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  1. EPA Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program (nytimes.com)
    ×5.55 24 #25 | 125 points by danso 4 hours ago | 84 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  2. The DEA is now abandoning body cameras (propublica.org)
    ×4.96 39 #47 | 112 points by bookofjoe 6 hours ago | 30 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  3. India launches attack on 9 sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Jammu and Kashmir (reuters.com)
    ×6.16 12 #18 | 233 points by alephnerd 9 hours ago | 199 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  4. Jury orders NSO to pay $167M for hacking WhatsApp users (arstechnica.com)
    ×3.61 17 #21 | 104 points by Bender 4 hours ago | 26 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  5. USS Truman loses second plane in a week (cnn.com)
    ×6.99 51 | 18 points by bandrami 4 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  6. TeleMessage, used by Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs (micahflee.com)
    ×5.21 39 #50 | 219 points by micahflee 9 hours ago | 63 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  7. Curl: We still have not seen a valid security report done with AI help (linkedin.com)
    ×6.22 31 #41 | 383 points by indigodaddy 12 hours ago | 199 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  8. More NIH workers laid off, including cuts at the National Cancer Institute (fiercebiotech.com)
    ×4.40 62 | 14 points by bbzjk7 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  9. Meta faces lawsuit that could dismantle it (unionrayo.com)
    ×2.79 18 #39 | 21 points by nreece 3 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  10. White House “Accelerating” Nuclear Power With Executive Orders (axios.com)
    ×2.61 28 #52 | 18 points by CGMthrowaway 3 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  11. VVVVVV Source Code (github.com/TerryCavanagh)
    ×2.79 3 #8 | 132 points by radeeyate 6 hours ago | 19 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  12. Uber CEO says changing employee benefits 'is a risk we decided to take' (cnbc.com)
    ×4.24 25 | 9 points by donsupreme 4 hours ago | 4 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  13. AI Slop Is Polluting Bug Bounty Platforms with Fake Vulnerability Reports (socket.dev)
    ×4.23 20 | 9 points by feross 4 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  14. AI of Dead Road Rage Victim Addresses Killer in Court (theguardian.com)
    ×3.08 33 | 11 points by hdk 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  15. Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years (wired.com)
    ×2.85 43 | 6 points by JohnTHaller 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  16. FTC rule on unfair or deceptive fees to take effect on May 12 (ftc.gov)
    ×2.17 7 #9 | 125 points by impish9208 4 hours ago | 83 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  17. Claude's system prompt is over 24k tokens with tools (github.com/asgeirtj)
    ×3.28 10 #5 | 168 points by mike210 9 hours ago | 58 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  18. Running Windows.exe on a Linux Brain: The Sysadmin's Guide to Neurodivergence (leantime.io)
    ×4.14 5 | 8 points by leantime-io 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  19. NSO Group must pay more than $167M in damages to WhatsApp for spyware campaign (techcrunch.com)
    ×3.60 9 | 8 points by impish9208 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  20. Reddit will tighten verification to keep out human-like AI bots (techcrunch.com)
    ×2.65 30 | 6 points by badmonster 2 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  21. Usenix Announces the Discontinuation of ATC Conference (usenix.org)
    ×2.57 32 | 5 points by septicmk 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  22. Hugo Administrators Resign in Wake of ChatGPT Controversy (gizmodo.com)
    ×1.88 17 #55 | 7 points by doctoboggan 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  23. WeightWatchers Files for Bankruptcy (abc7.com)
    ×2.30 21 #65 | 15 points by lxm 4 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  24. The State of SSL Stacks (haproxy.com)
    ×2.36 37 | 4 points by zdw 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  25. A collection of new, original CJK fonts from Typotheque (typotheque.com)
    ×2.34 39 | 4 points by gslin 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  26. Matt Godbolt sold me on Rust by showing me C++ (collabora.com)
    ×3.62 1 #10 | 346 points by LorenDB 11 hours ago | 271 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  27. ChatGPT is leaking users data (files) (wordpress.com)
    ×2.21 41 | 4 points by zdw 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  28. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (googleblog.com)
    ×4.24 8 #15 | 544 points by meetpateltech 14 hours ago | 496 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  29. Spyware maker NSO ordered to pay $167M for hacking WhatsApp (washingtonpost.com)
    ×2.71 11 | 7 points by elies 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  30. Study suggests we don't just hear music, but 'become it' (sciencedaily.com)
