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UK Driving test rules to change in bid to stop bots booking slots

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn09v4d2xe7o
3•YeGoblynQueenne•1h ago

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mytailorisrich•1h ago
This is laughable and won't do a thing. People resort to bots and other underhand tactics because it is near impossible to book a driving test slot.

"The driving test costs £62 for a weekday slot or £75 for evenings and weekends.

The letter said some third-party sellers are charging up to £500.

"

And driving lessons cost about £45 an hour these days. Hence, increase the charge for a driving test to £200+ and use the money to hire more test examiners, ultimately saving learner drivers both time and money...

Microsoft's new Anthropic partnership brings Claude AI models to Azure

https://www.theverge.com/news/822988/microsoft-anthropic-partnership-claude-models-azure-investme...
1•WalterSobchak•42s ago•0 comments

A dinner at The Pentagon in 1993 changed the defense industry forever

https://themeridianmag.substack.com/p/the-last-supper
1•descartonofeggs•47s ago•0 comments

Show HN: Stickerbox, a Kid-Safe, AI-Powered Voice to Sticker Printer

https://stickerbox.com/
2•spydertennis•2m ago•0 comments

Waymo to Go Driverless in Miami, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and Orlando

https://www.fastcompany.com/91443871/waymo-fully-autonomous-miami-orlando-dallas-houston-san-antonio
1•proudestmonkey•2m ago•0 comments

Housing and Affordability – No Easy Solutions

https://www.nominalnews.com/p/housing-and-affordability
1•MPLan•4m ago•1 comments

'You can't make this stuff up': Jordan Orelli on lobste.rs admin and McSweeney's

https://bsky.app/profile/jordan.orel.li/post/3m5tw7fdd7k2k
1•vintagedave•8m ago•2 comments

Ask HN: Reason for the DDoS attacks on DALnet circa 2002?

1•Meekro•9m ago•0 comments

Resiliency and Scale

https://stratechery.com/2025/resiliency-and-scale/
1•kaonwarb•9m ago•0 comments

WhatsApp Owns India

https://newsletter.theindianotes.com/p/whatsapp-owns-india
2•ilamont•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: GitBalance – Daily health commits for developers

https://gitbalance.com
4•windystockholm•11m ago•0 comments

Enumerating 3B Accounts for Security and Privacy [pdf]

https://github.com/sbaresearch/whatsapp-census/blob/main/Hey_there_You_are_using_WhatsApp.pdf
3•staticBr•11m ago•1 comments

Watt v3.18 Unlocks Next.js 16's Revolutionary 'use cache' Directive with

https://blog.platformatic.dev/watt-v318-unlocks-nextjs-16s-revolutionary-use-cache-directive-with...
1•feross•11m ago•0 comments

Journalism in an Age of Authoritarianism

https://www.noemamag.com/journalism-in-an-age-of-authoritarianism/
1•Brajeshwar•11m ago•1 comments

Show HN: I made a human-first livechat

https://heyo.so?src=hackernews
1•Jeannen•12m ago•0 comments

Google DeepMind won Nobel Prize for AI: can it produce next big breakthrough?

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03713-1
2•bookofjoe•13m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Murmurs – an app to discover local events and quickly plan with friends

https://murmurs.us
1•ameenba•13m ago•0 comments

Microsoft, Nvidia and Anthropic Announce Strategic Partnerships

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/microsoft-nvidia-anthropic-announce-partnership/
3•saanville•14m ago•0 comments

Microsoft, Nvidia and Anthropic announce strategic partnerships

https://www.anthropic.com/news/microsoft-nvidia-anthropic-announce-strategic-partnerships
2•kerim-ca•15m ago•0 comments

Python's Truthiness: A Code Smell Worth Sniffing

https://owl.billpg.com/pythons-truthiness-a-code-smell-worth-sniffing/
1•billpg•15m ago•0 comments

Scientists uncover an ant assassination scheme for a queen's rise to power

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/science/parasitic-ant-queen-workers-kill-mother
1•Brajeshwar•16m ago•0 comments

Nvidia's new AI physics model can help design chips

https://www.computerworld.com/article/4091444/nvidias-new-ai-physics-model-can-help-design-chips-...
1•Brajeshwar•16m ago•0 comments

GLP-1 weight-loss treatment is being used for alcohol and drug addiction

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/11/16/glp1-weight-loss-addiction-drug-alcohol/
1•randycupertino•19m ago•1 comments

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Live in AI Studio

https://aistudio.google.com/prompts/new_chat?model=gemini-3-pro-preview
31•preek•19m ago•7 comments

Show HN: MCP Server for OpenTelemetry

https://github.com/traceloop/opentelemetry-mcp-server
7•GalKlm•20m ago•0 comments

Requesting design feedback for this page? Would you use it in the current design

https://thebreathingexercises.com/breathing-exercises/4-7-8-breathing
2•naveen-zerocool•21m ago•0 comments

Gemini-3-pro-preview available on AI Studio

https://aistudio.google./
2•Topfi•21m ago•3 comments

If It Were My Home (country comparison tool)

https://www.ifitweremyhome.com/
2•andrewstetsenko•21m ago•0 comments

Valve unveils new console to rival Xbox and PlayStation

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd679n9lnx5o
2•taylorbuley•22m ago•0 comments

Lix 2.94 "Açaí na tigela"

https://lix.systems/blog/2025-11-18-lix-2.94-release/
1•todsacerdoti•22m ago•0 comments

The 70-year anniversary of two important IBM Selectric patents

https://sharktastica.co.uk/articles/selectric-golfball-70
2•tart-lemonade•22m ago•0 comments