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- ADT says customer data stolen in cyber intrusion [4d]
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- Kash Patel's Personalized Bourbon Stash [4d]
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- What British people mean when they say 'sorry' [4d]
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- DeepSeek V4 Pro at 75% off until 31 May [4d]
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- Pope Leo called his bank's customer service line. They hung up on him [4d]
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- Ads on Apple Maps [4d]
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- Show HN: Free tool to mark points and polygon regions [4d]
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- UK businesses brace for jet fuel rationing [4d]
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- David Sacks crashed and burned in the White House [4d]
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- The Disappearance of the Public Bench [4d]
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- SQLite Is a Library of Congress Recommended Storage Format [4d]
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- Show HN: I wrote a flight simulator in my own programming language [4d]
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- Making Julia as Fast as C++ [4d]
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- Apple is enforcing an old App Store rule against a new kind of software [4d]
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- Mickey Mouse is watching you: Disneyland deploys facial recognition [4d]
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- Show HN: PHP-fts – Full-text search engine in pure PHP, no extensions [4d]
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- MIT’s virtual violin offers luthiers a new design tool [4d]
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- McDonald's is a premium product now [4d]
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- Inkscape 1.4.4 Is Out [4d]
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- How to Optimize MongoDB Query Performance with Indexes [4d]
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- Light without electricity? Glowing algae could make it possible [4d]
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- OpenBSD Stories: The closest thing to cute kittens (OpenBSD/zaurus) [4d]
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- Reviving the IBM Selectric Composer Fonts (2023) [4d]
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- Bitter Lessons from the ISSpresso [4d]
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- Programming Still Sucks [4d]
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- Learning the Integral of a Diffusion Model [4d]
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- BYD overtakes Tesla and Kia as the best-selling EV brand in key overseas markets [4d]
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- Proton Meet [4d]
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- Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth [4d]
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- Google Cloud fraud defense, the next evolution of reCAPTCHA [4d]
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- I'm writing a history of Visual Basic, Chapter 1 is up [4d]
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- Boosting multimodal inference performance by >10% with a single Python dict [4d]
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- Egg Intake and the Incidence of Alzheimer's Disease in Adventist Health Study-2 [4d]
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- Going Full Time on Open Source [4d]
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- From Supabase to Clerk to Better Auth [4d]
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- Chrome downloads a 4GB AI file without user consent, researcher alleges [4d]
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- SoundOff: Low-Cost Passive Ultrasound Tags [4d]
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- The first microcomputer: The transfluxor-powered Arma Micro Computer from 1962 [4d]
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- Colombia hosts talks on exiting fossil fuels as global energy crisis deepens [4d]
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- PortalVR Motion – use any VR content in 2D with 3D tracked Joy-Cons [4d]
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- Life During Class Wartime [4d]
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- Show HN: Hallucinopedia [4d]
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- Mexico City is sinking so quickly, it can be seen from space [4d]
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- The Disadvantages of an Elite Education (2008) [4d]
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- Show HN: I built an open-source email builder, alternative to Beefree/Unlayer [4d]
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- Appearing Productive in the Workplace [4d]
