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Under Ternus, Apple Is Reportedly Entering a Spendy New Era

Tim Cook was famous for funneling money directly to shareholders. That could be ending.

Lego’s New ‘Mandalorian & Grogu’ Set Confirms a Very Silly Name Change

So says 'The Mandalorian and Grogu,' this name ain't big enough for a bounty hunter's dog and a dead-ish Inquisitor to share.

Ask.com Is Dead, and I’m Begging Its Owners Not to Bring AskJeeves Back as a Chatbot

Let AskJeeves recede into the fog of millennial nostalgia. Permanently.

Open Channel: What Are (Still) Your Favorite Infinity Saga Movies?

The twin anniversaries of 'Thor' and 'Captain America: Civil War' have us curious about the Infinity Saga movies you continue to be fond of.

X, the Platform of Free Speech

Gil Durán, posting on Bluesky: It’s official! I’m permanently banned from X for tweeting “TLDR: Fascism.” (appeal denied) “TLDR: Fascism” was Durán’s two-word response to this 1,000-word essay from Palantir describing their vision for a “Technological Republic”. (Alternative link…

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From Revenue Dip To ₹850 Cr IPO: How Kissht Turned It Around

At a time when some of the prominent new-age firms in India have been recalibrating their decisions of listing in…

Eternal’s Triple Bet Faces Profitability Test

Deepinder Goyal stepped down as group CEO of Eternal, effective February 1, 2026, handing over the reins to Albinder Dhindsa.…

Kissht’s IPO Pitch, Weekly Funding Rebounds & More

Kissht’s Road To IPO Kissht’s IPO lands at an inopportune moment. Despite the raging market volatility and the conflict in…

I noticed I have been saying I am tired for ten years when the more accurate word is unwitnessed, and tired was just the version of the truth that nobody would follow up on

After a decade of defaulting to the word 'tired,' I realised it was never the truth — just the version of the truth nobody would follow up on. On emotional labour, the cost of vague vocabulary, and the word I was actually looking for.

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I noticed last month that I have been turning down invitations not because I don’t want to go, but because saying yes used to mean rearranging my life around someone else’s plan, and I’m still flinching at a contract nobody is asking me to sign anymore

I kept declining invitations I actually wanted to accept. Then I noticed the reflex was protecting me from a deal nobody was offering — a contract I'd signed in childhood that had quietly expired without my body being told.

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Snabbit’s Micromarket Push

First, groceries arrived in 10 minutes. Now, even house help is going instant. India is seeing the rise of a…

‘2 Letters From Steve’

I don’t want to spoil any of this story from David Gelphman, which he wrote back in 2013, but which I only came across this week. Go read it. But before you do, one bit of context you should keep in mind is that the original iPad was unveiled at a special Apple event on 27 Januar…

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This tiny, magnetic e-reader could stop you from doomscrolling

The Xteink X3 is a delightfully tiny, MagSafe-compatible e-ink reader that attaches to the back of your phone like a Pop Socket.

In Harvard study, AI offered more accurate emergency room diagnoses than two human doctors

A new study examines how large language models perform in a variety of medical contexts, including real emergency room cases — where at least one model seemed to be more accurate than human doctors.

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Why TUIs are back

Article URL: https://wiki.alcidesfonseca.com/blog/why-tuis-are-back/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48000028 Points: 292 # Comments: 309

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Hackaday Links: May 3, 2026

Software that collects public data from the Internet and uses it to provide half-assed answers to your questions might seem like a modern craze, but today we bid farewell to …read more

DeepClaude – Claude Code agent loop with DeepSeek V4 Pro, 17x cheaper

Article URL: https://github.com/aattaran/deepclaude Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48002136 Points: 272 # Comments: 112

True-Spectrum Photography with Structural Color

Although modern cameras can, with skill and good conditions, produce photographs nearly indistinguishable from the original scene, this fidelity relies on the limitations of human vision. According to the trichromatic …read more

Three-Axis Camera Slider From 3D Printer Parts

There’s a great reason 3D printers are made with things like extruded aluminum rails and other commodity, off-the-shelf parts. These things are designed not only for ease of construction and …read more

iPod Nano Gets Three Monitors

Triple monitor workstations are pretty common these days, particularly for those wishing to maximise screen space for greater productivity. [Will It Work?] has put together a sillier take on this …read more

New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag

Article URL: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/attributed-to-banksy-a-new-statue-of-a-suited-man-blinded-by-a-flag-and-walking-off-a-ledge-appeared-in-central-london-180988662/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48000152 Points: 312 # Comments: 297

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EP213: MCP vs Skills, Clearly Explained

Both MCP and Skills extend what an agent can do. But they solve different problems, and picking the wrong one adds cost or complexity you don't need.

Agentic Coding Is a Trap

Article URL: https://larsfaye.com/articles/agentic-coding-is-a-trap Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48002442 Points: 280 # Comments: 189