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1.		Google supercharges machine learning tasks with TPU custom chip (googleblog.com)
		823 points by hurrycane on May 18, 2016 \| 276 comments
2.		Fast.com: Netflix internet connection speed test (fast.com)
		631 points by protomyth on May 18, 2016 \| 360 comments
3.		Google Home (home.google.com)
		577 points by stuartmemo on May 18, 2016 \| 457 comments
4.		Firebase expands to become a unified app platform (googleblog.com)
		530 points by Nemant on May 18, 2016 \| 204 comments
5.		Tesla Announces $2B Public Offering to Accelerate Model 3 Ramp Up (bloomberg.com)
		401 points by dismal2 on May 18, 2016 \| 184 comments
6.		Open Whisper Systems Partners with Google on End-To-end Encryption for Allo (whispersystems.org)
		330 points by ThatGeoGuy on May 18, 2016 \| 212 comments
7.		Academics Make Theoretical Breakthrough in Random Number Generation (threatpost.com)
		389 points by oolong_decaf on May 18, 2016 \| 157 comments
8.		Daydream Is Google’s Android-Powered VR Platform (theverge.com)
		183 points by T-A on May 18, 2016 \| 108 comments
9.		Improving Docker with Unikernels: Introducing HyperKit, VPNKit and DataKit (docker.com)
		292 points by samber on May 18, 2016 \| 37 comments
10.		Fitbit Acquires Coin (engadget.com)
		117 points by daddy_drank on May 18, 2016 \| 109 comments
11.		Bots Are Hot (1996) (wired.com)
		121 points by vincvinc on May 18, 2016 \| 47 comments
12.		Ethereum Contracts Are Going to Be Candy for Hackers (vessenes.com)
		193 points by vessenes on May 18, 2016 \| 81 comments
13.		This Biology Book Blew Me Away (gatesnotes.com)
		246 points by Tomte on May 18, 2016 \| 103 comments
14.		SSRN sold to Elsevier (professorbainbridge.com)
		212 points by kristianc on May 18, 2016 \| 47 comments
15.		AWS X1 instances – 1.9 TB of memory (amazon.com)
		340 points by spullara on May 18, 2016 \| 180 comments
16.		I Satisfied My Passion for Software Dev and Open-Source by Doing a Part-Time PhD (omerio.com)
		140 points by izzym on May 18, 2016 \| 63 comments
17.		Apple Sent Two Men to My House (vellumatlanta.com)
		254 points by glhaynes on May 18, 2016 \| 101 comments
18.		Governor Brown's housing proposal could mean sweeping Bay Area changes (bizjournals.com)
		155 points by apsec112 on May 18, 2016 \| 117 comments
19.		Nebraska's civil forfeiture reform (journalstar.com)
		153 points by mrb on May 18, 2016 \| 54 comments
20.		A Ukrainian Hacker Who Became the FBI’s Best Weapon and Worst Nightmare (wired.com)
		228 points by subpar on May 17, 2016 \| 50 comments
21.		Why I don't spend time with Modern C++ anymore (linkedin.com)
		276 points by nkurz on May 18, 2016 \| 255 comments
22.		Qanat (wikipedia.org)
		186 points by baghali on May 18, 2016 \| 69 comments
23.		New Evidence for the Necessity of Loneliness (quantamagazine.org)
		93 points by jonbaer on May 18, 2016 \| 29 comments
24.		In-Ear Device That Translates Foreign Languages in Real Time (boredpanda.com)
		195 points by maxoliver on May 17, 2016 \| 94 comments
25.		The Day the Moon Blew Up (gatesnotes.com)
		173 points by JacobJans on May 18, 2016 \| 113 comments
26.		Shuffleboard at McMurdo (idlewords.com)
		184 points by aaronbrethorst on May 16, 2016 \| 22 comments
27.		Ask HN: Oldest code you have written that is still in use?
		233 points by _mc on May 17, 2016 \| 352 comments
28.		Karma-Duped: A Cautionary Tale About the Murky World of Venture Lending (huffingtonpost.com)
		80 points by ascertain on May 18, 2016 \| 45 comments
29.		How Typography Can Save Your Life (propublica.org)
		102 points by Tomte on May 17, 2016 \| 31 comments
30.		The Lingering Legacy of Psychedelia (newyorker.com)
		51 points by samclemens on May 18, 2016 \| 11 comments
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