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Friday, 14 August 2026
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Updated 11:25 CST
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Trillions in Retirement Dollars Flow into Opaque Trusts
Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-05-03/trillions-in-us-retirement-dollars-flow-into-opaque-trusts-that-rival-etfs Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48011781 Points: 27 # Comments: 1
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Stop big tech from making users behave in ways they don't want to
Article URL: https://economist.com/by-invitation/2026/04/29/stop-big-tech-from-making-users-behave-in-ways-they-dont-want-to Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48011603 Points: 51 # Comments: 17
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I am worried about Bun
Article URL: https://wwj.dev/posts/i-am-worried-about-bun/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48011184 Points: 95 # Comments: 40
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OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft Back Bill to Fund 'AI Literacy' in Schools
Article URL: https://www.404media.co/literacy-in-future-technologies-artificial-intelligence-act-adam-schiff-mike-rounds/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48010774 Points: 52 # Comments: 46
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Homebridge 2.0 is here, and it speaks Matter
Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/tech/922877/homebridge-2-0-matter-update-robot-vacuums Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48010597 Points: 27 # Comments: 2
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Sierra Raises $950M at $15B Valuation
Article URL: https://sierra.ai/blog/better-customer-experiences-built-on-sierra Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48010266 Points: 34 # Comments: 39
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Does Employment Slow Cognitive Decline? Evidence from Labor Market Shocks
Article URL: https://www.nber.org/papers/w35117 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48009983 Points: 84 # Comments: 46
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1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving'
Article URL: https://electrek.co/2026/05/02/tesla-1966-mustang-ev-conversion-full-self-driving/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48009840 Points: 45 # Comments: 35
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Anthropic and OpenAI are both launching joint ventures for enterprise AI services
Both Anthropic and OpenAI have partnered with asset managers to more aggressively market their enterprise AI products.
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As X shuts down Communities, Acorn debuts an alternative that puts creators in control
Acorn lets organizations build and run their own online communities using decentralized tech, with custom feeds, moderation, and analytics tools.
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US healthcare marketplaces shared citizenship and race data with ad tech giants
Virginia and Washington, D.C. paused the data collection and sharing, after Bloomberg's investigation found their health insurance marketplaces were sharing users' information with advertisers.
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DoorDash adds AI tools to speed up merchant onboarding, edit photos of dishes
DoorDash on Monday added new AI-powered tools that let merchants speed up onboarding, edit photos to make dishes look better, and create new websites from existing content.
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Musk’s “World War III” threat in Twitter lawsuit haunts him at OpenAI trial
OpenAI accuses Musk of trying to "coerce" a settlement days before trial started.
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Mac mini starting price goes up to $799, may be hard to get for "months"
Chip shortages and demand from AI enthusiasts are both playing a part.
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GitHub Is Down
Article URL: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/72q3n8yxthcy Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48010301 Points: 52 # Comments: 11