Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions to Stop One of Its Own
Alex Bores, a former Palantir employee, helped pass one of the country’s toughest AI laws. Now Silicon Valley’s biggest names are trying to stop his rise to Congress.
China has spent 3.6 times more than the US on chipmaking subsidies over the past decade — $142 billion and counting, easily outweighs CHIPS Act
Semiconductor industrial policy spending in China totaled around $142 billion between 2014 and 2023, roughly 3.6 times higher than the $39 billion committed in the United States over the same period.
The Best Streaming Bundles and Streaming Deals of April 2026
Here are the current best bundles from the most popular services.
Apple @ Work Podcast: PocketMDM brings Apple Business Manager to your pocket
Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage & protect Apple devices at work. Over 45,000 organi...
The problem with thinking you’re part Neanderthal
You’ve probably heard some version of this idea before: that many of us have an “inner Neanderthal.” That is to say, around 45,000 years ago, when Homo sapiens first arrived in Europe, they met members of a cousin species—the broad-browed, heavier-set Neanderthals—and, well, one thing led to anot...
FAA approves military use of drone-killing laser weapons in US airspace — decision comes after it was decided ‘systems do not present an increased risk to the flying public’
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has decided to give carte blanche approval to the military’s use of laser weaponry to shoot down suspected errant drones in US airspace.
The Gamblers Behind One of the Weirdest Cheating Mysteries in Chess Have Been Unmasked
In July 1993, a disguised player entered the World Open chess tournament in Philadelphia using the name of a mathematician who died in 1957. His real identity remained unknown—until now.
Government Workers Say They're Getting Inundated With Religion
“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”
A sleek, wearable airbag for cyclists is nearly here
The lightweight Airbag deploys in just milliseconds after detecting a crash. | Image: Van Rysel What you're looking at is a new airbag system integrated directly into a "race-ready" skinsuit, not bolted on like other solutions. It was developed for road cyclists by Van Rysel, with the help of a...
Nvidia says AI cuts 10-month, eight-engineer GPU design task to overnight job — company is still 'a long way' from AI designing chips without human input
Nvidia widely uses AI for different stages of the chip design process, though it admits that AI is a long way from designing chips completely autonomously.
Man suspected of Molotov attack on Sam Altman's home charged with attempted murder
20-year-old Texan also allegedly planned to kill everyone inside the OpenAI office building The man accused of attacking Sam Altman's San Francisco home with a Molotov cocktail on April 10 now faces charges of attempted murder.…
The Best Mattresses for Stomach Sleepers, According to a Sleep Science Coach (2026)
The best mattresses for stomach sleepers have spinal alignment in mind. These are my recommendations as a certified sleep science coach.
A New Horror Movie Depicts Realistic Snuff. That’s Not the Most Disturbing Thing About It
Faces of Death features a black-pilled killer who thinks he’s giving the internet what it wants. In some ways, he’s right.
Britain gives Rolls-Royce the nod to sketch out its mini reactor future
Contract kicks off design work, but SMRs unlikely to generate power before the mid-2030s The British government has signed a deal with Rolls‑Royce to carry out the design work on small modular reactors (SMRs).…
The Moms Who Sponcon Their Daughters’ First Periods
From Mormon momfluencer domination to boosting engagement with partially clothed kids, journalist Fortesa Latifi’s new book exposes the dark and complex world of child influencers.
Inertia moves to commercialize one of the world’s most elaborate science experiments
Inertia has signed three agreements with the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, paving the way for the company to bring its pioneering fusion reactor to market.
Ransomware Is Growing Three Times Faster Than the Spending Meant to Stop It
Article URL: https://ciphercue.com/blog/ransomware-claims-grew-faster-than-security-spend-2025 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47762994 Points: 12 # Comments: 4
Microsoft sends Outlook Lite to the great inbox in the sky as memory costs skyrocket
Mailbox access in stripped-down Android app ends on May 25 Having blocked new installations of Outlook Lite in October 2025, Microsoft will " complete the retirement" of the app on May 25.…
An AI Vibe Coding Horror Story
Article URL: https://www.tobru.ch/an-ai-vibe-coding-horror-story/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47762901 Points: 147 # Comments: 127
Backblaze has stopped backing up your data
Article URL: https://rareese.com/posts/backblaze/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47762864 Points: 186 # Comments: 108