Today so far 2026-09-03 · 12:00 UTC

The tech industry is grappling with significant security and regulatory developments, as Anthropic admits to security failures behind Claude hacking incidents and a METR report details openAI and Hugging Face hacking incidents, highlighting vulnerabilities in AI systems. Meanwhile, major corporate moves include Palo Alto Networks paying $500M for Thrive-backed Console and an AI training data startup becoming Y Combinator's fastest-ever unicorn, signaling continued investment in AI infrastructure despite security concerns. On the regulatory front, Google was spared from an ad-business breakup but faces ordered operational changes, and NYC has banned AI in schools, reflecting growing tensions between technological innovation and governance.

Show HN: Garden of Flowers – an archive of pictorial typography before ASCII art

Hey all, I made this. The archive started with my 2015 BA thesis on Amiga ASCII art when I was curious about the history of ASCII art but found very little on text art that came before it.

2026-06-16 · 04:25 UTC
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Global Online Trading Industry Set to Converge for iFX EXPO International 2026

2026-06-16 · 04:10

LIMASSOL, CYPRUS – 16 June 2026 Limassol is set to welcome the global online trading industry this week as iFX EXPO…

Microsoft turns to AWS as GitHub faces AI capacity crunch

2026-06-16 · 02:47

Microsoft is supplementing GitHub's infrastructure with Amazon Web Services capacity to handle a surge in AI-driven…

Cathie Wood’s ARK Grabs 3.3M SpaceX Shares as Starlink Fuels Bull Case

2026-06-16 · 02:30

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest moved quickly into SpaceX after Elon Musk’s space company began trading, buying nearly 3.3…

Humanity isn't ready for the coming intelligence explosion

2026-06-16 · 02:00

Amazon Announces Multibillion-Dollar Data Center in Missouri

2026-06-16 · 00:28

Amazon Web Services is investing over a billion dollars to build a data center campus in Montgomery County, Missouri,…

Reviews have become expensive, rewrites have become cheap

2026-06-16 · 00:13

Show HN: Claude Code for Visual Studio (native diff with accept/reject)

2026-06-15 · 23:15

VS Code and JetBrains have official Claude Code IDE integration, but Visual Studio doesn't.

Banned Book Library in a Wi-Fi Smart Light Bulb

2026-06-15 · 22:37

A developer created a "Banned Book Library" by hacking WiFi smart light bulbs to function as inconspicuous access points…

Why I Email Complete Strangers

2026-06-15 · 21:57

The author argues that email, despite being over 50 years old, remains a uniquely valuable communication tool because it…

The US government’s Anthropic models ban was never about an AI jailbreak

2026-06-15 · 21:50

The Trump administration's decision that forced Anthropic to pull its latest cybersecurity models could be reactionary,…

Elon Musk Loses Again to OpenAI as Judge Dismisses xAI Trade Secret Lawsuit

2026-06-15 · 21:05

A federal judge handed Elon Musk his second defeat against OpenAI after finding xAI failed to show OpenAI improperly…

Commander Keen Games (free book)

2026-06-15 · 20:30

US battery manufacturing output continues to break records

2026-06-15 · 20:28

US battery manufacturing output reached a record index level of 243.28 in June 2026 (on a 2017 baseline of 100),…

Nvidia’s $20 billion debt boom reinforces Bitcoin miners' AI pivot

2026-06-15 · 20:15

Nvidia’s planned bond sale reinforces booming AI infrastructure demand, strengthening the case for Bitcoin miners…

I Love the Computer

2026-06-15 · 20:14

The author reflects on their lifelong love of computers, beginning with an IBM 486 they encountered at age six or seven…

UK to ban social media for kids under 16, may impose overnight curfews

2026-06-15 · 20:14

Critics say bans push kids to riskier alternatives and can be beaten with VPNs.

What job interviews taught me about Kubernetes

2026-06-15 · 20:12

During recent job interviews, the author discovered that Kubernetes adoption has become nearly universal among companies…

US Government Reportedly Allowing Federal Data Center Rules to Expire

2026-06-15 · 20:06

The U.S.

A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer

2026-06-15 · 20:00

A developer received a suspicious LinkedIn job offer from a recruiter asking him to review a GitHub repository, which…

Rio de Janeiro Built an AI Model That Beat DeepSeek—But Was Based on Someone Else's Work

2026-06-15 · 19:43

Rio de Janeiro released a frontier-class AI model that claimed to beat Alibaba's best. Then Nex showed up with receipts.

Nvidia’s $20 billion debt boom reinforces Bitcoin miners' AI pivot

2026-06-15 · 19:15

Nvidia’s planned bond sale reinforces booming AI infrastructure demand, strengthening the case for Bitcoin miners…

Chipmaker Nvidia seeks to raise over $25B in first bond deal since 2021

2026-06-15 · 19:07

Debt sale set to test investor appetite for further exposure to AI sector amid a deluge of borrowing.

The Alaska Server

2026-06-15 · 18:37

A defunct 2U rackmount server branded "Alaska" was recently discovered to have originated from Alaska Artic Power, a…

Around 200 Stanford students walk out as Google CEO takes stage

2026-06-15 · 18:34

Meta’s new ‘AI Mode’ on Facebook pulls from public info across its platforms

2026-06-15 · 18:30

Meta announced Monday that it's rolling out a wave of new AI features on Facebook, the latest sign of the company's…

Fox’s $22B Roku acquisition aims to expand its reach into smart TVs, advertising

2026-06-15 · 18:29

Fox plans to take over Roku's streaming hardware, OS, and FAST services.

Anthropic Faces Lawsuit Over Allegedly Misleading Claude AI Pricing

2026-06-15 · 17:57

A class action lawsuit alleges Anthropic overstated the usage limits of its Claude Max subscription plans and misled…

Show HN: Vet turned founder, AI lawn diagnosis

2026-06-15 · 17:56

I know, it's kind of weird.

Game Engine White Papers Commander Keen

2026-06-15 · 17:52
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