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91.		xAI has Released Grok 4.3 (beta) (twitter.com/techdevnotes)
		13 points by sergiotapia 3 days ago \| 6 comments
92.		Meta targets May 20 for first wave of layoffs; additional cuts later in 2026 (reuters.com)
		26 points by fvrghl 3 days ago \| 9 comments
93.		Gen Z is 10 times more accepting of violence against speakers than Boomers (fire.org)
		16 points by delichon 3 days ago \| 25 comments
94.		The N.Y.P.D. Is Teaching America How to Track Everyone Every Day Forever (nytimes.com)
		15 points by Cider9986 3 days ago \| 2 comments
95.		Average new UK electric car price is now lower than petrol vehicles (theguardian.com)
		13 points by MBCook 3 days ago \| 4 comments
96.		France reports over 40 cryptocurrency kidnappings so far this year (lemonde.fr)
		13 points by geox 4 days ago \| discuss
97.		Controversial FISA program extended by House but only until April 30 (cbsnews.com)
		12 points by anigbrowl 3 days ago \| 5 comments
98.		Japan reveals new name for 40C-and-hotter days after blistering summer (bbc.com)
		9 points by throw0101d 3 days ago \| 2 comments
99.		Brussels launched an age checking app. It took 2 minutes to hack it (politico.eu)
		11 points by elorant 3 days ago \| 2 comments
100.		Probabilistic engineering and the 24-7 employee (timdavis.com)
		17 points by beau 4 days ago \| 4 comments
101.		Stop New York's Attack on 3D Printing (eff.org)
		15 points by iamnothere 4 days ago \| discuss
102.		English's New Consonant (dannylbate.substack.com)
		10 points by HeliumHydride 3 days ago \| discuss
103.		NASA's X-59 Completes First Wheels-Up Flight (nasa.gov)
		9 points by big_toast 3 days ago \| 3 comments
104.		McDonnell Douglas DC-X(1993) (wikipedia.org)
		8 points by o4c 4 days ago \| discuss
105.		Inventor of Heelys Dies at 71 (nytimes.com)
		7 points by nxobject 4 days ago \| discuss
106.		Why "200 OK" does not mean your system worked (bridgexapi.io)
		6 points by Bridgexapi 8 days ago \| 9 comments
107.		Crystal 1.20.0 Is Released (crystal-lang.org)
		16 points by sdogruyol 3 days ago \| 3 comments
108.		'Middle Class' Actors Are Getting 'Squeezed Out' of Hollywood (variety.com)
		14 points by Michelangelo11 4 days ago \| 4 comments
109.		House punts on FISA, extends spy powers program for two weeks (politico.com)
		9 points by Cider9986 4 days ago \| discuss
110.		Long-term adaptation pathways for Venice and its lagoon under sea-level rise [pdf] (nature.com)
		6 points by thunderbong 4 days ago \| discuss
111.		NIST cuts down CVE analysis amid vulnerability overload (csoonline.com)
		6 points by WaitWaitWha 3 days ago \| discuss
112.		DESI Completes Planned 3D Map of the Universe and Continues Exploring (lbl.gov)
		6 points by bookofjoe 3 days ago \| discuss
113.		Finance ministers and top bankers raise serious concerns about Mythos AI model (bbc.com)
		6 points by wood_spirit 4 days ago \| discuss
114.		Show HN: Tracking Top US Science Olympiad Alumni over Last 25 Years (perplexity.ai)
		5 points by bkls 4 days ago \| discuss
115.		We beat Google's zero-knowledge proof of quantum cryptanalysis (trailofbits.com)
		16 points by lr0 3 days ago \| discuss
116.		Ask HN: How did you get your first users with zero audience?
		16 points by arikusi 4 days ago \| 18 comments
117.		Iceland Just Got Its First Mosquitoes (gizmodo.com)
		8 points by speckx 3 days ago \| discuss
118.		MAGA Indians Went All in on Trump. Many Right-Wingers Can't Stand Them (wired.com)
		13 points by aanet 4 days ago \| 27 comments
119.		QUIC will soon be as important as TCP – but it's vastly different (theregister.com)
		6 points by Bender 4 days ago \| discuss
120.		Aliens.gov Resolves – To a WordPress "Site Not Found" Error
		14 points by ascarola 4 days ago \| 5 comments
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