Servo 0.2 Released With Revamped Android Browser UI
For ending out the month of May is a new monthly release of Servo, the open-source, Rust-based browser engine being developed by Linux Foundation Europe stakeholders and the open-source community. There are many nice enhancements on the desktop side with Servo 0.2 while also improving the Android browser UI experience with Servo too… ⌘ Read more

Zrythm 2.0 Alpha Released For Rewriting The Digital Audio Workstation In C++ & Qt/QML
Zrythm is a wonderful open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) application. Zrythm 1.0 released back in 2024 for this software catering from beginners to audio professionals. It’s been a GTK-based application for years but the developers have been porting it to Qt6/QML. Released this weekend is the first Zrythm 2.0 alpha release that moves from GTK to Qt/QML… ⌘ Read more

À Moscou, les droites radicales se déchirent autour des élections consulaires
Les Français de Russie et du Bélarus sont appelés à choisir leurs conseillers consulaires dans une ambiance délétère. Trois listes, toutes de droite plus ou moins extrême, se disputent les 2 700 Français encore inscrits sur les listes électorales. ⌘ Read more

Chinas Zwiespalt im Anti-Tabak-Kampf
Am Sonntag wird zum 39. Mal der Weltnichtrauchertag begangen. Eine nach wie vor schwer einzunehmende Bastion im Kampf gegen Tabak ist China: Ein Drittel bis die Hälfte der Männer rauchen, die rund 2,4 Billionen Zigaretten, die jedes Jahr in China verkauft werden, machen über vierzig Prozent des globalen Gesamtvolumens aus. Obwohl die gesundheitlichen Schäden enorm sind, geht die Regierung nur zögerlich gegen Tabakkonsum und -industrie vor – zu stark abhängig ist sie von den Einnahmen. ⌘ Read more

UK-Based Rockstar Games North Workers Formally Announce Union
Rockstar Games has a 2,000-employee studio in Scotland called Rockstar North. And Thursday its workers announced they’d formed a union, reports the gaming news site Aftermath:

The union [part of the wider Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB) union] includes workers from Rockstar Games offices in Leeds, London, Edinburgh, Dundee, and Lincoln, … ⌘ Read more

Cheese Paper: a text editor specifically designed for writing
Article URL: https://brie.gay/cheese-paper/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48341407

Points: 12

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‘Call Of Duty: Warzone’ Is Shutting Down On PS4 And Xbox One
Call Of Duty: Warzone is shutting down on PS4 and Xbox One later this year, reports Kotaku.

As Call of Duty fully transitions to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S (and Switch 2), its popular battle royale spin-off, Warzone, is also ditching the old consoles. Later this year, Warzone will no longer be playable on PS4 or Xbox One…

Shortly after Modern Warfare 4 ( … ⌘ Read more

Jef Raskin, the Visionary Behind the Mac
Article URL: https://lowendmac.com/2013/jef-raskin-the-visionary-behind-the-mac/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48339894

Points: 7

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DuckDuckGo Installs Up 30% After Google Announced AI Search
After Google announced AI-emphasizing changes to its search results, many web surfers began defecting to DuckDuckGo, reports TechCrunch. (They describe DuckDuckGo as “a privacy-focused alternative” that accounts for around 2% of the U.S. search market…)

DuckDuckGo said U.S. app installs went up 18.1% week-over-week on average during the May 20 to May 25 … ⌘ Read more

[OC] which are you using first 1. 🖐️ 2. 👅 3. 🍆 ⌘ Read more

AMD Submits More Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 7.2
On Friday was the latest AMDGPU/AMDKFD pull request landing more kernel graphics/compute driver improvements in DRM-Next ahead of the Linux 7.2 merge window happening in mid-June… ⌘ Read more

Hausse du baril : plus de production, moins de voiture et d’avion
Un article de Henry Bonner Selon les résultats de TotalEnergies pour son premier trimestre, la multinationale génère des hausses de production de 2 % via une augmentation du rythme d’extraction. Des entreprises du pétrole aux États-Unis mettent aussi en marche des puits pour des hausses de production, après l’envolée du baril. Selon Baker Hughes, le […] ⌘ Read more

后续更新：“×读”软件的2位开发者因侵犯著作权罪，均被判刑，处罚金。退缴超100万
两天前，涉案的 Legado 项目主页发布了公告： 然后删除了全部代码。 现状 从原文的时间线来看，「张先生在一家国内头部数字阅读平台担任法务，该公司与大量网络小说作者签订了独家授权协议。2023年1月4日，在发现“×读”软件侵权行为后，张先生当即报案。」 以及开发者的 GitHub 动态页面： 2 ⌘ Read more

Bought 2 tickets 🎫 Wish me luck! 🍀

MCP Is Dead
Article URL: https://www.quandri.io/engineering-blog/mcp-is-dead

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48330436

Points: 15

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Wine 11.10 Released With VKD3D 2.0, Improved VBScript Compatibility
Wine 11.10 marks the latest bi-weekly development release of Wine for running Windows games and applications on Linux, macOS, and other platforms… ⌘ Read more

Fwupd 2.1.4 Brings Many Fixes For Bugs Spotted By Anthrophic’s Mythos, Firmware Update Support For Intel Arc Pro B65/B70
Fresh off the funding round from HP, Fwupd 2.1.4 was christened today as the newest stable update to this open-source firmware updating solution for Linux systems… ⌘ Read more

