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LorenDB 1 day ago

Keep Android Open

This article discusses the latest updates and developments in the F-Droid open-source app repository, including new app releases, improvements to the platform, and discussions within the community.

f-droid.org
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blackguardx 2 days ago

Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court

bbc.com
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Facebook is cooked
npilk 1 day ago

Facebook is cooked

The article discusses Facebook's recent struggles, including declining user engagement, revenue challenges, and the company's rebranding efforts as Meta. It highlights the challenges Facebook faces in adapting to changing market conditions and user preferences.

pilk.website
1,451 812
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ColinWright 1 day ago

I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over

The article discusses LinkedIn's new identity verification feature, which aims to improve platform authenticity by requiring users to verify their identities. It explores the potential benefits and privacy concerns surrounding this update, highlighting the challenges of balancing user trust and individual data protection.

thelocalstack.eu
1,272 433
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I found a vulnerability. they found a lawyer
toomuchtodo 1 day ago

I found a vulnerability. they found a lawyer

The article discusses a researcher who found a vulnerability in a company's software and reported it, only to be met with a legal threat from the company. It highlights the challenges researchers can face when trying to responsibly disclose security issues.

dixken.de
860 405
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The path to ubiquitous AI (17k tokens/sec)
sidnarsipur 2 days ago

The path to ubiquitous AI (17k tokens/sec)

The article explores the advancements and challenges in making artificial intelligence (AI) ubiquitous, discussing the importance of improved training data, hardware capabilities, and ethical considerations to enable widespread adoption and integration of AI systems into various aspects of society.

taalas.com
818 446
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Ggml.ai joins Hugging Face to ensure the long-term progress of Local AI
lairv 2 days ago

Ggml.ai joins Hugging Face to ensure the long-term progress of Local AI

github.com
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I tried building my startup entirely on European infrastructure
willy__ 2 days ago

I tried building my startup entirely on European infrastructure

The article discusses the challenges encountered by a technology entrepreneur in starting a business in the European Union, including navigating complex regulations, finding talent, and securing funding. The author shares insights on the differences between launching a startup in the EU versus other regions.

coinerella.com
728 368
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I found a useful Git one liner buried in leaked CIA developer docs
spencerldixon 2 days ago

I found a useful Git one liner buried in leaked CIA developer docs

The article describes a one-liner command that can be used to clean up merged Git branches, which was allegedly leaked from the CIA's developer documentation. This command allows users to efficiently remove local and remote branches that have already been merged into the main branch.

spencer.wtf
693 239
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Turn Dependabot off
todsacerdoti 1 day ago

Turn Dependabot off

The article discusses Dependabot, a tool that automatically opens pull requests to update dependencies in software projects, helping to keep them secure and up-to-date. It covers how Dependabot works, the benefits it provides, and some considerations for using it effectively.

words.filippo.io
623 180
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Wikipedia deprecates Archive.today, starts removing archive links
nobody9999 1 day ago

Wikipedia deprecates Archive.today, starts removing archive links

Related:

Archive.today is directing a DDoS attack against my blog - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46843805 - Feb 2026 (168 comments)

Ask HN: Weird archive.today behavior? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46624740 - Jan 2026 (69 comments)

arstechnica.com
582 354
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vinhnx about 10 hours ago

How I use Claude Code: Separation of planning and execution

The article explores the author's experience using the Claude AI assistant for various tasks, including code generation, summarization, and explanation. It highlights the benefits and limitations of using Claude, as well as strategies for effectively integrating the AI tool into the author's workflow.

boristane.com
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wizardforhire about 17 hours ago

What not to write on your security clearance form (1988)

This article discusses the security clearance process in the United States, highlighting concerns about its complexity, backlog, and potential for abuse. It examines the challenges individuals face in obtaining and maintaining security clearances, as well as the broader implications for national security and government transparency.

milk.com
450 196
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Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras
latexr 1 day ago

Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras

The article discusses the growing trend of people across the United States dismantling security systems, CCTV cameras, and other surveillance infrastructure, often citing concerns over privacy and government overreach as the driving factors behind these actions.

bloodinthemachine.com
439 256
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Child's Play: Tech's new generation and the end of thinking
ramimac 2 days ago

Child's Play: Tech's new generation and the end of thinking

The article explores the rise of an AI startup, founded by Sam Kriss, that aims to create an artificial child capable of growing and learning. It examines the ethical and societal implications of this technology, as well as the personal motivations and challenges faced by the startup's founder.

harpers.org
419 258
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Why is Claude an Electron app?
dbreunig about 13 hours ago

Why is Claude an Electron app?