    ×2.07 31 | 4 points by OutOfHere 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  31. How climate change is raising your electricity bill (theclimatebrink.com)
    ×2.06 26 | 4 points by adrianN 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  32. iOS Kindle app now has a ‘get book’ button after changes to App Store rules (theverge.com)
    ×2.58 16 #32 | 158 points by diversion 9 hours ago | 144 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  33. Corpspeak: Infinite Corporate BS Generator (lurkertech.com)
    ×1.80 3 | 4 points by mesarvagya 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  34. 90s Cable Simulator – Recreating Retro Cable TV with a Raspberry Pi [video] (youtube.com)
    ×1.48 6 | 3 points by lurk2 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  35. I made 4000 agent calls in Cursor last month. Each model has a personality
    ×1.51 1 | 3 points by mike210 2 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  36. How does Jami work on mobile without a server? (jami.net)
    ×2.27 16 | 5 points by dotcoma 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  37. Scaling Python task queues is hard (judoscale.com)
    ×2.02 10 | 5 points by wordsaboutcode 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  38. Show HN: X402 – an open standard for internet native payments (x402.org)
    ×6.81 36 | 13 points by __erik 11 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  39. Glossary Web Component (dbushell.com)
    ×1.94 8 | 5 points by todsacerdoti 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  40. The next superbug threat is already here. It's going to be harder to overcome (cnn.com)
    ×1.33 #74 | 3 points by Teever 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  41. Valve Releases Updated Proton 10.0 Beta for Testing (phoronix.com)
    ×2.45 14 | 6 points by Bender 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  42. docker2exe: Convert a Docker image to an executable (github.com/rzane)
    ×1.11 8 #6 | 22 points by alexmolas 2 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  43. Microsoft Unveils Smaller Surfaces (engadget.com)
    ×1.49 3 | 5 points by xgdgsc 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  44. (ab?)using Node module hooks to speed up development (immaculata.dev)
    ×1.17 52 #20 | 4 points by sbjs 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  45. Show HN: Clippy – 90s UI for local LLMs (felixrieseberg.github.io)
    ×3.22 2 #1 | 777 points by felixrieseberg 14 hours ago | 196 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  46. Novel High Resolution 3D Printing Method for Metals and Ceramics [video] (youtube.com)
    ×1.43 12 #89 | 7 points by grugagag 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  47. Pyrotechny: The art of making fireworks at little cost with complete safety 1873 (gutenberg.org)
    ×1.19 1 #58 | 3 points by petethomas 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  48. Bureaucratic Incentives and Effectiveness of the One Child Policy in China (nber.org)
    ×2.03 28 | 4 points by paulpauper 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  49. Bloat is still software's biggest vulnerability (2024) (ieee.org)
    ×1.60 2 #11 | 89 points by kristianp 6 hours ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  50. Is Your Company Prepared for FTC's May 14 "Click-to-Cancel" Compliance Deadline? (jdsupra.com)
    ×1.38 25 | 3 points by yawaramin 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  51. News Literacy Project (newslit.org)
    ×1.29 23 | 3 points by mooreds 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  52. Vagus nerve stimulation therapy for treatment-resistant PTSD (brainstimjrnl.com)
    ×1.91 46 #43 | 11 points by bookofjoe 6 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  53. Pentagon declares war on 'outdated' software buying, opens fire on open source (theregister.com)
    ×1.92 30 | 4 points by Bender 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  54. OpenAI plans to cut Microsoft revenue share after restructuring (yahoo.com)
    ×2.05 50 | 3 points by cik 38 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  55. Effects of lifestyle changes on cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's (2024) (biomedcentral.com)
    ×1.47 15 | 5 points by chillpenguin 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  56. Age Verification in the European Union: The Commission's Age Verification App (eff.org)
    ×1.60 24 | 4 points by Sami_Lehtinen 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  57. DuoBook: Generate bilingual stories to learn any language (duobook.co)
    ×1.06 12 #7 | 21 points by celltalk 3 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  58. The curse of knowing how, or; fixing everything (notashelf.dev)
    ×4.79 20 #37 | 1013 points by Lunar5227 23 hours ago | 406 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  59. OpenAI reaches agreement to buy Windsurf for $3B (bloomberg.com)
    ×2.85 8 #4 | 442 points by swyx 15 hours ago | 413 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  60. WhatsApp: Winning the Fight Against Spyware Merchant NSO (fb.com)
