AI Law Firm Wins UK Court Case For First Time
Garfield AI, the UK’s first regulator-approved AI law firm, has won its first court case after helping a freelancer recover 7,000 pounds in unpaid fees. “I was owed money for work I had done, but it felt like the process of recovering it could be too stressful, expensive and time-consuming,” said Tamires Camal Taquidir, a freelancer who had provided HR-related services to a hospitalit … ⌘ Read more

‘Tutor’ Who Took Online Tests for 124 Students Jailed for Three Years
A private tutor who charged money to take dozens of exams for students and submit coursework for them “has been jailed for three years,” reports the BBC, “after his scam earned him £300,000.”

Shahid Adnan completed assignments and online tests for more than 120 students at Liverpool John Moore’s University, the Crown Prosecution Service … ⌘ Read more

Credit cards, loans or your mortgage: what should you pay off first?
When it comes to wiping off your debts, there are a few different ways to approach it, and some might work better for you than others. ⌘ Read more

Over 50? Use these seven ways to boost your super before July 1
The end of financial year is just two weeks away, but if you want to top up your super before then, you’ve got to act fast. ⌘ Read more

On the Money: The Warehouse, Fieldays, Kieran McAnulty, Simon Bridges, the Funeral business, and more
On the Money (OTM) is our column of general frippery we observed within the worlds of business and government this week.

A few weeks ago, OTM reported on the Northern Club’s AGM, where the club elected a woman,Jacqui Bensemann, the managing director of Argus Fire, as its 78th president. ⌘ Read more

The simple maths behind what we pay
I love economics. It’s an intellectual debate with numbers, money, choices or all three combined as the reward system.

Everyone is part of the equation, whether they realise it or not. ⌘ Read more

Senior Liberal warns party to stop talking about One Nation as Hanson hits back at PM
The One Nation leader posted a report about its fundraising campaign on social media after Albanese questioned its veracity, Hanson saying it proved the money was “ridgy-didge”. ⌘ Read more

Show HN: FablePool – pool money behind a prompt, and Fable builds it in public
Article URL: https://fablepool.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48496539

Points: 5

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Obsession Beats Avengers: Endgame With 1 Unexpected Box Office Record
Obsession, which is continuing its theatrical run and maintaining strong box office momentum, has set yet another record. It recently took home a huge sum of money, with the amount surpassing what Avengers: Endgame made only a few weeks after its release. Obsession surpasses Avengers: Endgame in surprising box-office category The Curry Barker-helmed film has […]

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YouTube Appears to Be Making Money Off of Sanctioned Iranians’ Accounts
New research suggests that dozens of monetized YouTube channels are run by people and organizations that the US government has sanctioned for their ties to Tehran. ⌘ Read more

Cold weather getting you down? Escape to TV’s happy place
Zach Galifianakis gives Costa a run for his money in this delightful new Netflix series. ⌘ Read more

The controversial deal feeding the Trump family’s biggest money-maker
The Trump family’s foray into the world of crypto has been lucrative, but has attracted a lot of scrutiny. One agreement in particular stands out. ⌘ Read more

Warmer Kiwi Homes insulation funding scheme up in the air
An $80 million government scheme helping low-income families insulate their homes looks set for the chop, after no more money was allocated to it in the Budget.

Warmer Kiwi Homes was set up in 2018 under the Labour Government and provides grants covering up to 90% of the cost of insulation and heating for eligible homes. ⌘ Read more

Should I sell my investment property now, or after July next year?
It’s important to understand how the new capital gains tax rules will affect property sales before and after July 30, 2027. ⌘ Read more

The super trick that could slash your tax bill – if you act fast
If you want to save on tax this financial year, it is worth considering making an extra lump sum contribution into your superannuation fund. ⌘ Read more

‘I Kill for Money’: Lobo Is Completely Unhinged in New Supergirl Teaser
A new teaser for Supergirl reveals Jason Momoa as the unhinged bounty hunter Lobo. The clip shows the character in violent action before his first live-action film appearance this June. Fans are already excited to see how the Game of Thrones actor takes on this role. New Supergirl teaser spotlights Jason Momoa’s wild antihero, Lobo […]