The article discusses why the AI assistant Claude is built as an Electron app, highlighting the benefits of cross-platform compatibility, desktop integration, and the ability to provide a native user experience.

dbreunig.com
372 374
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kevinak 1 day ago

Be wary of Bluesky

The article discusses the Bluesky social media protocol, highlighting the potential risks and challenges it faces, such as the risk of centralization and the need for robust governance and community participation to ensure its success as a decentralized alternative to existing social media platforms.

kevinak.se
320 202
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PayPal discloses data breach that exposed user info for 6 months
el_duderino 2 days ago

PayPal discloses data breach that exposed user info for 6 months

PayPal has disclosed a data breach that exposed personal information of some of its customers, including names, addresses, and dates of birth. The company is working to notify affected users and has not found any evidence of unauthorized access to financial information.

bleepingcomputer.com
302 87
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Every company building your AI assistant is now an ad company
ajuhasz 1 day ago

Every company building your AI assistant is now an ad company

The article argues that companies building AI assistants are essentially advertising companies, as their primary goal is to collect user data and serve targeted ads, rather than provide a genuinely helpful and ethical AI experience.

juno-labs.com
300 161
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Cyphase 1 day ago

Claws are now a new layer on top of LLM agents

https://xcancel.com/karpathy/status/2024987174077432126

Related: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/21/claws/

twitter.com
299 732
zerosizedweasle 2 days ago

Nvidia and OpenAI abandon unfinished $100B deal in favour of $30B investment

The article explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy, detailing how it has led to a surge in inflation and a slowdown in economic growth, with central banks around the world struggling to manage the crisis.

ft.com
296 329
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helloplanets 1 day ago

Andrej Karpathy talks about "Claws"

The article discusses the development of a new tool called Claws, which is a command-line tool that allows users to interact with Elasticsearch and Solr search engines using natural language queries. The tool aims to provide a user-friendly interface for querying and exploring search data without requiring extensive knowledge of the underlying search engine technology.

simonwillison.net
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Show HN: A native macOS client for Hacker News, built with SwiftUI
IronsideXXVI 2 days ago

Show HN: A native macOS client for Hacker News, built with SwiftUI

Hey HN! I built a native macOS desktop client for Hacker News and I'm open-sourcing it under the MIT license.

GitHub: https://github.com/IronsideXXVI/Hacker-News

Download (signed & notarized DMG, macOS 14.0+): https://github.com/IronsideXXVI/Hacker-News/releases

Screenshots: https://github.com/IronsideXXVI/Hacker-News#screenshots

I spend a lot of time reading HN — I wanted something that felt like a proper Mac app: a sidebar for browsing stories, an integrated reader for articles, and comment threading — all in one window. Essentially, I wanted HN to feel like a first-class citizen on macOS, not a website I visit.

What it does:

- Split-view layout — stories in a sidebar on the left, articles and comments on the right, using the standard macOS NavigationSplitView pattern.

- Built-in ad blocking — a precompiled WKContentRuleList blocks 14 major ad networks (DoubleClick, Google Syndication, Criteo, Taboola, Outbrain, Amazon ads, etc.) right in the WebKit layer. No extensions needed. Toggleable in settings.

- Pop-up blocking — kills window.open() calls. Also toggleable.

- HN account login — full authentication flow (login, account creation, password reset). Session is stored in the macOS Keychain, and cookies are injected into the WebView so you can upvote, comment, and submit stories while staying logged in.

- Bookmarks — save stories locally for offline access. Persisted with Codable serialization, searchable and filterable independently.

- Search and filtering — powered by the Algolia HN API. Filter by content type (All, Ask, Show, Jobs, Comments), date range (Today, Past Week, Past Month, All Time), and sort by hot or recent.

- Scroll progress indicator — a small orange bar at the top tracks your reading progress via JavaScript-to-native messaging.

