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Farewell, Jeeves: Ask.com shuts down

Owner IAC says it's discontinuing its search business.

AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars

Bad news for Tilly Norwood.

It’s Illegal in China to Lay Someone Off to Replace Them with AI, Court Finds

"Employers are prohibited from shifting operating costs to employees."

Netflix delays Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ movie for big theatrical push in 2027

"The Magician's Nephew" looks like a big next step in Netflix's thawing relationship with movie theaters.

Logitech G G512 X Review: The Tasting Menu of a Pro Gaming Keyboard

Logitech’s non-'pro' keyboard is the first switch hitter of the analog switch era.

The best AI dictation apps, tested and ranked

AI-powered dictation apps are useful for replying to emails, taking notes, and even coding through your voice

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Anthropic in early talks to secure custom AI chips from Fractile: Report

Anthropic is reportedly in early discussions with UK-based semiconductor startup Fractile to… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.

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How Coratia Technologies Is Protecting Undersea Data Highways With Marine Robots

Can machines come to the rescue when mankind faces a threat to its digital lifeline? Odisha-based Coratia Technologies is working…

Snabbit’s Micromarket Push

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

Psychology says the people who thrive in high-pressure environments aren’t the most resilient — they’ve just built better systems for knowing when to stop

The most successful people under pressure have discovered what psychology confirms: knowing exactly when to stop pushing isn't weakness — it's the sophisticated system that separates those who burn out from those who sustain peak performance for decades.

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I stopped offering my opinion in family group chats six months ago, no commentary, no reactions, no jumping in to smooth things over, just to see who would notice my absence, and the silence taught me something I had been working hard not to know for about twenty years

I went silent in my family group chat for six months as a quiet experiment. Two people out of fourteen noticed. Here's what the silence revealed about the difference between being needed and being known.

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I’m 37 and I was raised in a house with almost no affection, and the hardest part isn’t missing it, it’s that I still don’t know how to receive it now that it’s finally being offered

Despite decades of studying psychology and mindfulness, nothing prepared me for moments when people reach for a hug and my body's first instinct is to freeze—not from lack of love, but because at 37, I'm still learning the language of physical affection that most people master in…

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What if Dark Matter Doesn’t Actually Exist?

A good chunk of cosmology is riding on whether dark matter exists or not. But what makes us so certain that dark matter is the answer—and what if we're wrong?

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.

More Than a Third of All New Podcasts Are AI-Generated

Synthetic podcasts just keep coming.

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A couple million lines of Haskell: Production engineering at Mercury

Article URL: https://blog.haskell.org/a-couple-million-lines-of-haskell/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47991802 Points: 310 # Comments: 143

Tesla owner won $10k in court for Tesla's FSD lies. Tesla is still fighting him

Article URL: https://electrek.co/2026/05/02/this-tesla-owner-won-10k-in-court-for-teslas-fsd-lies-tesla-is-still-fighting-him/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47991350 Points: 244 # Comments: 118

Six Years Perfecting Maps on WatchOS

Article URL: https://www.david-smith.org/blog/2026/04/29/maps-on-watchos/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47990606 Points: 371 # Comments: 87

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A Tool For Testing CANopen Networks

If you find yourself working with CANopen CC networks, you might find yourself in need of a tool for monitoring what’s happening on the wire. [Michael Fitzmayer] whipped up a …read more

Kimi K2.6 just beat Claude, GPT-5.5, and Gemini in a coding challenge

Article URL: https://thinkpol.ca/2026/04/30/an-open-weights-chinese-model-just-beat-claude-gpt-5-5-and-gemini-in-a-programming-challenge/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47993235 Points: 328 # Comments: 183

Building a C-3PO You Can Really Talk To

C-3PO is one of the more famous movie robots out there. However, we don’t see a lot of replicas built, perhaps because in speech and mannerisms, he’s quite hard to …read more

Photographing The ISS With A Thrift Store Lens Is Challenging

There are plenty of photos of the International Space Station out there on the Internet, but taking your own from ground level is a special challenge. [saveitforparts] recently decided to …read more

Squeezing Fluids With the Right Peristaltic Pump for the Task

Peristaltic pumps are a very simple and effect device for transferring fluids without said fluid ever coming into contact with any part of the pump mechanism. At their core they …read more

Matching Transistors

Transistors in some circuit configurations work together and, frequently, need to be matched. This is so common that you can sometimes find ICs that are just a pair of transistors …read more