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I’m a Boomer with no mortgage and good super. Why do I feel so guilty?
You can’t live fully if you are constantly constricted by the guilt of having something someone else doesn’t. ⌘ Read more

HelloFresh Promo Codes: 55% Off for June 2026
Get up to 55% off and free meal boxes using a HelloFresh coupon code in June 2026. Discover our best codes and discounts to let you save time and money. ⌘ Read more

The average wedding now costs $40k. Here’s how to do it cheaper
Couples are taking longer to plan weddings and looking for savings wherever they can as cost of living pressures continue to bite. ⌘ Read more

Spanish traders set the standard forGnuCash database design
Article URL: https://handson.money/blog/2026-06-06-horse-arse-and-design/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48444784

Points: 5

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Reddit Ads Impersonate BBC and The Guardian to Push Fake AI Investment Schemes
A “growing wave” of Reddit’s “promoted posts” are sending U.S. and European audiences to money-stealing scams that impersonate major news organizations including the BBC, the Financial Times, and The Guardian, according to new findings from Bitdefender Labs.

“Domains are short-lived and rapidly rotated to evade detecti … ⌘ Read more

Melbourne kung fu queen among King’s Birthday Honours heroes
The honours recognise community heroes whether they’re raising money for an ambulance service, teaching women self-defence, bringing killers to justice or organising relief efforts in a bushfire-hit region. ⌘ Read more

On the Money: Rod Drury, Duncan Saville, Paula Oliver, Mike Hosking, a Fieldays preview, and more
On the Money (OTM) is our column of general frippery we observed within the worlds of business and government this week.

Did you think the New Zealand edition of Monopoly was novel enough? Think again. ⌘ Read more

America’s Data-Center Build-Out Is Falling Way Behind Schedule
By Katherine Blunt

Tech companies are earmarking unprecedented sums of money to finance the build-out of massive data centres, with a planned US$85 billion ($144 billion) equity-raise by Google parent Alphabet  being the latest example. ⌘ Read more

New Zealand updates anti-money laundering code
A refreshed anti-money laundering (AML) Identity Verification Code of Practice was announced by Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden and Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee.

The updated code, which is set to come into force on July 1, 2026, aims to reduce unnecessary barriers for New Zealanders in proving their identity. ⌘ Read more

Ara Ake funding cut in favour of solar panels on schools
The Government is discontinuing funding for New Zealand’s national energy innovation centre, Ara Ake, and redirecting some of the money into installing solar panels on school buildings.

Ara Ake was established by the Government in 2020 in New Plymouth, Taranaki, as a Crown-funded future energy innovation centre focused on accelerating the energy transition. ⌘ Read more

Tello Mobile Plan Review (2026): Low Cost, Reliable Service
With inflation and gas prices rising, I’m trying to save money wherever I can. I tested Tello’s budget cell phone plan, and for me, it turns out prepaid can be just as good. ⌘ Read more

On the Money: Tex Edwards, Karen Silk, Kenyon Clarke, Brad Olsen, Eric Crampton, Don Braid, Anna Breman and more
On the Money (OTM) is our column of general frippery we observed within the worlds of business and government this week.

At Thursday’s Mainfreight result, an injustice of national significance was finally raised. ⌘ Read more

Anthropic raises $65B in Series H funding at $965B post-money valuation
Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/news/series-h

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48313048

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Of course, @movq@www.uninformativ.de! Most of my points are also included in your list.

First of all, programming is what I really do enjoy the most. So, it doesn’t make any sense at all to not do this anymore. “But you could use your now free time to do something much cooler and more valuable!”, others might reply. Fuck no, I don’t want to waste my time with other shit that doesn’t fulfill me, why on earth would I want to do that?

All this hallucination reduces quality badly. In my experience, it’s also happening much more rapidly than I expected. Even though developers are still supposed to own and understand whatever has been generated under their name and even be responsible for that, the sad reality is that teammates often blindly trust the AI output. “But I asked the AI and it told me that $this was impossible”, “I’ve no idea either, but the AI just generated it” are responses I get more often. What really makes my angry is when I point out a flaw and suggest an alternative and this is the reaction. It happened several times that just trying it out and seeing it clearly work to proof my point only took me half a minute, but people still did something handwavy else instead.

