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The whole thing was a scam

Article URL: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-whole-thing-was-scam Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47197505 Points: 33 # Comments: 2

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Obsidian Sync now has a headless client

Article URL: https://help.obsidian.md/sync/headless Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47197267 Points:...

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OpenAI’s Sam Altman announces Pentagon deal with ‘technical safeguards’

OpenAI's CEO claims its new defense contract includes protections addressing the same issues that became a flashpoint fo...

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Show HN: SQLite for Rivet Actors – one database per agent, tenant, or document

Hey HN! We posted Rivet Actors here previously [1] as an open-source alternative to Cloudflare Durable Objects.Today we...

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You can still grab great deals on Bose headphones and Astro Bot this weekend

Welcome to the weekend, friends! While the rest of our team was checking out Samsung’s forthcoming Galaxy S26 lineup a...

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Hacked Prayer App Sends ‘Surrender’ Messages to Iranians Amid Israeli and US Strikes

As Israeli airstrikes hit Tehran this morning, Iranians received mysterious push notifications saying that “help is on...

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Cognitive Debt: When Velocity Exceeds Comprehension

Article URL: https://www.rockoder.com/beyondthecode/cognitive-debt-when-velocity-exceeds-comprehension/ Comments URL: h...

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This Is the System That Intercepted Iran's Missiles Over the UAE

As Iranian missiles targeted US-linked sites across the Gulf, the UAE’s missile shield was activated in real-time.

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Xiaomi launches 17 Ultra smartphone, an AirTag clone, and an ultra slim powerbank

We round up everything Xiaomi announced at its Mobile World Congress event.

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Why China’s humanoid robot industry is winning the early market

China’s push into humanoid robots is accelerating, with domestic firms shipping more units and iterating faster than U...

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Show HN: Rust-powered document chunker for RAG – 40x faster, O(1) memory

I built a document chunking library for RAG pipelines with a Rust core and Python bindings.The problem: LangChain's chu...

Technology Feb 28, 2026

Review: Xiaomi 17 Ultra and Leitzphone Pack Leica Magic Into a Flagship Phone

The latest Xiaomi flagship is a beast and comes in a specially co-designed Leica edition that’s picture-perfect.

Technology Feb 28, 2026

Xiaomi’s tracker doesn’t need a case to clip to your keys

Xiaomi has announced its first Bluetooth tracker, and while the Xiaomi Tag has a more elongated design than the Apple Ai...

Technology Feb 28, 2026

Xiaomi’s Leica Leitzphone mostly earns the name

Xiaomi and Leica's long-running phone partnership just got a little closer. Alongside the new international release of i...

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Xiaomi 17 is a small(ish) phone with a big(ish) battery

Xiaomi has just given a global launch to two of its latest flagship phones, the Xiaomi 17 and 17 Ultra, along with a Lei...

Technology Feb 28, 2026

Please do not use auto-scrolling content on the web and in applications

Article URL: https://cerovac.com/a11y/2026/01/please-do-not-use-auto-scrolling-content-on-the-web-and-in-applications/ ...

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Show HN: Decided to play god this morning, so I built an agent civilisation

at a pub in london, 2 weeks ago - I asked myself, if you spawned agents into a world with blank neural networks and zer...

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The Witcher is a perfect fit for Reigns’ Tinder-like roleplaying

I never knew how easy it was to die in an orgy. But that's just one of the many threats facing Geralt of Rivia in his la...

Technology Feb 28, 2026

Addressing Antigravity Bans and Reinstating Access

Article URL: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/discussions/20632 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/i...

Technology Feb 28, 2026

OpenAI Fires an Employee for Prediction Market Insider Trading

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/openai-fires-employee-insider-trading-polymarket-kalshi/ Comments URL: https:/...

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Everything Changes, and Nothing Changes

Article URL: https://btao.org/posts/2026-02-28-everything-changes-nothing-changes/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinat...

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The Life Cycle of Money

Article URL: https://doap.metal.bohyen.space/blog/post/complete-life-cycle-of-money/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombin...

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Show HN: Now I Get It – Translate scientific papers into interactive webpages

Understanding scientific articles can be tough, even in your own field. Trying to comprehend articles from others? Good...

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Customer Update on Simplenote

Article URL: https://forums.simplenote.com/forums/topic/customer-update-on-simplenote/?view=all Comments URL: https://n...

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Timeline: Anthropic, OpenAI, and U.S. Government

Article URL: https://anthropic-timeline.vercel.app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47195085 Points: ...

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Show HN: Reclaim Flowers – A 2D physics-based "Digital Altar" protocol

Article URL: https://github.com/voice-of-japan/Virtual-Protest-Protocol/blob/main/README.md Comments URL: https://news....

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What AI coding costs you

Article URL: https://tomwojcik.com/posts/2026-02-15/finding-the-right-amount-of-ai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombina...

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A legendary weather app makes a comeback

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 117, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here...

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Latency numbers every programmer should know

Article URL: https://cheat.sh/latency Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47194781 Points: 7 # Comments:...

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No Bookmarks

Article URL: https://nik.art/no-bookmarks/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47194690 Points: 4 # Comm...