Millions of Bees Have Thrived Under a New York Cemetery for More Than a Century
A walk in the cemetery led to Cornell researchers discovering an underground colony of bees with an estimated population of 5.5 million—one of the largest ever recorded. ⌘ Read more

Man left for dead after asking for music to be turned down
A Sydney man has been bashed and left for dead in a park near his home after telling a group of partiers to turn the music down. ⌘ Read more

Retiring police officer target of man’s car
A man accused of ploughing his car into Mudgee Police Station allegedly told police that’s what he was going to do. ⌘ Read more

Nike World Cup Uniforms Made of Recycled Textiles Won’t Solve Fashion Waste
The activewear giant has used chemical recycling to make jersey for 16 teams competing in the tournament. But the technique is unlikely to help solve fashion’s waste issue. ⌘ Read more

Fire wrecks three homes
A major fire north of Brisbane has destroyed three homes and sent several streets into lockdown. ⌘ Read more

Woman killed in Gold Coast fire
A woman has died after a fire in Broadbeach on the Gold Coast with police investigating the circumstances around the death. ⌘ Read more

First home deposit scheme backfires
More than 50,000 first home buyers are at risk of losing money after house prices tumbled in some capital, as the government’s five-per cent deposit scheme backfires. ⌘ Read more

Thug hit by car during wild brawl
Armed thugs attacked each other with metal poles during a wild street brawl in Melbourne, with one run down by a car. ⌘ Read more

Liberals leader fires up party faithful following Tony Abbott’s presidency
Angus Taylor has issued a rallying cry for his party at the final day of the federal Liberal Council in Melbourne. ⌘ Read more

Teen fighting for life after motocross crash
A teenager is fighting for life after crashing during the Victorian Motocross Championships in Horsham. ⌘ Read more

Forty people involved in brawl at suburban soccer match
The fight erupted after spectators reportedly went onto the field during the Saturday afternoon game. ⌘ Read more

Danish pension fund excludes SpaceX citing governance and valuation
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/danish-pension-fund-excludes-spacex-citing-governance-valuation-2026-05-29/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48333820

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Crime scene declared after person dies in resort fire, as second blaze engulfs houses
A person has died after they were pulled from a unit fire on the Gold Coast, prompting a police investigation, while a second fire engulfed houses in Brisbane’s north and forced an exclusion zone. ⌘ Read more

‘Crazy mistake’ undermines historic koala chlamydia vaccine, researcher says
The vaccine a decade in the making had been heralded as a cure for one of the biggest koala killers out there. ⌘ Read more

Pedestrian seriously injured after being hit by out-of-control car in North Beach
The man in his 60s was struck by a second car that mounted the footpath and pushed him over a limestone wall and into bushes. ⌘ Read more

Long famed for its food, this Sydney suburb is about to get a nightlife boost
Sydneysiders are increasingly looking beyond the CBD for a nightlife fix – and Eastwood is the next go-to. ⌘ Read more

Company accidentally blows $500M on Claude AI in one month
Article URL: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/company-accidentally-blows-500-000-000-on-claude-ai-in-one-month/ar-AA24nahv

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48333177

Points: 5

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Crime scene declared after person dies in resort fire, as second blaze engulfs houses
A person has died after they were pulled from a unit fire on the Gold Coast, prompting a police investigation, while a second fire engulfed houses in Brisbane’s north and forced an exclusion zone. ⌘ Read more

Two fires either side of Brisbane, with grave fears for person pulled from smoking resort
A person in a life-threatening condition was pulled from a unit fire on the Gold Coast while a second fire engulfed houses in Brisbane’s north. ⌘ Read more

‘Destructive winds, heavy rain, tornadoes’: Monster storm bearing down on WA
Warnings have been issued for residents throughout the state as the weather amps up on Saturday evening. ⌘ Read more

Thieves make off with ATM after ramming ute into shopping centre
Wild footage shows the moment a ute smashes through the glass shopping centre doors before masked offenders steal an ATM. ⌘ Read more

The Age photos of the week, May 30, 2026
The week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributors at The Age. ⌘ Read more

Hospital systems pass first test after suspected Ebola case in Melbourne
Victorian health authorities are on high alert for diphtheria and Ebola following outbreaks interstate and overseas. ⌘ Read more

