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The Religion of Speed

Article URL: https://graybeard.ing/the-religion-of-speed/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49117284 Points: 7 # Comments: 2

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Apple stockpiles inventory as it braces for ‘significant supply constraints’

Apple is worried enough about supply shortages that it reported about $11.1 billion in inventory, which is almost double the $5.7 billion it reported last September.

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AI hedge fund Situational Awareness may have sold its public portfolio, but it still has its Anthropic shares

The former OpenAI researcher’s fund was forced to unwind public equities after leveraged public bets plummeted. But he still has cards to play.

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Reddit reports a solid quarter but shows signs of AI’s impact

Reddit's financial situation is looking good but uncertainty about its relationship to Google and the new AI-ified web are stirring market concerns.

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Investors love AI, as long as you’re a cloud host

Amazon isn't slowing down on data center spending — but investors don't seem to mind.

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Apple says gaming slowdown and App Store changes hurt services growth

Apple said a slowdown in mobile gaming and changes to the App Store’s business model — including court-ordered payment rule changes in the U.S. — weighed on its services business, even as the company topped 1.5 billion paid subscriptions.

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The AI Aesthetic

Article URL: https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/ai-aesthetic/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49117099 Points: 20 # Comments: 8

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Investigating three real-world incidents in our cybersecurity evaluations

Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/news/investigating-incidents-cybersecurity-evals Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49116922 Points: 62 # Comments: 45

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I flagged two research papers for fake authors and both were accepted as orals

Article URL: https://geospatialml.com/posts/reviewing-ai-slop/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49116721 Points: 47 # Comments: 15

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Saber-toothed cats became inbred–and struggled to move–before they went extinct

Article URL: https://www.science.org/content/article/saber-toothed-cats-became-inbred-and-struggled-move-they-went-extinct Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49116074 Points: 17 # Comments: 4

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Judge says Trump admin still lacks evidence for Anthropic ‘supply-chain risk’ label

A federal judge said the Trump administration has not presented enough evidence to justify labeling Anthropic a supply-chain risk, casting doubt on the government's ban on its AI technology.

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Rune 1.1: adds Python, an Emacs editor, a symbol index and is now free

Article URL: https://rune.build/blog/rune-1-1-release Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49116272 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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Agent Skill to Force Docs in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English

Article URL: https://github.com/AminBlg/SimpleEnglish Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49114639 Points: 78 # Comments: 25

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Why DNA damage from smoking and UV rays cause cancer in some but not others

Article URL: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-reveals-why-dna-damage-from-smoking-and-uv-rays-may-cause-cancer-in-some-people-but-not-others Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49110348 Points: 74 # Comments: 86

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The lost civic life of movie rental stores

Article URL: https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-lost-civic-life-of-movie-rental-stores/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49110308 Points: 92 # Comments: 131

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