47 | 3 points by Palmik 24 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Federal prosecutors open criminal investigation into the Fed and Jerome Powell (cnn.com)

×3.32 76 | 10 points by washedup 42 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Critical Analysis of Air Up's Scientific Marketing Claims (zenodo.org)

×0.94 | 2 points by OrthoBottle 42 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Uncrossy (uncrossy.com)

×2.12 16 #20 | 6 points by dgacmu 59 minutes ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Constela – Build web pages using JSON instead of JavaScript (github.com/yuuichieguchi)

×0.35 | 1 points by yuu1ch13 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Which programming languages are most token-efficient? (martinalderson.com)

×1.23 9 #5 | 14 points by tehnub 1 hour ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Fed Chair Powell says he's under criminal investigation (cnbc.com)

×3.47 65 | 8 points by victor106 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Men Who Are Super Competitive About Sleep (wsj.com)

×1.17 24 | 3 points by lxm 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Karmic Tail Calculator – a free, explainable Matrix of Destiny tool (destiny-matrix.cc)

×0.33 | 1 points by yxchen1994 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AI models were given four weeks of therapy: the results worried researchers (nature.com)

×1.24 23 | 3 points by andromaton 1 hour ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I made a simple agent for PR reviews. Don't use it (xeiaso.net)

×1.16 17 | 3 points by xena 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Fetch – A minimalistic and super fast macOS app launcher (github.com/hackerbirds)

×0.72 | 2 points by hackerbirds 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Tmp.tf – Cross-device text transfer with just a channel name, no signup (tmp.tf)

×0.32 | 1 points by iamlin 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
BowMac Sign (wikipedia.org)

×0.33 | 1 points by kerim-ca 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Web CLI v0.2.4 – Added YAML/JSON validators with auto-fix (github.com/pozgo)

×0.33 | 1 points by polinux 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Neurop Forge – AI executes verified blocks instead of writing code (github.com/Louw115)

×0.33 | 1 points by LBWasserman 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Chasing mythical creatures: a critique of entrepreneurship's unicorns obsession (sciencedirect.com)

×0.79 | 2 points by wslh 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome F. Powell [video] (youtube.com)

×10.40 57 #58 | 304 points by sprawl_ 1 hour ago | 177 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Maybe the database got it right (fhur.me)

×0.33 | 1 points by fernandohur 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Jerome Powell Responds (federalreserve.gov)

×10.84 4 #6 | 209 points by 0xedb 1 hour ago | 63 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Living Internet (livinginternet.com)

×1.23 8 | 3 points by hkhn 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Internet History – One Page Summary (livinginternet.com)

×0.79 | 2 points by hkhn 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Additively Manufactured Dragonfly-Inspired Wings for Flapping Vehicles (mdpi.com)

×0.34 | 1 points by PaulHoule 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Profession by Isaac Asimov (1957) (archive.org)

×0.81 | 2 points by AndyKelley 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Defense Secretary tours SpaceX missile startup (latimes.com)

×0.34 | 1 points by spacedoors 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Criminal charges against Fed Chairman for defying POTUS wishes (nytimes.com)

×4.71 21 #34 | 22 points by Spooky23 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The U.S. Government Just Followed Through on Its Ban of DJI Drones (popularmechanics.com)

×1.26 5 | 3 points by RyanShook 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tintcd: Directory-aware terminal theming for PowerShell. CD, but colorful (github.com/ymyke)

×0.34 | 1 points by thunderbong 1 hour ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Good Club (thegoodclub.com)

×0.34 | 1 points by sans_souse 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: 2k or Nothing – A Social Platform Dedicated to Long-Form Content (2k-or-nothing.com)

×0.35 | 1 points by Lbesecker195 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Jon Skeet Facts (stackexchange.com)

×1.32 2 | 3 points by ravenical 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
OAuth 2.1 Dynamic Client Registration for AWS BedrockAgentCore Gateway (github.com/orgs)

×0.38 | 1 points by Jtpenny 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Serverless RAG and MCP on AWS with S3Vectors and Agentcore (github.com/orgs)

×0.39 | 1 points by Jtpenny 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Reverse-engineering another Ursa Major classic: the StarGate 323 (temeculadsp.com)

×0.40 | 1 points by johnwheeler 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: AeroTag – Tag-based workspace management for AeroSpace (macOS) (typester.dev)

×0.40 | 1 points by typester 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Hubble Telescope's Final Countdown: Could It Disappear Sooner Than Expected? (dailygalaxy.com)

×0.87 | 2 points by TMWNN 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Token-Count-Based Batching: Faster, Cheaper Embedding Inference for Queries (mongodb.com)

×0.38 | 1 points by fzliu 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Tuning Random Generators: Property-Based Testing as Probabilistic Programming [pdf] (ucla.edu)

×0.90 | 2 points by todsacerdoti 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Built a course on buying small businesses – validating demand (smalldealschool.com)

×0.38 | 1 points by boring_million 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A $400k payout is putting prediction markets in the spotlight (apnews.com)

×1.87 12 | 4 points by petethomas 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Matchbox Educable Noughts and Crosses Engine (wikipedia.org)

×0.38 | 1 points by icwtyjj 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Can Snap Inc. Finally Execute? (ossa-ma.github.io)

×0.38 | 1 points by ossa-ma 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Live Captions (avc.xyz)

