Interview session with Jonathan Corbet
The Linux Foundation will be hosting a\
live interview with LWN co-founder Jonathan Corbet. The event will
take place on Tuesday, June 2 at 8:00AM Pacific daylight time (UTC-7).
Registration is open for those who would like to attend. ⌘ Read more

@bender@twtxt.net Oh, no. That’s my baby. 😅 It was built in 1989 and I probably had it since the early 1990ies (it came with an IBM PS/2 Model 30 that they handed out to employees, IIRC).

Ubuntu 26.10 Planning To Ship With The Linux 7.2 Kernel
Canonical’s kernel team confirmed today their intention of shipping the Ubuntu 26.10 release with what will be the Linux 7.2 kernel… ⌘ Read more

Last.fm is now independent
Article URL: https://support.last.fm/t/last-fm-is-now-independent/118591

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48295892

Points: 39

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Cache Aware Scheduling Shows Nice Wins For AMD Zen 5 On PostgreSQL, Valkey, Network Performance
The long-in-development work on Cache Aware Scheduling looks like it will come to a head soon with it looking like Cache Aware Scheduling will land for Linux 7.2. Ahead of the upcoming merge window I ran some fresh benchmarks looking at different areas where this feature is shining. ⌘ Read more

Cache Aware Scheduling Shows Nice Wins For AMD Zen 5 On PostgreSQL, Valkey, Network Performance
The long-in-development work on Cache Aware Scheduling looks like it will come to a head soon with it looking like Cache Aware Scheduling will land for Linux 7.2. Ahead of the upcoming merge window I ran some fresh benchmarks looking at different areas where this feature is shining. ⌘ Read more

L’avocat de Claude Guéant au procès des financements libyens: «Le numéro 2 fait strictement ce que lui dit le numéro 1!»
L’avocat de l’ancien préfet Philippe Bouchez El Ghozi a dénoncé la volonté de Nicolas Sarkozy de «sacrifier Claude Guéant». Jean-Yves Le Borgne et Florence Bourg ont plaidé respectivement la relaxe pour Éric Woerth et Brice Hortefeux. ⌘ Read more

NZ sharemarket up over 1.2% on back of heavyweight rises
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and Infratil again led the way as the New Zealand sharemarket rose more than 1.2%, while the Reserve Bank of NZ kept the Official Cash Rate unchanged in a close call.

The S&P/NZX 50 Index traded strongly from midday and closed at 13,227.81, a gain of 158.07 points or 1.21%. ⌘ Read more

RBNZ keeps rates on hold in split decision, signals hike in September
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand kept rates on hold at 2.25% in a split decision but signalled hikes would likely kick off in September.

The Middle East conflict is adding to near-term inflation and weakening economic activity. ⌘ Read more

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: 15

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Straker updates on ongoing fraud investigation
Straker has provided an update on its ongoing investigation into transaction anomalies involving the bank accounts of its US subsidiary, Straker Translations.

The Auckland translation technology company, Straker, was suspended from trading on the Australian Securities Exchange after discovering suspected fraud at its United States subsidiary involving at least US$1.5 million (NZ$2.5m) and possibly more. ⌘ Read more

Cloudflare Flagship
Article URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/flagship/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48287468

Points: 9

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Stop Advertising in Your Commits
Article URL: https://akselmo.dev/posts/stop-advertising-in-your-commits/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48283914

Points: 27

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In a blink: BlinkPay proofs Kiwi real-time payments
BlinkPay has proved that real-time payments are possible in New Zealand by using the existing open banking infrastructure and a Bank of NZ account to execute a test transaction.

BlinkPay’s chief executive, Adrian Smith, said a successful test payment in March took just 2.6 seconds to complete, compared with expectations of up to 5 seconds. ⌘ Read more

Director of failed Teak Construction flogging off gear
A director of collapsed Teak Construction is selling cars and building equipment on Trade Me as the liquidation of the failed group continues.

Teak’s shareholders put the Auckland construction business into liquidation in March owing subcontractors at least $3.2 million. ⌘ Read more

Launch HN: Minicor (YC P26) – Windows desktop automations at scale
Hey we’re Faiz and Saheed and we built Minicor so AI companies who need to integrate to desktop systems with no API can quickly build scalable desktop RPAs. Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD0GHZIJ1cw

We were working on non-RPA integrations when a customer promised to sign a deal in 2 days if we could unblock a sale of theirs that involved integrating with a clinic’s Windows based medical record system. We didn’t know it at … ⌘ Read more

Les millions de Laurent Wauquiez pour son «mini Puy du Fou» finissent au tribunal
Le tribunal administratif de Lyon vient de donner raison à la région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, qui a refusé de payer le reste d’une subvention accordée à Vianney d’Alançon pour développer son château de Haute-Loire. Le projet a déjà reçu 2 millions d’euros de la part de la collectivité. ⌘ Read more

AlmaLinux 10.2 Released For Latest Community-Driven RHEL 10.2 Experience
The AlmaLinux project announced the releases today of both AlmaLinux OS 9.8 and AlmaLinux OS 10.2… ⌘ Read more

Nearly half (44%) of every T-shirt goes to waste before you even buy it
Article URL: https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2026/05/nearly-half-of-every-t-shirt-goes-to-waste-before-you-even-buy-it/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48278832

Points: 7

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Btrfs Preps Huge Folios Support Ahead Of Linux 7.2
The past few Linux kernel cycles there has been experimental support for large folios with Btrfs while for Linux 7.2 it looks like this modern file-system will be taking things further with huge folios… ⌘ Read more

Straker suspended after suspected US employee fraud
Auckland translation technology company Straker has been suspended from trading on the Australian Securities Exchange after discovering suspected fraud at its United States subsidiary involving at least US$1.5 million (NZ$2.5m) and possibly more.

