Porting the ThinkPad X61 to Coreboot
Article URL: https://blog.aheymans.xyz/post/thinkpad_x61/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48456245 Points: 15 # Comments: 3
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Mercor’s Brendan Foody calls out Sequoia, accusing it of ‘dual-pricing’ valuation tricks
Sequoia is just one of the top firms that sells same equity at two different prices.
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Job: Head of Stonehenge
Article URL: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/our-people/careers-with-us/job-search/default-job-page/?jobRef=16449 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48455928 Points: 48 # Comments: 20
Federal judge blocks H1B visa $100K fee
Article URL: https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/06/08/federal-judge-blocks-h1-b-visa-100k-fee/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48454210 Points: 107 # Comments: 175
Old'aVista – The most powerful guide to the old Internet
Article URL: https://oldavista.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48447111 Points: 18 # Comments: 2
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Why Apple’s slow-and-steady AI bet is starting to look pretty smart
Can Apple's new AI glow up put to bed accusations that it's losing an all-important industry race?
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Mercor’s Brendan Foody calls out Sequoia over ‘dual-pricing’ valuation tricks
Sequoia is just one of the top firms that sells same equity at two different prices.
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FCC lifts looming deadline for Amazon Leo satellite broadband constellation
The waiver "serves the public interest by promoting a second large satellite broadband constellation."
We Think the SpaceX IPO Is Overvalued
Article URL: https://www.morningstar.com/stocks/why-we-think-spacex-ipo-is-overvalued?content_id=20768396545 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48455233 Points: 26 # Comments: 1
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Show HN: Command Center, the AI coding env for people who care about quality
Hi HN! We’re Jimmy and Ray. Jimmy is a Thiel Fellow with a Ph. D. from MIT who has worked on programming tools for 15 years; Ray became VP of Sales at a $2B company when he was 19 and has built side-businesses vibe-coding. Last year, we set to answer
Confidential submission of draft S-1 to the SEC
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/openai-submits-confidential-s-1/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48452317 Points: 301 # Comments: 216
Surveillance is not safety: A statement on the UK's latest threat to privacy [pdf]
Article URL: https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/2026-06-08-uk-surveillance-is-not-safety.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48450646 Points: 429 # Comments: 156
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As OpenAI files for IPO, Sam Altman’s eye-scanning company is doing layoffs, report says
Tools for Humanity, Sam Altman's identity verification company, is reportedly struggling to generate revenue and will downsize its staff.
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Apple’s WWDC AI demos looked more real after $250M false ad settlement
The vibe of Apple's 2026 WWDC keynote felt like a spouse proudly listing all the honey-do-list items tackled. One subtle example: the many AI demos of someone standing, phone in hand.
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Tests suggest Russian satellites can jam GPS on a continental scale
Mystery of GPS interference across Europe raises questions about Russian motives.