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- Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX [4d]
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- Show HN: Tilde.run – Agent Sandbox with a Transactional, Versioned Filesystem [4d]
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- All means are fair except solving the problem [4d]
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- Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license [4d]
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- What Causes Lightning? The Answer Keeps Getting More Interesting [4d]
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- Some kids are bypassing age verification checks with a fake mustache [4d]
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- Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated [4d]
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- FBI investigating leaks to journalist who wrote explosive article on Kash Pate [4d]
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- Am I Meant to Be Impressed? [4d]
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- Our Continuation of MkDocs [4d]
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- America's carpet capital: an empire and its toxic legacy [4d]
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- We see something that works, and then we understand it [4d]
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- Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I'd like [4d]
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- B.C. residents baffled as shape floats through night sky [4d]
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- CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87 [4d]
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- Floats Don't Agree with Themselves [4d]
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- How to make SSE token streams resumable, cancellable, and multi-device [4d]
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- Mythos is the best cybersecurity news in a decade [4d]
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- Los Alamos and the long path to detecting neutrinos [4d]
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- Random Tie Knots [4d]
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- Man Finds $1M Worth of Yu-Gi-Oh Cards in a Dumpster [4d]
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- What I Learned Making an App for My Family [4d]
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- OpenAI president forced to read his personal diary entries to jury [4d]
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- Show HN: Adam – An embeddable cross-platform AI agent library [4d]
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- Shrinkflation Is Quietly Making All Gadgets Worse [4d]
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- Building the deployment tool I wish I had [4d]
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- Pinocchio is weirder than you remembered [4d]
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- Cat (YC S22) Seeks Fractional Engineer to Build AI-Native Growth Toolkit [4d]
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- Scale AI wins a $500M DOD contract through the Chief Digital and AI Office to help sift data and assist in decision-making, after receiving a $100M deal in 2025 (Jen Judson/Bloomberg) [4d]
- Musk v. Altman: Shivon Zilis testifies her relationship with Musk didn't influence her duties as an OpenAI board member; she left in 2023 after Musk started xAI (Carly Nairn/Courthouse News Service) [4d]
- Filing: Meta asks a judge to overturn the jury's verdict in the Los Angeles social media addiction trial or order a new trial, citing Section 230 protections (Diana Novak Jones/Reuters) [4d]
- Snap reports Q1 revenue up 12% YoY to $1.53B, in line with est., and says it ended its $400M Perplexity deal announced in November; SNAP drops 4%+ after hours (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC) [4d]
- DoorDash reports Q1 revenue up 33% YoY to $4.04B, vs. $4.14B est., and forecasts Q2 marketplace gross order value above estimates; DASH jumps 11%+ after hours (Koyena Das/Reuters) [4d]
- Arm reports Q4 revenue up 20% YoY to $1.5B, says AGI CPU demand will drive $2B in sales in 2027 and 2028, over 2x its prior guidance; ARM jumps 11%+ after hours (Michael Acton/Financial Times) [4d]
- Google Chrome silently installs a ~4GB Gemini Nano model on desktop devices; Google says it has been offered since 2024 and users can remove it via settings (Ben Schoon/9to5Google) [4d]
- Corgi, which provides insurance for startups and uses AI to generate quotes, manage claims, and more, raised a $160M Series B led by TCV at a $1.3B valuation (Richard Nieva/Forbes) [4d]
- Musk v. Altman: Mira Murati testifies that Sam Altman lied to her about the safety standards for a new OpenAI model and that he made her work more difficult (Jay Peters/The Verge) [4d]
- Instacart reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.02B, GTV up 13% to $10.29B, and orders up 10%, compared with a 16% growth a year earlier; CART drops 11%+ (Neil J Kanatt/Reuters) [4d]
