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Human Ancestors Were Using Fire Earlier Than Previously Thought. New research is pushing back the clock 700,000 years. Scientists studying the Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa found evidence that early hominins, likely Homo erectus, used fire anywhere from 1.1 to 1.8 million years ago. • Jun 17, 2026 at 8:31 AM • nautil.us • r/science
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Pull Requests are Free Puppies • Jun 17, 2026 at 8:23 AM • youtube.com • Lobsters
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Sixty percent of US consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging is a turnoff • Jun 17, 2026 at 8:11 AM • wpvip.com • Hacker News
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MicroUI – A tiny, portable, immediate-mode UI library written in ANSI C • Jun 17, 2026 at 8:04 AM • github.com/rxi • Hacker News
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The discovery that changed how scientists think about memory • Jun 17, 2026 at 7:09 AM • ibm.com • Hacker News
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the girly wellness aesthetic as a white supremacist dog whistle • Jun 17, 2026 at 7:00 AM • blog.avas.space • Bear
101P
Stop Killing Games Fails To Secure EU Law Despite 1.3 Million Signatures • Jun 17, 2026 at 7:00 AM • dexerto.com • Slashdot
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RFC 10008: The new HTTP Query Method • Jun 17, 2026 at 6:51 AM • rfc-editor.org • Hacker News
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Scientists Find Intriguing Link Between Ozempic and Violent Behavior. The same mechanisms that dampen people's cravings for food might also affect our tendency for violent behavior • Jun 17, 2026 at 6:40 AM • gizmodo.com • r/science
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Harsh critics are the most loyal fans of video game brands. Video gamers are fiercely parochial – to the point of being pointedly critical of their favourite games – but new research shows such passionate critique is a powerful form of brand loyalty, not a rejection. • Jun 17, 2026 at 6:22 AM • news.flinders.edu.au • r/science
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U.S. science is in chaos • Jun 17, 2026 at 5:54 AM • scientificamerican.com • Hacker News
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Show HN: I built 184 free browser tools – PDF, image, dev, AI tasks, no upload • Jun 17, 2026 at 5:48 AM • brevio.pro • Hacker News
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Color picking Oklch for mortals • Jun 17, 2026 at 5:45 AM • hugodaniel.com • Lobsters
260
Show HN: High-Res Neural Cellular Automata • Jun 17, 2026 at 5:28 AM • cells2pixels.github.io • Hacker News
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FIFA site showing the sad state of big corporate sites • Jun 17, 2026 at 5:12 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
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GLM-5.2 is the new leading open weights model on Artificial Analysis • Jun 17, 2026 at 5:12 AM • artificialanalysis.ai • Hacker News
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RFC 10008: The HTTP QUERY Method • Jun 17, 2026 at 4:43 AM • rfc-editor.org • r/programming
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Hacker News but for independent blogs • Jun 17, 2026 at 3:49 AM • bubbles.town • Hacker News
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Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulkan 1.2 • Jun 17, 2026 at 3:33 AM • minecraft.net • Hacker News
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I Could've Rickrolled the Entire FIFA World Cup. All I Needed Was My ID • Jun 17, 2026 at 3:31 AM • bobdahacker.com • Lobsters
207
GLM 5.2 Performance Benchmarks • Jun 17, 2026 at 3:30 AM • artificialanalysis.ai • Hacker News
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The founder's playbook: Building an AI-native startup • Jun 17, 2026 at 3:04 AM • claude.com • Hacker News
79
AI and Brain-Computer Interface Allow Speechless ALS Patient To Work a Full-Time Job • Jun 17, 2026 at 3:00 AM • science.slashdot.org • science.slashdot
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Why do commercial spaces sit vacant? (2025) • Jun 17, 2026 at 2:59 AM • freerange.city • Hacker News
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From Chesterton's fence to Chesterton's gap • Jun 17, 2026 at 2:50 AM • stephantul.github.io • Hacker News
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New QUERY method is about to join GET, POST, PUT, DELETE and PATCH and become part of HTTP standard 🎉 • Jun 17, 2026 at 2:35 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Making GHC upgrades easy • Jun 17, 2026 at 1:47 AM • blog.haskell.org • Lobsters
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Erling Haaland scored twice on his World Cup debut as Norway overcame a spirited Iraq in their opening Group I game at Boston Stadium • Jun 17, 2026 at 1:47 AM • bbc.com • ~sports.football
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Hacking Google with AI for $500,000 • Jun 17, 2026 at 1:27 AM • brutecat.com • ~comp
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NetNewsWire Status • Jun 17, 2026 at 12:30 AM • inessential.com • Hacker News
