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Wizards of the Coast Apologizes After New ‘Hobbit’ One Ring Card Accused of Plagiarism

This weekend's Magic Con event has been shaken up by a 'Magic' artist using a fellow artist's work to create his 'Hobbit' card art.

Under Ternus, Apple Is Reportedly Entering a Spendy New Era

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

In Harvard study, AI offered more accurate diagnoses than emergency room 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.

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.

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.

AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars

Bad news for Tilly Norwood.

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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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People who can’t stop offering to help carry things, refill drinks, or load the dishwasher at someone else’s house aren’t well-raised, they grew up in homes where being useful was the price of being welcome

Compulsive helpfulness at other people's homes often gets read as good manners. The pattern underneath is usually something else: a childhood lesson that welcome was contingent on being useful, automated decades later in someone else's kitchen.

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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…

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 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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April Was the Worst Ever Month on Record for Crypto Hacks

Drift and Kelp DAO were the two most notable crypto hacks in April, combining for $579 million in losses.

TechCrunch Mobility: How do you issue a ticket to a robotaxi?

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

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.

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Maryland to ban A.I.-driven price increases in grocery stores

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/business/surveillance-pricing-groceries-maryland.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47992349 Points: 215 # Comments: 223

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.

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

Specsmaxxing – On overcoming AI psychosis, and why I write specs in YAML

Article URL: https://acai.sh/blog/specsmaxxing Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47994012 Points: 241 # Comments: 250

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

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: 339 # Comments: 203

Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons

Article URL: https://www.drive.com.au/news/mercedes-benz-commits-to-bringing-back-phycial-buttons/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47997418 Points: 350 # Comments: 197

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

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