Technology

OpenAI Announces Major Expansion of London Office

The San Francisco-based AI lab is growing its research team in London. The move puts it in direct competition with Google DeepMind for top research talent in the UK.

Wired Feb 26, 2026 Joel Khalili
Technology Feb 26, 2026

New AirSnitch attack breaks Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/02/new-airsnitch-attack-breaks-wi-fi-encryption-in-homes-offices-and...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

Why Developers Keep Choosing Claude over Every Other AI

Article URL: https://www.bhusalmanish.com.np/blog/posts/why-claude-wins-coding.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombina...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

New AirSnitch attack breaks Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises

That guest network you set up for your neighbors may not be as secure as you think. ...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

Spyware maker sentenced to prison in Greece for wiretapping politicians and journalists

A Greek court on Thursday sentenced the founder of Intellexa, a collective of spyware makers, to eight years in prison f...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

X tries wooing advertisers by letting them reuse creatives made for other platforms

X has launched an expanded set of aspect ratio support for both image and video ads, so advertisers can now reuse assets...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

Show HN: Rynko Playground – 400ms JSON-to-PDF and Excel Engine

Article URL: https://app.rynko.dev/playground Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47167460 Points: 4 # C...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

Google might reshuffle search results to try to dodge fines in the EU

Google is planning to test changes to how it displays search results for certain topics, nearly a year after it was char...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

In 2025, Meta paid an effective federal tax rate of 3.5%

Article URL: https://bsky.app/profile/rbreich.bsky.social/post/3mfptlfeucn2i Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

eBay to lay off 800 staff

The latest round of layoffs marks eBay’s third workforce reduction in the past three years.

Technology Feb 26, 2026

We asked experts how to build a resume for the AI hiring era

With AI-backed hiring on the rise, tips for "hacking" your resume are all over social media. As job search companies inc...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

Xbox is in danger. Will Microsoft fix it or kill it?

Today, we’re talking about the future of Xbox. Phil Spencer, a two–time Decoder guest who’s led Xbox for more ...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

2 days left: Lock in the best discounts for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Register now to secure discounts of up to $680 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass. Offer ends tomorrow, February 27, ...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

New York sues Valve for enabling "illegal gambling" with loot boxes

The ability to resell Steam items for real value is key to the state's case. ...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

A non-public document reveals that science may not be prioritized on next Mars mission

For some reason, NASA chose not to publicly release its Mars orbiter objectives. ...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

Anthropic gives its retired Claude AI a Substack 

In January, Anthropic "retired" Claude 3 Opus, which at one time was the company's most powerful AI model. Today, it's b...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

Story of XZ Backdoor [video]

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoag03mSuXQ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47166473 Po...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

15 state attorneys general sue RFK Jr. over "anti-science" vaccine policy

Trump administration’s reduced vaccine schedule “throws science out the window.” ...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

BuildKit: Docker's Hidden Gem That Can Build Almost Anything

Article URL: https://tuananh.net/2026/02/25/buildkit-docker-hidden-gem/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

Badge engineering could be worse than this: The 2026 Subaru Uncharted

Subaru has a new EV using the platform it shares with Toyota, starting at $34,995. ...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

Jest, a marketplace for messaging games, is challenging the app store status quo

Jest, a marketplace for messaging games, emerged from stealth with $7 million in seed funding.

Technology Feb 26, 2026

Exhibit in Boston’s startup ecosystem at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026

On June 9, 1,000+ founders, investors, and decision-makers will gather for TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026. This ...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

Figma partners with OpenAI to bake in support for Codex

Figma is integrating OpenAI's coding assistant Codex a week after it announced a similar integration with Anthropic's Cl...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

Trace raises $3M to solve the AI agent adoption problem in enterprise

Trace is launching with $3 million in seed funding, including investment from Y Combinator, Zeno Ventures, Transpose Pl...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

ULA isn't making the Space Force's GPS interference problem any easier

Officials expect the investigation into a booster anomaly on ULA's Vulcan rocket to last multip...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

Time Is Different

Article URL: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/02/this-time-is-different/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

just-bash: Bash for Agents

Article URL: https://github.com/vercel-labs/just-bash Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47165648 Point...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

Burger King will use AI to check if employees say 'please' and 'thank you'

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/884911/burger-king-ai-assistant-patty Comments URL: ht...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

Show HN: Mission Control – Open-source task management for AI agents

I've been delegating work to Claude Code for the past few months, and it's been genuinely transformative—but managing...

Technology Feb 26, 2026

How to avoid bad hires in early-stage startups

Lucena got the idea for Mappa after trying to build a marketing team but continually feeling like she had made the wr...