Perry Compiles TypeScript directly to executables using SWC and LLVM
Article URL: https://www.perryts.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48332151

Points: 3

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Fireworks to replace Vivid’s officially cancelled drone shows
The festival’s keenly awaited drone shows have been cancelled after nearly 90 drones fell from the sky on Monday. ⌘ Read more

‘Is that a Furby?’: Return of the ’90s with a dancing toy chorus
Furbies are back, with a resurgence in popularity driven by ’90s nostalgia. ⌘ Read more

Former governor-general a man of compassion who paid heavy price for error in judgment
Peter Hollingworth had an unwavering concern for those on the margins, writes Labor legend Barry Jones. But a serious mistake while he was Archbishop of Brisbane led to his resignation as governor-general. ⌘ Read more

WA state government cleared of any liability in landmark native title case
The court also ruled that the WA government will be able to retain the full benefit of the mining royalties collected from the Solomon Hub Project. ⌘ Read more

‘I couldn’t complain because it was all my fault’: Why Eddie Perfect quit Beetlejuice
Perfect’s hit Broadway musical is about to tour the country without him. But that’s fine – turns out being dead can be hard work. ⌘ Read more

Baldivis ram raid
Police have released footage of thieves smashing into a Baldivis shopping centre to steal an ATM ⌘ Read more

WH proposes rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants
Article URL: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/white-house-proposes-new-rules-giving-political-appointees-final-say-on-research-grants/

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48331511](https://news.ycomb … ⌘ Read more

@bender@twtxt.net Fine, Let me answer properly and concretely 😅

Would you want your children not to learn anything, because “they have AI”?

No, children still need to learn. That will never change. What they learn however will over time.

Are you OK with your children using the AI for all of their homework?

Yes, frankly I am. Why? Because much of what we teach them in school is utterly pointless.
For example, learning to read Shakespear never taught me anything useful in my life. I regret much of my school years to be honest.
I leanred to read and write, sure. But I learned Math, Science, Computing and how things work on my own by being very curious.

What sense will it make?

That assumes I answered “no”, which I did not. So it all makes perfect sense :D

What kind of future would that bring for them?

This assumes I said “Yes”, which I did :D It will be an itneresting future that’s for sure. I don’t think we can just bury our heads in teh sand and pretend it’s all going to go away, It will not. It will make things very interesting for sure, as we’re already starting to see what’s possible and what’s changeing. For example; ordinary people are using these LLM(s) to write their legal suit and defense in courts with varying levels of success.

Even if AI were to become omniscient, what will it be of the human race then?

I’m not convinced it ever will. In fact, I am not convinced we know how to create true intellience at all.

What would we do?

What would be so different from say an Alien invasion from far superious beings?
What would we do that? Band together and defend humanity?

Serve the AI? Maintain the AI?

That assumes that “AI” will become intelligent and omniscient, which I don’t believe it ever will.

Would we have found the true meaning of life then?

If the meaning of life is to create our own sub-species liken to ourselves, sure, maybe. But is that even a reality? not sure, I doubt it. We barely understand ourselves at the best of times, let alone how our minds works.

To care for AI, Is that it?

How would this be different to caring for a friend, a family member If we could ever truly reate an actual sentient being with real feelings and intelligenace, is there any reason to worry? Could we not be freinds and have mutual goals and form relationships?

Location of child sex offender on Daniel’s Law register not known
A known Queensland child sex offender is missing in the community, after police discovered he had not made required reports about his whereabouts and contact with children. ⌘ Read more

@bender@twtxt.net Now that’s an interesting philosophical viewpoint right there. But this assumes that the “AI” we seemingly have available to us today is actually telligent, understands and has cognitive reasoning. It does not. All of these LLM models from big-tech companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Meta and Alibaba are all just very powerful, very large multidimensional neural networks with attention that are very good at statistical probabilities of ‘what comes next”. I think we get really upset over the wrong things sometimes. We need to continue to be upset that these 🤬 companies have basically destroyed any meaningful value of the concept of Copyright and Intellectual Property and Works of art. The so-called “AI” we have today is just a tool. Can you say for certain that the typewriter and the computer ruined our ability to write? Perhaps yes, but we still learn how to do so, likewise, I still think that learning to write code, research, read and write are all valuable skills to learn. Later on once you have the basics, you can defer some of the “tedious” work to these models, because frankly, they’re far better at inferencing and pattern matching than you or i will ever be, not because they’re better at pattern-matching per se, but because they have been trained on a very large corpus and they are much much faster at doing the same basic things we are far superior at.

