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Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative

A Preview of DuckDB v2.0

Google has acquired the data of failed US airline Spirit

GPT-5.6 Sol Pricing Cut by 50% on OpenRouter

How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots

The Amazon tax

The Amazon tax

Israel creates fake think tank in likely attempt to dupe AI chatbots

Incident with Github.com

On AI regulation and messaging

<a href="https://xcancel.com/DarioAmodei/status/2088758816376807762" rel="nofollow">https://xcancel.com/DarioAmodei/status/2088758816376807762</a>

Stripe will reportedly acquire OpenRouter for $7B+

Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub

Github has been down consistently over the last few months - does it make sense to switch to alternatives?

Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1T and 114k Lives a Year, Yale Study

AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)

AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)

Qwen 3.8 27B is excellent, but it defaults to overthinking things

Incident with Github.com

Just got this message: "No server is currently available to service your request. Sorry about that. Please try refreshing and contact us if the problem persists."<p>Edit: at the time of posting there was not an incident on githubstatus.com. Now there is. https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx<p>Original Title: "Tell HN: GitHub Is Overloaded"

Incident with Github.com

Just got this message: "No server is currently available to service your request. Sorry about that. Please try refreshing and contact us if the problem persists."<p>Edit: at the time of posting there was not an incident on githubstatus.com. Now there is. https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/zkxwbgr0cnmx<p>Original Title: "Tell HN: GitHub Is Overloaded"

Anthropic's ‘watermark’ text adulteration in Claude is a perversion of writing

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