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IBM didn't want Microsoft to use the Tab key to move between dialog fields

Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260505-00/?p=112298 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48025687 Points: 91 # Comments: 30

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Proliferate (YC S25) Is Hiring- 200k for junior engineers

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/proliferate/jobs/L3copvK-founding-engineer Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48025244 Points: 0 # Comments: 0

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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: 82 # Comments: 57

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Accelerating Gemma 4: faster inference with multi-token prediction drafters

Article URL: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/multi-token-prediction-gemma-4/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48024540 Points: 131 # Comments: 42

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UK: Two millionth electric car registered as market rebounds strongly

Article URL: https://www.smmt.co.uk/two-millionth-electric-car-registered-as-market-rebounds-strongly-from-tax-changes/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48024364 Points: 112 # Comments: 111

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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: 32 # Comments: 20

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Instagram Encrypted Messaging Ends on Friday, May 8

Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/05/psa-instagram-encrypted-messaging-ends-may-8/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48024160 Points: 63 # Comments: 37

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EEVblog: The 555 Timer is 55 years old

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JhK8iCQuqI Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48024129 Points: 94 # Comments: 18

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Incident with Actions

Article URL: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/1j40g94rn22j Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48022900 Points: 129 # Comments: 68

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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 $1.5B in savings as it cuts jobs and works to modernize its tech stack.

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Etsy launches its app within ChatGPT as it continues its AI push

Etsy's new native app within ChatGPT aims to be a conversational shopping experience for users.

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Kaspersky suspects Chinese hackers planted a backdoor into Daemon Tools in ‘widespread’ attack

The cybersecurity company says it's seen thousands of infection attempts, and at least a dozen successful hacks after users installed malicious versions of the popular Windows software.

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Hackers steal students’ data during breach at education tech giant Instructure

The data breach at education tech giant Instructure includes students' private data, according to a sample of the allegedly stolen data seen by TechCrunch.

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Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage

The visual analysis system is now operating in select countries, but Meta says it's working toward a broader rollout.

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

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