Location of child sex offender on Daniel’s Law register not known
A known Queensland child sex offender is missing in the community, after police discovered he had not made required reports about his whereabouts and contact with children. ⌘ Read more

@bender@twtxt.net Nope. Trust me I do not. The only time I do is when I’m reading/writing. I otherwise have no inner monologue when doing anything.

Sexism soaring in schools as boys target female teachers and peers
Experts have sounded the alarm on a concerning spike in sexism at Australian schools. ⌘ Read more

What Is a Dickover?
Article URL: https://daringfireball.net/2026/05/what_is_a_dickover

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48330882

Points: 23

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next-20260529: linux-next
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MCP Is Dead
Article URL: https://www.quandri.io/engineering-blog/mcp-is-dead

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48330436

Points: 15

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24 Best Father’s Day Gifts for Dads (2026)
Dads are traditionally tough to shop for—let me help with these handpicked gift ideas for fathers with great taste. ⌘ Read more

Show HN: Open-source private home security camera system (end-to-end encryption)
Hey everyone,

I previously introduced an open source private home security camera in 2024, which uses OpenMLS for end-to-end encryption: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42284412.

It was called Privastead then and it’s now renamed to Secluso.

John Kaczman found my project from here and has been working on it with me over the last year and half. We’ve made a lot of improvements to the software, which w … ⌘ Read more

EV Stupidity Checklist
Article URL: http://hypercritical.co/2026/05/29/ev-stupidity-checklist

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48329549

Points: 6

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Ute rams police station in Mudgee during police send-off
A suspected sovereign citizen was arrested after allegedly driving a ute into the Mudgee police station, in New South Wales. ⌘ Read more

Amazon Is Making an AI-Animated ‘Good Advice Cupcake’ TV Show. Its Original Creator Is Furious
Loryn Brantz created The Good Advice Cupcake for BuzzFeed years ago. The company licensed the character for a new Amazon series—made with AI—without her consent. ⌘ Read more

The White House’s Aliens.gov Site Brags That ICE Arrested More Than 700 US Citizens
The website, which compares human beings to extraterrestrials, touts arrest numbers from the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown. But some of its details are really out there. ⌘ Read more

Canada in Technical Recession
Article URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/recession-gdp-may-2026-statscan-9.7216352

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48328718

Points: 7

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‘We’re Just Getting the Crumbs Here’: Striking Contractors Protest Layoffs at Meta’s European Headquarters
Soon-to-be-laid-off Meta contractors say they’re being treated differently than Mark Zuckerberg’s full-time employees, who stand to receive more generous severance packages. ⌘ Read more

Why builders can’t stack up affordable housing despite being needed more than ever
The average entry-level price was more than $2 million for off-the-plan developments in Brisbane on sale during May. ⌘ Read more

The California State Assembly Has Passed the ‘Protect Our Games Act’
Article URL: https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/22330/stop-killing-games-movement-gains-momentum-california-assembly-passes-game-protection-bill

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48328365](https://news.ycombinato … ⌘ Read more

CVE-Bench: testing LLM agents on real-world vulnerability patches
Article URL: https://giovannigatti.github.io/cve-bench/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48328088

Points: 3

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Hands-On With Gemini Spark: I Gave It Access to My Life and It Friend-Zoned My Boyfriend
Google’s new AI agent combed through my emails, documents, and calendar to plan a birthday party and still didn’t clock the person most important to me. ⌘ Read more

On Rendering Diffs
Article URL: https://pierre.computer/writing/on-rendering-diffs

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327809

Points: 7

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WA youth jail officer raped detainee, listened in on calls, human rights complaint claims
The complaint outlined three particularly harrowing stories from detainees across remand facilities, Banksia Hill, Hakea Prison and other locations in WA. ⌘ Read more

My 20-year-old is swiping my no-alcohol beer. Should I feel ripped off, or relieved?
Not only could you charge your son for drinking your alcohol, but you could add a surcharge for drinking at home, says our Modern Guru. ⌘ Read more

