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Meridian Ventures launched a $35M fund with a focus on MBA-deferred founders

This new fund will back founders building enterprise technology in the United States. Meridian is agnostic, co-founder Devon Gethers said, noting that the firm has already invested in companies in fintech, logistics, healthcare, and of course, AI.

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Making cement from a different type of rock could clean up emissions

Limestone might not be the only source for Portland cement.

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Bill to block publishers from killing online games advances in California

Publishers would have to offer "independent" play patch or refunds after server shutdowns.

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Honda shows off new hybrids for America as it absorbs $9 billion EV loss

The automaker marked its first annual loss in more than 70 years.

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Casimir force co-opted to generate free energy, midichlorians not included

The vacuum giveth, the vacuum taketh, but the vacuum doesn’t let you taketh.

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Rocket Report: Cowboy up for data centers in LEO; Russia's new ICBM actually works

SpaceX's upgraded Starship is set to launch on its first test flight as soon as Tuesday, May 19.

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U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100k users of car-tinkering app

Article URL: https://macdailynews.com/2026/05/15/u-s-doj-demands-apple-and-google-unmask-over-100000-users-of-popular-car-tinkering-app-in-emissions-crackdown/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151383 Points: 50 # Comments: 14

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Feedr v0.8.0 – a TUI RSS reader, now read the full article from your terminal

Article URL: https://github.com/bahdotsh/feedr Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151317 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

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I designed a nibble-oriented CPU in Verilog to build a scientific calculator

Article URL: https://github.com/gdevic/FPGA-Calculator Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151237 Points: 18 # Comments: 1

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Aperio Lang

Article URL: https://aperio-lang.github.io/aperio/introduction.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151199 Points: 17 # Comments: 2

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Show HN: Sx – an open-source package manager for AI skills, MCPs, and commands

Article URL: https://github.com/sleuth-io/sx Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151058 Points: 7 # Comments: 1

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We don't know why Malawi is poor

Article URL: https://newsletter.deenamousa.com/p/we-dont-know-why-malawi-is-poor Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150971 Points: 46 # Comments: 51

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Bun Rust rewrite: "codebase fails basic miri checks, allows for UB in safe rust"

Article URL: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/30719 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150900 Points: 7 # Comments: 0

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OpenAI is connecting ChatGPT to bank accounts via Plaid

Article URL: https://firethering.com/chatgpt-bank-account-plaid-openai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150723 Points: 57 # Comments: 84

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Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better

Article URL: https://www.gutenberg.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150431 Points: 263 # Comments: 85