The advertising cartel coming to your web browser
Article URL: https://blog.zgp.org/the-advertising-cartel-coming-to-your-web-browser/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375175 Points: 100 # Comments: 31
Microsoft announces Majorana 2 quantum computing chip — claims a practical machine will come in 2029
Microsoft's Majorana 2 quantum computing chip switches to lead-based materials. Microsoft is accelerating its roadmap and expects a practical machine in 2029.
Open Repair Data Standard – Open Repair Alliance
Article URL: https://openrepair.org/open-data/open-standard/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375150 Points: 67 # Comments: 2
Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left
Article URL: https://moddedbear.com/gmail-thinks-im-stupid-so-i-left Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375016 Points: 469 # Comments: 272
iOS 27 could make AirPods a lot more powerful with one upgrade
iOS 27’s unveiling is almost here, and Siri’s major overhaul is set to make not only the iPhone feel far more powerful, but AirPods too. more…
Microsoft Build 2026: The 7 biggest announcements
Microsoft just kicked off Build 2026 with a keynote from CEO Satya Nadella and other company leaders. As expected, it was filled with announcements, ranging from new Surface hardware to an always-on personal assistant and updates across Microsoft's in-house AI models. If you didn't watch the even...
He Blew the Whistle on DOGE. Then His Brakes Were Cut
A federal IT staffer filed a complaint about DOGE, then went public. Shortly after Elon Musk boosted a post calling his claims false, his brake lines were cut. Now he’s suing for defamation.
Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in 4 months
Uber's cutback has occurred after the company had reportedly encouraged staff to use AI as much as possible.
HP re-releases classic computer science calculator: The HP-16C
Article URL: https://hpcalcs.com/product/hp-16c-collectors-edition/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48374685 Points: 87 # Comments: 58
Feds failing in bid to take a supercomputer from a climate research center
The National Center for Atmospheric Research won't be losing its supercomputer.
New Microsoft tool lets devs spin up AI behavior tests using text descriptions
Microsoft on Tuesday took the wraps off Adaptive Spec-driven Scoring for Evaluation and Regression Testing, an open source framework for spinning up AI evaluations.
Show HN: Edsger – A handwritten Clojure REPL for the reMarkable 2
Article URL: https://handwritten.danieljanus.pl/2026-06-01-edsger.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48374552 Points: 51 # Comments: 12
Asus unveils its first Wi-Fi 8 router — ROG Rapture GT-BN98 Pro offers up to 2x real-world throughput uplift over Wi-Fi 7
Wi-Fi 8 is aimed at improving real-world performance over Wi-Fi 7
Microsoft CEO: We’re moving from OS and apps to agents instead
Today, Microsoft Build brought the announcement of Project Solara, a new chip-to-cloud platform for AI agents. With the reveal, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared an interesting quote on the company’s vision for an agent-first computing future. more…
Launch HN: Rudus (YC P26) – AI for concrete contractors
Hi HN, we’re Rishi and Sahil. We’ve developed Rudus (https://www.rudus.ai/), an AI-powered takeoff and estimation platform built for concrete subcontractors. Takeoff is the process of measuring and quantifying materials from concrete plan sheets. Rudus identifies every concrete structure (footing...
MAI-Code-1-Flash
https://microsoft.ai/models/mai-code-1-flash/ https://microsoft.ai/pdf/MAI-Code-1-Flash-Model-Card.PDF Launching seven new MAI models: https://microsoft.ai/news/building-a-hillclimbing-machine-la... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48374466 Points: 306 # Comments: 143
MAI-Thinking-1
https://microsoft.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/main_2026060... Launching seven new MAI models: https://microsoft.ai/news/building-a-hillclimbing-machine-la... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48374362 Points: 157 # Comments: 68
Cisco sings Mythos' praises - but doesn't say how many bugs the model uncovered
Meanwhile, Anthropic adds 150 partners to Project Glasswing
Trump signs executive order to review AI models before they’re released
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday creating a "voluntary framework" for AI companies to share their frontier models with the federal government before they're released "to promote secure innovation and strengthen the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure." The order says ...
A startup, Everand, is now bundling e-books, audiobooks, and book clubs in challenge to Amazon
A new reading subscription from Everand offers access to both e-books and audiobooks, and Fable's book club community.