- Auto-updates via Sparkle with EdDSA-signed updates served from GitHub Pages.

- Dark mode — respects system appearance with CSS and meta tag injection.

Tech details for the curious:

The whole app is ~2,050 lines of Swift across 16 files. It uses the modern @Observable macro (not the old ObservableObject/Published pattern), structured concurrency with async/await and withThrowingTaskGroup for concurrent batch fetching, and SwiftUI throughout — no UIKit/AppKit bridges except for the WKWebView wrapper via NSViewRepresentable.

Two APIs power the data: the official HN Firebase API for individual item/user fetches, and the Algolia Search API for feeds, filtering, and search. The Algolia API is surprisingly powerful for this — it lets you do date-range filtering, pagination, and full-text search that the Firebase API doesn't support.

CI/CD:

The release pipeline is a single GitHub Actions workflow (467 lines) that handles the full macOS distribution story: build and archive, code sign with Developer ID, notarize with Apple (with a 5-retry staple loop for ticket propagation delays), create a custom DMG with AppleScript-driven icon positioning, sign and notarize the DMG, generate an EdDSA Sparkle signature, create a GitHub Release, and deploy an updated appcast.xml to GitHub Pages.

Getting macOS code signing and notarization working in CI was honestly the hardest part of this project. If anyone is distributing a macOS app outside the App Store via GitHub Actions, I'm happy to answer questions — the workflow is fully open source.

The entire project is MIT licensed. PRs and issues welcome: https://github.com/IronsideXXVI/Hacker-News

I'd love feedback — especially on features you'd want to see. Some ideas I'm considering: keyboard-driven navigation (j/k to move between stories), a reader mode that strips articles down to text, and notification support for replies to your comments.

github.com
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AI uBlock Blacklist
rdmuser 1 day ago

AI uBlock Blacklist

This article discusses the creation of an AI-powered uBlock blacklist, which aims to automatically and regularly update a blacklist for the uBlock Origin browser extension to block malicious and unwanted content on the web.

github.com
248 110
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CERN rebuilt the original browser from 1989 (2019)
tylerdane 1 day ago

CERN rebuilt the original browser from 1989 (2019)

worldwideweb.cern.ch
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Show HN: Llama 3.1 70B on a single RTX 3090 via NVMe-to-GPU bypassing the CPU
xaskasdf about 13 hours ago

Show HN: Llama 3.1 70B on a single RTX 3090 via NVMe-to-GPU bypassing the CPU

Hi everyone, I'm kinda involved in some retrogaming and with some experiments I ran into the following question: "It would be possible to run transformer models bypassing the cpu/ram, connecting the gpu to the nvme?"

This is the result of that question itself and some weekend vibecoding (it has the linked library repository in the readme as well), it seems to work, even on consumer gpus, it should work better on professional ones tho

github.com
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andreabergia 2 days ago

Untapped Way to Learn a Codebase: Build a Visualizer

The article introduces a tool called Codebase Visualizer, which allows developers to visualize and explore the structure and dependencies of their software projects. The tool provides a graphical representation of the codebase, making it easier to understand and navigate complex software systems.

jimmyhmiller.com
239 43
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Acme Weather
cryptoz 1 day ago

Acme Weather

Acme Weather, a new platform, is launched to provide comprehensive weather data and forecasting services to users. The article highlights the platform's features, including real-time weather updates, customizable alerts, and advanced analytics.

acmeweather.com
232 137
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EU mandates replaceable batteries by 2027 (2023)
cyrusmg 1 day ago

EU mandates replaceable batteries by 2027 (2023)

The European Union has implemented a new law to promote a more sustainable and circular battery industry. The law aims to improve battery durability, reuse, and recycling, as well as increase transparency and traceability throughout the battery supply chain.

environment.ec.europa.eu
225 176
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Blue light filters don't work – controlling total luminance is a better bet
pminimax 1 day ago

Blue light filters don't work – controlling total luminance is a better bet

The article discusses the effectiveness of blue light filters, which are often used to reduce digital eye strain. It concludes that there is no scientific evidence to support the claim that blue light filters improve sleep or reduce eye strain, and that the benefits are largely placebo effects.

neuroai.science
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