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I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file
hugodaniel.com
Macron says €300B in EU savings sent to the US every year will be invested in EU
reddit.com/r/europe
CSS Optical Illusions
alvaromontoro.com

Alvaro Montoro (alvaromontoro@gmail.com) - A collection of 50+ optical illusions coded with CSS and HTML. :: Blog post at Alvaro Montoro's Personal Website.

Downtown Denver's office vacancy rate grows to 38.2%
coloradosun.com

Tamara Chuang - Much of the downtown submarkets ended 2025 more than 40% empty. But as available sublease space diminishes, the industry hopes stabilization is afoot.

Show HN: isometric.nyc – giant isometric pixel art map of NYC
cannoneyed.com
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Ubisoft cancels six games including Prince of Persia and closes studios
bbc.co.uk

The studio, known for Assassin's Creed and Just Dance, is also delaying seven titles in a restructure.

Miami, Your Waymo Ride Is Ready
waymo.com

Starting today, Waymo is welcoming the first public riders into our fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Miami. With nearly 10,000 residents already signed up, we will be inviting new riders on a rolling basis to ensure a seamless experience across our initial 60-square-mile service area. The territory includes Miami’s most iconic neighborhoods—from the Design District and Wynwood to Brickell and Coral Gables—wit

It looks like the status/need-triage label was removed
github.com/google-gemini

What would you like to be added? Adds native recognition for JetBrains IDE as a supported IDE environment. Why is this needed? Currently, Gemini CLI restricts IDE integration features to environmen...

GPTZero finds 100 new hallucinations in NeurIPS 2025 accepted papers
gptzero.me

GPTZero's analysis 4841 papers accepted by NeurIPS 2025 show there are at least 100 with confirmed hallucinations

Tree-sitter vs. Language Servers
lambdaland.org

I got asked a good question today: what is the difference between Tree-sitter and a language server? I don’t understand how either of these tools work in depth, so I’m just going to explain from an observable, pragmatic point of view.

Palantir, Meta, OpenAI Execs Appointed Lieutenant Colonels in US Army (2025)
twitter.com
In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels
e360.yale.edu
You can now download Windows 7 and Vista ISO images with all the updates
neowin.net
Meet the Alaska Student Arrested for Eating an AI Art Exhibit
thenation.com

A conversation with Graham Granger, whose combination of protest and performance art spread beyond campus. “AI chews up and spits out art made by other people.”

Qwen3-TTS Family Is Now Open Sourced: Voice Design, Clone, and Generation
qwen.ai
Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide over "heroes"
shreevatsa.net
Satya Nadella: "We need to find something useful for AI"
pcgamer.com

Workers should learn AI skills and companies should use it because it's a "cognitive amplifier," claims Satya Nadella.

I'm 34. Here's 34 things I wish I knew at 21
elliot.my

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Design Thinking Books You Must Read
designorate.com

Dr Rafiq Elmansy - An updated list of design thinking books and papers to understand the principles underpinning the design thinking process and its practice.

We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste our time on crap reports
curl.se
ISO PDF spec is getting Brotli – ~20 % smaller documents with no quality loss
pdfa.org
The mushroom making people hallucinate tiny humans
bbc.com

Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.

In Praise of APL (1977)
jsoftware.com
SpaceX lowering orbits of 4,400 Starlink satellites for safety's sake
space.com

"Lowering the satellites results in condensing Starlink orbits, and will increase space safety in several ways."

30 Years of ReactOS
reactos.org
Doctors in Brazil using tilapia fish skin to treat burn victims
pbs.org

In a historic Brazilian city, burn patients look as if they’ve emerged from the waves. They are covered in fish skin — specifically strips of sterilized tilapia -- but why?

Bluementhals letter about ICE memo justifying entry into homes without warrant [pdf]
hsgac.senate.gov
ICE says officers can forcibly enter homes without a judicial warrant
nbcnews.com

The policy was revealed in a May 12 memo whistleblowers shared with a U.S. senator.

Significant US farm losses persist, despite federal assistance
fb.org

While FBA and ECAP payments are an important and welcome step in addressing near-term financial stress, they do not fully close the gap between costs and returns.

Internet voting is insecure and should not be used in public elections
blog.citp.princeton.edu

Andrew Appel - All internet voting systems are insecure. The insecurity is worse than a well-run conventional paper ballot system, because a very small number of people may have the power to change any (or all) votes that go through the system, without detection.

States Are Gunning to Ban 3D Printers and CNCs
electronicdesign.com

Andy Turudic - Washington and New York are writing legislation requiring a massive refit of CNC and 3D printers or they’re banned from sale. California is also banning machines and files.

I'll pass on your zoom call
operand.online
Threat actors expand abuse of Microsoft Visual Studio Code
jamf.com

Jamf Threat Labs uncovers North Korean hackers exploiting VS Code to deploy backdoor malware via malicious Git repositories in the Contagious Interview campaign

From stealth blackout to whitelisting: Inside the Iranian shutdown
kentik.com

Iran is in the midst of one of the world’s most severe communications blackouts. This post uses Kentik data to detail how this historic event unfolded, where this event lies in the context of previous Iranian shutdowns, and finally discusses what might be in store next for Iran.

