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Aluminium OS: Google’s ‘Android for PC’ OS for Googlebooks
Update: I originally posted this item thinking the aluminium-os.com website was official. It’s not. And the fact that it’s not is only mentioned in small print in the page footer. My bad, and my apologies for not noticing. No wonder I thought the descriptions were so un-Google-li…
aluminium-os.com
The Download: China’s AI drama factory and the WHO’s missing health targets
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How Chinese short dramas became AI content machines China’s short drama industry is fueled by bite-sized, melodramatic, and smutty shows built…
MIT Technology Review
Google’s Spam Policies Now Apply to Attempts to Manipulate AI
It's a GEO world now, we're just living in it.
gizmodo.com
Intel’s NUCs Live On… as an Excessive Asus Mini Gaming PC
The Asus ROG NUC 16 seems like an excellent console-like PC until you see its supposed price.
gizmodo.com
New ‘Gundam Wing’ ‘Visual Project’ in the Works
Bandai Namco announced the mysterious new project at the recent Gundam Conference.
gizmodo.com
General Catalyst posted VC rage bait and it worked, especially on a16z
Compulsive X user Marc Andreessen himself couldn't resist responding, many, many times.
techcrunch.com
International tech
DeepCybo: Beijing Startup Betting on First-Person Human Data for Embodied AGI
Beijing AI startup DeepCybo, founded by Chen Kai, has raised hundreds of millions of RMB pursuing embodied AGI through first-person human video data—now validated by Tesla, NVIDIA, and Figure AI pivoting to the same approach.
pandaily.com
IPO-bound Anthropic reportedly agrees on terms for $30Bn funding at massive $900Bn valuation
Anthropic has reportedly agreed terms for a massive $30 billion funding round… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
thetechportal.com
The Data Cage: Why Your 360-Degree Customer Profile Is Dead on Arrival
On Monday, a customer calls support to flag a billing issue. By Wednesday, they receive a promotional email pushing an…
inc42.com
Oracle’s Palanivel Saravanan On Building AI-Ready Infrastructure For Startups to Scale
Over the past decade, India’s cloud ecosystem has moved from being an enterprise-led, cost-optimisation layer to becoming a foundational driver…
inc42.com
Lightrock Eyes Investments In Growth Stage Indian Startups From $500 Mn Energy Fund
PE fund Lightrock expects to allocate a meaningful percentage to India from its new $500 Mn energy-focused fund ‘Accelerate7’, which…
inc42.com
SMIC: AI Boom Drives Power Management Chip Demand, Automotive BCD Platform in High Demand
SMIC (中芯国际) co-CEO Zhao Haijun reports AI boom is boosting demand for power management and data transmission chips, tightening memory supply chains and driving strong orders for the company's automotive-grade analog BCD platform.
pandaily.com
Striking New Views of the First Atomic Bomb Test
Editor’s note: If you’d like to pinpoint the instant when the world entered the nuclear age, 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain War Time on 16 July 1945, is an excellent choice. That was the moment when human beings first unleashed the power of the nucleus in an immense, blinding ball of fire…
spectrum.ieee.org
The Talk Show: ‘A Sociopathic Father’
Adam Lisagor returns to the show to talk about Hovercraft, his new virtual presentation camera app for Mac, and how he’s developing it with AI coding tools. Also, delicious Japanese spite sandwich cookies. Sponsored by: Parcel: Track your packages in one place, with native apps …
daringfireball.net
Wanton Destruction of CBS Property
“Good night and good luck, motherfuckers.”  ★
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High Performance Rate Limiting at Databricks
In this article, we look at how Databricks implemented rate limiting at scale, how they shrank the critical path, and the accuracy tradeoff that shrinking usually requires.
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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: 265 # Comments: 124
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Hacking Hard Drive Firmware
You probably flash new firmware on a variety of devices regularly, even though that’s rare for non-technical types. But what about your hard drive firmware? Most of us don’t want …read more
hackaday.com
Mod this IKEA Lamp into Smart Lighting For Not A Lot
The IKEA SKAFTSÄRV is an economical LED accent lamp, but while highly affordable it has only fixed lighting options. [simoneluconi] shows how it can easily be turned into a fully-configurable, …read more
hackaday.com
Adding Capabilities to Inexpensive Solar Modules
Solar power has gotten cheap enough that putting up panels is among the cheapest ways of providing energy. This isn’t just the case for bulk electricity on a power grid, …read more
hackaday.com
The Zulip Foundation
Article URL: https://blog.zulip.com/2026/05/15/announcing-zulip-foundation/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48152168 Points: 230 # Comments: 55
zulip.com
LAST CALL FOR ENROLLMENT: Become an AI Engineer - Cohort 6
Our 6th cohort of Becoming an AI Engineer starts tomorrow, Saturday, May 16. This is a live, cohort-based course created in collaboration with best-selling author Ali Aminian and published by ByteByteGo.
bytebytego.com
California bill would require patches or refunds when online games shut down
Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/05/bill-to-keep-online-games-playable-clears-key-hurdle-in-california/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48152994 Points: 359 # Comments: 214
arstechnica.com
I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis
https://xcancel.com/mitchellh/status/2055380239711457578 https://hachyderm.io/@mitchellh/116580433508108130 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48153379 Points: 879 # Comments: 383
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