Security updates for Tuesday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (bind and libyang), Debian (keystone and openssl), Fedora (mingw-objfw, objfw, sentencepiece, and tailscale), Mageia (packagekit and suricata), Oracle (bind, bind9.16, go-toolset:ol8, ImageMagick, kernel, samba, and vim), SUSE (apache-commons-lang3, apache-commons-text, apache-commons- configuration2, apache-commons-cli, apache-commons-io, apache-commons-codec, avahi, busybox, chromedriver, chromium, csync2, firewalld, frr, gleam, helm … ⌘ Read more

Linux App Summit 2026 (Heise)
Heise is carrying a\
report from the Linux App Summit, held in Berlin in May.

The slightly more than a dozen talks were symbolically framed
between the opening keynote by systemd creator Lennart Poettering
and the closing talk by Jorge Castro, initiator of the Universal
Blue project, from which the modern Linux systems Bluefin and
Bazzite emerged. Both Castro and Poettering ca … ⌘ Read more

Emerge Career (YC S22) Is Hiring a Founding Growth Marketer
Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/emerge-career/jobs/v0S1AEG-founding-growth-marketer

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48459968

Points: 0

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Three stable kernels for Tuesday
Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 7.0.12, 6.18.35, and 6.12.93 stable kernels. Each contains
important fixes throughout the tree. Users are advised to upgrade. ⌘ Read more

Making Graphics Like it’s 1993
Article URL: https://staniks.github.io/articles/catlantean-3d-blog-1/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48459294

Points: 3

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GentleOS – Classic operating system with a lovely retro GUI
Article URL: https://github.com/luke8086/gentleos32

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48458890

Points: 14

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Eagle Computer: The rise and fall of an early PC clone
Article URL: https://dfarq.homeip.net/eagle-computer-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-early-pc-clone/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48458636

Points: 4

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Forever Young: how one molecule can lock plants in a youthful state.(2025)
Article URL: https://omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/biologist-scott-poethig-plants-never-age

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48458257

Points: 4

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Microsoft’s open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developers
Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/08/microsofts-open-source-tools-were-hacked-to-steal-passwords-of-ai-developers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48457830

Points: 5

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Facebook is paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism
Article URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/facebook-overseas-alberta-separtism-9.7223966

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48457181

Points: 10

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NZ sharemarket jumps over 1.2%
The New Zealand sharemarket rose more than 1% following rebounds offshore, and investors’ attention is turning to this week’s trillion-dollar listing by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

The S&P/NZX 50 Index started slowly and hit a morning low of 13,022.9 but traded strongly in the afternoon to close at 13,204.08, up 165.84 points or 1.27%. ⌘ Read more

Chance Voight entity evicted
An entity controlled by controversial Chance Voight director Bernard Whimp has been evicted from its Rangiora offices.

In May, the owner of the Cone St commercial premises asked for a High Court order giving it possession of the property and cancelling CVI Management Services LP’s (CVI) lease. ⌘ Read more

Porting the ThinkPad X61 to Coreboot
Article URL: https://blog.aheymans.xyz/post/thinkpad_x61/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48456245

Points: 7

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CityFitness fined $1.12m for misleading ‘transaction fee’
The biggest gym business in New Zealand, CityFitness, has been fined $1.12 million for charging customers a misleading “transaction fee”.

The company was found to have misled customers about the price of its gym memberships and the reason for charging an additional fee. ⌘ Read more

GoGoGrandparent (YC S16) is hiring Back end Engineers
Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gogograndparent/jobs/2vbzAw8-backend-engineer

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48456015

Points: 0

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Job: Head of Stonehenge
Article URL: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/our-people/careers-with-us/job-search/default-job-page/?jobRef=16449

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48455928

Points: 7

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We Think the SpaceX IPO Is Overvalued
Article URL: https://www.morningstar.com/stocks/why-we-think-spacex-ipo-is-overvalued?content_id=20768396545

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48455233

Points: 26

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Lululemon NZ profit jumps 45% despite US brand challenges
Retailer Lululemon athletica has had a 45% increase in the net profit of its New Zealand segment year on year.

