# Morning Briefing

Saturday, May 10, 2026
📰 Top Stories

## Russia-Ukraine 3-Day Ceasefire Brokered by Trump Begins

Ground News · 334 sources
A three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine has begun, though both sides report violations including drone attacks and artillery strikes. At least three civilians killed despite the truce.
ukraine ceasefire geopolitics

## US Fires on Iranian Tankers as Hormuz Tensions Escalate

Ground News · 203 sources · Reuters · AP News
The US disabled two more Iranian tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. A ceasefire appears to be holding but cargo ships have been hit off Qatar's coast, Kuwait intercepted hostile drones, and Aramco profits jumped 25% as pipeline capacity hit maximum.
iran oil strait-of-hormuz

## Frontier Jet Strikes Person on Denver Runway

Ground News · 305 sources · AP News
A person was struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines plane taking off at Denver International Airport, forcing an evacuation. Widely covered across the political spectrum.
aviation denver

## UK Labour Suffers Major Losses in Local Elections

NPR · Reuters · AP News
Keir Starmer's Labour party lost big in UK local elections to Reform and the Greens. Starmer calls his government a "10-year project" and rejects resignation calls.
uk politics
💻 Tech

## Bun's Experimental Rust Rewrite Hits 99.8% Test Compatibility

Hacker News · 629 points · 604 comments
Bun's Rust rewrite passes 99.8% of tests on Linux x64 glibc. Massive HN discussion on the implications for the JS runtime ecosystem.
javascript rust runtimes

## A Recent Experience with ChatGPT 5.5 Pro

Hacker News · 659 points · 488 comments · Timothy Gowers
Mathematician Tim Gowers shares a detailed account of using ChatGPT 5.5 Pro for serious mathematical work. High-score HN discussion on LLM capabilities at the frontier.
ai llm mathematics

## LLMs Corrupt Your Documents When You Delegate

Hacker News · 438 points · 172 comments · arXiv
New research paper demonstrating that LLM-based document editing introduces systematic corruption — dropped nuance, hallucinated references, and quiet semantic drift. Relevant for anyone using AI assistants for document work.
ai research reliability

## Iran's 70+ Day Internet Blackout Is the Longest Recorded National Shutdown

Techmeme · NetBlocks · Bloomberg
NetBlocks confirms Iran's ongoing internet blackout has surpassed 70 days — the longest recorded national shutdown in a connected society. Businesses warn of closures and layoffs.
iran internet-freedom censorship

## Distributing Mac Software Is Increasing My Cortisol Levels

Hacker News · 343 points · 239 comments
A developer's frank account of Apple's notarization, sandboxing, and App Store hoops driving indie Mac devs to despair. Resonated strongly with the HN crowd.
apple macos indie-dev
🌍 Wider Lens

## Melting Glacier Triggered a 500-Meter Tsunami

Ars Technica
A massive landslide in a Greenland fjord created a 500-meter-high tsunami after a melting glacier failed. It happened early morning so no one was present, but the event highlights growing climate-driven hazards in tourist areas.
climate geology greenland

## How a Pill Approved 25 Years Ago Transformed Cancer Treatment

NPR
Gleevec's 2001 FDA approval ushered in targeted cancer therapy. NPR looks back at how one drug changed the treatment paradigm for chronic myeloid leukemia and beyond.
medicine cancer history

## US Citizen and Combat Veteran Jailed by ICE for Three Days

Reason
George Retes, a US citizen and combat veteran, was tear-gassed, jailed, and falsely accused during an ICE raid. His case illustrates growing due-process concerns around immigration enforcement operations.
immigration civil-liberties due-process
🔥 HN Deep Reads

## Bun Rust Rewrite Discussion

Hacker News · 604 comments
The 604-comment thread dives deep into JS runtime politics: Is Rust the right choice? What does this mean for Bun's Zig identity? Strong opinions on both sides.
hn-discussion javascript rust

## ChatGPT 5.5 Pro for Mathematics

Hacker News · 488 comments
Tim Gowers' experience with ChatGPT 5.5 Pro on real math problems sparked intense debate about whether frontier LLMs can do genuine mathematical reasoning or just pattern-match convincingly.
hn-discussion ai mathematics

## "I've Banned Query Strings"

Hacker News · 470 points · 242 comments
A developer argues against using query strings in URLs, advocating for cleaner path-based designs. The 242-comment thread debates REST conventions, caching implications, and practical tradeoffs.
hn-discussion web-dev architecture
🎮 Gaming

## Double Fine Unionizes — 14th Microsoft Gaming Studio

Rock Paper Shotgun · Kotaku · PC Gamer
Psychonauts developer Double Fine becomes the 14th gaming team at Microsoft to unionize, filing a petition with the NLRB. A growing trend across Microsoft's studio network.
labor microsoft game-dev

## New Subnautica 2 Gameplay Teaser Dropped

Eurogamer
A fresh gameplay teaser for Subnautica 2 just dropped ahead of release. If the first game's underwater survival hooked you, the sequel looks like it's pushing the same buttons with more depth.
survival indie steam-deck

## EVE Online Dev Breaks from Pearl Abyss, Partners with Google DeepMind

Eurogamer
CCP Games has separated from Pearl Abyss, rebranded as Fenris Creations, and entered a "research partnership" with Google DeepMind. Unclear what this means for EVE's famously player-driven economy and politics.
mmo ai industry
⚖️ Bias Check

## US Fires on Iranian Tankers in Strait of Hormuz

Ground News · 203 sources · Left 33% · Center 47% · Right 18%
Covered by 203 sources with a notable skew: Left outlets frame it as escalation of military force, Center outlets focus on strategic necessity and oil market impact, while Right coverage is comparatively sparse — possibly reflecting uncertainty about the administration's foreign policy direction.
iran bias-check geopolitics

## US Military Strike on Alleged Drug Boat Kills 2

Ground News · 83 sources · Left 31% · Center 55% · Right 13%
Covered by 83 sources. Left outlets emphasize civilian harm and lack of due process; Center outlets present it as a counter-narcotics operation; Right coverage is notably thin at just 13%, suggesting the story hasn't broken through to conservative media.
military bias-check drugs