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US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks • Jun 16, 2026 at 11:55 PM • reuters.com • Hacker News
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DOJ claims xAI's gas turbines are a matter of 'national and energy security' • Jun 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM • techcrunch.com • Hacker News
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Leaked OpenAI financials show $38.5B loss and compute burn • Jun 16, 2026 at 10:47 PM • runtimewire.com • Hacker News
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Den Gamle By, located in Aarhus, Denmark, has claimed the European Museum of the Year Award 2026 • Jun 16, 2026 at 10:35 PM • euronews.com • ~humanities.history
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Origami Boulder • Jun 16, 2026 at 9:46 PM • origamiboulder.com • ~arts
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Stop Killing Games fails to secure EU law despite 1.3M signatures • Jun 16, 2026 at 9:40 PM • dexerto.com • Hacker News
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One of America's most dangerous fault lines reaches highest stress levels in 1,000 years, study finds • Jun 16, 2026 at 9:16 PM • www-foxweather-com.cdn.ampproject.org • r/science
140
What are some seemingly silly things in your life that have practical purposes? • Jun 16, 2026 at 8:40 PM • tildes.net • ~life
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What are your favorite custom games? • Jun 16, 2026 at 8:25 PM • tildes.net • ~games
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How should we think about Starship? • Jun 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM • substack.com • ~space
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Wolfram Language and Mathematica version 15 • Jun 16, 2026 at 7:15 PM • writings.stephenwolfram.com • Hacker News
169
NLnet announces funding for 67 more open-source projects • Jun 16, 2026 at 7:12 PM • nlnet.nl • Hacker News
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Books covering the theory, practice and historical experience of resistance and rebellion • Jun 16, 2026 at 7:07 PM • fivebooks.com • ~books
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Commodore's Callback 8020 Is a $499 Flip Phone That Blocks Social Media and Browsers • Jun 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM • techspot.com • Slashdot
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Humiliating IIS servers for fun and jail time • Jun 16, 2026 at 6:53 PM • mll.sh • Hacker News
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The UK's Teen Social Media Ban Is Political Theater, Not Child Safety Policy • Jun 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM • techdirt.com • Hacker News
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Data Compression Explained (2012) • Jun 16, 2026 at 5:51 PM • mattmahoney.net • Hacker News
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Can gzip be a language model? • Jun 16, 2026 at 5:17 PM • nathan.rs • Lobsters
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Nginx explained in plain English • Jun 16, 2026 at 5:08 PM • sanyamserver.online • r/programming
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Romantic partnerships often act as a buffer against loneliness for most people, but this protective association does not universally extend to asexual individuals. Asexual adults report similar rates of loneliness regardless of relationship status. • Jun 16, 2026 at 5:07 PM • psypost.org • r/science
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it's a mother*&#@ing website • Jun 16, 2026 at 4:54 PM • rnotte.art • Bear
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Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel's Secretive 'Dialog' Society • Jun 16, 2026 at 4:46 PM • wired.com • Hacker News
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GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17 • Jun 16, 2026 at 4:34 PM • discuss.grapheneos.org • Hacker News
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Show HN: cuTile Rust: Safe, data-race-free GPU kernels in Rust • Jun 16, 2026 at 4:17 PM • github.com/nvlabs • Hacker News
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I've always wondered if anyone used sharing buttons on news sites and blogs • Jun 16, 2026 at 4:12 PM • ankursethi.com • Hacker News
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The End Of Open Source: Two Brilliant Engineers In Discussion • Jun 16, 2026 at 4:02 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
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Why is Meta destroying its engineering organization? Great breakdown • Jun 16, 2026 at 3:53 PM • newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com • r/programming
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U.S. pulling ocean sensors a 'shock' for Canadian research as El Niño nears • Jun 16, 2026 at 3:42 PM • timescolonist.com • Hacker News
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Inference cost at scale with napkin math • Jun 16, 2026 at 2:57 PM • injuly.in • Hacker News
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Apple is about to make Hide My Email useless • Jun 16, 2026 at 2:37 PM • arseniyshestakov.com • Hacker News
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A 1969 camera operators' strike created Upstairs Downstairs multiverse • Jun 16, 2026 at 2:24 PM • ironicsans.ghost.io • Hacker News
