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Ötzi the Iceman's DNA Reveals a Living Relative 5k Years Later

Article URL: https://blog.familytreedna.com/otzi-the-iceman-dna/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47558195 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: QuickBEAM – run JavaScript as supervised Erlang/OTP processes

QuickBEAM is a JavaScript runtime embedded inside the Erlang/OTP VM.If you’re building a full-stack app, JavaScript t...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Stanford study outlines dangers of asking AI chatbots for personal advice

While there’s been plenty of debate about AI sycophancy, a new study by Stanford computer scientists attempts to measu...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

CSS is DOOMed

Article URL: https://nielsleenheer.com/articles/2026/css-is-doomed-rendering-doom-in-3d-with-css/ Comments URL: https:/...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Google just gave Android power users a sideloading win

Article URL: https://www.androidauthority.com/android-sideload-carry-over-3652845/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinat...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Nothing new to see here

Article URL: https://feld.com/archives/2026/03/nothing-new-to-see-here/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Hardware Image Compression

Article URL: https://www.ludicon.com/castano/blog/2026/03/hardware-image-compression/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombi...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

The first 40 months of the AI era

Article URL: https://lzon.ca/posts/other/thoughts-ai-era/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47557185 P...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Further human + AI + proof assistant work on Knuth's "Claude Cycles" problem

Knuth Claude's Cycles note update: problem now fully solved, by LLMs - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47306926 - ...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Suno leans into customization with v5.5

Suno just released one of its biggest updates yet with v5.5 of its AI music model. Where previous updates focused mostly...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

OpenCiv1 – open-source rewrite of Civ1

Article URL: https://github.com/rajko-horvat/OpenCiv1 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47557064 Point...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Improving personal tax filing with Claude CLI and Obsidian

Article URL: https://www.mrafayaleem.com/blog/improving-personal-tax-filing-with-claude-obsidian Comments URL: https://...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

Article URL: https://sytse.com/cancer/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556729 Points: 8 # Comments...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Linux Is an Interpreter

Article URL: https://astrid.tech/2026/03/28/0/linux-is-an-interpreter/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Pretext: TypeScript library for multiline text measurement and layout

https://x.com/_chenglou/status/2037713766205608234, https://xcancel.com/_chenglou/status/2037713766205608234Demos: http...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Undroidwish – a single-file, batteries-included Tcl/Tk binary for many platforms

Article URL: https://androwish.org/home/wiki?name=undroidwish Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=475562...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

rpg.actor Game Jam

Article URL: https://rpg.actor/jam Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556033 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Circuit-level PDP-11/34 emulator

Article URL: https://github.com/dbrll/ll-34 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556001 Points: 3 # Com...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Elon Musk’s last co-founder reportedly leaves xAI

All but two of Musk's 11 xAI co-founders departed before this week.

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Militarized snowflakes: The accidental beauty of Renaissance star forts

Article URL: https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/star-forts/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47555814 ...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

These iPad apps will make you wish you had more free time

We’ve compiled a list of some of the best iPad apps for creativity that are available on the App Store. 

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Show HN: Free, in-browser PDF editor

Edit, sign, merge, compress, redact, OCR, fill forms, extract tables, and 30+ more tools — all in the browser, no sig...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

I decompiled the White House's new app

Article URL: https://thereallo.dev/blog/decompiling-the-white-house-app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

SteelSeries’ feature-packed Nova Pro Wireless headset is $80 off

The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless came out almost four years ago, yet it’s still one of the best gaming headset...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

We built a multi-agent research hub. The waitlist is a reverse-CAPTCHA

Article URL: https://enlidea.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47555093 Points: 3 # Comments: 1

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Folk are getting dangerously attached to AI that always tells them they're right

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/27/sycophantic_ai_risks/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/it...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

The risk of AI isn't making us lazy, but making "lazy" look productive

I've been reflecting on how LLMs are changing our learning habits as engineers, and realized something worrying.AI can ...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

ICAO issued new power bank restriction on flight

Article URL: https://www.icao.int/news/new-power-bank-restrictions-will-safeguard-international-aviation Comments URL: ...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

Anthropic’s Claude popularity with paying consumers is skyrocketing

Estimates for total Claude consumer users are all over the map (we've seen figures ranging from 18 million to 30 million...

Technology Mar 28, 2026

AI chatbots are "Yes-Men" that reinforce bad relationship decisions, study finds

Article URL: https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2026/03/ai-advice-sycophantic-models-research Comments URL: https://news...