The Canadian brand reported net profit after tax of $3.2 million in NZ for the period ended Feb 1, 2026, up from $2.21m the previous year. ⌘ Read more

Federal judge blocks H1B visa $100K fee
Article URL: https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/06/08/federal-judge-blocks-h1-b-visa-100k-fee/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48454210

Points: 23

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Toyota named New Zealand’s most reputable brand
Toyota has been ranked as the most reputable brand in New Zealand for the third consecutive year, according to the Kantar Corporate Reputation Index.

The index, which measures public perceptions of the top 50 consumer-facing companies, found that New Zealanders are increasingly prioritising trust, reliability, fairness and genuine value in brands during uncertain times. ⌘ Read more

QuiznessDesk, Tuesday, June 09
Is the Tropic of Cancer north or south of the equator?
What type of dogs are commonly kept by Inuit communities?
Which cartoon character lives at 1313 Webfoot Walk?
Perhaps it was a case of shocking luck that Anthony Starr was cast as both Jethro West and Van West in what classic New Zealand TV series?
Which band released the 1999 comeback single `Maria`?
Which historical figure opened the 1936 Olympic Games?
Niue is a self-governing coral island in free associat … ⌘ Read more

FrontierCode
Article URL: https://cognition.ai/blog/frontier-code

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48451723

Points: 8

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LNG project advances but power bill levy ruled out
The Government says it is moving to the next stage of building a liquefied natural gas import facility, but it will not be funded through a levy on power bills.

Energy Minister Simeon Brown said officials were still working on how the import infrastructure would be paid for, “including engaging with the gentailers on a fair funding model”. ⌘ Read more

Apple unveiled the new Siri AI. Here are the key takeaways
By Rolfe Winkler and Tina Li

Apple showed off a new AI version of its Siri chatbot on Monday, technology developed with Google that the iPhone maker hopes will help power a comeback in artificial intelligence. ⌘ Read more

I’m building a parallel internet, and it’s called The Thinnernet
Article URL: https://inavoyage.blogspot.com/2026/06/im-building-parallel-internet-and-its.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48450694

Points: 6

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Surveillance Is Not Safety: A statement on the UK’s latest threat to privacy [pdf]
Article URL: https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/2026-06-08-uk-surveillance-is-not-safety.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48450646

Points: 4

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Why are cells small?
Article URL: https://burrito.bio/essays/what-limits-a-cells-size

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48450065

Points: 5

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Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M
Article URL: https://www.admin.ch/en/sustainability-initiative

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48450059

Points: 11

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Siri AI
Article URL: https://www.apple.com/apple-intelligence/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48449084

Points: 16

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Full Reverse Engineering of the TI-84 Plus Operating System
Article URL: https://siraben.github.io/ti84p-re/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48448493

Points: 6

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Apple WWDC 2026 Livestream
Article URL: https://www.apple.com/apple-events/event-stream/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48448106

Points: 8

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New Referendum Would Flip Brexit Result 10 Years On, Poll Finds
Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-08/new-referendum-would-flip-brexit-result-10-years-on-poll-finds

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48448000

Points: 9

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FOMO to the moon
In an awkward attempt to bridge the generation gap at a recent family gathering, I asked a 20-something relative about [gender-redacted pro-noun] investing habits.

“I DCA into an S&P ETF,” was the answer. ⌘ Read more

Data-rich and empowered, consumers are taking charge of their wellness
Self-care and longevity are driving forces behind changing trends in the wellness business, industry experts say.

From red-light face masks worn in bed and retinol serums over plastic surgery, to the accumulation of reams of data from smart watches about key health metrics and the proliferation of sports and performance supplement stores, individuals want to be in control of their wellb … ⌘ Read more

NZ energy market needs insurance, not panic: Liebreich
New Zealand’s electricity market may be bruised, politically exposed and uncomfortable for energy users, but it does not look broken to Michael Liebreich.

