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Middle schooler finds coin from Troy in Berlin

Article URL: https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/75848 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806484 Points: 28 # Comments: 2

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Technology Apr 17, 2026

Iceye Open Data

Article URL: https://www.iceye.com/open-data-initiative Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806440 Poi...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

IETF draft-meow-mrrp-00

Article URL: https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-meow-mrrp-00.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

Healthchecks.io Now Uses Self-Hosted Object Storage

Article URL: https://blog.healthchecks.io/2026/04/healthchecks-io-now-uses-self-hosted-object-storage/ Comments URL: ht...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

It Is Time to Ban the Sale of Precise Geolocation

Article URL: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/it-is-time-to-ban-the-sale-of-precise-geolocation Comments URL: https...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

We Reproduced Anthropic's Mythos Findings with Public Models

Article URL: https://blog.vidocsecurity.com/blog/we-reproduced-anthropics-mythos-findings-with-public-models Comments U...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

Republican Mutiny Sinks Trump's Push to Extend Warrantless Surveillance

A post-midnight revolt in the House sank the White House's efforts to extend Section 702—a spy program the FBI has use...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

Google’s AI Mode can now help you find products in stock nearby

Although you can already track hotel prices at the city level, the new update lets you do so for a specific hotel that y...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

With US spy laws set to expire, lawmakers are split over protecting Americans from warrantless surveillance

Some lawmakers are calling for widespread reforms following years of surveillance scandals and abuses across successive ...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

Peloton, stay in your lane

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and disc...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

The South Korean president is doing quote-post diplomacy

"This is no different from Comfort Women or the Holocaust," wrote South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on X last week, q...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

Ghost orchid in the machine

Vacuum cleaners, personal massagers, electronic baby rockers, and walking pads: These are the secondhand machines Rachel...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

What Are Skiplists Good For?

Article URL: https://antithesis.com/blog/2026/skiptrees/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806021 Po...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

Is Your Site Agent-Ready? (By Cloudflare)

Article URL: https://isitagentready.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47805998 Points: 12 # Commen...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

The ‘AI is inevitable’ trap

In the latest sign of AI silly season, Allbirds, the shoe company, told the world it was now an AI company and briefly m...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

MAGA Is Increasingly Convinced the Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged

Conspiracy theories about the Butler, Pennsylvania, shooting have ramped up in recent weeks as once steadfast Trump supp...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

Netflix plans to add a vertical video feed, use AI for recommendations

Netflix is going to launch a TikTok-like vertical video feed within its apps this month, and plans to use AI broadly for...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

Rocket Report: Starship V3 test-fired; ESA's tentative step toward crew launch

Blue Origin will soon launch the third flight of its New Glenn rocket, this time with a reused ...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

Are we tokenmaxxing our way to nowhere?

The gap between AI insiders and everyone else is widening, and the spending, suspicion, and even new vocabulary are...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

Loop raises $95M to build supply chain AI that predicts disruptions

The San Francisco startup closed a Series C funding round led by Antonio Gracias' firm Valor, which is a major backer of...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

SaySo is a new short-form video app that aims to restore users’ trust in news

Users are fed up with misinformation and AI slop cluttering their feeds. SaySo is a new short-form video app that delive...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe

All empires eventually fall, and it seems the creative software industry has collectively decided that Adobe's time has ...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

Coolfly Aura Review: More Angles, Fewer Advantages

Coolfly’s Aura is colorful, clever, and flexible, but its signature feature ends up being more hassle than help.

Technology Apr 17, 2026

Testosterone shifts political preferences in weakly affiliated Democratic men

Article URL: https://www.psypost.org/scientists-discover-weak-dems-have-highest-testosterone-but-theres-an-intriguing-t...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

Isaac Asimov: The Last Question

Article URL: https://hex.ooo/library/last_question.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47804965 Poi...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

Best Bluetooth Speakers (2026): JBL, Sonos, Bose, and More

These are our favorite portable speakers of all shapes and sizes, from clip-ons to a massive boom box.

Technology Apr 17, 2026

The Best MagSafe Accessories (for Android, Too!): Chargers, Wallets, and More

MagSafe accessories make your phone feel uniquely yours. These are our favorites, including Android-friendly Qi2 picks.

Technology Apr 17, 2026

A giant cell tower is going to space this weekend

This weekend's scheduled Blue Origin rocket launch is rather momentous. Success would signal an end to SpaceX's monopoly...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

How Silicon Valley Is Turning Scientists into Exploited Gig Workers

Article URL: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ai-silicon-valley-andreesen-thiel-stem/ Comments URL: https://ne...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

Recent advances push Big Tech closer to the Q-Day danger zone

Here's which players are winning the race to transition to post-quantum crypto. ...