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AWS North Virginia data center outage – resolved

https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status?t=2026-05-07 https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/05/08/aws-warns-of... https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazon-clou... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48058197 Point

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OpenAI’s WebRTC problem

Article URL: https://moq.dev/blog/webrtc-is-the-problem/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48051951 Points: 319 # Comments: 79

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All my clients wanted a carousel, now it's an AI chatbot

Article URL: https://adele.pages.casa/md/blog/all-my-clients-wanted-a-carousel-now-it-s-an-ai-chatbot.md Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48072720 Points: 20 # Comments: 1

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EU calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing" in age verification push

Article URL: https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48072190 Points: 128 # Comments: 69

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Using Claude Code: The unreasonable effectiveness of HTML

Examples: https://thariqs.github.io/html-effectiveness/ Related: https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/8/unreasonable-effectiven... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48071940 Points: 38 # Comments: 14

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A recent experience with ChatGPT 5.5 Pro

https://twitter.com/wtgowers/status/2052830948685676605 https://xcancel.com/wtgowers/status/2052830948685676605 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48071262 Points: 122 # Comments: 33

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AWS North Virginia data center outage – recovery to take hours

https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status?t=2026-05-07 https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/05/08/aws-warns-of... https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazon-clou... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48058197 Point

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Over 97% of the 'Linux' Foundation's Budget Goes Not to Linux

Article URL: https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/08/Over_97_of_the_Linux_Foundation_s_Budget_Goes_Not_to_Linux.shtml Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48071496 Points: 17 # Comments: 1

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Manufacturing qubits that can move

It's hard to mix electronic manufacturing and flexible geometry.

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I built GitHub Store to 12,500 stars in 6 months – I started at 16

Article URL: https://github-store.org/blog/how-i-built-github-store/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48070721 Points: 6 # Comments: 18

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People Hate AI Art

Article URL: https://mccue.dev/pages/5-8-26-ai-art Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48070548 Points: 10 # Comments: 0

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Laid-off Oracle workers tried to negotiate better severance. Oracle said no.

Some found out they didn't qualify for WARN Act protections like two-months notice because the company had classified them as remote workers.

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San Francisco’s housing market has lost its mind

The invisible force behind all of this is no mystery to anyone paying attention to the city's tech economy. San Francisco is home to some of the most valuable private companies in the world, and their employees have been quietly accumulating — and, i

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Trump reportedly plans to fire FDA Commissioner Marty Makary

The plan isn't final and could change, but his ouster would be no surprise.

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Tesla Model Y Passes NHTSA's New 'Advanced Driver Assistance System' Tests

Article URL: https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/tesla-model-y-first-vehicle-pass-nhtsa-new-advanced-driver-assistance-system-tests Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48070115 Points: 20 # Comments: 13