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Trump picks qualified, normal health leader to head CDC; experts still cautious
She's well qualified but will need to navigate RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine agenda.
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Apr 17, 2026
Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges
Returning backers a16z and Thrive are expected to lead the round.
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Apr 17, 2026
Tesla tells HW3 owner to 'be patient' after 7 years of waiting for FSD
Article URL: https://electrek.co/2026/04/17/tesla-hw3-owners-be-patient-7-years-fsd/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombin...
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Apr 17, 2026
Even "cat readme.txt" is not safe
Article URL: https://blog.calif.io/p/mad-bugs-even-cat-readmetxt-is-not Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...
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Apr 17, 2026
“Tokenmaxxing” is making developers less productive than they think
There's a lot more code—but it's a lot more expensive and requires a lot more rewriting.
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Apr 17, 2026
$25,000 buys plenty of used EVs: Here are some options
Is $20,000–$25,000 a sweet spot for secondhand electric cars? We think so. ...
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Apr 17, 2026
All 12 moonwalkers had "lunar hay fever" from dust smelling like gunpowder
Article URL: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/The_toxic_side_of_the_Moon Comments ...
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Apr 17, 2026
Satellite and drone images reveal big delays in US data center construction
Data centers face construction delays and energy bottleneck as resistance grows. ...
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Apr 17, 2026
Betting on the news raises ethical questions for journalists
Prediction market exchanges have created an environment where just about any piece of information is potentially monetiz...
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Apr 17, 2026
NeoGeo AES+: SNK announces reissue of retro console without emulation
Article URL: https://www.heise.de/en/news/NeoGeo-AES-SNK-announces-reissue-of-retro-console-without-emulation-11262319....
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Apr 17, 2026
Hackers are abusing unpatched Windows security flaws to hack into organizations
A security researcher published details of three security vulnerabilities in Windows Defender, and the code used to expl...
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Apr 17, 2026
Amazon won’t release Fire Sticks that support sideloading anymore
The two newest Fire Sticks block apps from outside of Amazon's store.
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Apr 17, 2026
Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic The Dog Stars drops first trailer
"The world that was, doesn't exist. It's just us, trying to hold onto what was." ...
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Apr 17, 2026
This charming gadget writes bad AI poetry
I've never been as charmed and frustrated by one gadget as I have with the Poetry Camera. It's a delightful object. Whit...
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Apr 17, 2026
Show HN: Smol machines – subsecond coldstart, portable virtual machines
Article URL: https://github.com/smol-machines/smolvm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47808268 Points...
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Apr 17, 2026
Zoom teams up with World to verify humans in meetings
Zoom will show a badge on verified participants' tile.
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Apr 17, 2026
Gazing Into Sam Altman’s Orb Now Proves You’re Human on Tinder
Honestly, what’s hotter than a real person?
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Apr 17, 2026
Random musings: 80s hardware, cyberdecks
Article URL: https://strangelyentangled.com/blog/musings-80s-hardware/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...
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Apr 17, 2026
Kyber (YC W23) Is Hiring a Head of Engineering
Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kyber/jobs/TcEa3b5-head-of-engineering Comments URL: https://news.yc...
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Apr 17, 2026
Artemis II pilot talks about what it was really like to fly and land in Orion
"I've been thinking about reentry for three straight years."
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Apr 17, 2026
Gigs turns your concert history into a personal live music archive
New iPhone app Gigs uses AI to turn old tickets, screenshots, and emails into a personal concert archive with stats, mem...
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Apr 17, 2026
Show HN: PanicLock – Close your MacBook lid disable TouchID –> password unlock
Article URL: https://github.com/paniclock/paniclock/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47807809 Points...
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Apr 17, 2026
Hyperscalers have already outspent most famous US megaprojects
Article URL: https://twitter.com/finmoorhouse/status/2044933442236776794 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...
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Apr 17, 2026
Meta's AI spending spree is helping make its Quest headsets more expensive
Prices for "critical components" are surging because of massive data center investments. ...
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Apr 17, 2026
I'm spending 3 months coding the old way
Article URL: https://miguelconner.substack.com/p/im-coding-by-hand Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4...
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Apr 17, 2026
Chef Robotics escaped the robot cooking graveyard and says it’s thriving — here’s why
The company, which deploys AI-guided robot arms for food production, says it is looking to expand its services to provid...
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Apr 17, 2026
Detecting DOSBox from Within the Box
Article URL: https://datagirl.xyz/posts/dos_inside_the_box.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4780...
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Apr 17, 2026
Our new favorite budget phones
Over the last few months, every phone maker under the sun has refreshed its lineups, especially at the affordable end, w...
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Apr 17, 2026
The best budget smartphones you can buy
Some of us take a kind of “eat to live” rather than a “live to eat” approach to gadgets. They’re tools that he...
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Apr 17, 2026
NASA Force
Article URL: https://nasaforce.gov/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47807209 Points: 22 # Comments: ...