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Qian Xuesen: The missile genius America lost and China gained (2025)

Article URL: https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history/2025/december/missile-genius-america-lost-and-china-gained Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48211409 Points: 28 # Comments: 19

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Why is Inkwell stuck in review

Article URL: https://www.manton.org/2026/05/19/why-is-inkwell-stuck-in.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48211134 Points: 43 # Comments: 13

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Tennessee man jailed 37 days for Trump meme wins settlement after lawsuit

Article URL: https://www.fire.org/news/victory-tennessee-man-jailed-37-days-trump-meme-wins-835000-settlement-after-first-amendment Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48208502 Points: 569 # Comments: 359

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GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 repos via malicious VSCode extension

Previous thread in sequence: GitHub is investigating unauthorized access to their internal repositories - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48201316 - May 2026 (321 comments) Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48207660 Points: 127

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Airbnb gets into hotels, expands AI for host onboarding and customer support

Airbnb will soon let you book luggage storage and car rental services on its app

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Global EV market goes K-shaped as the U.S. gets left behind

EV sales have surged worldwide in every region but the U.S., posing risks for legacy and startup automakers.

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OpenAI barrels towards IPO that may happen in September

A day after Elon Musk lost his lawsuit that threatened OpenAI's structure, leadership and finances, OpenAI is reportedly back to prepping for its IPO.

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Jeff Bezos, you were so close to making a good point

"Why is a nurse in Queens who makes $75,000 a year paying more than $1,000 a month in taxes?" Bezos said Wednesday morning on CNBC. "That's $1,000 that could help with rent, or groceries, or anything."

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Stability AI releases a new audio model that can create 6-minute songs

Stability Audio 3.0 small model can run on-device and generate two-minute long tracks.

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Startup Battlefield 200 applications close in 1 week: Window to nominate and apply for the most promising startups closes May 27

Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27. Pitch at TechCrunch Disrupt, get investor access, win $100K, plus more scaling perks. Nominate an early-stage founder or submit your startup today.

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This startup raised $43M to build a hive mind for ships

The Arlington, Virginia-based startup has raised $42 million to equip ships with sensors that blow the current AIS tech out of the water.

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Buckle up: Google is set to remake search with agentic AI in 2026

Google's AI search evolution is accelerating at I/O 2026.

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I Don't Vibe Code

Article URL: https://jacobharr.is/personal/i-dont-vibe-code Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48210667 Points: 41 # Comments: 18

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After Town Bans Flock, Councilmember Crashes Out, Proposes Internet, Phone Ban

Article URL: https://www.404media.co/after-town-bans-flock-councilmember-crashes-out-proposes-internet-and-phone-ban/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48210644 Points: 64 # Comments: 43

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Ask HN: Shouldn't Google need to give a public statement about Railway incident?

https://blog.railway.com/p/incident-report-may-19-2026-gcp-account-outage Everytime I read something like this , I get nervous about the cloud providers and Google. Since this is a relatively high profile customer standards, shouldn't they explain wh