The learning effect is drastically reduced. The more time I spend on a topic, the better the odds that whatever I learned actually makes it over into long-term memory. It’s like if a collegue just says “do it like that” or “this solves your problem”, but neither explains the why or how. Somehow, people are still convinced that it’s a completely different story when you replace the human counterpart with a computer program in this equation.

Skills are unlearned. It’s like with automation in general, just much worse. You end up in a state where you’ve no clue how anything works under the hood or how to actually find out important information that are needed to solve your problem. You’re screwed when a process breaks out of the blue. Even though it can become also rather terrible, with classical automation you’re typically still be able to decipher how exactly the thing was supposed to do something.

The energy consumption is sooo high, I absolutely do not want to be a part in burning down our planet. I’m sure I find (and probably have long found without knowing) other ways to contribute to worsen our climate crisis.

The scraper part is already covered in detail in your list. :-)

I’m convinced that license and copyright violations are only played down or even refused entirely because companies want to make big money quickly. With the work of others of course. Their double standards are obvious, they still try to actively keep their own stuff secret and out of any training sets. At most for internal use only. Virtually noone in charge is interested in good long-term solutions. Short-term for the win, when disaster eventually strikes, the causers are long gone, the responsibilities in other hands.

Vendor lock-in is something that lots of folks are only realizing very slowly. It’s completely crazy to me. This drug dealer routine should be well-known by now. It’s fucking everywhere. Yet, people are always surprised when they found themselves caught in it.

Adding new AI stuff only increases complexity. But complexity is the enemy that everybody should fear and reduce as much as possible. Of course, this is not limited to AI at all. And everywhere I look around, people in charge looooove to make things way more complicated than they ever need to be. Yet, simplicity is the real art and much harder to achieve.

I don’t understand why we have to go back full force to the ambiguity of natural languages. This alone should be more than enough to realize what a stupid idea all that is. Linked to that is that the “instruction set” is interpreted differently with newer model versions. I mean, is has to be. Why else would somebody want to upgrade in the first place than to get more Powerful™ Features™?

Some people argue that with AI the democratization is empowered. However, in my view, the exact opposite is the case. Models are getting so large that you can basically not run them locally or even train them. So, you have to rely on whatever the vendor offers you and runs for you. In the end, this only gives the owners more power, the multi billionaires. Not exactly what I understand by democratization.

Finally, technology assessments are missing completely. Or they are faked such that mostly only the (questionable) benefits are listed. But all the negative impact is just ignored.

Let’s keep some popcorn around for when this all explodes. :-)

‘Serious and unacceptable’: RBNZ moves against The Co-operative Bank
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has filed civil proceedings in the High Court against The Co-operative Bank over core-requirement breaches of laws to stop money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

The parties jointly recommended a $1.425 million penalty for The Co-operative Bank to the court, the Reserve Bank (RBNZ) said in a statement. The court would decide the final penalty. ⌘ Read more

Nvidia Retires Its GeForce Control Panel App After 20 Years
Nvidia is retiring its classic Control Panel for GeForce Game Ready and Studio Driver users after 20 years, as it pushes users to a newer, more unified “NVIDIA” app. Longtime Slashdot reader BrendaEM first shared the news, commenting: “Nvidia seems to no long want you to have control over your own video card that you paid your hard-earned money for? WTF!?” … ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Congratulations! I also was a LAMP dude back in the days. That’s all we had as kids without money. :-)

I Spent a Week Recording Myself Doing Chores for Money. Who’s the Robot Now?
Cooking. Doing laundry. Tidying up. All your household tasks can be turned into data to train future humanoids—if you’re prepared for the consequences. ⌘ Read more

Ubers COO says its getting harder to justify the money spent on AI tokenmaxxing
Article URL: https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-coo-andrew-macdonald-ai-token-spending-harder-justify-2026-5

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48268871

Points: 7

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It’s Like the Olympics - But Steroids Are Allowed
“Think Olympics on steroids. Literally,” quips the BBC, describing Sunday’s controversial Enhanced Games event in Las Vegas featuring dozens of athletes “using performance-enhancing drugs to try and break world records in track, weightlifting and swimming.