Lix – universal version control system for binary files
lix.dev

Lix is a universal version control system for any file format. Unlike Git's line-based diffs, Lix understands file structure, showing 'price: 10 → 12' instead of 'line 4 changed'.

Show HN: Sweep, Open-weights 1.5B model for next-edit autocomplete
huggingface.co
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We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

Convert potentially dangerous PDFs to safe PDFs
github.com/freedomofpress

Take potentially dangerous PDFs, office documents, or images and convert them to safe PDFs - freedomofpress/dangerzone

Your brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of cognitive debt when using an AI assistant
media.mit.edu

Nataliya Kos'myna - This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and …

Immigration officers assert power to enter homes without a warrant
apnews.com

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.

TerabyteDeals – Compare storage prices by $/TB
terabytedeals.com
What if AI is both good and not that disruptive?
deadneurons.substack.com

Dead Neurons - The moderate case on AI

Devin Review: AI to Stop Slop
cognition.ai

As code generation gets easier, code review is the new bottleneck. That's why we're launching a new way to quickly review and understand complex PRs in our latest tool for codebase understanding - augmenting human attention with AI.

eBay explicitly bans AI "buy for me" agents in user agreement update
valueaddedresource.net

eBay bans AI “buy for me” agents & LLM scrapers, updates arbitration & dispute resolution rules in User Agreement update effective Feb. 20, 2026.

Spotify won court order against Anna's Archive, taking down .org domain
arstechnica.com

Lawsuit was filed under seal; Anna's Archive wasn't notified until after takedown.

FreeBSD
docs.freebsd.org

A constantly evolving, comprehensive resource for FreeBSD users

Show HN: Retain – A unified knowledge base for all your AI coding conversations
github.com/BayramAnnakov
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Retain is a native macOS application that aggregates AI conversations from multiple platforms into a unified, searchable knowledge base with intelligent learning extraction. - BayramAnnakov/retain

OpenAI API Logs: Unpatched data exfiltration
promptarmor.com

OpenAI’s API log viewer is vulnerable to a data exfiltration attack, exposing apps and agents that use OpenAI APIs, even if developers (and Agent Builder users) leverage all available defenses. The vulnerability was disclosed to OpenAI, but was closed with the status 'Not applicable' after 4 follow-ups.

Ask HN: How are you automating your coding work?
news.ycombinator.com
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Setting Up a Cluster of Tiny PCs for Parallel Computing
kenkoonwong.com

Enjoyed learning the process of setting up a cluster of tiny PCs for parallel computing. A note to myself on installing Ubuntu, passwordless SSH, automating package installation across nodes, distributing R simulations, and comparing CV5 vs CV10 performance. Fun project!

Linux from Scratch
linuxfromscratch.org
TeraWave Satellite Communications Network
blueorigin.com
Show HN: Rails UI
railsui.com
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railsui.com - Professionally designed UI components & templates made exclusively for Ruby on Rails

Hate is a strong word, but I don't like Windows 11
blog.urara.pl

I regretted installing Win11 from the very start. It seemed slow, buggy, and lacked some Win10 features I liked and used. What, I can't put a taskbar where I like it (on the left side of the screen)? Why is File Explorer so slow? What is this annoying clicking while

Tell HN: Amazon has deactivated my seller account
news.ycombinator.com
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GenAI, the snake eating its own tail
ybrikman.com

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT and Claude have two superpowers. The first superpower is a boon: they can dramatically increase ...

Scientists find a way to regrow cartilage in mice and human tissue samples
sciencedaily.com

Scientists at Stanford Medicine have discovered a treatment that can reverse cartilage loss in aging joints and even prevent arthritis after knee injuries. By blocking a protein linked to aging, the therapy restored healthy, shock-absorbing cartilage in old mice and injured joints, dramatically improving movement and joint function. Human cartilage samples from knee replacement surgeries also began regenerating when

Show HN: Company hiring trends and insights from job postings
jobswithgpt.com
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illumos
illumos.org
Slouching Towards Bethlehem – Joan Didion (1967)
saturdayeveningpost.com

Joan Didion - In her transformative essay from 1967, Joan Didion takes a closer look at the dark side of the Haight-Ashbury counterculture during the Summer of Love.

Waiting for dawn in search: Search index, Google rulings and impact on Kagi
blog.kagi.com
TrustTunnel: AdGuard VPN protocol goes open-source
adguard-vpn.com

Today is a big day for us, and for everyone who cares about transparency, privacy, and having full control over their own traffic. We’re finally open-sourcing the protocol that powers AdGuard VPN. And it now has a name: TrustTunnel.

Open source server code for the BitCraft MMORPG
github.com/clockworklabs

The open source server code for the BitCraft MMORPG - clockworklabs/BitCraftPublic

How North Carolina erased medical debt for 2.5M people
npr.org

The state partnered with a nonprofit to wipe out the debts. It also has a plan in place to prevent medical debt for people in specific income brackets.

