Saturday, 16 May 2026
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Solar power production undercut by coal pollution
Each year, some of the power solar could have produced is blocked by aerosols.
Linux Kernel Adds Documentation For What Qualifies As A Security Bug, Responsible AI Use
Merged today for the Linux 7.1 kernel is some new documentation surrounding what qualifies as a security bug as well as around responsible use of AI for finding kernel bugs...
Weather-monitoring firm hangs dark cloud over customers’ heads by forcing new app
Newer AcuRite Now app lacks some features but has a subscription option.
AI agents show they can create exploits, not just find vulns
Mythos and GPT-5.5 muscle out the competition
Three's a party: US, China, and now Russia are on the prowl in GEO
Instead of running silent and deep, most satellites easily stand out against the blackness of space.
LocalSend puts your sneakernet out of business
Like AirDrop, minus the Apple lock-in
ABC News has taken all FiveThirtyEight articles offline
Article URL: https://twitter.com/baseballot/status/2055309076209492208 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48152553 Points: 108 # Comments: 54
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Linux Patch Introduces Panther Lake R: Ruggedized Version Of Panther Lake
A new patch for the Linux kernel posted today by Intel has outed "Panther Lake R" as a ruggedized variant of Panther Lake intended for harsh environments...
Ebola outbreak with uncommon strain erupts in Congo and Uganda; 65 deaths
WHO learned of potential cases May 5; US CDC said it just heard about it yesterday.
Send the arXiv AI-generated slop, get a yearlong vacation from submissions
One of the site's moderators described the new policy on social media.
OpenAI feels “burned” by Apple’s crappy ChatGPT integration, insiders say
Judge orders Apple to give Musk internal messages discussing secretive ChatGPT deal.
Waymo updates 3,800 robotaxis after they 'drive into standing water'
Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/waymo-recalls-3800-robotaxis-after-able-drive-into-standing-water.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151767 Points: 100 # Comments: 85
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Volkswagen shows its first electric GTI; there's no chance of US sales
The ID. Polo GTI takes plenty of inspiration from the original Golf GTI of 1976.
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: 257 # Comments: 144
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Microsoft puts stability in the driver's seat with new initiative
User interface tweaks are nice, but reliable drivers matter more
Making cement from a different type of rock could clean up emissions
Limestone might not be the only source for Portland cement.
Bill to block publishers from killing online games advances in California
Publishers would have to offer "independent" play patch or refunds after server shutdowns.
Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better
Article URL: https://www.gutenberg.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150431 Points: 522 # Comments: 143
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Google sidles up to unsuspecting users, asks for their number
You may only get 5GB of storage instead of 15GB if you don't share your digits with the Chocolate Factory
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.
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.
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.
Linux 7.0.8 Released & LTS Kernels Updated For ssh-keysign-pwn
Following yesterday's disclosure of the ssh-keysign-pwn vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to read root-owned files, a slew of new stable kernel releases are out today to address this latest Linux security issue...
NASA's Psyche mission set for a brief encounter with Mars
There sure are some clever people on Earth
ASCII by Jason Scott
https://web.archive.org/web/20260501220231/https://ascii.tex... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48148726 Points: 124 # Comments: 21
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Routine vaccines may cut dementia risk—experts have startling hypothesis on how
Vaccines may be training a part of our immune system long thought to be untrainable.
Pennsylvanians use town hall meeting to rail against data center boom
“This is a public trust and transparency issue.”
A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 10
Article URL: https://projectzero.google/2026/05/pixel-10-exploit.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48148460 Points: 278 # Comments: 117
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Anthropic urges Uncle Sam to kneecap China's AI ambitions before 2028
Claude maker warns authoritarian regimes could set the rules unless Washington tightens chip and model controls
ZimaCube 2 Makes For A Nice Personal Cloud/NAS With Power Of Linux + Intel CPU
Earlier this year we reviewed the ZimaBoard 2 for building a Linux home storage server. That was a nifty little device but for those looking for a more polished product than assembling your storage devices in cardboard cut-outs and the like, IceWhale has launched the ZimaCube 2. The ZimaCube 2 is a nice and polished, literal cube, to serve as your personal cloud / network attached storage (NAS)…
Rocky Linux Launches Optional Security Repository To Get Important Fixes Sooner
In response to the likes of the Dirty Frag and Fragnesia vulnerabilities, Rocky Linux is introducing an optional security repository for shipping important security updates sooner...
