Today so far 2026-09-08 · 00:00 UTC

OpenAI's chief scientist is warning that AI labs may need to slow down their development pace, a cautionary note that comes as the industry grapples with safety and oversight concerns highlighted by stories like AI models running real businesses and making costly mistakes. Meanwhile, privacy and safety issues continue to plague major tech companies, with reports that LG TVs may still listen even when powered off and a Tesla fatality involving Full Self-Driving raising fresh questions about consumer trust in connected devices and autonomous systems.

Native all the way, until you need text

A experienced native macOS/iOS developer describes struggling to build a simple chat app with Markdown support using Apple's native frameworks (SwiftUI, AppKit, TextKit), discovering that fundamental…

2026-05-17 · 11:49 UTC
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Every AI Subscription Is a Ticking Time Bomb for Enterprise

2026-05-17 · 11:49

Major AI providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are deliberately pricing subscriptions far below their actual…

Photo GIMP – A Patch for GIMP 3 for Photoshop Users

2026-05-17 · 11:18

Klaxon a livr earthquake map with no back end

2026-05-17 · 11:06

Malta offers all its citizens free access to ChatGPT Plus for one year

2026-05-17 · 10:05

The adoption of artificial intelligence is progressing rapidly in several countries, especially in education and public…

When can the C++ compiler devirtualize a call?

2026-05-17 · 08:58

Writing Z80 assembly, 4 decades later:-)

2026-05-17 · 08:55

Playing Atari ST Music on the Amiga with Zero CPU

2026-05-17 · 08:00

A developer created a method to play Atari ST music on an Amiga computer using zero CPU by leveraging the Amiga's PAULA…

kharp – k version 3 Language Interpreter in C#

2026-05-17 · 07:44

Ksharp is a C# implementation of the K programming language (version 3), a vector programming language from the APL…

The $40 Billion Opportunity: Why Nubank and Revolut Are Betting Big on Mexico

2026-05-17 · 06:30

Revolut and Nubank, two large neobanks, are now reaping the benefits of investing in Mexico, reaching milestones…

Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools

2026-05-17 · 06:17

Mozilla has urged UK regulators against age-gating virtual private networks (VPNs), arguing that restricting access to…

Show HN: Codiff, a local diff review tool

2026-05-17 · 05:30

Nowadays I review a lot of code locally that was written by llms. I used to review my own code using git + delta.

Tesla Solar Roof is on life support as it pivot to panels

2026-05-17 · 04:09

Grafana Labs internal source code accessed

2026-05-17 · 03:48

Hosting a website on an 8-bit microcontroller

2026-05-17 · 01:25

Self-Distillation Enables Continual Learning [PDF]

2026-05-17 · 01:19

Fisker went bankrupt and owners built an open source car company from the ashes

2026-05-16 · 23:59

After Fisker Inc.

A Nicer Voltmeter Clock

2026-05-16 · 22:45

MCP Hello Page

2026-05-16 · 22:25

Zerostack – A Unix-inspired coding agent written in pure Rust

2026-05-16 · 22:23

I tried to make Claude make me money on open-source bounties

2026-05-16 · 22:13

Ask HN: When did computers stop being fun?

2026-05-16 · 22:02

Of course I don't mean they stopped being fun for everyone.

asp-classic-emulator: Run ASP Classic on macOS, Linux and BSD

2026-05-16 · 21:16

The haves and have nots of the AI gold rush

2026-05-16 · 20:17

The vibes around the current AI boom aren't great, even in the tech industry.

OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

2026-05-16 · 20:14

Marketing operating system Nectar Social raises $30M Series A led by Menlo

2026-05-16 · 19:26

AI-powered marketing platform Nectar Social announced Thursday that it raised a $30 million Series A round led by Menlo…

Strategy to repurchase $1.5B of 2029 convertible notes

2026-05-16 · 19:03

The notes carry a 0% coupon, but can be converted into equity in the company if holders choose to redeem their notes for…

Halt and Catch Fire

2026-05-16 · 18:16

Show HN: Daily vibe-coding video games, day 33: Tower Defense (single prompt)

2026-05-16 · 18:11

I'm using AI (mostly Claude) to create/publish a new video game every dayThis is day 33, first stab at the tower defense…

I 3D Printed Origami [video]

2026-05-16 · 18:02
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