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But yak shaving is fun • Jun 16, 2026 at 2:18 PM • parksb.github.io • Lobsters
549P
GPT‑NL: a sovereign language model for the Netherlands • Jun 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM • tno.nl • Hacker News
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10Gb/s Ethernet: switching to a Broadcom SFP+ module • Jun 16, 2026 at 1:48 PM • gilesthomas.com • Hacker News
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Claude: Elevated errors across many models [resolved] • Jun 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM • status.claude.com • Hacker News
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Rolls-Royce will build small nuclear power plants for Sweden in a major boost for the British engineering group's ambitions to lead the development of the nascent technology in Europe • Jun 16, 2026 at 1:16 PM • ft.com • ~enviro
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Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books? • Jun 16, 2026 at 1:11 PM • tim.blog • Hacker News
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Yum Brands sells Pizza Hut to private equity firm LongRange Capital and Yum China for $2.7 billion • Jun 16, 2026 at 1:08 PM • cnbc.com • ~food
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'Ghost jobs' could soon be illegal in New York • Jun 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM • fastcompany.com • Hacker News
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The US Government's Anthropic Models Ban Was Never About an AI Jailbreak • Jun 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM • techcrunch.com • yro.slashdot
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Stop Using JWTs • Jun 16, 2026 at 12:49 PM • gist.github.com • Hacker News
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MLB decries use of personal writings on Pride Night hats • Jun 16, 2026 at 12:48 PM • espn.com • ~lgbt
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Is Meta destroying its engineering organization? • Jun 16, 2026 at 12:42 PM • newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com • Hacker News
778
TIL: You can make HTTP requests without curl using Bash /dev/TCP • Jun 16, 2026 at 12:40 PM • mareksuppa.com • Hacker News
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Making ast.walk 220x Faster • Jun 16, 2026 at 12:25 PM • reflex.dev • Hacker News
266
Never talk to the police • Jun 16, 2026 at 12:16 PM • campolalaw.com • Hacker News
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Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness • Jun 16, 2026 at 12:12 PM • theverge.com • Hacker News
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One-and-done heart disease prevention? Scientists show it may be possible. • Jun 16, 2026 at 12:05 PM • nytimes.com • ~health
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Russian Spam and Profanities Are Now Plaguing the Arch Linux AUR • Jun 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM • phoronix.com • Slashdot
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Calvin and Hobbes and the price of integrity • Jun 16, 2026 at 11:44 AM • therepublicofletters.substack.com • Hacker News
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Fable ban was never about a jailbreak? • Jun 16, 2026 at 11:27 AM • techcrunch.com • Hacker News
214
After AI takes everything • Jun 16, 2026 at 11:20 AM • ursb.me • Hacker News
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How we run Firecracker VMs inside EC2 and start browsers in less than 1s • Jun 16, 2026 at 11:15 AM • browser-use.com • Hacker News
137
Google Chrome's Next Update Will Mark the End of Popular Ad Blockers • Jun 16, 2026 at 11:05 AM • tech.slashdot.org • Hacker News
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Running local models is good now • Jun 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM • vickiboykis.com • Lobsters
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Google Chrome's next update will mark the end of popular ad blockers • Jun 16, 2026 at 10:55 AM • 9to5google.com • Lobsters
181
SubQ 1.1 Small • Jun 16, 2026 at 10:50 AM • subq.ai • Hacker News
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Show HN: Metiq: a real time 3D globe for 100 public datasets • Jun 16, 2026 at 10:43 AM • metiq.space • Hacker News
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Running local models is good now • Jun 16, 2026 at 10:36 AM • vickiboykis.com • Hacker News
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But yak shaving is fun (2019) • Jun 16, 2026 at 10:26 AM • parksb.github.io • Hacker News
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I Fired Google • Jun 16, 2026 at 10:26 AM • theartofdoingstuff.com • Hacker News
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Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers • Jun 16, 2026 at 9:46 AM • 9to5google.com • Hacker News
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Qwen-Robot Suite: A Foundation Model Suite for Physical World Intelligence • Jun 16, 2026 at 9:15 AM • qwen.ai • Hacker News
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The Commodore flip phone is how much? • Jun 16, 2026 at 9:02 AM • basic.bearblog.dev • Bear