    ×1.28 39 | 3 points by elies 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  61. We should abandon the STL format (3dprintingjournal.com)
    ×1.53 48 | 3 points by radeeyate 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  62. NM (pienkzuit.blogspot.com)
    ×1.21 38 | 3 points by 13hours 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  63. Cornish tin was sold all over Europe 3k years ago, say archaeologists (theguardian.com)
    ×1.29 46 | 3 points by pseudolus 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  64. Show HN: Agents.erl (AI Agents in Erlang) (github.com/arthurcolle)
    ×1.11 37 | 3 points by arthurcolle 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  65. Creativity came to pass (vale.rocks)
    ×1.18 23 #51 | 29 points by clacker-o-matic 5 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  66. Inside an architect's underground home in Mexico City [video] (youtube.com)
    ×0.98 10 #49 | 15 points by kaycebasques 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  67. MCP Is Not Good, Yet (cra.mr)
    ×2.00 47 #73 | 7 points by coloneltcb 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  68. Getting things “done” in large tech companies (seangoedecke.com)
    ×3.19 30 #62 | 283 points by swah 18 hours ago | 194 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  69. Preparing for when the machine stops (idiallo.com)
    ×1.73 29 #63 | 66 points by foxfired 9 hours ago | 46 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  70. Show HN: Korey – a product management agent for software teams (korey.ai)
    ×3.12 60 | 7 points by kschrader 10 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  71. Show HN: Kevin-32B – how to do multi-turn RL on writing CUDA kernels (cognition.ai)
    ×2.81 61 | 6 points by silasalberti 9 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  72. Old Timey Code and Old Timey Mono Fonts (github.com/dse)
    ×1.51 10 #12 | 97 points by dsevil 9 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  73. Understanding effective type Aliasing in C [pdf] (open-std.org)
    ×1.13 8 #34 | 41 points by quelsolaar 8 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  74. A Cool HTTP Feature for Simple Real-Time Updates (morsecodist.io)
    ×1.72 71 #69 | 10 points by morsecodist 10 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  75. An appeal to Apple from Anukari (anukari.com)
    ×3.28 7 #40 | 361 points by humbledrone 1 day ago | 181 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  76. Alignment is not free: How model upgrades can silence your confidence signals (variance.co)
    ×0.80 17 #3 | 44 points by karinemellata 5 hours ago | 6 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  77. Judge said Meta illegally used books to build its AI (wired.com)
    ×5.44 7 | 388 points by mekpro 1 day ago | 331 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  78. DoorDash to acquire Deliveroo (cnbc.com)
    ×1.76 27 #26 | 90 points by mfiguiere 14 hours ago | 89 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  79. Show HN: Free web "Form Builder" (TypeForm for free) (crafxdesign.com)
    ×1.09 65 #80 | 5 points by ssdesign 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  80. Show HN: New hypervisor for secure sandboxing (replaces Firecracker) (vieews.com)
    ×0.92 78 | 3 points by vieews 7 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  81. Memory-safe sudo to become the default in Ubuntu (trifectatech.org)
    ×2.16 17 #60 | 193 points by jnsgruk 18 hours ago | 219 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  82. I decided to pay off a school’s lunch debt (huffpost.com)
    ×5.18 27 #54 | 535 points by dredmorbius 1 day ago | 790 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  83. Launch HN: Exa (YC S21) – The web as a database
    ×1.54 16 #2 | 293 points by willbryk 13 hours ago | 114 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  84. Show HN: Sheet Music in Smart Glasses
    ×1.57 1 #29 | 162 points by kevinlinxc 13 hours ago | 21 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  85. Scientists have found a way to 'tattoo' tardigrades (phys.org)
    ×0.68 24 #13 | 22 points by PaulHoule 5 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  86. Show HN: Paladin – An AI trigger to fix your sh*t production bugs
    ×3.01 97 | 5 points by mike210 14 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  87. Scientists discover new way to convert corn waste to low-cost sugar for biofuel (wsu.edu)
    ×1.05 6 #70 | 35 points by gnabgib 9 hours ago | 15 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  88. Sutton and Barto book implementation (github.com/ivanbelenky)
    ×0.80 9 #22 | 45 points by ivanbelenky 6 hours ago | 9 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  89. New studies offer insight into Lyme disease’s treatment, lingering symptoms (northwestern.edu)
    ×1.83 16 #30 | 173 points by gmays 18 hours ago | 104 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
  90. The Death of Daydreaming (afterbabel.com)
    ×4.30 15 #85 | 647 points by isolli 1 day ago | 257 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???