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Elon Musk tries again to escape FTC audits of X data handling
Musk can't be trusted to protect X user privacy, public commenters warn FTC.
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Cable lobby warns of chaos if FCC doesn't relax ban on foreign routers
NCTA seeks waiver from foreign-router ban, citing memory and substrate shortages.
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Bumblebees can spontaneously solve problems, study finds
Scientists in Finland found bees could solve an insect version of the classic "box-and-banana" problem.
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Microsoft, Atom Computing update their quantum computing progress
Some quantum computing companies we've covered have done recent progress updates.
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Anthropic's open-source framework for AI-powered vulnerability discovery
Article URL: https://github.com/anthropics/defending-code-reference-harness Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48403980 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
Castor: CERN Advanced STORage Manager
Article URL: https://castor.web.cern.ch/content/home.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48403753 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
Meta's ships facial recognition on smart glasses
Article URL: https://www.buchodi.com/meta-glasses-facial-recognition/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48403588 Points: 21 # Comments: 9
Sagrada Família Lego set
Article URL: https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/sagrada-familia-21065 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48400918 Points: 157 # Comments: 128
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When AI Builds Itself: Our progress toward recursive self-improvement
Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/institute/recursive-self-improvement Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48400842 Points: 108 # Comments: 121
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AI, Ashby Engineering, and the future
Article URL: https://www.ashbyhq.com/blog/engineering/ai-ashby-engineering-and-the-future Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48399528 Points: 15 # Comments: 9
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Wind and solar generated more power than gas globally in April 2026
Article URL: https://electrek.co/2026/05/20/in-a-first-wind-solar-generated-more-power-than-gas-globally-april-2026/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48399332 Points: 317 # Comments: 276
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Show HN: Cost.dev (YC W21) – making agents cost-aware and cheaper to call
We launched Infracost on HN five years ago ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26064588 ) where our CLI generated cost estimates for infra-as-code, e.g. "this Terraform PR adds $400/mo". The idea was to shift cloud costs (FinOps) left, so engineer
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Meta’s Oversight Board says account bans lack due process, transparency
Meta's board cites "due process" concerns over account bans. It's also pushing Meta to offer clear information about violations and its use in AI in making its determinations.
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Meta rolls out a new AI creator assistant on Facebook
Creators often have to parse through charts and dashboards to understand their performance, but with the new AI assistant, they can get quick answers to questions like "When should I post?" and "What are people saying in my comments?"
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What to expect from WWDC 2026: Siri’s highly anticipated revamp and Apple Intelligence updates
Apple's WWDC nears: Here's what you can look forward to.