Radicle: Sovereign {code forge} built on Git
Article URL: https://radicle.dev/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48147603 Points: 194 # Comments: 57
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Exploited Exchange Server flaw turns OWA inboxes into script launchpads
Microsoft mitigation may bork inline images, calendar printing while admins wait for a proper patch
Coreboot + AMD openSIL Powered Firmware Published For The Gigabyte MZ33-AR1
3mdeb announced on Thursday their release of Dasharo v0.9 for the Gigabyte MZ33-AR1 EPYC server motherboard. This is the first time seeing AMD openSIL and Coreboot available for a readily-available AMD EPYC server motherboard!..
Patch time for Cisco SD-WAN admins as vendor drops yet another make-me-admin zero-day
CISA hands feds super-tight deadline for this perfect-10, actively exploited flaw
The perfect commuter bike? Velotric's Discover M makes its case.
A customized mid-motor and Shimano's new Cues components are a winning combination.
O(x)Caml in Space
Article URL: https://gazagnaire.org/blog/2026-05-14-borealis.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48147058 Points: 213 # Comments: 50
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X tells Ofcom it will finally check its moderation inbox
Comms watchdog says Musk's social media platform will now review reports of illegal hate and terror content within 24 hours... on average
A new book on Steve Jobs at NeXT
Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/steve-jobs-next-computer Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48146908 Points: 151 # Comments: 132
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Claude Code's product lead talks usage limits, transparency, and the "lean harness"
"We have no grand plan," says Anthropic's Cat Wu—but that's by design.
Cloud Hypervisor 52 Now Supports Launching AMD SEV-SNP Confidential VMs With KVM
For what originally began as an open-source Intel software project, Cloud Hypervisor continues seeing robust development outside the confines of Intel Corp these days with ongoing improvements driven by Microsoft, Cyberus Tech, Ant, and other organizations for this Rust-based VMM for cloud workloads...
ZTE showcases at GSMA M360 LATAM 2026, driving future business model restructuring - AI & network two-way integration
AI-integrated networks can cut costs, boost 5G efficiency, and help regional telcos shift beyond basic connectivity
Linux 7.1 Supports Newer Logitech Bluetooth Keyboards, Malicious Input Hardware Sanitization
Ahead of the Linux 7.1-rc4 release due out on Sunday, a variety of HID subsystem patches were merged overnight to Linux Git...
OpenAI caught in TanStack npm supply chain chaos after employee devices compromised
Attackers stole a limited amount of internal credential material after malware hidden in poisoned packages reached two staff machines
Vulkan 1.4.352 Introduces VK_NV_cooperative_matrix_decode_vector
Vulkan 1.4.352 is out today as the latest minor spec update to this Khronos API. Besides just a few fixes/clarifications, there is one new extension and that is a NVIDIA vendor extension for cooperative matrix decode vector support...
Fusion for the future: XLSMART and ZTE partnering for a boundless digital Indonesia
7,000 5G sites added in eight months, and now serve 73 million subscribers on Indonesia’s first blanket 5G network.
UK reloads artillery plans with £1B remote-control howitzer order
72 Boxer-mounted RCH 155s due from 2028 as Britain fills the gap left by AS-90s sent to Ukraine
Britain's latest civil servant is a chatbot trained on GOV.UK misery
Whitehall says the AI assistant will help citizens navigate public services faster; others may see it as a cheaper alternative to answering the phone
Explore Wikipedia Like a Windows XP Desktop
Article URL: https://explorer.samismith.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48146129 Points: 443 # Comments: 107
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MPs want social media treated more like unsafe toys than harmless apps
Parliamentary committee tells ministers online safety regime is failing children and warns 'no action is not an option'
On-call techie decided job was done and hit the bottle – just before his pager went off
Lazy weekend of Grand Prix fun turned into a terrifying all-nighter
AWS racks M3 Ultra Macs that boast specs you can’t currently buy
Manages to get its hands on some Mac Studio machines before the OpenClaw machine grabs them
Possible Samsung strike puts even more pressure on memory pricing
As a senior policymaker ponders whether all South Koreans should enjoy an ‘AI dividend’
Linux's Latest Vulnerability Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users
Following Dirty Frag, Fragnesia, and other Linux kernel vulnerabilities making themselves known in recent days, the latest now is ssh-keysign-pwn...
