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How moss helped convict grave robbers of a Chicago cemetery

Burr Oak Cemetery is the final resting place of Emmett Till and blues singer Willie Dixon, among others.

Ars Technica Mar 6, 2026 Jennifer Ouellette
Technology Mar 6, 2026

Launch HN: Palus Finance (YC W26): Better yields on idle cash for startups, SMBs

Hi HN! We’re Sam and Michael from Palus Finance (https://palus.finance). We’re building a treasury management platf...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

Musk fails to block California data disclosure law he fears will ruin xAI

Musk can't convince judge public doesn’t care about where AI training data comes from. ...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

These Beats Headphones We Like Are $150 Off

Save a chunk of change on the Beats Studio Pro over-ear headphones.

Technology Mar 6, 2026

When AI Companies Go to War, Safety Gets Left Behind

We were promised AI regulation and a race to the top. Now, we’re arguing about killer robots.

Technology Mar 6, 2026

Never Bet Against x86

Article URL: https://www.osnews.com/story/144527/never-bet-against-x86/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

Anthropic’s Pentagon deal is a cautionary tale for startups chasing federal contracts

The Pentagon has officially designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk after the two failed to agree on how much contr...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

Claude Code wiped our production database with a Terraform command

Article URL: https://twitter.com/Al_Grigor/status/2029889772181934425 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

9 Best Android Phones of 2026, Tested and Reviewed

Shopping for a phone can be an ordeal. That’s why we’ve tested almost every Android phone, from the smartest to the ...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

Claude’s consumer growth surge continues after Pentagon deal debacle

Claude's app is now seeing more new installs than ChatGPT and is growing its daily active users.

Technology Mar 6, 2026

India PC shipments surpass pandemic peak as first-time users upgrade

India's PC shipments rose 10.2% to 15.9 million units in 2025, surpassing pandemic highs as first-time users upgrade dev...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

Launch HN: Palus Finance (YC W26): Better yields on idle cash for startups, SMBs

Hi HN! We’re Sam and Michael from Palus Finance (https://palus.finance). We’re building a treasury management platf...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2008 or 2020 recessions

Article URL: https://twitter.com/JosephPolitano/status/2029916364664611242 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/i...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

Strikes in Middle East since 28th Feb in real time

Article URL: https://iranstrike.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47277949 Points: 5 # Comments: 1...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

Americans trust Fauci over RFK Jr. and career scientists over Trump officials

RFK Jr. has tried hard to villainize Fauci. Americans still trust Fauci more. ...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

You can already save up to $50 on the new M4 iPad Air

In case you missed it, Apple announced a host of new devices this week, including both a new phone and a cheaper laptop....

Technology Mar 6, 2026

Multifactor (YC F25) Is Hiring an Engineering Lead

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/multifactor/jobs/lcpd60A-engineering-lead Comments URL: https://news...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

Supertoast Tables

Article URL: https://hatchet.run/blog/supertoast-tables Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47277420 Poi...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

Climate change sucks, but at least it won't kill your EV battery

Older EVs, but not newer ones, may lose up to 30 percent range in a warming world. ...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

Apple users in the US can no longer download ByteDance's Chinese apps

Move comes in the wake of TikTok's transfer of US operations.

Technology Mar 6, 2026

CBP says it can't comply with refund order

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/06/trump-trade-tariffs-refunds-customs-border-protection.html Comments URL: h...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

Astra: An open-source observatory control software

Article URL: https://github.com/ppp-one/astra Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47276865 Points: 8 # C...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

These are the countries moving to ban social media for children

Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users m...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

Show HN: Claude-replay – A video-like player for Claude Code sessions

I got tired of sharing AI demos with terminal screenshots or screen recordings.Claude Code already stores full session ...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

Entomologists Use a Particle Accelerator to Image Ants at Scale

Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/3d-scanning-particle-accelerator-antscan Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator....

Technology Mar 6, 2026

United Airlines says it will boot passengers who refuse to use headphones

Article URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/united-boot-passengers-dont-use-headphones-rcna261908 Comme...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

Apple's 512GB Mac Studio vanishes, a quiet acknowledgment of the RAM shortage

Announcements this week were mostly business as usual, but Apple isn't immune. ...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

Paul Brainerd, Founder of Aldus PageMaker, has died

Article URL: https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/03/04/pagemaker-and-aldus-founder-pioneer-paul-brainerd-1947-2026/ Comments...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

Overheads (2023)

Article URL: https://blog.xoria.org/hidden-overheads/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47276159 Point...

Technology Mar 6, 2026

With Gateway likely gone, where will lunar landers rendezvous with Orion?

"We will challenge every requirement, clear every obstacle, delete every blocker." ...