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1.		Flipper One – we need your help (flipper.net)
		1029 points by sandebert 13 hours ago \| 413 comments
2.		We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot (blog.google)
		559 points by sofumel 14 hours ago \| 505 comments
3.		AI is just unauthorised plagiarism at a bigger scale (axelk.ee)
		748 points by speckx 11 hours ago \| 644 comments
4.		Show HN: I reverse engineered Apple's video wallpapers (github.com/kageroumado)
		404 points by kageroumado 1 day ago \| 100 comments
5.		Google's Antigravity bait and switch (0xsid.com)
		516 points by ssiddharth 10 hours ago \| 259 comments
6.		The Letter S, by Donald Knuth (1980) [pdf] (gwern.net)
		261 points by bambax 1 day ago \| 53 comments
7.		Vivaldi 8.0 (vivaldi.com)
		342 points by OuterVale 17 hours ago \| 230 comments
8.		Python 3.15: features that didn't make the headlines (changs.co.uk)
		325 points by rbanffy 13 hours ago \| 157 comments
9.		Anthropic is expanding to Colossus2. Will use GB200 (twitter.com/nottombrown)
		286 points by aurareturn 1 day ago \| 320 comments
10.		Lost Images from the 1945 Trinity Nuclear Test Restored (ieee.org)
		278 points by pseudolus 13 hours ago \| 91 comments
11.		Haskell Foundation 2026 Update (haskell.org)
		175 points by azhenley 22 hours ago \| 63 comments
12.		Throwing AI-generated walls of text into conversations (noslopgrenade.com)
		483 points by napolux 15 hours ago \| 287 comments
13.		Seattle Shield, an intelligence-sharing network operated by the Seattle police (prismreports.org)
		401 points by root-parent 6 hours ago \| 165 comments
14.		Project Hail Mary – Stellar Navigation Chart (valhovey.github.io)
		509 points by speleo 8 hours ago \| 124 comments
15.		Intuit to lay off over 3k employees to refocus on AI (techcrunch.com)
		250 points by wapasta 1 day ago \| 185 comments
16.		Indexing a year of video locally on a 2021 MacBook with Gemma4-31B (50GB swap) (simbastack.com)
		279 points by asenna 10 hours ago \| 90 comments
17.		Colorado Amended SB051 (Age Verification Bill) to Exclude Open Source Projects (legiscan.com)
		222 points by ki4jgt 1 day ago \| 76 comments
18.		Reviving old scanners with an in-browser Linux VM bridged to WebUSB over USB/IP (yes-we-scan.app)
		115 points by gmac 3 days ago \| 34 comments
19.		Waymo pauses Atlanta service as its robotaxis keep driving into floods (techcrunch.com)
		241 points by mattas 8 hours ago \| 304 comments
20.		New features in GCC 16: Improved error messages and SARIF output (redhat.com)
		133 points by siteshwar 2 days ago \| 20 comments
21.		OpenAI Is Preparing to File for an IPO Soon (wsj.com)
		182 points by louiereederson 1 day ago \| 382 comments
22.		Your Most Improbable Life (kevinkelly.substack.com)
		149 points by jger15 3 days ago \| 115 comments
23.		Show HN: Rmux – A programmable terminal multiplexer with a Playwright-style SDK (github.com/helvesec)
		162 points by shideneyu 15 hours ago \| 81 comments
24.		BBEdit 16 (barebones.com)
		258 points by qaz_plm 6 hours ago \| 79 comments
25.		A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide (wired.com)
		228 points by cdrnsf 11 hours ago \| 79 comments
26.		Was my $48K GPU server worth it? (rosmine.ai)
		263 points by apwheele 3 days ago \| 200 comments
27.		News outlets are limiting the Internet Archive’s access to their journalism (niemanlab.org)
		203 points by jaredwiener 7 hours ago \| 76 comments
28.		Mounting git commits as folders with NFS (2023) (jvns.ca)
		90 points by pvtmert 2 days ago \| 44 comments
29.		Recreate famous water profiles using supermarket bottled water (waterdictionary.net)
		116 points by smugglerFlynn 3 days ago \| 54 comments
30.		Show HN: CPU-only transcription for YouTube, TikTok, X, Instagram videos (github.com/kouhxp)
		88 points by mrkn1 1 day ago \| 42 comments
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