SDL Library Adds Support For The New Steam Controller Without Depending On Steam
Valve's new Steam Controller, which began shipping earlier this month for $99 USD, is a great piece of hardware. This high-end gaming controller is great hardware wise but what some may not enjoy about it currently is the tight integration with the Steam controller and no native OS drivers currently for use outside of Steam. As a big win today, the widely-used SDL3 gaming software/hardware…
Cerebras risked it all on dinner plate-sized AI accelerators a decade ago. Today it's worth $66B
Here's a look at the tech powering the first big IPO of 2026
New AMD Dynamic EPP Feature Causing Some Problems With Linux 7.1
Dynamic EPP is one of the new AMD P-State features in Linux 7.1, but, unfortunately is causing some fallout in early usage of this power-savings related functionality...
Nobody believes the 'criminals and scumbags' who hacked Canvas really deleted stolen student data
Other than Instructure execs - maybe?
Men use "vocal fry" more than women, counter to stereotype
Study suggests "the bias is real but socially constructed, rather than grounded in how women actually sound."
Fired hacker twins forget to end Teams recording, capture own crimes
One little mystery—solved.
Cell phone users can't stop incriminating themselves
People confide almost everything to their phones.
Energy supplier abandons Lake Tahoe residents to serve data centers
Town’s 49,000 California residents compete with Nevada data centers for energy.
Plasma Big Screen Working Out Quite Well With Plasma 6.7 Beta
With today's KDE Plasma 6.7 beta release there has been a surprising amount of interest in the new revival of Plasma Big Screen as the TV-sized UI for Plasma. I've been trying it out today and it has worked out rather well, a very smooth experience, and in good shape for making its debut in next month's Plasma 6.7 release...
MSI Claw Configuration Driver For Linux Coming Together With The Assistance Of AI
One of the latest Linux gaming handheld drivers being worked on is the MSI Claw Configuration Driver for controller configuration...
ROCm 7.0.0 vs. ROCm 7.2.3 Performance On The AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700
With the new System76 Thelio Major workstation review unit having arrived equipped with an AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 graphics card, I took the opportunity of having the extra RDNA4 workstation GPU to satisfy a curiosity over whether there has been any meaningful performance gains from ROCm 7.0.0 released last year to now with the latest ROCm 7.2.3 stable release. Here are those benchmarks results…
AMD Preps More AIE4 NPU Hardware Enablement For AMDXDNA Driver In Linux 7.2
Since March we have been seeing patches from AMD software engineers beginning to enable their next-generation "AIE4" NPU platform under Linux. We still don't know for sure when this AIE4 NPU will premiere for sure in new Ryzen AI products, but the Linux enablement continues coming along nicely for the AMDXDNA accelerator driver...
Intel's Cache Aware Scheduling Inches Closer To Being Merged For Linux
I have been writing about the Cache Aware Scheduling work led by Intel engineers on the Linux kernel for more than a year. I've also tested out Cache Aware Scheduling on both Intel and AMD CPUs with the patched Linux kernel to great success. And thus very happy to see the Cache Aware Scheduling patches inching closer to the mainline Linux kernel...
KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta Released With Plasma Big Screen, Union Modules
In working toward the stable Plasma 6.7 desktop release in mid-June, out today is the first beta of KDE Plasma 6.7...
New AMDGPU Driver Pull Request For Linux 7.2 Preps For HDMI 2.1 FRL
Sent out on Wednesday was the latest AMDGPU/AMDKFD driver pull request of new feature code ready for DRM-Next as the staging area ahead of the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel. This doesn't yet land the HDMI 2.1 enablement work that's finally been taking place but it is preparing for that with the FRL register headers now in place as part of this merge...
Linux's KVM With CET Virtualization Is Causing Some Hosts To Hang
Introduced to the Linux kernel last year was Control-flow Enforcement Technology "CET" virtualization for modern AMD and Intel CPUs. This complements CET that has existed in Linux for quite some time but it's new now to the KVM virtualization world, but some yet to be diagnosed problems are causing some hosts to hang when making use of this virtualization security feature...