‘This is not about whether people like or hate Peter’: Inside the audacious idea of V’landys ruling the NRL
The next few months of the NRL chairman’s life will be dictated by three key numbers: 16, two, and $4 billion. ⌘ Read more

He visited every country in the world without flying, and this is what he learnt about human nature
Thorbjørn “Thor” Pedersen of Denmark is a member of an exclusive club of dedicated global travellers. ⌘ Read more

Why WA’s bowls clubs are fast becoming the trendy spot for under-30s
Perth’s youth reckon they have cracked the code for the perfect weekend sesh – and it’s at the local bowlo. ⌘ Read more

This Sydney councillor calls himself the ‘1 per cent accountant’. Now he’s been caught
Peter Ristevski is a controversial independent on Liverpool Council. But it’s his accounting firm that has got him in hot water most recently. ⌘ Read more

The May 30 edition
When childlessness wasn’t chosen | The world’s most exclusive travel club | Comedian Martin Short | ‘Dopamine dressing’ hits the slopes | How to win an argument ⌘ Read more

Safety shouldn’t be a secret in our hospitals
Hospitals’ opaque system of “not welcome lists” to protect staff is sending paramedics into volatile situations blind and turning away patients without care. ⌘ Read more

Drug kingpin’s suspected links to Vietnam assassination of Sydney cartel leader
Authorities believe Lorenzo Lemalu’s murder in Ho Chi Minh City is connected to a $120 million methamphetamine seizure. ⌘ Read more

From Kylie to Bluey: Let me tell you about Australia’s secret superpower
I’ve come to know that my adopted country is a global influencer. We have much to cherish – and preserve. ⌘ Read more

Rothko for your current weather conditions
Article URL: https://rothko.joonas.wtf/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327367

Points: 11

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Massive Scottish wrens demonstrate island gigantism in action
Scientists have identified species of wren that have almost doubled in size due to a unique evolutionary phenomenon. When a small animal species becom… ⌘ Read more

AI will be used to estimate age of asylum seekers from next year
Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3pe36qe7ro

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327222

Points: 7

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Robinhood now lets your AI agents trade stocks
Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/robinhood-now-lets-your-ai-agents-trade-stocks/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48326659

Points: 5

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The Best Robotic Pool Cleaners of 2026: Beatbot, iGarden, Dreame
Send the pool guy packing. Let one of these robotic buddies maintain your water quality instead. ⌘ Read more

We Asked the ‘Future of Truth’ Author to Explain How He Used AI. It Didn’t Go Well
A book about how AI shapes perceptions of reality came under fire for using AI-generated quotes. Its problems go beyond that. ⌘ Read more

CAPTCHAs can still detect AI agents
Article URL: https://research.roundtable.ai/captchas-detect-ai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48324910

Points: 5

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Samsung Movingstyle Essential Review: A Screen on Wheels
Made for those who hate having a TV in the home, Samsung’s Movingstyle monitor-on-wheels brings the entertainment when you need it and hides away in a closet when you don’t. ⌘ Read more

Danish Pension Blacklists SpaceX over ‘Catastrophic Governance’
Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-29/danish-pension-fund-blacklists-spacex-citing-governance-issues

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48324097

Points: 11

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The Vatican’s Man Inside Anthropic
Pope Leo XIV may not be able to disarm AI, but he’s got the attention of the industry. ⌘ Read more

It Will Never Be the Year of the Linux Desktop
Article URL: https://unix.foo/posts/it-will-never-be-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48323920

Points: 3

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I Am Retiring from Tech to Live Offline
Article URL: https://openpath.quest/2026/i-am-retiring-from-tech-to-live-offline/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48323683

Points: 45

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Headway Therapy Patients Forced to Scan Their Faces to Keep Getting Care
Article URL: https://www.404media.co/headway-therapy-facial-scan-biometric-data-identity-verification/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48323397

Points: 6

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Test your general knowledge with the Good Weekend quiz
Trivia buffs: can you get a perfect score in the interactive superquiz? ⌘ Read more

Show HN: AISlop, a CLI for catching AI generated code smells
Hi, I’m Kenny, I’ve been building aislop. I starting working on this after using Claude Code, codex and opencode several times and noticing some slops. They aren’t syntax and passes most tests, they are patterns like empty catch blocks, useless comments, duplicated helpers, dead code and many more. So I built a tool to scan and check for these patterns and wired it into hooks so after each tool call, the agent checks for the slops.

