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Steam Machine launches today

2026-06-22T17:09:51Z

1524 points by theschwa | 1332 comments

Article: https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/45479024/view/685257114654870245
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48632884

Pledging another $400k to the Zig software foundation

2026-06-22T13:43:01Z

772 points by tosh | 260 comments

Article: https://mitchellh.com/writing/zig-donation-2026
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48630020

Never Give Them Your Face

2026-06-22T13:45:48Z

711 points by audiodude | 396 comments

Article: https://nevergivethemyourface.com/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48630066

Flock-Powered Police Chiefs Stalking Women Shows Why Warrants Are Needed

2026-06-22T19:13:46Z

500 points by jhonovich | 212 comments

Article: https://ipvm.com/reports/police-chiefs-track
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48634694

Canada plans 'nuclear renaissance' with up to 10 reactors built by 2040

2026-06-22T19:06:48Z

458 points by geox | 306 comments

Article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-nuclear-strategy-9.7244509
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48634585

GLM-5.2 – How to Run Locally

2026-06-22T21:21:01Z

362 points by TechTechTech | 158 comments

Article: https://unsloth.ai/docs/models/glm-5.2
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48636377

The text in Claude Code’s “Extended Thinking” output

2026-06-22T14:22:46Z

301 points by 0o_MrPatrick_o0 | 208 comments

Article: https://patrickmccanna.net/the-text-in-claude-codes-extended-thinking-output-is-not-authentic/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48630535

Jobs and Software Is Fucked

2026-06-22T19:47:52Z

296 points by speckx | 267 comments

Article: https://urflow.bearblog.dev/jobs-and-software-is-fucked/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48635112

Moebius: 0.2B image inpainting model with 10B-level performance

2026-06-22T13:53:02Z

281 points by DSemba | 69 comments

Article: https://hustvl.github.io/Moebius/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48630171

Nearly half of LG smart TV apps contain residential proxy SDKs

2026-06-22T20:48:30Z

233 points by microcode | 147 comments

Article: https://spur.us/blog/smart-tv-apps-residential-proxy-sdks
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48635954

Alan Greenspan has died

2026-06-22T11:27:40Z

225 points by helsinkiandrew | 222 comments

Article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2026/06/22/alan-greenspan-most-powerful-central-banker-modern-times-dies-100/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48628731

Why Drawing Tablet Brands Won't Collaborate on Linux Floss Drivers

2026-06-22T12:09:34Z

221 points by Tomte | 115 comments

Article: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1154/why-drawing-tablet-brands-wont-collaborate-on-linux-floss-drivers
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48629064

Mexican government unveils a prototype for a new homegrown, ultra-affordable EV

2026-06-22T16:48:45Z

203 points by speckx | 173 comments

Article: https://gizmodo.com/mexico-just-showed-off-a-new-extremely-cheap-government-backed-ev-2000769080
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48632652

Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site

2026-06-22T12:23:46Z

187 points by HaxleRose | 112 comments

Article: https://puzzlelair.com/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48629213

1,700 free online courses from top universities

2026-06-23T01:54:38Z

185 points by momentmaker | 32 comments

Article: https://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48639184

Show HN: Oak – Git alternative designed for agents

2026-06-22T15:37:48Z

182 points by zdgeier | 162 comments

Article: https://oak.space/oak/oak
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48631726

Prompt Injection as Role Confusion

2026-06-22T15:48:55Z

182 points by x312 | 98 comments

Article: https://role-confusion.github.io
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48631888

Japanese symbols that speak without words

2026-06-22T19:22:37Z

170 points by msephton | 98 comments

Article: https://arun.is/blog/japan-symbols/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48634803

Optocam Zero: a Pi Zero based digital camera made using off the shelf components

2026-06-22T19:19:55Z

169 points by iamnothere | 43 comments

Article: https://github.com/dorukkumkumoglu/optocamzero
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48634778

Polymarket's viral videos showed people winning big, but the bets were fake

2026-06-23T00:47:32Z

167 points by pseudolus | 8 comments

Article: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/polymarkets-viral-videos-showed-people-winning-big-but-the-bets-were-fake/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48638660

VibeThinker: 3B param model that beats Opus 4.5 on reasoning with novel SFT+GRPO

2026-06-23T02:01:25Z

164 points by timhigins | 59 comments

Article: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.16140
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48639240

NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders say

2026-06-22T16:25:02Z

153 points by strangeloops85 | 91 comments

Article: https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-nsf-slashes-research-programs-support-new-tech-initiative-insiders-say
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48632327

Chevron signs 20-year power agreement with Microsoft for West Texas data center

2026-06-22T13:43:38Z

143 points by cdrnsf | 133 comments

Article: https://www.chevron.com/newsroom/2026/q2/chevron-signs-20-year-power-agreement-with-microsoft-for-west-texas-data-center
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48630029

Will It Mythos?

