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Wed, May 27, 2026

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Keyboard latency probe

Hello, fellow geeks! I was working on a side project when I discovered something odd about how keyboards behave. I only have three keyboards myself to test with, so I would like to recruit your help in providing me data from your keyboards. The link leads to a simple 3.5 minute browser-based test which lets you record response times and tap durations from your keyboard, and then send them to me. If you can take the time out of your day to help me better understand this, I'd greatly appreciate your contribution. Once I have enough data, I will naturally share the results of the analysis back with the community. I'd like to also share the raw data, but I haven't yet thought through any potential privacy concerns around this, so I don't yet know if I will. Comments

Lobstersxkqr.orgMay 27

692SEC

AI Chatbot Recommendations Redirect Users to Cryptojacking Malware Sites

Microsoft has warned of an active cryptojacking campaign that makes use of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot interactions as a mechanism for surfacing malicious download sites. "This emerging delivery technique extends social engineering beyond conventional search results and increases the visibility of malicious software recommendations," Microsoft Defender Experts and the Microsoft

The Hacker News (Security)thehackernews.comMay 27

693ENG

Sarang Kulkarni on Lessons from Building Deep Research Agents in Production

Deep Research Agentic Systems are AI Agents designed to conduct multi-step research for complex tasks using dynamic reasoning, multi-hop information retrieval, and generate structured analytical reports. Sarang Kulkarni from Thoughtworks spoke at Arc of AI Conference 2026 on how to deploy multi-agent research systems for deep reasoning, and the lessons learned from developing Deep Research Agents. By Srini Penchikala

InfoQinfoq.comMay 27

694ENG

Unicode 18.0.0 Beta

18 points, 17 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newsunicode.orgMay 27

695AI

Building self-improving tax agents with Codex

See how OpenAI, Thrive, and Crete built a self-improving tax agent with Codex, automating filings, improving accuracy, and accelerating workflows.

OpenAI Blogopenai.comMay 27

696ENG

Pullfrog AI: Open-Source CodeRabbit Alternative Powered by GitHub Actions

Pullfrog is an open-source AI-powered GitHub bot by Colin McDonnell, designed for automation in GitHub Actions. It supports a model-agnostic approach, allowing integration with various LLM providers. Key features include orchestration for pull request reviews, issue triage, and CI remediation, all managed within GitHub's environment. The tool operates with a bring-your-own-key model for access. By Daniel Curtis

InfoQinfoq.comMay 27

697ENG

Rethinking the GNOME clipboard issues

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Lobstersedu4rdshl.devMay 27

698ENG

What are some of your favourite developer tools?

Developers are so opinionated that it's difficult to pin down one favourite tool !

Lobsterslobste.rsMay 27

699ENG

Claude Code as a Daily Driver: Claude.md, Skills, Subagents, Plugins, and MCPs

56 points, 26 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newsarps18.github.ioMay 27

700ENG

Show HN: Posthorn, self-hosted mail without the mail server

27 points, 27 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newsgithub.comMay 27

701ENG

Build System Reworked

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Lobstersziglang.orgMay 27

702ENG

Gear Commit: Dev gadget box personalized from GitHub activity

Article URL: https://gearcommit.nanocorp.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48288761 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

Hacker Newsgearcommit.nanocorp.appMay 27

703ENG

TSDuck: Open-source toolkit for MPEG-TS analysis and manipulation

Article URL: https://tsduck.io/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48288709 Points: 31 # Comments: 1

Hacker Newstsduck.ioMay 27

704ENG

Theseus: translating win32 to wasm

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Lobstersneugierig.orgMay 27

705ENG

Fast is better than slow

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Lobstersdubroy.comMay 27

706ENG

Where does next-token prediction leave us?

Article URL: https://pop.rdi.sh/where-does-next-token-prediction-leave-us/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48288191 Points: 35 # Comments: 14

Hacker Newspop.rdi.shMay 27

707ENG

Stripe is friendly to “friendly fraud”

Article URL: https://www.gingerlime.com/2026/stripe-seem-friendly-to-friendly-fraud/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48287982 Points: 153 # Comments: 83

Hacker Newsgingerlime.comMay 27

708ENG

Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around the country

Article URL: https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/erin-brockovich-made-a-map-to-track-data-centers-around-the-country/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48287952 Points: 151 # Comments: 140

Hacker Newsniemanlab.orgMay 27

709ENG

Sonny Rollins, Jazz's Saxophone Colossus and Greatest Improvisor, Dead at 95

Article URL: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sonny-rollins-jazz-legend-saxophone-colossus-dead-obit-1234715446/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48287678 Points: 66 # Comments: 12

Hacker Newsrollingstone.comMay 27

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