AMD ROCm 7.2.4 Released With Performance & Stability Fixes
AMD’s ROCm open-source compute stack is up to version 7.2.4 stable as it continues seeing new fixes while on the tech preview feature side is the recent ROCm 7.13 release… ⌘ Read more

Fwupd 2.1.4 Brings Many Bug Fixes, Firmware Update Support For Intel Arc Pro B65/B70
Fresh off the funding round from HP, Fwupd 2.1.4 was christened today as the newest stable update to this open-source firmware updating solution for Linux systems… ⌘ Read more

[OC] which are you using first 1. 🖐️ 2. 👅 3. 🍆 ⌘ Read more

Erste Daten: Deutsche Inflation sinkt im Mai auf 2,6 Prozent ⌘ Read more

Btrfs Change Coming For Linux 7.2 Yields Very Healthy Performance Gain
A change coming on the way for the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel cycle is yielding a significant improvement to the direct I/O write performance. While a big gain, technically it’s a regression fix after a change mistakenly dropped the behavior several years ago… ⌘ Read more

FBI Arrests CIA Official With $40 Million In Gold Bars In His Home
A senior CIA official, David Rush, was arrested after investigators found more than $40 million in gold bars and about $2 million in cash at his Virginia home. According to the New York Times, “The only charge lodged against David Rush is that he inflated his academic credentials and obtained military leave pay worth tens of thousands of dollar … ⌘ Read more

Intel To Support DRM Background Color Property With Linux 7.2
Introduced in Linux 7.1 is a dedicated CRTC background color property for DRM graphics/display drivers. The “BACKGROUND_COLOR” property can be used with capable drivers and display controllers as the default background color when not covered by any plane or from transparent regions of higher planes. With the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel cycle, the Intel DRM driver will begin supporting this background color property… ⌘ Read more

Linux 7.2 To Bring Graphics Driver Fix For Old Integrated Graphics On Intel Sandy Bridge
For those still making use of Intel Sandy Bridge processors from 15 years ago, the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel is bringing a fix for an engine reset issue when using the old integrated graphics with Sandy Bridge… ⌘ Read more

1,2 Mrd. weltweit psychisch krank: Bessere Versorgung gefordert ⌘ Read more

赛博领鸡蛋：撸猫模拟器、孤星猎人、北境之地[5.29~6.4]
Epic 本周送出 2 款电脑游戏《魔法猫咪咖啡馆》、《孤星猎人》，和1 款手机游戏《北境之地》。 《撸猫模拟器 Calico》 这是一款轻松治愈风格的社区模拟游戏，玩家需要接手一家猫咪咖啡馆，通过收养动物、布置店铺、制作甜点以及帮助岛上的居民完成委托来逐步恢复咖啡馆的人气。游戏没有战斗压力，更强调 ⌘ Read more

NZ sharemarket rises nearly 2% for the week
The New Zealand sharemarket had a frantic end to the week, with Tourism Holdings fielding a renewed takeover bid and leading stocks buffeted by a world index rebalancing.

The S&P/NZX 50 Index and the blue-chips were enjoying a solid day but suffered a late fall due to the largest quarterly rebalancing of the MSCI Equity indices. ⌘ Read more

The most spectacular rocket explosion since N1 just happened in Florida
Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/blue-origins-new-glenn-rocket-just-exploded-during-a-static-fire-test/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48318678

Points: 11

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‘We’re really proud’: TradeWindow targets WiseTech
TradeWindow’s management is confident the trade software minnow is on the path toward breaking even, as it goes head-to-head with its larger Australian rival, WiseTech Global.

The dual-listed company, which counts some of New Zealand’s biggest exporters, including Silver Fern Farms, Zespri and Sealord, among its customers, reported a net after-tax loss of $2.6 million in the financial year ended March 31. ⌘ Read more

Linux 7.2’s Open-Source Nouveau Driver To Finally Support The NVIDIA GA100
Sent out today was the last drm-misc-next pull request ahead of the Linux 7.2 merge window getting underway in June. As part of this last batch of small Direct Rendering Manager graphics/accelerator driver changes is finally enabling the NVIDIA GA100 within the Nouveau driver… ⌘ Read more

THL considers revised $3.10 per share takeover offer
Tourism Holdings Limited is considering a revised takeover offer of $3.10 per share from a consortium comprising BGH Capital and the Trouchet family.

The indicative all-cash offer represents a 41% premium to THL’s last traded price of $2.20. ⌘ Read more

Hold on for Dear Life
Article URL: https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/28/we-live-in-a-society/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48312734

Points: 11

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DOJ Charges Google Employee With $1.2 Million Polymarket Bet On Search Term
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: Federal prosecutors charged a Google employee with fraud on Wednesday, alleging that he made $1.2 million off of bets using insider information on Polymarket. Prosecutors claim that Michele Spagnuolo, a staff information security engineer at Google, used confidential information to … ⌘ Read more

KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta 2 Released With More Bug Fixes
Building off the KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta release earlier in May, a second beta was declared today in preparing for the Plasma 6.7 stable debut in mid-June… ⌘ Read more

How to Quickly Warm Up Your MacBook
Article URL: https://z3ugma.github.io/2019/11/18/warm-up-your-macbook/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48300342

Points: 8

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YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos
Article URL: https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/youtube-ai-video-labels-automatic-detection-1236758865/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48299753

Points: 11

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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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