2026-06-23T04:15:04Z

139 points by mindingnever | 84 comments

Article: https://swelljoe.com/post/will-it-mythos/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48640196

In praise of memcached

2026-06-23T01:15:05Z

139 points by j03b | 53 comments

Article: https://jchri.st/blog/in-praise-of-memcached/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48638886

Memory crisis is getting so bad that even retro RAM prices are going to the Moon

2026-06-22T19:04:49Z

135 points by speckx | 45 comments

Article: https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/06/22/the-memory-crisis-is-getting-so-bad-that-even-retro-ram-prices-are-going-to-the-moon/5259627
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48634559

Job application asked for my SAT scores

2026-06-22T20:55:17Z

133 points by seltzerboys | 327 comments

Article: https://mrmarket.lol/job-application-asked-for-my-sat-scores/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48636062

British Columbia, Time Zones, and Postgres

2026-06-22T19:21:00Z

131 points by sprawl_ | 97 comments

Article: https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/british-columbia-and-time-zone-changes
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48634787

DHL Set to Transport Goods on New Wind-Powered Cargo Ships

2026-06-22T14:55:51Z

129 points by julienchastang | 56 comments

Article: https://www.wsj.com/pro/sustainable-business/dhl-set-to-transport-goods-on-new-wind-powered-cargo-ships-eca5d5a0
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48631058

ytr: YouTube Radio for Emacs

2026-06-22T21:21:08Z

123 points by xenodium | 9 comments

Article: https://xenodium.com/ytr-youtube-radio-for-emacs
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48636380

Linux and Secure Boot certificate expiration (2025)

2026-06-22T18:24:29Z

119 points by weaksauce | 61 comments

Article: https://lwn.net/Articles/1029767/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48633941

window.showDirectoryPicker opens up a whole new world

2026-06-22T12:42:22Z

111 points by steveharrison | 99 comments

Article: https://steveharrison.dev/showdirectorypicker-opens-up-a-whole-new-world/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48629387

DisplayMate

2026-06-22T16:45:52Z

110 points by skibz | 31 comments

Article: https://www.displaymate.com/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48632613

Tacky men with ridiculous glasses want you to wear them too

2026-06-22T20:59:15Z

107 points by rpgbr | 150 comments

Article: https://manualdousuario.net/en/smart-glasses-ugly-tacky/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48636100

Becoming a dad changes men's brains

2026-06-22T12:39:43Z

105 points by momentmaker | 89 comments

Article: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-becoming-a-dad-changes-mens-brains/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48629356

Finding the Best Dog Treat with Statistics

2026-06-22T17:46:48Z

101 points by wespiser_2018 | 33 comments

Article: https://www.wespiser.com/posts/2026-06-19-best-dog-treat.html
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48633410

Blogger defeats photographer's copyright claim

2026-06-22T17:06:10Z

95 points by speckx | 68 comments

Article: https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2026/06/blogger-defeats-photographers-copyright-claim-sokolskyfilm-v-messiah.htm
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48632859

Meta pauses AI training program tracking employee keystrokes after internal leak

2026-06-22T21:43:22Z

84 points by petethomas | 20 comments

Article: https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-training-data-leak-exposed-employee-activity-across-company-2026-6
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48636632

Nvidia Halos

2026-06-22T13:57:49Z

83 points by ilreb | 47 comments

Article: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/ai-trust-center/halos/autonomous-vehicles/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48630220

Die analysis of the 8087 math coprocessor's fast bit shifter (2020)

2026-06-22T13:40:16Z

82 points by Jimmc414 | 19 comments

Article: https://www.righto.com/2020/05/die-analysis-of-8087-math-coprocessors.html
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48629982

OpenAI DayBreak – GPT-5.5-Cyber

2026-06-23T01:36:08Z

78 points by AaronO | 35 comments

Article: https://openai.com/index/daybreak-securing-the-world/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48639063

Rhombus v1.0

2026-06-22T20:10:35Z

73 points by g0xA52A2A | 2 comments

Article: https://blog.racket-lang.org/2026/06/rhombus-v1.0.html
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48635417

One Year with Codeberg

2026-06-22T17:59:48Z

67 points by birdculture | 1 comments

Article: https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2026/one-year-with-codeberg/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48633594

An Introduction to YOLO26

2026-06-23T01:52:20Z

63 points by teleforce | 20 comments

Article: https://blog.roboflow.com/yolo26/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48639165

SpaceX sheds $400B in market value as debut rally hits reverse

2026-06-23T01:35:26Z

61 points by simonpure | 68 comments

Article: https://www.ft.com/content/c11d08ed-6668-4678-b829-1d50acbd12d4
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48639057

Inventing the Future, One Lisp Machine at a Time

2026-06-22T15:24:40Z

60 points by pamoroso | 1 comments

Article: https://www.patrickdomanico.com/bpm/2026/06/16/inventing-the-future-one-lisp-machine-at-a-time/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48631511

SpaceX Drops 14% in One Day, Price Now Below IPO Launch

2026-06-22T19:33:55Z

57 points by root-parent | 59 comments

Article: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SPCX/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48634931

Steam Machine game testing

2026-06-22T17:17:29Z

56 points by LabsLucas | 1 comments

Article: https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/06/22/the-newell-nucleus-steam-machine-ltt-companion-article
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48632989

Walt Disney Company is the most successful at monetizing human nostalgia [audio]

2026-06-22T20:09:40Z

54 points by speckx | 56 comments

Article: https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/the-walt-disney-company
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48635409

UUID: NewV7() always generates a UUID with 7000 on browsers (Golang)

2026-06-22T08:59:26Z

53 points by mfrw | 7 comments

Article: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/80084
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48627625