The New AI Power Struggle
AI geopolitics is shifting from chip denial to system control, with compute, energy, cloud, and sovereign AI reshaping global power.
Startup CEO Charlie Javice is reportedly angling for a Trump pardon
JPMorgan can't be pleased by any of this.
Zinnia: A modular 64-bit Unix-like kernel written in Rust
Article URL: https://zinnia-os.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48532705 Points: 15 # Comments: 0
Vibe Coder vs. Software Engineer
Article URL: https://yusufaytas.com/vibe-coder-vs-software-engineer Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48532116 Points: 21 # Comments: 0
Chaosnet (1981)
https://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/mit/ai/AIM-628_chaos... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48531449 Points: 29 # Comments: 2
Yserver: A modern X11 server written in Rust
Article URL: https://github.com/joske/yserver Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48531394 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
Bring Siri AI to EU iPhone Users Safely
Article URL: https://siri4eu.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48531986 Points: 5 # Comments: 1
UK may ban social media for children under 16
The U.K. seems to be following Australia's lead in banning a wide swath of social media for teens.
Bavarian Court Tells Gemini It Can’t Be a Real Boy Until It Tells the Truth
Does anyone like Google’s AI summaries? If so, they weren’t on the Judge’s bench in a specific Bavarian courtroom recently, where it was ruled that yes, Google is liable for the hallucinations of its search engine AI. This was a civil case brought by a pair of Munich...
A rare sticker-sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. just sold for $3 million
Mamma mia!
Chaosnet
Article URL: https://tumbleweed.nu/r/lm-3/uv/amber.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48531449 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Rome Fell and Nobody Noticed
Article URL: https://friedkielbasa.substack.com/p/rome-fell-and-nobody-noticed Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48530841 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
Kindle Unlimited costs $11.99 per month, but here’s how to pay less
Here are some ways you can get a Kindle Unlimited membership at a discounted price.
A clear fishing wire is tied around the island of Manhattan
Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/boea4v/a_clear_fishing_wire_is_tied_around_the_island_of/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48530290 Points: 13 # Comments: 0
Apple reportedly has three more iOS 27 features coming in the fall
Apple is still holding some of its iOS 27 cards close to its chest.
FTX’s former Anthropic stake would be worth about $75B at today’s valuation
FTX held a diluted 7.84% stake in Anthropic, according to Reuters.Anthropic’s latest reported valuation is around $965B.That implies the former FTX stake would be worth about $75B before further dilution.FTX’s customer shortfall was roughly $8B to $9B.The estate sold...
Show HN: Kage – Shadow any website to a single binary for offline viewing
Article URL: https://github.com/tamnd/kage Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48529990 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Why not yserver? It’s Xserver, but Rust-y.
If you’re not into Wayland as a display manager, it seems like your options are slowly dwindling. Xorg isn’t exactly a hotbed of activity, and the one fork everyone knows about is best known as a political lightning rod. Luckily, Rust developers can apparently never...
Linux 7.1
Article URL: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wi4BF4bMhZNZ1tqs+FFV4OuZRe3ZqdWB+LxRLmRweUzQw@mail.gmail.com/T/#u Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528729 Points: 16 # Comments: 0
Swiss voters reject proposal to cap population at ten million
Article URL: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-politics/swiss-voters-reject-proposal-to-cap-population-at-ten-million/91548146 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48529149 Points: 5 # Comments: 1
Your Kindle could unlock thousands of free books: These are the best places to find them
Our self-proclaimed Scroogian (cheapskate) book-loving writer has put together a guide on finding free books for your Kindle.
As AI companies race to go public, who else is along for the ride?
Startups are trying to "ride that SpaceX IPO wave."
Anbernic now has a store page where you can buy replacement parts for its handhelds
Customers can order new joysticks, batteries, screens and more.
Rio de Janeiro’s “homegrown” LLM appears to be a merge of an existing model
Article URL: https://github.com/nex-agi/Nex-N2/issues/4 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528371 Points: 4 # Comments: 1
TechCrunch Mobility: SpaceX rockets past Tesla
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.
The TechBeat: Understanding the Design Philosophy Behind the Linux Filesystem (6/14/2026)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## The Postgres Developer's Guide to Vector Index Tradeoffs By @tigerdata...
Function Calling vs. MCP Tool Calling: What Nobody Tells You Before You Choose
From someone who's had to explain both approaches to a risk committee — and a compliance team — in the same week. I work on AI products for banking and insurance. That context matters for everything I'm about to say. When we started building AI-assisted workflows —...
178 Blog Posts To Learn About Saas Startups
Let's learn about Saas Startups via these 178 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. SaaS (Software as a Service) startups are newly...
TextGrad Framework: The Future of Compound AI Optimization
Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction TEXTGRAD: Optimizing AI systems by backpropagating text feedback Results 3.1 Code optimization 3.2 Solution optimization by test-time training to improve problem solving 3.3 Prompt optimization for reasoning 3.4 Molecule...
I indexed 669 GB of my GoPro videos using my M1 Max computer and local ML models
TLDR: I had 2,207 GoPro videos, and I need to rewatch them to find interesting moments from my cycling journey. I built a project to index them locally on my M1 Max using open-source ML models, search for those moments, and send the best clips straight to my DaVinci...