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1.
Ti-84 Evo (ti.com)
603 points by thatxliner 3 months ago | 482 comments
2.
New research suggests people can communicate and practice skills while dreaming (newyorker.com)
463 points by XzetaU8 3 months ago | 271 comments
3.
For Linux kernel vulnerabilities, there is no heads-up to distributions (openwall.com)
601 points by ori_b 3 months ago | 548 comments
4.
Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables (github.com/darrylmorley)
566 points by sleepingNomad 3 months ago | 168 comments
5.
I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
212 points by proberts 3 months ago | 250 comments
6.
Opus 4.7 knows the real Kelsey (theargumentmag.com)
472 points by ilamont 3 months ago | 257 comments
7.
Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2026)
311 points by whoishiring 3 months ago | 552 comments
8.
City Learns Flock Accessed Cameras in Children's Gymnastics Room as a Sales Demo (404media.co)
478 points by joshcsimmons 3 months ago | 122 comments
9.
The gay jailbreak technique (2025) (github.com/exocija)
684 points by bobsmooth 3 months ago | 257 comments
10.
Whohas – Command-line utility for cross-distro, cross-repository package search (github.com/whohas)
154 points by peter_d_sherman 3 months ago | 37 comments
11.
Maladaptive Frugality (herbertlui.net)
226 points by herbertl 3 months ago | 309 comments
12.
Apocalypse Early Warning System (kylemcdonald.net)
261 points by carlsborg 3 months ago | 129 comments
13.
Eka’s robotic claw feels like we're approaching a ChatGPT moment (wired.com)
172 points by zdw 3 months ago | 241 comments
14.
New copy of earliest poem in English, written 1,3k years ago, discovered in Rome (tcd.ie)
217 points by giuliomagnifico 3 months ago | 134 comments
15.
OpenWarp (zerx.dev)
209 points by zero-lab 3 months ago | 148 comments
16.
CPanel and WHM Authentication Bypass – CVE-2026-41940 (watchtowr.com)
158 points by zikani_03 3 months ago | 59 comments
17.
AI uses less water than the public thinks (californiawaterblog.com)
409 points by hirpslop 3 months ago | 395 comments
18.
Running Adobe's 1991 PostScript Interpreter in the Browser (pagetable.com)
154 points by ingve 3 months ago | 36 comments
19.
Spotify adds 'Verified' badges to distinguish human artists from AI (bbc.com)
287 points by reconnecting 3 months ago | 308 comments
20.
Grok 4.3 (x.ai)
405 points by simianwords 3 months ago | 529 comments
21.
Your website is not for you (websmith.studio)
268 points by pumbaa 3 months ago | 189 comments
22.
Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2026)
153 points by whoishiring 3 months ago | 556 comments
23.
The smelly baby problem (worksinprogress.news)
215 points by dionysou 3 months ago | 145 comments
24.
Understand Anything (github.com/lum1104)
169 points by taubek 3 months ago | 49 comments
25.
Softmax, can you derive the Jacobian? And should you care? (idlemachines.co.uk)
134 points by smaddrellmander 3 months ago | 47 comments
26.
Whimsical Animations Course Open House (joshwcomeau.com)
112 points by SpyCoder77 3 months ago | 10 comments
27.
An open letter asking NHS England to keep its code open (keepthingsopen.com)
262 points by tvararu 3 months ago | 14 comments
28.
Sally McKee, who coined the term "the memory wall", has died (online-tribute.com)
124 points by deater 3 months ago | 43 comments
29.
Apple accidentally left Claude.md files Apple Support app (x.com)
384 points by andruby 3 months ago | 321 comments
30.
Show HN: AI CAD Harness (adam.new)
101 points by zachdive 3 months ago | 96 comments

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