×0.37 | 1 points by wslh 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
You don't need a skill registry (for your CLI tools) (solmaz.io)

×0.79 | 2 points by hosolmaz 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The US Empire is going supernova (simplicius76.substack.com)

×1.26 12 | 3 points by SanjayMehta 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ogre 14.5 Released (ogre3d.org)

×0.35 | 1 points by klaussilveira 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Instagram Saved Collection Downloader (google.com)

×0.79 | 2 points by qwikhost 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Revolutionary eye injection saved my sight, says first ever patient (bbc.co.uk)

×1.23 15 | 3 points by 1a527dd5 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I built an autopilot investor outreach tool – and it became my startup (pilt.ai)

×0.33 | 1 points by citizenbab 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
SwiftScripting (type-safe AppleScript from Swift) (github.com/tingraldi)

×0.34 | 1 points by frizlab 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Agent Fallacy (noemititarenco.com)

×1.21 18 | 3 points by dvt 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A ribbon worm's unique attack: R/interestingasfuck (reddit.com)

×0.78 | 2 points by vinnyglennon 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Featureless – a one-page, distraction-free web app for writing

×0.78 | 2 points by emanoj 2 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: What if AI agents had Zodiac personalities? (github.com/baturyilmaz)

×0.56 12 #25 | 15 points by arbayi 2 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
iOS as Acceleration (arxiv.org)

×1.27 24 | 3 points by PaulHoule 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Trump may be beginning of the end for enshittification – make tech good again (theguardian.com)

×3.68 41 | 9 points by pabs3 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How to stalk your ex; made easier than ever [video] (youtube.com)

×0.83 | 2 points by vo2maxer 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Discount Gambit (asmartbear.com)

×0.34 | 1 points by mooreds 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Kreuzberg: Extract text and metadata from a wide range of file formats (github.com/kreuzberg-dev)

×1.55 3 | 4 points by thunderbong 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: UCP Demo – Interactive Demo of the Universal Commerce Protocol

×0.33 | 1 points by init0 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ethical Principles in the Creation of Artificial Minds (nickbostrom.com)

×0.77 | 2 points by maxloh 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Human-in-the-loop NLP as a first-class control layer (github.com/rado-stack)

×0.34 | 1 points by rado-stack 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Digital Euro 'only defence' against deepening US control of money (ft.com)

×1.91 16 | 6 points by rorylawless 3 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I Made My Own Programming Language (github.com/Youg-Otricked)

×0.32 | 1 points by YougOtricked 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Universal Commerce Protocol (ucp.dev)

×0.74 | 2 points by qainsights 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Was Philip K. Dick a Madman or a Mystic? (2016) (publishersweekly.com)

×1.62 10 | 4 points by debo_ 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
React Router has XSS Vulnerability · CVE-2025-59057 (github.com/advisories)

×0.77 | 2 points by maxloh 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
JEP Draft: Java Thread Sanitizer (openjdk.org)

×1.18 34 | 3 points by mooreds 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Diagnosing performance with dotnet-trace and Perfetto (dfamonteiro.com)

×0.34 | 1 points by lalitmaganti 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
High RAM prices mean record-setting profits for Samsung and other memory makers (arstechnica.com)

×1.74 13 | 4 points by walterbell 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: dc-input - interactively fill dataclass instances via the command line (github.com/jdvanwijk)

×0.34 | 1 points by janebelvanwijk 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Cursor (LLM) Costs

×0.35 | 1 points by anonyfox 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Turntiles, an NYT style word game I made for my parents (github.com/wheybags)

×0.36 | 1 points by todsacerdoti 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
New tech and tools for retailers to succeed in an agentic shopping era (blog.google)

×0.85 | 2 points by AznHisoka 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Key Chinese Money Laundering Network Member Charged W Laundering Drug Proceeds (justice.gov)

×1.30 36 | 3 points by 737min 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Fifty People Control the Culture (honest-broker.com)

×2.18 30 #77 | 13 points by Khaine 3 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: Cheaper Datadog Anyone?

×0.41 | 2 points by kvaranasi_ 3 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
When XLA Isn't Enough: From Pallas to VLIW with Splash Attention on TPU (patricktoulme.substack.com)

×0.35 | 1 points by patrick_toulme 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Voice Composer – Browser-based pitch detection to MIDI/strudel/tidal (dioptre.github.io)

×0.86 | 2 points by dioptre 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
America's most novel train project is too deadly (economist.com)

×1.88 17 | 4 points by yakkomajuri 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
There Is No Budget for Books (jonpauluritis.com)

×0.90 | 2 points by jppope 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
WUTA WRENs (wikipedia.org)

×0.90 | 2 points by CHB0403085482 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Situation Monitor (hipcityreg.github.io)

×0.36 | 1 points by mellosouls 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
DOJ sues California cities over natural gas bans (justice.gov)

×3.57 19 | 8 points by 737min 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Ma'at – Court-defensible jury analysis platform (open source) (github.com/Jennaleighwilder)

×0.35 | 1 points by jennaleighwest 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I built Sonars in 3 weeks to see if AI coding is useful for my company (sonars.dev)

×1.23 39 | 3 points by JasperBekkers 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I Built a 1 Petabyte Server from Scratch [video] (youtube.com)

×0.78 | 2 points by guiambros 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Local Food for the Hudson Valley (communityfoodworks.org)

×0.33 | 1 points by mooreds 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???