You can try it out with npx aislop sca … ⌘ Read more

Blue Origin Rocket Explodes in Fiery Setback
The detonation of the New Glenn rocket resulted in a huge fireball in Florida, and may have long-term implications for the company’s ambitions. ⌘ Read more

The UK Government’s Low Value Purchase System Is a Waste of Time
Article URL: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/the-uk-governments-low-value-purchase-system-is-a-waste-of-time/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48322154

Points: 3

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We should be more tired than the model
Article URL: https://vickiboykis.com/2026/05/28/we-should-be-more-tired-than-the-model/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48322118

Points: 11

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15 Best Wireless Chargers, All Tested and Reviewed (2026)
Stop fumbling for cables in the dark. These WIRED-tested stands and pads will take the hassle out of refueling your phone, wireless earbuds, and watch. ⌘ Read more

Ebola and hantavirus see record-breaking spread of conspiracy theories
Conspiracies concerning the recent outbreaks have been spreading like wildfire due to a combination of AI and social media. Before the pandemic, consp… ⌘ Read more

Is AI causing a repeat of Front end’s Lost Decade?
Article URL: https://mastrojs.github.io/blog/2026-05-23-is-AI-causing-a-repeat-of-frontends-lost-decade/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48321631

Points: 6

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WA bracing for ‘once in five-year’ storm
Perth and the South West are set to be pummelled by “tornado-strength” wind gusts and dangerous swells in “once in five-year” storm. ⌘ Read more

BHP workers strike could cost WA $7 million a day
WA’s iron-ore mining could be halted as BHP workers look set to strike in a move that could cost the state $7 million dollars a day in lost royalties. ⌘ Read more

This MacBook Privacy Screen Totally Changed How I Work in Public
I’m one of those people who enjoy on planes and in public spaces in general. But the issue of privacy was always a hurdle. ⌘ Read more

HP Omnibook 3 Review: Redefining the Budget Laptop
To get to $600, Apple and HP made different compromises. If you demand more power and performance, the HP Omnibook 3 delivers. ⌘ Read more

Physical Media Is Making a Comeback. The Next Console Generation Might Kill It
Consoles with disc drives are the easiest way to enjoy all kinds of physical media, but that could end with the next-gen PlayStation 6 and Microsoft’s Project Helix. ⌘ Read more

GoRuck GR1 Review: Great For Travel, Rucking, the Gym, and More
Built like a tank, the endlessly capable GoRuck GR1 is as close to a do-it-all bag as you can get. ⌘ Read more

It’s time for a change, and to offer voters something new
Readers debate the state of the major political parties in Australia. ⌘ Read more

Streamers Like Clavicular Are Humiliating OnlyFans Girls For Clout
Sex workers appear on the livestreams of famous manosphere influencers to boost their followings—but often end up being degraded. ⌘ Read more

Real-time LLM Inference on Standard GPUs: 3k tokens/s per request
Article URL: https://blog.kog.ai/real-time-llm-inference-on-standard-gpus-3-000-tokens-s-per-request/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48321076

Points: 13

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Location of child sex offender on Daniel’s Law register not known
A known Queensland child sex offender is missing in the community, after police discovered he had not made required reports about his whereabouts and contact with children. ⌘ Read more

Police called amid protests at Victoria Park Olympics site
Police have been called to Victoria Park, the future site of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic stadium amid protests. ⌘ Read more

New luxury apartment tower planned near future Olympic stadium
Plans for the luxury tower were lodged with Brisbane City Council on Wednesday. ⌘ Read more

The Best Espresso Accessories for Home Baristas (2026)
A longtime pro barista’s favorite tools for dialing in the perfect shot at home. ⌘ Read more

New treatment gives hope to Australians with MND
A new treatment is giving hope to Australians with a form of motor neurone disease that runs in families. ⌘ Read more

Car careens through sign, fence and verandah on busy road
A car has careened through a road sign, fence and the verandah of a grocery store in Adelaide. ⌘ Read more

Drone carrying drugs, phone intercepted at Queensland prison
Authorities have intercepted a drone carrying more than $1 million of contraband into Townsville Correctional Complex in North Queensland. ⌘ Read more