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ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet on his company’s monopoly: no one is coming for us
Christophe Fouquet, who became ASML's CEO in 2024 after more than a decade at the company, sat down with this editor on the rooftop deck of his Beverly Hills hotel Tuesday morning ahead of his appearance at the Milken Institute Global Conference. Dre
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Silicon Valley bets $200M on AI data centers floating in the ocean
Panthalassa aims to test floating AI computing nodes in the Pacific in 2026.
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Character.AI sued over chatbot that claims to be a real doctor with a license
State says chatbot claimed to practice medicine, gave invalid license number.
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Widely used Daemon Tools disk app backdoored in monthlong supply-chain attack
Daemon Tools users: It's time to check your machines for stealthy infections, stat.
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RFK Jr. plans to curb antidepressants, which he falsely compares to heroin
Kennedy has made—and continues to make—many false claims about SSRIs.
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Write some software, give it away for free
Article URL: https://nonogra.ph/write-some-software-give-it-away-for-free-05-05-2026 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48028842 Points: 26 # Comments: 8
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Why Most Product Tours Get Skipped
Article URL: https://productonboarding.com/articles/why-product-tours-get-skipped Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48028546 Points: 8 # Comments: 2
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Our AI started a cafe in Stockholm
Article URL: https://andonlabs.com/blog/ai-cafe-stockholm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48028289 Points: 30 # Comments: 25
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Apple Cuts More Mac Studio and Mac Mini RAM Options as Memory Shortage Worsens
Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/05/apple-mac-studio-mac-mini-ram-cuts/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48028136 Points: 44 # Comments: 31
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.de TLD offline due to DNSSEC?
Article URL: https://dnssec-analyzer.verisignlabs.com/nic.de Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48027897 Points: 388 # Comments: 138
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ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet: No one is coming for us
Christophe Fouquet, who became ASML's CEO in 2024 after more than a decade at the company, sat down with this editor on the rooftop deck of his Beverly Hills hotel Tuesday morning ahead of his appearance at the Milken Institute Global Conference. Dre
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Volkswagen becomes Rivian’s top shareholder, displacing Amazon
VW Group's stake will continue to grow under the $5.8 billion joint venture with Rivian.
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Threads finally brings messaging to the web
By bringing messaging to the web, Threads is aligning its desktop experience more closely with competitors like X and Bluesky.
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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.