- Anthropic says it signed a deal with SpaceX to use "all of the compute capacity" at Colossus 1, giving it access to over 300 MW of new capacity within the month (Axios) [4d]
- Google releases Multi-Token Prediction drafters for its Gemma 4 models, which use a form of speculative decoding to guess future tokens for faster inference (Ryan Whitwam/Ars Technica) [4d]
- Sources: Microsoft is considering delaying or dropping its 2030 goal of matching its hourly power use with renewable energy purchases, amid the data center boom (Bloomberg) [4d]
- Anthropic says it is doubling Claude Code's five-hour rate limits for paid plans and removing Claude Code's peak hours limit reduction for Pro and Max plans (Anthropic) [4d]
- SpaceX signs an agreement with Anthropic to provide access to Colossus 1, and says Anthropic expressed interest in partnering for orbital compute capacity (xAI) [4d]
- Anthropic updates Claude Managed Agents with "dreaming", a scheduled process that reviews recent work and updates memory, available in research preview (Frederic Lardinois/The New Stack) [4d]
- Sources: DeepSeek is in talks to raise $3B to $4B led by China's national AI fund, valuing DeepSeek at up to $50B (Reuters) [4d]
- London-based Ethos, which lets companies use AI for hiring, including for voice interviews and profile analysis, raised a $22.75M Series A led by a16z (Ana-Maria Stanciuc/The Next Web) [4d]
- Google DeepMind takes a minority stake in the maker of Eve Online, a multiplayer role playing game set in outer space, and plans to train its tech on the game (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg) [4d]
- SCOTUS rejects Apple's request to temporarily block a judicial order in the Epic Games lawsuit that found Apple in violation of court-mandated App Store changes (Mike Scarcella/Reuters) [4d]
- The UK FCA says it is investigating PayPal, Mastercard, and Visa for alleged anti-competitive behavior, in a rare antitrust investigation by the regulator (Laith Al-Khalaf/Financial Times) [4d]
- Google updates AI Mode and AI Overviews to add "a preview of perspectives" from firsthand sources like social media and Reddit, presented as "Expert Advice" (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge) [4d]
- Morgan Stanley rolls out a crypto trading pilot on E*Trade, charging clients lower prices than Coinbase and Robinhood, ahead of a wider launch later in 2026 (Hannah Levitt/Bloomberg) [4d]
- Apple's R&D spending hit 10.3% of revenue in Q2, up from 7.6% in Q1 and 9% in Q2 2025, amid the AI boom; Q2 revenue rose 17% YoY, while R&D jumped 34% YoY (CNBC) [4d]
- Nvidia is investing $500M in Corning as part of its partnership to expand US manufacturing of fiber optics for AI infrastructure; GLW jumps 20%+ pre-market (Nicholas G. Miller/Wall Street Journal) [4d]
- reMarkable Paper Pure review: the new $399 e-paper slate has a great display, responsiveness, and design, but no backlight or typing, and some software issues (Daniel Cooper/Engadget) [4d]
- Magnitt: startup funding in the Middle East and North Africa was flat YoY at $799M in Q1 amid the Iran war; Saudi VC firms are pressing ahead with fundraising (Yassmin Jabri/Bloomberg) [4d]
- A profile of David Sacks, appointed as White House AI adviser in December 2024, who has a ruthless devotion to self-interest and helped pass the GENIUS Act (George Packer/The Atlantic) [4d]
- 'Not just an aircraft': US Navy MQ-25 Stingray drone hit a major milestone with maiden flight — largest US UAV ever built set to become world's first autonomous tanker to take flight from an aircraft carrier and maybe feature in a Top Gun movie one day [4d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, May 7 (game #1564) [4d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, May 7 (game #1061) [4d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, May 7 (game #795) [4d]
- Vine is coming back, and it’s being relaunched by the guy who killed it — say hello to Jack Dorsey’s Divine, a TikTok and Instagram Stories rival with a ferocious ambition to end AI slop [4d]
- North Korean hackers target gamers with trojanized platform - here's what to look out for [4d]
- This foldable, futuristic neck massager will heat your aching muscles and talk to you while it does so — yes, really [4d]
- 'Putting the whole Earth into a computer’: Chinese scientists use supercomputers to solve one of Yellowstone’s most enduring volcanic mysteries — and now want to create a digital twin of our planet to predict its future [4d]
- ‘AI capabilities that did not exist at the time’: Delayed Siri features have cost Apple a massive $250 million, and iPhone users could get up to $95 per device [4d]
- AMD's CEO predicts 'higher memory and component costs' later this year — so brace yourself for Radeon GPU price hikes [4d]
- 'Change in technology that will reshape medicine': Leading medical experts say new AI reasoning models are so good they outperform even the best specialist doctors when it comes to diagnosing some of the world's most mysterious cases [4d]
- Tesla recalls all of its ‘budget’ Cybertrucks over fears that the wheels might fall off [4d]
