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The abandoned war: Why no one is stopping the genocide in Sudan

Article URL: https://respublica.media/en/en-sudan-abandoned-war-genocide-no-one-stopping/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47847928 Points: 38 # Comments: 28

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Technology Apr 21, 2026

Contrary to popular superstition, AES 128 is just fine in a post-quantum world

A stubborn misconception is hampering the already hard work of quantum readiness. ...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Show HN: VidStudio, a browser based video editor that doesn't upload your files

Hi HN, I built VidStudio, a privacy focused video editor that runs in the browser. I tried to keep it as frictionless a...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Apple will have a product guy as CEO again

John Ternus is going to be Apple's next CEO. And while outgoing CEO Tim Cook was lauded for his approach to logistics, T...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Tim Cook's Impeccable Timing

Article URL: https://stratechery.com/2026/tim-cooks-impeccable-timing/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Best Gaming Laptops (2026): Razer, Asus, Dell, and More

You don't want any old gaming laptop. Here's my take on which to get based on hundreds of hours of testing.

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn08jy6w0l5o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=478472...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Laws of Software Engineering

Article URL: https://lawsofsoftwareengineering.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47847179 Points: ...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Global growth in solar "the largest ever observed for any source"

The Energy Information Agency says we've entered the Age of Electricity.

Technology Apr 21, 2026

This Scammer Used an AI-Generated MAGA Girl to Grift ‘Super Dumb’ Men

A med student says he’s made thousands of dollars selling photos and videos of a young conservative woman he created u...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Yelp’s updated AI assistant can answer questions and book a restaurant or service in one conversation

Yelp said that users can ask questions about a restaurant and place an order or book a table in one conversation

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Yelp is making its AI chatbot way more useful

Yelp is giving its chatbot assistant a major upgrade, turning the platform into something closer to a digital concierge ...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Apple ignores DMA interoperability requests and contradicts own documentation

Article URL: https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260420-01.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=478471...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

A type-safe, realtime collaborative Graph Database in a CRDT

Article URL: https://codemix.com/graph Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47846946 Points: 3 # Comments...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

The Internet’s Favorite Lawyer Says We’re Living Through ‘Multiple Watergates per Week’

Devin Stone turned punchy legal explainers into a YouTube empire. Now he’s warning that the sheer volume of Trump admi...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

H2O Audio Tri Run Workout Headphones Review: A Little Underwhelming

H2O Audio’s stab at a sub-$100 pair of bone-conduction workout headphones just misses the mark.

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Diverse organic molecules on Mars revealed by the first SAM TMAH experiment

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-70656-0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47846861 Points:...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

They Built a Legendary Privacy Tool. Now They’re Sworn Enemies

There’s a lot of love all over the world for GrapheneOS, the gold standard of mobile security. There’s very little l...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Blue Energy raises $380M to build grid-scale nuclear reactors in shipyards

By building reactors in shipyards, Blue Energy says it will tame nuclear power's cost problems, giving it access to chea...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Microsoft Teams is trying to fix accidental hand-raising

If you've ever had the embarrassing displeasure of interrupting a Microsoft Teams meeting by accidentally hitting the "r...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Ikea and Samsung promise glitch-free SmartThings integration

Ikea's two dozen Matter-over-Thread devices have proved problematic since launch, but Samsung says its SmartThings platf...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Apple Sports now lets you follow scores in a CarPlay widget

I was disappointed when Apple launched a new Sports iOS widget last year without CarPlay support, but I'm pleased to rep...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

How to Watch the 2026 Lyrids Meteor Shower at Its Peak

Between the night of April 21 and the early morning of April 22, those looking in the right place will see the sky light...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

PlayStation’s age-gating restrictions are coming to UK consoles

Sony is starting to comply with the UK's Online Safety Act by notifying PlayStation players of its age verification requ...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Less human AI agents, please

Article URL: https://nial.se/blog/less-human-ai-agents-please/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47845...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Using Changesets in a polyglot monorepo

Article URL: https://luke.hsiao.dev/blog/changesets-polyglot-monorepo/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Louis Zocchi, inventor of the d100, has died

Article URL: https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/62176/r-i-p-louis-zocchi-the-godfather-dice Comments URL: https://news...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

A mad undertaking: An undefinitive guide to the Aadam Jacobs collection

Article URL: https://aadamjacobscollection.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47845187 Points: 3 #...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Types and Neural Networks

Article URL: https://www.brunogavranovic.com/posts/2026-04-20-types-and-neural-networks.html Comments URL: https://news...

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Salmon exposed to cocaine and its main byproduct roam more widely

Article URL: https://www.science.org/content/article/cocaine-pollution-gives-salmon-wanderlust Comments URL: https://ne...