Challenges in join optimization
starrocks.io

The engineering choices that turn joins into a strength. A deep dive with real-world case studies.

PicoPCMCIA – a PCMCIA development board for retro-computing enthusiasts
yyzkevin.com
European lawmakers suspend U.S. trade deal
cnbc.com
JPEG XL Test Page
tildeweb.nl
Three types of LLM workloads and how to serve them
modal.com

The three types of LLM workloads and how to serve them

Tell HN: Bending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday
news.ycombinator.com
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Claude's new constitution
anthropic.com

A new approach to a foundational document that expresses and shapes who Claude is

SmartOS
docs.smartos.org
Skip is now free and open source
skip.dev
Show HN: yolo-cage – AI coding agents that can't exfiltrate secrets
github.com/borenstein
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AI coding agents that can't exfiltrate secrets or merge their own PRs. - borenstein/yolo-cage

Show HN: See the carbon impact of your cloud as you code
dashboard.infracost.io
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Show HN: ChartGPU – WebGPU-powered charting library (1M points at 60fps)
github.com/ChartGPU
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Beautiful, open source, WebGPU-based charting library - ChartGPU/ChartGPU

Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback
404media.co

The famed convention's organizers have banned AI from the art show.

Uber Faces Growing Pressure over Sexual Assault Record
nytimes.com
Ireland wants to give its cops spyware, ability to crack encrypted messages
theregister.com

: Its very own Snooper’s Charter comes a month after proposed biometric tech expansion

Tell HN: 2 years building a kids audio app as a solo dev – lessons learned
news.ycombinator.com
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How AI destroys institutions
cyberlaw.stanford.edu

Civic institutions—the rule of law, universities, and a free press—are the backbone of democratic life. They are the mechanisms through which complex societies encourage cooperation and stability, while also adapting to changing circumstances. The real superpower of institutions is their ability to evolve and adapt within a hierarchy

Canada Announces Divorce from America
charlotteclymer.substack.com

Charlotte Clymer - And rightly so.

Swedish Alecta has sold off an estimated $8B of US Treasury Bonds
di.se

Pensionsjätten Alecta har dumpat merparten av sina amerikanska statsobligationer. Enligt vad Di erfar handlar det om försäljningar i storleksordningen 70-80…

Nested code fences in Markdown
susam.net
Vibecoding #2
matklad.github.io
Stories removed from the Hacker News Front Page, updated in real time (2024)
github.com/vitoplantamura

List of stories removed from the Hacker News Front Page, updated in real time. - vitoplantamura/HackerNewsRemovals

Nukeproof: Manifesto for European Data Sovereignty
nukeproof.org

Join the alliance building a strategic coalition for Europe's digital independence. Break free from hyperscaler control and reclaim European data sovereignty.

The super-slow conversion of the U.S. to metric (2025)
thefabricator.com
Parliament tells Dutch government to keep DigiD data out of American hands
nltimes.nl

A parliamentary majority has asked the current caretaker and upcoming new Cabinet to do everything in their power to prevent Dutch DigiD data from ending up in the United States government’s hands.

EU inc: a new European company structure
ec.europa.eu

President Brende, dear Børge, thank you very much for the warm welcome.\nYour Majesties,\nExcellencies,\nLadies and Gentlemen,\nIt is now 55 years since the first meeting here in Davos. The idea of the fo

EU–INC – A new pan-European legal entity
eu-inc.org

EU–INC is a proposal for a pan-European standardized legal entity to unlock pan-European startup scaling.

Belarus begins a death penalty purge of radio amateurs
steanlab.medium.com
EU chief says EU should abandon caution after Bessent calls Denmark 'irrelevant'
theguardian.com

Scott Bessent replied to a question on Danish investments by saying that ‘Denmark’s investment in US treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant’

I made Zig compute 33M satellite positions in 3 seconds
atempleton.bearblog.dev

I've spent the past month optimizing SGP4 propagation and ended up with something interesting: is now the I'm aware of, hitting in native Zig and with ju...

SETI@home is in hiberation
setiathome.berkeley.edu
Director Gore Verbinski: Unreal Engine is the greatest slip backwards for movie
pcgamer.com

Do visual effects look worse than they used to? The director of Pirates of the Caribbean says Unreal is the culprit.

Can you slim macOS down?
eclecticlight.co

In a quest to reduce the number of processes running in macOS Tahoe, consider the example of Time Machine backups, which can easily be replaced by 3rd party alternatives.

EU Parliament freezes US trade deal ratification
lemonde.fr

By delaying ratification, European lawmakers signal their discontent as the bloc debates possible responses, including retaliatory tariffs, should Washington follow through on its warnings.

The percentage of Show HN posts is increasing, but their scores are decreasing
snubi.net
The Agentic AI Handbook: Production-Ready Patterns
nibzard.com
cURL removes bug bounties
etn.se

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