- Tired of blurry pictures from your video doorbell? Blink just launched its first doorbell with 2K video — and it's only $50 [4d]
- How to watch M.I.A. from anywhere in the world – stream the new show from Ozark creator online [4d]
- I asked ChatGPT for the best TV to watch the World Cup — and it’s actually spot on [4d]
- Experts warn 'evolving AI is like an invasive species — it adapts to survive in ways we cannot predict': A new study says unchecked models are a risk to humanity, as it’s inevitable for autonomous systems to follow the path of Darwinian evolution [4d]
- Apple removes more Mac mini and Mac Studio models from sale, as CEO Tim Cook warns it 'may take several months to reach supply demand balance' [4d]
- The Garmin Fenix 7 Pro got a huge 4.5-star recommendation from us — and it can be snapped up for just £400 at Go Outdoors and Decathlon right now [4d]
- Researcher reveals official White House app is one command away from tracking your precise location every 4.5 minutes – app can also inject code to dodge cookie consent, GDPR banners, and paywalls [4d]
- 23 top tech offers I'd buy from the latest Currys Epic Deals sale — get up to 40% off Apple, Ninja, Garmin, Dyson, and more [4d]
- ‘Paper slows us down; it gives us room to think like humans’: reMarkable’s R&D team on ‘protecting the human advantage’ in the workplace and why now is the right time for its affordable Paper Pure tablet [4d]
- I searched Amazon’s entire Mother’s Day sale — these are the 12 deals worth buying from Ninja, Dyson, KitchenAid, and other brands [4d]
- What could go wrong? A fully electronic braking system is being built into a car for the first time [4d]
- Experts warn Microsoft Phone Link tool exploited by 'unknown threat' to steal SMS and OTP info [4d]
- Freshworks and Coinbase announce more than 1 in 10 jobs to go as companies replace workforce with AI technologies — tech company layoffs near 100K in 2026 alone [4d]
- Amazon teases its Prime Day sale in June with early device deals — Echo, Ring, and Kindle from $14.99 [4d]
- ‘Eva Green is not vibing with her surroundings’ — can these smart sensors help me keep my houseplants alive? [4d]
- I tested the LG C6 over two weeks — it's a notable upgrade over its predecessor, and sets the bar for mid-range OLED TVs in 2026 [4d]
- ExpressVPN sharpens its desktop apps with faster controls and better accessibility — the updates are now live on Mac, Windows, and Linux [4d]
- Google will now pay up to $1.5 million for finding Android and Chrome security bugs, says it has 'greatly appreciated collaborating with the researcher community' [4d]
- The Hoover HF3 DynamicClean is a feather-light budget cordless stick vacuum that gets the basics right [4d]
- Russia's censor body, Roskomnadzor, wants to block 92% of VPN apps by 2030 — and it's investing 20 billion rubles a year to build a permanent VPN censorship system [4d]
- Google is bringing Gemini to Mac in a bid to help organize your files and much more [4d]
- How to watch Mint from anywhere – it's *FREE* [4d]
- Daredevil: Born Again season 3 will put a specific Marvel hero at the heart of its story — and answer a huge, longstanding question about them after their Netflix show's cancellation [4d]
- A new Passenger teaser claims this is 'not your average horror movie' — but it's up against some huge original releases in May [4d]
- 'Protection isn't a setting you turn on; it's the foundation' — Norton Neo's new update makes it the ultimate AI browser with an adaptive built-in VPN, anti-phishing, and anti-tracking tools that work by default [4d]
- Anthropic rolls out a host of new AI agents to target 'the most time-consuming work in financial services' [4d]
- Why a staggering 42% of business AI projects are currently failing [4d]
- How to watch Bayern Munich vs PSG: Free Streams, TV Schedule and Preview for Champions League semi-final 2nd leg [4d]
- AI agents now commit and conceal cybercrimes on their own [4d]
- Sender review [4d]
- Four key areas in cybersecurity that need fresh thinking and actionable steps in 2026 [4d]
- The Vimeo data breach exposed personal information of 119,000 people [4d]
- A robot hand wiping some egg off its fingers with a towel is the most bizarrely human thing you'll see a robot do all week, and it's just the beginning [4d]
- Why messy data will make your company’s AI bill much higher than expected [4d]
- Google Home is rolling out its spring update, and your Nest camera app is about to get some handy improvements — and there are more automation capabilities on the way [4d]
- ChatGPT painted a picture of what my life might look like in three years — here’s how you can make the AI your visual oracle [4d]
- OpenAI finally fixed the most annoying thing about ChatGPT — and I'm already noticing the difference [4d]
- Kasperky warns popular Daemon Tools app backdoored by hackers to target specific victims [4d]
- Older Amazon Fire TV devices are set to lose support for HBO Max, due to a lack of software updates as Amazon switches to its new 'Vega' operating system, and it could affect 'millions' — I hope you already caught up with The Pitt… [4d]