Straker requested the voluntary suspension on Tuesday, saying it had identified transactions totalling approximately US$1.5m that it was confident had been misappropriated … ⌘ Read more

Browser-based file encryption tool using WebCrypto
Article URL: https://secvant.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48274018

Points: 5

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F&P Healthcare lifts dividend after tariff-defying profit rise
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare has lifted its total dividend for the year by 22% after posting a 24% rise in annual net profit after tax, even in the face of US tariffs.

The Auckland-based medical equipment manufacturer’s revenues rose 14% to $2.31 billion across the financial year, while ne … ⌘ Read more

QuiznessDesk, Tuesday, May 26
Which of the following elements has the atomic number 2? Carbon, Lithium or Helium?
What type of animal is a mandrill?
What do edentulous mammals not have?
In which year did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbour?
Which king was killed by an arrow to the eye?
In which country does the story “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” take place?
What colour spots does a common ladybird have?
Who directed the 1974 film Blazing Saddles?
In what sport is the “Fosbury flop” technique used?
Whi … ⌘ Read more

Japan’s New Hypersonic Engine Could Make 2-Hour Flights to the US a Reality
Article URL: https://www.bgr.com/2178211/japan-hypersonic-engine-ramjet-2-hour-flights-to-us/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48270812

Points: 9

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Memorial Day Tech Deals: Sony, Apple, Anker, and More
Lots of our most-recommended headphones, power banks, and other gadgets are on sale for Memorial Day. ⌘ Read more

Best Memorial Day Mattress Deals: Helix, Saatva (2026)
It’s one of the best times of the year to buy a mattress, and deals on our favorite models end tonight. ⌘ Read more

RADV Driver Lands Support For VK_KHR_shader_fma
Merged today for what will become Mesa 26.2 next quarter is the Radeon Vulkan driver “RADV” now supporting the VK_KHR_shader_fma extension… ⌘ Read more

Netherlands Seizes 800 Servers, Arrests 2 for Aiding Cyberattacks
Article URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/05/netherlands-seizes-800-servers-arrests-2-for-aiding-cyberattacks/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48266906

Points: 4

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Best Memorial Day Deals: Garmin, Birdfy, Branch (2026)
Memorial Day isn’t until Monday, but sales on our favorite gear are going on all weekend. ⌘ Read more

Intel Introducing USB4STREAM Protocol For Linux - Opening Up Some Nifty Uses For USB4
An exciting Intel innovation expected to be added for the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel is introducing the new USB4STREAM protocol for USB4/Thunderbolt as a “super simple” way to “basically just transfer raw packets from one host to another”. This can be useful for quickly backing up a system from one host to another, sharing of web cameras or other peripherals across systems, or other environments where not having networking or wanti … ⌘ Read more

Linux To Drop ARCnet Support For Old ISA & PCMCIA Hardware
With Linux 7.1 ISDN, ham radio, and other old network code was removed in lightening the kernel source tree by around 138 thousand lines of code. Some additional Linux networking code cleaning is expected for Linux 7.2 with the ISA and PCMCIA hardware around ARCnet set to be removed… ⌘ Read more

I went 1-for-2 again at Magic today, winning the first game with my (mostly standard) Fallout “Hail, Caesar” deck by creating a swarm of soldiers and slapping people across the face with them (LOL!), before quitting the 2nd game for lack of time after my board got wiped (I mean, I might have lucked into something eventually, but it was getting late, so I dropped out).

I hope to play more regularly going into the summer, but who knows.

Government backs $1.2b loan scheme to shift firms off gas
The Government will guarantee up to $1.2 billion of bank lending to help businesses reduce their reliance on natural gas, as it looks to preserve dwindling domestic supply for users with fewer alternatives.