The British clean-energy analyst and founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance was in Wellington last week as a guest of the Electricity Retailers and Generators Association of NZ, arriving as ministers, generators, and industrial users debate whether the [electricity … ⌘ Read more

2degrees Shaping Business Study 2026: ‘No one’s waiting for green shoots anymore’
After five years of waiting, an increasing number of New Zealand businesses appear to be giving up on things going back to “normal”.

That’s the headline observation from the latest edition of the 2degrees Shaping Business Study re … ⌘ Read more

Auckland Council’s PC120 decision could be revisited in RMA reforms
The Auckland Council’s decision on contentious housing intensification could be for naught, as resource management reform looms.

Councillors on Tuesday are set to vote on PC120, a plan change to meet housing intensification requirements, after the Government in April passed a law to downgrade the city’s house planning target from two million dwellings [to 1.4m dwellings](https://busin … ⌘ Read more

Gestalt’s AI tech puts med school students in the driving seat
The founders of medical AI startup Gestalt say they are not in the business of letting AI take over the thinking for medical students. Nor the thinking of the doctors they will one day become.

The Wellington-based company launched its diagnostic educational AI engine in May after several months of testing it with medical students. However AI evolves in the years ahead, its founders insist the doctor … ⌘ Read more

Teak liquidators forced to seek advice over retentions owed to subbies
The liquidators of Teak Construction are seeking directions from the High Court on how to repay retentions owed to subcontractors of the failed Auckland business.

Teak Construction and four related companies were put into voluntary liquidation by their shareholders on March 2. ⌘ Read more

Proton is funding the French far right on YouTube
Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/degoogle/comments/1tzbizh/proton_is_funding_the_french_far_right_on_youtube

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446899

Points: 16

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[$] An update on fanotify
In a filesystem-track session at the 2026 Linux Storage,\
Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit, Amir Goldstein updated
attendees on the fanotify
filesystem-event monitoring
subsystem. He wanted to describe changes that had come in the last year or
so, as well as upcoming features and some remaining challenges in his
efforts [to use fanotify for hierarchical\
storage management](https://lwn.net/Ar … ⌘ Read more

I replaced Spotify with a homemade FM radio station
Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/digitalminimalism/comments/1tes8yu/i_replaced_spotify_with_a_homemade_fm_radio/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446611

Points: 3

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Amazon Cognito now supports multi-Region replication
Article URL: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-cognito-multi-region/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446521

Points: 3

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Italy’s Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Files for Nasdaq IPO
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/italys-bending-spoons-files-us-ipo-2026-06-08/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446310

Points: 12

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rsync 3.4.4 released with regression fixes
Andrew Tridgell has announced
the release of rsync 3.4.4 with
fixes for the regressions introduced in the 3.4.3 release. He also
notes there will be an rsync 3.5.0 soon, with many more security
updates:

As part of the 3.5.0 release update I have created a
rsync-security@lists.samba.org mailing list for anyone who is willing
to do testing of the 3.5.0 release. T … ⌘ Read more

Security updates for Monday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (bind, bind9.16, frr, kernel, kernel-rt, libexif, mysql, php, and unbound), Debian (apache2, chromium, glibc, gsasl, jackson-core, libxml2, nginx, request-tracker4, request-tracker5, tomcat10, tomcat11, and tomcat9), Fedora (chromium, firefox, haveged, keylime, libinput, libssh2, nasm, perl-CryptX, rust, thunderbird, and webkitgtk), Mageia (cockpit, golang-x-crypto, golang-x-sys-devel, kernel, kmod-virtualbox, kmod-xtables-addons, kernel-linus, … ⌘ Read more

Zig by Example
Article URL: https://github.com/boringcollege/zig-by-example

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48444871

Points: 12

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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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Nvidia partners with LG robotics to build humanoid robots in South Korea
Article URL: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-and-lg-group-ai-factory/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48444451

Points: 7

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Replies to comments on my “LLMs are eroding my career” post
Article URL: https://human-in-the-loop.bearblog.dev/replies-to-comments-on-my-llms-are-eroding-my-career-post/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48443258

Points: 10

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