- I cannot stop doodling on the reMarkable Paper Pure, a new tablet that drops some premium features to bring digital paper back to those who miss handwritten notes — but I wouldn't mind a little AI assistance [4d]
- Roomba Inventor Now Wants You to Own an AI Robot Pet [4d]
- Amazon Blink Unveils Its Most Advanced Video Doorbells for New Budget Choices [4d]
- Surprise! Nintendo's StarFox Remake Hits Switch 2 on June 25 [4d]
- Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for May 7, #591 [4d]
- Google Search Will Start Showing You More Ways to Go Down Rabbit Holes [4d]
- Google Chrome Might Have Installed an AI Model Onto Your Device Without You Knowing [4d]
- Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for May 7, #1061 [4d]
- Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for May 7, #1783 [4d]
- Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for May 7 #795 [4d]
- This Four Tool Head 3D Printer Is So Much Fun I Gave It an Editors' Choice Award [4d]
- Google DeepMind Will Train AI Models on the MMORPG Eve Online [4d]
- Relax, Xbox Owners: Copilot's Not Invading Your Game Console [4d]
- How to Collect on Apple's $250 Million AI iPhone Settlement [4d]
- You Can Now Sign Up for Hulu Plus Live TV via Fubo [4d]
- 'Legally Blonde' Prequel 'Elle' Gets New Pinkified Teaser Trailer [4d]
- 'The Bear': The Fifth and Final Season Has a Premiere Date [4d]
- World Cup 2026: Peacock Adds New Streaming Features for Spanish-Language Coverage [4d]
- Google Will Show You Things You Didn't Ask for in AI Overview Searches [4d]
- Champions League Soccer: Stream Bayern Munich vs. PSG Live [4d]
- Silicon Valley's Cultural Cosplay at the Met Gala Is a Dangerous Smokescreen [4d]
- I Vibe-Coded a Portfolio for My Resume With Claude. It Was Stunning but Riddled With Errors [4d]
- The Shark ChillPill: I’m a Fan of This Fan. This Is Why I’ll Use It All Summer [4d]
- Mindtrip's AI Flight Agent Wants to Solve the Messy Travel Plans Search Engines Can't [4d]
- Ultrahuman Put Its Ring Pro on Kickstarter for Up to 43% Off [4d]
- I Watched 'Harry Potter' Inside an 87-Foot Dome. Here's What It Was Like [4d]
- Remarkable's New Tablet Wins Me Over for Writing and Sketching. And My Kid Loves It, Too [4d]
- Would You Trust This Companion Robot With Your Grandma? CNET Families Gave It a Try [4d]
- Latest on the Memory Shortage, New AI Rules for Oscars, and Custom Passes for iOS 27 | Tech Today video [4d]
- AI agents becoming more relevant than humans by 2035 has Big Tech 'terrified', says Hoskinson [4d]
- Grant Cardone says bitcoin-real estate strategy could outperform REITs, adds more BTC to treasury [4d]
- Nasdaq's president says the SEC’s new crypto stance is letting markets 'build' again [4d]
- Wall Street's clearinghouse seeks 'high-performance' blockchains to tokenize corporate actions [4d]
- Crypto’s mainstream moment has arrived, say industry leaders speaking at Consensus Miami [4d]
- Bitcoin’s post-quantum migration will be harder than Taproot and needs to start now, Project Eleven CEO says [4d]
- Reid Hoffman says NFTs may make a comeback as AI agents strain online identity [4d]
- Spot Bitcoin ETFs solved access, but custody, advisors and plumbing still lag, panelists say [4d]
- U.S. Bitcoin Reserve update coming in 'next few weeks," White House adviser says [4d]
- White House targets July 4 for Clarity Act passage, says crypto adviser Patrick Witt [4d]
- Dominance of Tether and Circle is a net bad for stablecoins, says Bridge executive [4d]
- Anthropic signs Elon Musk's SpaceX for Colossus 1 compute ahead of June IPO [4d]
- Eric Trump takes shot at JPMorgan rethinking bitcoin after 'crapping' on asset [4d]
- The time is now: the Senate must act on crypto market structure legislation [4d]
- Bermuda pushes stablecoin payments with USDC airdrop as it courts crypto firms, regulators [4d]
- Crypto bill won't move without a ban on officials' industry ties, says U.S. Senator Gillibrand [4d]
- The end of ads: Coinbase engineer says AI agents could kill the internet’s favorite business model [4d]
- Kevin O’Leary says Wall Street’s tokenization boom is all talk without crypto rules [4d]
- Crypto Long & Short: In quiet crypto markets, yield is the trade [4d]
- The legal risks and practical considerations of digital asset blacklisting [4d]
- The Protocol: AI Agents form their own firm [4d]
- Hut 8 shares jump over 30% on news of $9.8 billion AI data center lease [4d]
- Consensus Miami Day 2: Real-time coverage and highlights from on the ground [4d]
- NYSE tokenization partners warn synthetic stock tokens could mislead retail traders [4d]
- CoinDesk 20 performance update: Index jumps 2.5%, continuing higher [4d]
- OpenTrade raises $17 million to connect stablecoins to real-world assets [4d]
- Memecoin trades carry rare 'seven-leg' parlay odds, BONK's Nom says at Consensus [4d]
- Colombia wants to mine bitcoin with surplus renewable energy [4d]
- Zcash bets turn into second-largest liquidations behind bitcoin as ZEC rockets 30% [4d]
- Morgan Stanley brings crypto trading with lower fees than rivals [4d]
- Bullish’s Equiniti deal could remake it into a tokenization powerhouse, Clear Street says [4d]
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