Robots beat human records at Beijing half-marathon
The winning time is a massive improvement over last year’s race, when the fastest robot finished in two hours and 40 minutes.
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Europe has ‘maybe six weeks of jet fuel left’
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Uber’s AI Push Hits a Wall–CTO Says Budget Struggles Despite $3.4B Spend
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Show HN: Faceoff – A terminal UI for following NHL games
Faceoff is a TUI app written in Python to follow live NHL games and browse standings and stats. I got the inspiration from Playball, a similar TUI app for MLB games that was featured on HN. The app was mostly…
The Bromine Chokepoint: How Strife Could Halt Production of World’s Memory Chips
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Critical flaw in Protobuf library enables JavaScript code execution
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Show HN: Google Gemini Is Scanning Your Photos – and the EU Said No
Google has expanded its Personal Intelligence feature so that Gemini can now access your Google Photos face data, Gmail, YouTube history, and search activity to generate personalized AI images — live for US paid subscribers as of April 2026. https://vucense.com/privacy-sovereignty/surveillance-biometr……
Palantir posts mini-manifesto denouncing inclusivity and ‘regressive’ cultures
Palantir’s ideological bent has come under more scrutiny as it’s worked with ICE and positioned itself as a defender of “the West.”
TechCrunch Mobility: Uber enters its assetmaxxing era
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.
Turtle WoW classic server announces shutdown after Blizzard wins injunction
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