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Airbnb co-founder taps Peter Arnell as first US chief brand architect

Arnell joins Gebbia’s National Design Studio under Trump to unify UX across 27,000 federal sites and streamline how Americans use government services.

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Google Home gets upgraded Gemini voice assistant and new camera controls

Google's smart home ecosystem is getting its biggest update since the AI-fueled 2025 revamp.

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Trump SEC lets Musk settle $150 million Twitter lawsuit for $1.5 million

SEC alleged Musk's late disclosure cheated Twitter investors out of $150 million.

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California farmers to destroy 420k peach trees following Del Monte bankruptcy

Article URL: https://www.sfgate.com/centralcoast/article/usda-aid-california-farmers-22240694.php Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48026349 Points: 112 # Comments: 114

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Show HN: Explore color palettes inspired by 3000 master painter artworks

I built PaletteInspiration.com, a browsable archive of color palettes pulled from artworks by 3,000+ master painters (Monet, Vermeer, Raphael, Van Gogh). Why I built it: every color palette generator I tried converged on the same five muted pastels.

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Zuckerberg 'Personally Authorized and Encouraged' Meta's Copyright Infringement

Article URL: https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/meta-ai-mark-zuckerberg-copyright-infringement-lawsuit-publishers-scott-turow-1236738383/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48026207 Points: 40 # Comments: 13

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Clarification on the Notepad++ Trademark Issue

Article URL: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/clarify-npp-trademark-infringement/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48026206 Points: 123 # Comments: 54

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Computer Use is 45x more expensive than structured APIs

Article URL: https://reflex.dev/blog/computer-use-is-45x-more-expensive-than-structured-apis/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48024859 Points: 166 # Comments: 97

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I'm scared about biological computing

Article URL: https://kuber.studio/blog/Reflections/I%27m-Scared-About-Biological-Computing Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48024358 Points: 94 # Comments: 70

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EEVblog: The 555 Timer is 55 years old [video]

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JhK8iCQuqI Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48024129 Points: 146 # Comments: 37

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Airbnb co-founder taps Peter Arnell as first U.S. Chief Brand Architect

Arnell joins Gebbia’s National Design Studio under Trump to unify UX across 27,000 federal sites and streamline how Americans use government services.

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Pennsylvania sues Character.AI after a chatbot allegedly posed as a doctor

According to Pennsylvania's filing, a Character.AI chatbot presented itself as a licensed psychiatrist during a state investigation, and also fabricated a serial number for its state medical license.

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OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 Instant, a new default model for ChatGPT

The company said the model reduces hallucination in sensitive areas such as law, medicine, and finance, while maintaining the low latency of its predecessor.

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PayPal says it’s ‘becoming a technology company again’ — that means AI

PayPal is pitching an AI-led turnaround, tying automation and restructuring to $1.5 billion in savings as it cuts jobs and works to modernize its tech stack.

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ElevenLabs lists BlackRock, Jamie Foxx, and Eva Longoria as new investors

ElevenLabs reveals new investors, hits $500M ARR, and expands enterprise footprint as voice AI becomes a critical interface.