Amazon’s new podcast strategy: Monetize everything
Amazon's podcasting business seems to have transformed over the past six months.
Butterflies are in decline across North America, a look at the Western Monarch
Article URL: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/butterflies-are-in-dramatic-decline-across-north-america-a-close-look-at-the-western-monarch-shows-why-180988582/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47914677 Points: 171 # Comments: 53
Show HN: AI memory with biological decay (52% recall)
Most RAG setups fail because they treat memory like a static filing cabinet. When every transient bug fix or abandoned rule is stored forever, the context window eventually chokes on noise, spiking token costs and degrading the agent's reasoning. This implementation experiments with a biological ...
Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race
https://www.letsrun.com/news/2026/04/15930-sabastian-sawe-sh... https://news.adidas.com/running/two-adidas-athletes-sabastia... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47914350 Points: 312 # Comments: 216
I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it
Article URL: https://ca98am79.medium.com/i-bought-friendster-for-30k-heres-what-i-m-doing-with-it-d5e8ddb3991d Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47914165 Points: 564 # Comments: 309
MoQ Boy
Article URL: https://moq.dev/blog/moq-boy/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47914161 Points: 48 # Comments: 5
What Tim Cook built
On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss how Apple has changed since Cook became CEO in 2011, and what challenges incoming CEO John Ternus will be facing.
Fast16: High-precision software sabotage 5 years before Stuxnet
Article URL: https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/fast16-mystery-shadowbrokers-reference-reveals-high-precision-software-sabotage-5-years-before-stuxnet/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47913855 Points: 196 # Comments: 47
Forced Windows updates can now be paused forever
No more getting caught by a forced Windows 11 update while you're in the middle of a meeting or a match. Microsoft announced some major changes coming to Windows Update on its blog, including the ability to indefinitely pause Windows updates, 35 days at a time. To give users more control, Windows...
AI should elevate your thinking, not replace it
Article URL: https://www.koshyjohn.com/blog/ai-should-elevate-your-thinking-not-replace-it/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47913650 Points: 346 # Comments: 272
Strange New Worlds S4 teaser strikes a more serious tone
"I have ever been prone to seek adventure and to investigate where wiser men would have left well enough alone."
Chernobyl wildlife forty years on
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260424-chernobyl-wildlife-forty-years-on Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47913382 Points: 63 # Comments: 6
Google’s new gradient icon design is coming to more apps
In late 2025, Google started rolling out new icons with a gradient design. Now it seems the new look is coming to the rest of Google's apps. 9to5Google got its hands on images of the new icons that ditch the uniform circle design that tries to cram in every color of the Google logo. In general, ...
Canadian premier wants to ban social media and AI chatbots for kids in Manitoba
Manitoba could be the first province in Canada to establish a social media ban for kids, but the proposal's details aren't very clear yet. The province's premier, Wab Kinew, announced during a fundraiser event on Saturday and on X that Manitoba would put in place a ban for social media and AI cha...
John Ternus could borrow from Microsoft’s playbook to reinvigorate Apple
Microsoft recently announced something rather interesting – a voluntary employee buyout. In short, if your age and tenure at the company add up to 70 or greater, you’re able to voluntarily leave the company, retire early, and receive a (likely) hefty payout. It’s a less hostile form of layoffs, a...
Prime Video drops full trailer for Spider-Noir
It's "a detective story, but the detective happens to also have spider powers.”—EP Chris Miller
Save over $150 on this fantastic Elecoo resin 3D printer with 16K resolution and a tilting vat — Saturn 4 Ultra 16K is on sale for just $493 right now on Amazon
The Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra is already a top recommendation in the resin 3D printer world, but with this discount, it's a no-brainer. Featuring a 16K resolution on a 10.1-inch LCD, you get 14 microns of accuracy with so many smart features that it'd be an actual challenge to ruin a print, or the pr...
The new iPhones have a problem turning back on after the battery runs out
Last night, my iPhone Air battery went to zero about 11 PM. I plugged in the USB-C charging cable within seconds of it shutting down, assuming it would immediately boot up again, like you expect. But it didn’t. Minutes passed and nothing happened. There was no low battery indicator visible on the...
Trump has terminated several members of the independent National Science Board
As reported by several outlets, the Trump administration dismissed members of the National Science Board (NSB), which is tasked with establishing policies for the National Science Foundation. It's not clear how many members have been dismissed. According to screenshots shared with The Washington ...
The Visible Zorker: Zork 1
Article URL: https://eblong.com/infocom/visi/zork1/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47911644 Points: 119 # Comments: 22