Hacker News: Newesthttps://news.ycombinator.com/newestHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sat, 16 May 2026 06:56:35 +0000<![CDATA[Xbox Is Now XBOX]]>Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/news/931918/microsoft-xbox-rebrand-caps

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48157029

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 05:13:00 +0000https://www.theverge.com/news/931918/microsoft-xbox-rebrand-capsnamiwanghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48157029https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48157029<![CDATA[The case for Python + HTMX over React]]>Article URL: https://dev.to/syedahmershah/react-is-overkill-why-python-htmx-is-dominating-in-2026-17ib

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156849

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 04:30:49 +0000https://dev.to/syedahmershah/react-is-overkill-why-python-htmx-is-dominating-in-2026-17ibindigodaddyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156849https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156849<![CDATA[Major VPN provider says it could leave Canada over lawful access bill]]>Article URL: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/major-vpn-provider-says-it-could-leave-canada-over-lawful-access-bill/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156739

Points: 11

# Comments: 3

]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 04:09:10 +0000https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/major-vpn-provider-says-it-could-leave-canada-over-lawful-access-bill/ethanplanthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156739https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156739<![CDATA[CVE-2026-40369 – Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability]]>Article URL: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-40369

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156562

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 03:25:11 +0000https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-40369l2dyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156562https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156562<![CDATA[California governor candidate under investigation over payments to influencers]]>Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/05/15/tom-steyers-influencer-campaign-triggers-california-investigation-over-undisclosed-posts/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156458

Points: 7

# Comments: 1

]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 03:00:25 +0000https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/05/15/tom-steyers-influencer-campaign-triggers-california-investigation-over-undisclosed-posts/MilnerRoutehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156458https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156458<![CDATA[Why 'Smart' Products Have Started to Look Like the Dumb Choice]]>Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/magazine/dumb-phones-tvs-retronym-smart-tech.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156345

Points: 9

# Comments: 4

]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 02:41:02 +0000https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/magazine/dumb-phones-tvs-retronym-smart-tech.html0inhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156345https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156345<![CDATA[Terence Tao: My recollections on the early history of compressed sensing]]>Article URL: https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/114967650999562435

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156108

Points: 5

# Comments: 2

]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 01:58:10 +0000https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/114967650999562435johnbarronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156108https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156108<![CDATA[Senior NIAID Official Indicted for Concealing Records During Covid Pandemic]]>Article URL: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-senior-niaid-official-indicted-concealing-federal-records-during-covid-19-pandemic-0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156037

Points: 8

# Comments: 4

]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 01:44:08 +0000https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-senior-niaid-official-indicted-concealing-federal-records-during-covid-19-pandemic-0Jimmc414https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156037https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156037<![CDATA[Lost in Translation: Text Message Spoofing via Email [pdf]]]>Article URL: https://sumanthvrao.github.io/papers/rao-oakland-2026.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155808

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 01:01:18 +0000https://sumanthvrao.github.io/papers/rao-oakland-2026.pdfyechshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155808https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155808<![CDATA[NextEra and Dominion in talks over tie-up to create $400B US utility giant]]>Article URL: https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/7f0f2008-4160-45f9-8c93-80f8b4318669

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155756

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:49:44 +0000https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/7f0f2008-4160-45f9-8c93-80f8b4318669alephnerdhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155756https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155756<![CDATA[Is China using fentanyl as a weapon against the United States?]]>Article URL: https://en.unav.edu/web/global-affairs/esta-china-usando-el-fentanilo-como-arma-contra-estados-unidos

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155729

Points: 17

# Comments: 15

]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:44:33 +0000https://en.unav.edu/web/global-affairs/esta-china-usando-el-fentanilo-como-arma-contra-estados-unidosStevvohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155729https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155729<![CDATA['No way to prevent this,' says only package manager where this regularly happens]]>Article URL: https://kevinpatel.xyz/posts/no-way-to-prevent-this/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155690

Points: 303

# Comments: 141

]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:36:02 +0000https://kevinpatel.xyz/posts/no-way-to-prevent-this/alligatorplumhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155690https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155690<![CDATA[I broke AppLovin's mediation cipher protocol]]>Article URL: https://www.buchodi.com/i-broke-applovins-mediation-cipher-protocol/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155678

Points: 18

# Comments: 3

]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:35:01 +0000https://www.buchodi.com/i-broke-applovins-mediation-cipher-protocol/lmbbuchodihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155678https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155678<![CDATA[Claude Took the Unfair Bullet for Ending Finger-Based Pricing]]>Article URL: https://getlago.substack.com/p/1577a99d-e9d1-41d2-82e4-f11169e6654d

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155661

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:32:25 +0000https://getlago.substack.com/p/1577a99d-e9d1-41d2-82e4-f11169e6654dtimbourcierhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155661https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155661<![CDATA[New Nightmare Just Dropped: '3D' Animated Ads on Trucks in Traffic]]>Article URL: https://www.thedrive.com/news/new-nightmare-just-dropped-3d-animated-ads-on-trucks-in-traffic

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155589

Points: 11

# Comments: 2

]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:21:09 +0000https://www.thedrive.com/news/new-nightmare-just-dropped-3d-animated-ads-on-trucks-in-trafficcf100clunkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155589https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155589<![CDATA[Terence Tao: New Mathematical Workflows – Future of Mathematics]]>Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc2zt198U_U

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155586

Points: 11

# Comments: 1

]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:20:29 +0000https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc2zt198U_Utcp_handshakerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155586https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155586<![CDATA[Show HN: Epiq – Distributed Git based issue tracker TUI]]>Issue trackers typically live outside of your workflow, with poor ergonomics. Epiq aims to solve that, bringing issue tracking into your terminal. Multi-user collaboration is achieved via git using user-scoped immutable event logs that converge in memory. Put my all into it. Let me know what you think.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155570

Points: 44

# Comments: 13

]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:18:03 +0000https://ljtn.github.io/epiq/jolaflowhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155570https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155570<![CDATA[NYT and vaping: How to lie by saying only true things (2022)]]>Article URL: https://gwern.net/vaping

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155555

Points: 78

# Comments: 33

]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:15:53 +0000https://gwern.net/vapingAriarulehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155555https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155555<![CDATA[Amazon pressured one of its teams to develop an AI game: Project Trident]]>Article URL: https://www.eurogamer.net/amazon-ai-game-project-trident-laid-off-anyway-report

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155514

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

]]>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:07:15 +0000https://www.eurogamer.net/amazon-ai-game-project-trident-laid-off-anyway-reportoceanskyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155514https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155514<![CDATA[Google explains why some new Gmail accounts only get 5GB storage]]>Article URL: https://www.androidauthority.com/google-free-15gb-gmail-storage-ending-explanation-3667360/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155441

Points: 6

# Comments: 2

]]>Fri, 15 May 2026 23:53:57 +0000https://www.androidauthority.com/google-free-15gb-gmail-storage-ending-explanation-3667360/sumanephttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155441https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155441