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Instagram expands its movie inspired content restrictions for teens internationally

Instagram first debuted its movie rating inspired content settings in limited countries in 2025.

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Technology Apr 9, 2026

Inside the Pro-Iran Meme Machine Trolling Trump With AI Lego Cartoons

Since the beginning of the Iran war, the group Explosive Media has released over a dozen viral videos mocking Trump and ...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation

Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2026/04/09/meta-social-media-addiction-ads Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.co...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

I Tested the Instagram-Famous Ridge Wallet and I’m a Convert

This bare-bones, no-nonsense wallet has continuously impressed me since I started using it.

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Waymo is offering to help cities fix their potholes

In recent months, some cities have sought a new recruit in their forever war against potholes: Waymo. Municipal official...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

The Exit 8 movie is even better if you play the game first

There's an intriguing new video game adaptation to watch in theaters - and no, it's not that one. Exit 8, based on the g...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

This founder helped build SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now he’s building a ‘fighter jet for orbit’

The company's novel rocket engine could be a game changer for the U.S. military.

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Collide Capital raises $95M fund to back fintech, future-of-work startups

Collide Capital, founded by Brian Hollins and Aaron Samuels, announced Thursday the close of a $95 million Fund II.

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Radify’s sci-fi plasma reactors could break China’s dominance of rare earth elements

Radify Metals is developing a new way to process a variety of metals that promises to be pollution free.

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Waymo robotaxis are tracking potholes and sharing that data with Waze users

Two Alphabet-owned businesses are teaming up to find potholes and share that information with cities.

Technology Apr 9, 2026

How Pizza Tycoon simulated traffic on a 25 MHz CPU

Article URL: https://pizzalegacy.nl/blog/traffic-system.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4770312...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Amazon’s Starlink competitor Leo gets a new date

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company's space-internet service Leo (formerly known as Project Kuiper) will "launch in m...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Am I German or Autistic?

Article URL: https://german.millermanschool.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47703072 Points: 8 ...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Session is shutting down in 90 days

Article URL: https://getsession.org/donate Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47703065 Points: 36 # Com...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Show HN: 41 years sea surface temperature anomalies

Article URL: https://ssta.willhelps.org Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47702791 Points: 7 # Comment...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Launch HN: Relvy (YC F24) – On-call runbooks, automated

Hey HN! We are Bharath, and Simranjit from Relvy AI (https://www.relvy.ai). Relvy automates on-call runbooks for softwa...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

A WebGPU Implementation of Augmented Vertex Block Descent

Article URL: https://github.com/jure/webphysics Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47702541 Points: 5 #...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Ex-Tesla engineer’s startup taps Pronto to help automate a copper mine

Pronto's autonomous haulage trucks are about to start operating at Mariana Minerals's Utah copper mine -- the first such...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Lichess and Take Take Take Sign Cooperation Agreement

Article URL: https://lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/lichess-and-take-take-take-sign-cooperation-agreement/DZS0S0Dy Comments...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Show HN: CSS Studio. Design by hand, code by agent

Hi HN! I've just released CSS Studio, a design tool that lives on your site, runs on your browser, sends updates to you...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

I tested three Windows laptops in the MacBook Neo’s price range — there’s no contest

When the MacBook Neo arrived last month, I knew Windows laptop makers were in trouble. For $599, the Neo offers fantasti...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Fi Mini for Cats Review: Track Your Pets and Monitor Their Activity

This tracker attaches to your pet’s collar to monitor location and activity, charting trends over time to better under...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Meta Cafeteria Workers Did What Execs Won’t: Took on ICE and Won

In Seattle, activists inside tech giants are leaning into grassroots fundraising and peer support as petitions and prote...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Google makes it easy to deepfake yourself

YouTube Shorts is rolling out a new AI-powered feature giving creators an easy way to realistically clone themselves on ...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Spotify now lets you turn off all its videos

Spotify is adding new toggles to stop any and all video from playing inside the app, for both music and podcasts. The co...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

I Asked Netflix’s Reality TV Boss Why So Many Men On Dating Shows Are Terrible

Brandon Riegg tells WIRED he empathizes with the struggle to find “quality men” and that Love Is Blind has no MAGA a...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Wit, unker, Git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260408-the-extinct-english-words-for-just-the-two-of-us Comments URL:...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Politicians Are Spending More Money on Security as They Increasingly Become Targets

Political candidates are purchasing more home alarms, bulletproof vests, and other protections amid rising fears of poli...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

TCL NXTVISION Art TV Review: Just Fine

This low-cost art display can’t compete with the Samsung Frame Pro.

Technology Apr 9, 2026

America Has Lost the Arab World

Article URL: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/america-has-lost-arab-world Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com...