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Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in – and they're not good

Michelangelo11 — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:00:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01947-1

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48601286

Points: 233

# Comments: 311

Hyundai buys Boston Dynamics

ck2 — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:28:20 +0000

Article URL: https://startupfortune.com/hyundai-takes-full-control-of-boston-dynamics-as-softbank-exits-for-325-million/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600312

Points: 914

# Comments: 386

Norway imposes near ban on AI in elementary school

ilreb — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:03:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/technology/norway-imposes-near-ban-ai-elementary-school-2026-06-19/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600093

Points: 767

# Comments: 544

There are no instances in ATProto

danabramov — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:10:02 +0000

Article URL: https://overreacted.io/there-are-no-instances-in-atproto/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48599515

Points: 505

# Comments: 286

How many of the 170k English words do you know?

abnry — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:51:36 +0000

Article URL: https://vocabowl-870366514258.us-west1.run.app/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48598586

Points: 462

# Comments: 536

The room the economy can't see

Wilsoniumite — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:16:20 +0000

Article URL: https://wilsoniumite.com/2026/06/19/the-room-the-economy-cant-see/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48596911

Points: 240

# Comments: 272

Project Valhalla, Explained: How a Decade of Work Arrives in JDK 28

philonoist — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:35:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.jvm-weekly.com/p/project-valhalla-explained-how-a

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48595511

Points: 637

# Comments: 408

The AirPods Effect

herbertl — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:08:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theescapenewsletter.com/p/the-airpods-effect

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48592832

Points: 438

# Comments: 753

I told them forced consent was unlawful. 5 years later it cost Elkjop €1.8M

speckx — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:31:23 +0000

https://web.archive.org/web/20260618212028/https://www.thatp...

https://archive.ph/I4zjA

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48589501

Points: 467

# Comments: 294

The founder of Craigslist has given away half a billion dollars

Tomte — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:55:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/us/money/craigslist-multimillionaire-craig-newmark-b2980681.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48588216

Points: 414

# Comments: 316

Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS

ksec — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:24:30 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.ui.com/article/introducing-enterprise-nas

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48585866

Points: 412

# Comments: 352

Swiss parliament lifts ban on new nuclear power plants

leonidasrup — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:17:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/switzerland/parliament-lifts-ban-on-new-nuclear-power-plants-3257535.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48585746

Points: 804

# Comments: 956

Wages in America Are Too Low for the 30% Rule to Work for Renters Anymore

littlexsparkee — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:21:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.realtor.com/advice/rent/wages-in-america-are-too-low-for-the-30-rule-to-work-for-renters-anymore/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48584891

Points: 175

# Comments: 513

Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly

Adam-Hincu — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:19:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/06/15/microsofts-new-outlook-takes-10-seconds-to-do-what-outlook-classic-does-instantly-on-windows/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48584207

Points: 739

# Comments: 518

Emacs 31 is around the corner: The changes I'm daily driving

frou_dh — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:10:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.rahuljuliato.com/posts/emacs-31-around-the-corner

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48584135

Points: 465

# Comments: 280

Local Qwen isn't a worse Opus, it's a different tool

alphabettsy — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 03:04:20 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.alexellis.io/local-ai-is-not-opus/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48580209

Points: 481

# Comments: 252

Midjourney Medical

ricochet11 — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 01:59:51 +0000

https://www.midjourney.com/medical

Video: https://x.com/midjourney/status/2067422898407837797

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48579650

Points: 1349

# Comments: 872

Noam Shazeer Joins OpenAI

lukasgross — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:26:06 +0000

https://xcancel.com/NoamShazeer/status/2067400851438932297

https://www.reuters.com/technology/googles-gemini-co-lead-no...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48578913

Points: 353

# Comments: 383

Tesco moving 40k server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's abusive conduct

Bender — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:00:53 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/06/tesco-moving-40000-server-workloads-off-vmware-amid-broadcoms-abusive-conduct/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48576838

Points: 397

# Comments: 262

Only 16 Percent of Americans Think AI Will Have a Positive Impact on Society

karakoram — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:07:32 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/only-16-percent-of-americans-think-ai-will-have-a-positive-impact-on-society-a-new-study-shows/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48573332

Points: 397

# Comments: 498