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151.		Xbox winding down Copilot on mobile and will stop dev of Copilot on console (twitter.com/asha_shar)
		8 points by ceejayoz 6 days ago \| discuss
152.		Emergency brakes: How to limit temps long before last resort of geoengineering (thebulletin.org)
		8 points by littlexsparkee 6 days ago \| discuss
153.		Coinbase cuts 14% of workforce due to AI (xcancel.com)
		8 points by b58 6 days ago \| discuss
154.		Astronomers release massive set of 'virtual universes' for global research (phys.org)
		8 points by bookofjoe 6 days ago \| discuss
155.		Suspected hantavirus outbreak traps 150 on ship off Cape Verde (reuters.com)
		8 points by mgh2 6 days ago \| discuss
156.		Microsoft Lead: "AI Will Never Replace Coders, Here's Why" [video] (youtube.com)
		8 points by oxag3n 6 days ago \| 1 comment
157.		BlinkPi – Use your hardware the way you want (github.com/ovr92)
		6 points by mondainx 7 days ago \| 1 comment
158.		I'm a Doctor. Here's What A.I. Cannot Do (nytimes.com)
		6 points by pretext 6 days ago \| discuss
159.		America's retail army came to rule the stock market (ft.com)
		5 points by petethomas 6 days ago \| discuss
160.		As Oil Prices Stay High, China Doubles Down on Wind Power (nytimes.com)
		5 points by JumpCrisscross 6 days ago \| discuss
161.		Google, Microsoft, and xAI will allow the government to review their new models (theverge.com)
		5 points by ambigious7777 6 days ago \| 1 comment
162.		Shortages push long-term supply agreements for SSDs and HDDs to record 5 years (tomshardware.com)
		5 points by layer8 6 days ago \| discuss
163.		Show HN: Brainio – Markdown notepad that turns notes into visual mind maps (brainio.com)
		21 points by havlenao 6 days ago \| 19 comments
164.		Richard Dawkins concludes AI is conscious, even if it doesn't know it (theguardian.com)
		17 points by alefalfa 6 days ago \| 18 comments
165.		Fiddler sues Google after AI Overview wrongly claimed he was a sex offender (theguardian.com)
		17 points by prawn 6 days ago \| 2 comments
166.		The case against OpenAI is getting markedly stronger (twitter.com/garymarcus)
		12 points by abriosi 6 days ago \| discuss
167.		Ask HN: Where are you getting your AI news from?
		10 points by baetylus 6 days ago \| 16 comments
168.		Valve just imported 50 tons of game consoles in two days (theverge.com)
		7 points by droidjj 6 days ago \| discuss
169.		Software engineer driven to insanity from 2026 Job Market [video] (youtube.com)
		6 points by erickhill 6 days ago \| discuss
170.		PayPal to Cut 20% of the Workforce (rollingout.com)
		6 points by upupupandaway 6 days ago \| discuss
171.		Wearables Are Going Off the Rails (gizmodo.com)
		5 points by ulrischa 6 days ago \| 1 comment
172.		China Steps Up U.S. Sanctions Fight, Defying Blacklisting over Iranian Oil (wsj.com)
		5 points by LopRabbit 6 days ago \| discuss
173.		Chinese solar exports double in a month to hit record high amid energy crisis (ember-energy.org)
		5 points by helsinkiandrew 6 days ago \| 1 comment
174.		Deepfakes Are Coming for Your Bank Account (theatlantic.com)
		5 points by bookofjoe 6 days ago \| 1 comment
175.		How do you and your partner decide what to do on date nights?
		5 points by meashik 6 days ago \| 4 comments
176.		The Impossible Things We Have to Believe (berthub.eu)
		10 points by TechTechTech 6 days ago \| 2 comments
177.		Trump's proposed NASA budget is a 'horrible threat to our future' in space (space.com)
		7 points by voxadam 6 days ago \| discuss
178.		'Nature' Retracts Paper on the Benefits of ChatGPT in Education (404media.co)
		7 points by cdrnsf 7 days ago \| 1 comment
179.		Sam Altman is "the face of evil" for not reporting school shooter, says lawyer (arstechnica.com)
		6 points by asplake 7 days ago \| discuss
180.		OpenAI president discloses his stake in the company is worth $30B (apnews.com)
		9 points by dmitrygr 6 days ago \| discuss
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