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Sun, May 17, 2026
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1621AI

Gemini for Science: AI experiments and tools for a new era of discovery

A collection of science tools and experiments to expand the scale and precision of scientific exploration.

Google DeepMinddeepmind.googleMay 17
1622AI

Making it easier to understand how content was created and edited

We're expanding our tools to help you understand how content was created and edited across the web.

Google DeepMinddeepmind.googleMay 17
1623ENG

Security researcher says Microsoft built a Bitlocker backdoor, releases exploit

194 points, 88 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newstechspot.comMay 17
1624ENG

WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency

132 points, 59 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newsnytimes.comMay 17
1625ENG

I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation

52 points, 16 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newsgithub.comMay 17
1626ENG

AI is a technology not a product

91 points, 23 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newsdaringfireball.netMay 17
1627ENG

Nim-Presto – REST API Framework for Nim Language

41 points, 8 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newsgithub.comMay 17
1628ENG

Claude Code managed to get Adobe Lightroom working on Linux

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Lobstersgithub.comMay 17
1629ENG

CUDA Books

25 points, 0 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newsgithub.comMay 17
1630ENG

Agentic Trading with Safe Guardrails

14 points, 5 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newsgithub.comMay 17
1631ENG

I don't think AI will make your processes go faster

239 points, 171 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newsfrederickvanbrabant.comMay 17
1632ENG

Apple Silicon costs more than OpenRouter

174 points, 136 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newswilliamangel.netMay 17
1633ENG

Go European — Discover European products and services

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Lobstersgoeuropean.orgMay 17
1634ENG

Scientists believe ibogaine can help veterans overcome PTSD

26 points, 17 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newsbbc.comMay 17
1635SEC

NGINX CVE-2026-42945 Exploited in the Wild, Causing Worker Crashes and Possible RCE

A newly disclosed security flaw impacting NGINX Plus and NGINX Open has come under active exploitation in the wild, days after its public disclosure, according to VulnCheck. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-42945 (CVSS score: 9.2), is a heap buffer overflow in ngx_http_rewrite_module affecting NGINX versions 0.6.27 through 1.30.0. According to AI-native security company depthfirst, the

The Hacker News (Security)thehackernews.comMay 17
1636ENG

Native all the way, until you need text

233 points, 161 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newsjustsitandgrin.imMay 17
1637ENG

Every AI Subscription Is a Ticking Time Bomb for Enterprise

188 points, 132 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newsthestateofbrand.comMay 17
1638ENG

Photo GIMP – A Patch for GIMP 3 for Photoshop Users

156 points, 117 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newsgithub.comMay 17
1639ENG

Neobank Monzo Builds Governed Data Mesh Across 100 Teams and 12000 dbt Models

Monzo recently redesigned its data warehouse to support more than 100 teams working on over 12000 dbt models. Introducing a so-called "meshy" approach, Monzo cut warehouse costs by about 40% and improved data delivery speed by 25%. By Renato Losio

InfoQinfoq.comMay 17
1640ENG

When can the C++ compiler devirtualize a call?

29 points, 5 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newsquuxplusone.github.ioMay 17
1641ENG

Porting my 3D points renderer on a ZX Spectrum 48K

55 points, 7 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newsgithub.comMay 17
1642ENG

Playing Atari ST Music on the Amiga with Zero CPU

32 points, 4 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newsarnaud-carre.github.ioMay 17
1643ENG

kharp – k version 3 Language Interpreter in C#

21 points, 3 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newsgithub.comMay 17
1644ENG

Polypad

60 points, 6 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newspolypad.amplify.comMay 17
1645SEC

Grafana GitHub Token Breach Led to Codebase Download and Extortion Attempt

Grafana has disclosed that an "unauthorized party" obtained a token that granted them the ability to access the company's GitHub environment and download its codebase. "Our investigation has determined that no customer data or personal information was accessed during this incident, and we have found no evidence of impact to customer systems or operations," Grafana said in a series of

The Hacker News (Security)thehackernews.comMay 17
1646ENG

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

189 points, 52 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newsblog.mozilla.orgMay 17
1647ENG

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

Article URL: https://electrek.co/2026/05/14/tesla-solar-roof-promise-vs-reality-pivot-panels/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48165980 Points: 107 # Comments: 111

Hacker Newselectrek.coMay 17
1648ENG

Introducing Incremental (2015)

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Lobstersblog.janestreet.comMay 17
1649ENG

Anyone on the Internet Can Ring Your Doorbell

16 points, 3 comments on Hacker News

Hacker Newsabgeo.devMay 17
1650ENG

Content-defined chunking in Bazel's remote cache

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Lobstersbuildbuddy.ioMay 17

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