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What happens when AI starts building itself?

Richard Socher's new $650 million startup wants to build an AI that can research and improve itself indefinitely — and he insists it will actually ship products.

Meta’s summer sale drops Ray-Ban’s new smart glasses to record-low prices

If you’ve been curious about Ray-Ban’s Meta smart glasses, right now they’re on sale in Meta’s biggest deal event outside Black Friday. As part of the company’s Summer Sale event, which runs through May 26th, the original model is on sale starting at $224.25 ($74 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and directly from Meta, matching […]

Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund Backs KDE with €1.3M

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/oses/2026/05/14/kde-bags-13m-as-europe-realizes-it-might-need-an-os-of-its-own/5240562

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48139912

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OpenAI is reportedly preparing legal action against Apple; it wouldn’t be the first partner to feel burned

According to Bloomberg, OpenAI has enlisted an outside law firm to work through its options.

Use this map to find the data centers in your backyard

When Oregon resident Isabelle Reksopuro heard Google was gobbling up public land to fuel its data centers in her home state, she didn't initially know what to believe. "There's a lot of misinformation about data centers," she said. "Google has denied taking that land." Technically, she explains, The Dalles, a city near the Washington state […]

Green Card Holders Targeted for Deportation by New 'Removal Apparatus'

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/us/politics/green-cards-immigration-deportation-trump.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48139775

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Clawdmeter turns your Claude Code usage stats into a tiny desktop dashboard

A new open source gadget called Clawdmeter turns Claude Code usage stats into a tiny desktop dashboard for AI coding power users.

Trump’s Tech Posse in China, Who’s Winning in Musk v. Altman, and Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories

Today on Uncanny Valley, we discuss how Donald Trump’s visit to China could influence conversations between world leaders at a moment when the economic and foreign policy stakes couldn’t be higher.

Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI

Sam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of OpenAI and its most well-known product, ChatGPT. In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing AI to benefit humanity and shifting focus to boosting profits instead. Elon Musk, his financial […]

Early Memorial Day Tech Deals: Sony, Apple, Beats (2026)

Lots of our most-recommended headphones, power banks, and other gadgets are on sale for Memorial Day.