Finance Minister Nicola Willis, Energy Minister Simeon Brown and Associate Energy Minister Shane Jones said the [Gas Transition Loan Guarantee Scheme](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/budget-2026/gas-users-b … ⌘ Read more

发现频道：最近10日的热门排行榜[2026年第21期]
最近10日，来自小众软件论坛的发现频道的热门排行榜，由系统自动生成，直接列出来： 序号 主题 1️⃣ Moeli 阅读：轻量易用的漫画小说阅读器 2️⃣ 一个剪贴板实时同步工具 | 五端支持 | P2P | 跨网络 | UniClipboard 3️⃣ 【开源自荐】格图X | 多文件夹 ⌘ Read more

FreeBSD Foundation Executive Director Tries Daily Driving FreeBSD on Laptop
Article URL: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-On-Laptop-Driver

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48258736

Points: 6

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‘AI washing’: firms are scrambling to rebrand themselves as tech-focused
Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/24/ai-washing-pr-firms-scrambling-rebrand

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48257980

Points: 15

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Linux To Remove ISA Speech Synthesizer Driver That Likely Hasn’t Been Used In Decades
Following the process of phasing out Intel 486 CPU support and other old hardware drivers that were dropped in the Linux 7.1 kernel cycle for reducing the kernel maintenance burden, the upcoming Linux 7.2 cycle is continuing the trend of phasing out some of the old hardware support that is very obsolete, likely having no users on the latest upstream kernels, and no one formally maintaining the obsolete drivers… ⌘ Read more

Microsoft open-sources “the earliest DOS source code discovered to date”
https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/04/28/continuing-…

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48253386

Points: 4

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JWT is a scam and your app doesn’t need it
Article URL: https://www.dusanmalusev.dev/blog/jwt-is-a-scam-and-your-app-doesnt-need-it

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48249553

Points: 33

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My Net Worth: Caroline Harvie-Teare, Venues Ōtautahi CEO
Caroline Harvie-Teare is a Cantabrian through and through. She grew up in Dunsandel, competed in the South Island horse-riding championships, and has spent much of her career serving the city she loves.

I grew up on a 2,500-acre (1,000ha) farm in Dunsandel for the first seven years of my life. Farm life’s pretty simple – it’s a pretty happy time. My dad built a really cool go-kart for my two older brother … ⌘ Read more

Oura says it gets government demands for user data. Will it share how many?
Article URL: https://this.weekinsecurity.com/oura-says-it-gets-government-demands-for-user-data-will-it-share-how-many/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48247876

Points: 16

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Kraker kritisiert „ewiges Fortschreiben“
Die Präsidentin des Rechnungshofs (RH), Margit Kraker, hat mehr Tempo bei Reformen beim Gesundheitsbereich und bei Pensionen eingemahnt. Diese seien „ein großer Brocken“ im Budget, sagte sie in der Ö1-Sendereihe „Journal zu Gast“. Das Einsparungsvolumen von 2,5 Milliarden Euro sei „wahrscheinlich sehr knapp bemessen“, so Kraker. „Ewiges Fortschreiben“ funktioniere nicht. ⌘ Read more

GNOME Commander 2.0 Released Following Rewrite In Rust & GTK4
GNOME Commander, the orthodox file manager for the GNOME desktop that was inspired by Norton Commander, has been rewritten in the Rust programming language and also now using the GTK4 toolkit… ⌘ Read more

Entscheidung über Einsparungen vertagt
Die Entscheidung über die Einsparungen im Universitätsbudget 2028 bis 2030 ist vorerst vertagt. Im Doppelbudget 2027/28 wird der derzeitige Budgetansatz von rund 5,2 Mrd. Euro zunächst formal fortgeschrieben. Das gab Wissenschaftsministerin Eva-Maria Holzleitner (SPÖ) am Freitag bekannt, nachdem es einen Aufschrei der Unis und Kritik aus den Ländern gegeben hatte. ⌘ Read more

An amazing ride and 2 fists full of Sadako breasts (EroTaiga) [The Ring] ⌘ Read more

ToDesk 达成 2 亿装机量里程碑：8K 旗舰级画质加持，远程控制软件开始进入“视网膜”级竞争
近年来远程办公、跨区域协同、跨设备互控愈发普遍，不知屏幕前的各位是否遇到过这类场景——如远程操作公司或同事/客户的电脑来进一步调整所设计的急用海报，却发现细节糊成一片，色彩也有所偏差；帮处于外地的父母子女操作电脑，移动端小屏上根本看不清一些位置的信息；再或者想控制能带得动专业应用的高配置电脑来剪辑视 ⌘ Read more

赛博领鸡蛋：古墓丽影、纪念碑谷3 等6款游戏[5.22~5.28]
Epic 本周送出 2 款电脑游戏、1 款手机游戏，分别是《逃出百慕大》《古墓丽影1～3》以及口碑很好的手机游戏《纪念碑谷 3》，以及好几款 Steam 限免游戏。 《逃出百慕大》 这是一款带有轻度解谜元素的冒险游戏，玩家需要探索多个漂浮岛屿，通过寻找隐藏道具、破解机关以及收集能量核心来推进剧情。整 ⌘ Read more

Samsung chip workers will get an average $340k bonus as AI profits soar
Article URL: https://qz.com/samsung-chip-workers-bonus-ai-profits-052126

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48230892

Points: 18

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Linux 7.2 To Enable SR-IOV Support For Intel Nova Lake’s Xe3P Graphics
Open-source Intel software engineers today sent out their latest round of Xe kernel graphics driver updates to DRM-Next for queuing ahead of next month’s Linux 7.2 merge window… ⌘ Read more