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Anthropic Supply-Chain Risk Label Should Stay in Place, Appeals Court Says

The AI company now faces conflicting rulings in its fight over how Claude can be used by the US military.

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Technology Apr 8, 2026

Trump admin makes sweeping request for medical records of federal workers

The unprecedented proposal would give the Trump admin access to doctors' notes. ...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Show HN: Tired of logic in useEffect, I built a class-based React state manager

Article URL: https://thales.me/posts/why-i-built-snapstate/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47696760...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

WireGuard VPN developer can’t ship software updates after Microsoft locks account

The popular open source VPN maker is the second high-profile developer to say Microsoft locked his account without notif...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Show HN: Is Hormuz Open Yet?

Article URL: https://www.ishormuzopenyet.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47696562 Points: 51 # ...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

LinkedIn scanning users' browser extensions sparks controversy and two lawsuits

LinkedIn says claims fabricated by extension maker suspended for scraping data. ...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Poke makes AI agents as easy as sending a text

Poke brings AI agents to everyday users via text message by handling tasks and automations without complex setup, apps, ...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Canva doubles down on AI and marketing automation with Simtheory, Ortto acquisitions

Canva says the acquisitions add strengths in agentic AI, data infrastructure, marketing automation, and customer engagem...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Iran-linked hackers disrupt operations at US critical infrastructure sites

As the US and Israel's war has ramped up, so too have hacks on US industrial sites. ...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

John Deere to pay $99M in right-to-repair settlement

Article URL: https://www.thedrive.com/news/john-deere-to-pay-99-million-in-monumental-right-to-repair-settlement Commen...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

OpenAI made economic proposals — here’s what DC thinks of them

Happy ceasefire day and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about Big Tech's rocky journey through ...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

A self-driving car in Austin killed a mother duck, sparking neighborhood outrage

This incident has brought negative attention to the new technology.

Technology Apr 8, 2026

The AI Great Leap Forward

Article URL: https://leehanchung.github.io/blogs/2026/04/05/the-ai-great-leap-forward/ Comments URL: https://news.ycomb...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

AWS boss explains why investing billions in both Anthropic and OpenAI is an OK conflict

AWS has an ingrained culture of handling coopetition, he explained, because the cloud giant also competes with its partn...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Meta's Superintelligence Lab unveils its first public model, Muse Spark

Meta touts strong benchmarks but admits "performance gaps" in agentic and coding systems. ...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Amazon to end support for older Kindle devices

Amazon told Kindle owners this week that it's ending support for all e-readers released in 2012 or earlier, making them ...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

I finally get the iPhone Air

I saw a lot of weird phones at Mobile World Congress last month: robot phones, cameras disguised as phones, phones for d...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

As the Strait of Hormuz Reopens, Global Shipping Will Take Months to Recover

After weeks of disruption, a ceasefire is easing pressure on the Strait of Hormuz. But backlogs, infrastructure damage, ...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

The AI RAM shortage is also driving up SSD prices

I thought the WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD in my gaming PC was pricey when I bought it for $173 in 2024, but now that same SS...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

USB for Software Developers: An introduction to writing userspace USB drivers

Article URL: https://werwolv.net/posts/usb_for_sw_devs/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47695012 Poi...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Expanding Swift's IDE Support

Article URL: https://swift.org/blog/expanding-swift-ide-support/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=476...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

How our digital devices are putting our right to privacy at risk

Law professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson chats with Ars about his new book, Your Data Will Be Used...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Meta debuts the Muse Spark model in a ‘ground-up overhaul’ of its AI

This is the first model Meta has released under its Superintelligence Labs, led by former ScaleAI CEO Alexandr Wang.

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Hack-for-hire group caught targeting Android devices and iCloud backups

Security researchers exposed a spying campaign by a hack-for-hire group that used Android spyware and phishing to steal ...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Meta's New AI Model Gives Mark Zuckerberg a Seat at the Big Kid's Table

Muse Spark is Meta’s first model since its AI reboot, and the benchmarks suggest formidable performance.

Technology Apr 8, 2026

‘We Were Not Ready for This’: Lebanon's Emergency System Is Hanging by a Thread

In Lebanon, nearly 1 in 5 people has been displaced by Israeli attacks, leaving the government to manage a modern crisis...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Motorola's budget phones are now up to 50% more expensive as memory shortage drags on

Motorola's budget phones are much less budget-friendly today.

Technology Apr 8, 2026

Tubi is the first streamer to launch a native app within ChatGPT

Tubi becomes the first streaming service to offer an app integration within ChatGPT, the AI chatbot that millions of use...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

The Neo Effect: How Apple’s cheapest Mac is changing the PC game

The MacBook Neo is disrupting the laptop space and putting Apple into the conversation as a value option like it’s nev...

Technology Apr 8, 2026

One item purchased, Ten emails

Article URL: https://joshghent.com/online-shopping/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47694093 Points:...