Some $25m (£18.6m) in prize money is up for grabs — with cash prizes for winners… The drugs they use must be legal, … ⌘ Read more

Alya making some extra money (audirenze) [roshidere] ⌘ Read more

On the Money: Grant Baker’s book launch, Ray Smith, Nikhil Ravishankar, a great AI speech, and more
On the Money (OTM) is our column of general frippery we observed within the worlds of business and government this week.

It was not the easiest week to be a departmental chief executive. Minister for the Public Service Nicola Willis signalled 9,000 public-sector jobs might go, and several agencies might be folded into on … ⌘ Read more

‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ Won TV’s OnlyFans Wars
Unlike Euphoria, the Apple TV show wants to humanize the experience of sex workers rather than catastrophize the extremes of the profession. ⌘ Read more

Plex Triples Lifetime Subscription Cost To $750
BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: Plex is raising the price of a new Lifetime Plex Pass from $249.99 to $749.99 on July 1. That’s a $500 increase for media server software. Plex says it needs the money for “long-term development” and future features, but a lot of self-hosting folks are already wondering if this is basically a soft way of killing the Lifetime option with … ⌘ Read more

Google’s Response to OpenClaw’s 24/7 AI Agent
Google’s always-running, data-hungry AI agent is designed to spend your money and send your emails. ⌘ Read more

Meta Layoffs Stress Harsh AI Reality Inside Zuckerberg’s Company
Meta is expected to begin cutting about 8,000 jobs this week as it pours more money into AI infrastructure and looks to “offset” other investments, with additional layoffs reportedly possible later this year. According to CNBC, the morale has worsened inside the company. “Internally, there’s an emerging sense of dread across wide swaths of the comp … ⌘ Read more

These 11 Automatic Cat Feeders Were the Best We Tested in 2026
We tested some of the most popular automatic dry- and wet-food pet feeders to see which ones are worth the money. ⌘ Read more

Most Polymarket Users Lose Money, While Top 1% Claim 76.5% of Gains, Study Finds
In Polymarket’s prediction market, “most people end up losing money,” reports the Washington Post — typically a few bucks.

“Since Polymarket launched in 2022, a few thousand people have lost the bulk of the money… and an even smaller group — .05 percent of users — has gone home with most of the overall profits, ac … ⌘ Read more

Will Maryland’s Utility Bills Increase $1.6B to Support Other States’ Datacenters?
To upgrade its grid for data centers, PJM Interconnection (which serves 13 states) plans to spend $22 billion — and charge nearly $2 billion of that to customers in Maryland, argues Maryland’s Office of People’s Counsel. The money “will be recovered in rates for decades” and “drive up Maryland customer bills by … ⌘ Read more

HelloFresh Coupon Codes: 55% Off + Free Meals
Get up to 55% off and free meal boxes using a HelloFresh coupon code today. Discover our best codes and discounts to let you save time and money. ⌘ Read more

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@prologic@twtxt.net nice! Looks like a great place to be. I wouldn’t mind, just about now! How is the camper behaving? Got all your money worth already? Based on your light participation around here I am tempted to say yes. :-D

OpenAI President Discloses His Stake In the Company Is Worth $30 Billion
OpenAI president Greg Brockman’s testimony dominated the fifth day of the trial for Elon Musk’s lawsuit against the AI company. Brockman took the witness stand on Monday, disclosing that his stake in OpenAI is worth nearly $30 billion, despite not personally investing money in OpenAI. The judge also declined to admit a pretrial text … ⌘ Read more

GameStop Offers to Buy eBay for $56 Billion
GameStop has made an unsolicited $56 billion cash-and-stock offer to buy eBay (paywalled; alternative source), with CEO Ryan Cohen arguing he can turn the marketplace into a far larger Amazon competitor. “EBay should be worth – and will be worth – a lot more money,” Cohen said in an interview. “I’m thinking about turning eBay into something worth hundreds of billions of dollars.” The Wall St … ⌘ Read more