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Discourse Is Not Going Closed Source

Article URL: https://blog.discourse.org/2026/04/discourse-is-not-going-closed-source/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47802233 Points: 18 # Comments: 2

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Technology Apr 17, 2026

After a saga of broken promises, a European rover finally has a ride to Mars

Europe's first Mars rover mission is now on its fourth rocket: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy. ...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

New leaders, new fund: Sequoia has raised $7B to expand its AI bets

The fundraise is the first major capital raise under Sequoia's new leadership, with Alfred Lin and Pat Grady now serving...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

Substrate AI Is Hiring Harness Engineers

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/substrate/jobs/QJU9023-harness-engineer Comments URL: https://news.y...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

US Bill Mandates On-Device Age Verification

Article URL: https://reclaimthenet.org/us-bill-mandates-on-device-age-verification Comments URL: https://news.ycombinat...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

Solitaire simulator for finding the best strategy: Current record is 8.590%

Article URL: https://github.com/dacracot/Klondike3-Simulator Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4780163...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

Show HN: Spice simulation → oscilloscope → verification with Claude Code

I built MCP servers for my oscilloscope and SPICE simulator so Claude Code can close the loop between simulation and re...

Technology Apr 17, 2026

Starlink outage hit drone tests, exposing Pentagon's growing reliance on SpaceX

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/starlink-outage-hit-drone-tests-exposing-pentagons-growing-...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

YouTube’s mobile app finally lets you share timestamped videos

YouTube is making some changes that might affect how you share videos from the mobile app. From the app, you can finally...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Hospital at centre of child HIV outbreak caught reusing syringes in Pakistan

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyrd818gd2o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47800839...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Lucasfilm drops The Mandalorian and Grogu final trailer at CinemaCon

"The old protect the young, and then the young protect the old."

Technology Apr 16, 2026

George Orwell Predicted the Rise of "AI Slop" in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)

Article URL: https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/how-george-orwell-predicted-the-rise-of-ai-slop.html Comments URL: htt...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Everything we like is a psyop

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/16/everything-we-like-is-a-psyop/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.co...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Factory hits $1.5B valuation to build AI coding for enterprises

The three-year-old startup raised $150 million led by Khosla Ventures.

Technology Apr 16, 2026

U.S. to Create High-Tech Manufacturing Zone in Philippines

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/u-s-to-create-high-tech-manufacturing-zone-in-philippines-017c1668 Comments...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

New unsealed records reveal Amazon's price-fixing tactics, California AG claims

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/16/amazon-price-fixing-california-lawsuit Comm...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Luma launches AI-powered production studio with faith-focused Wonder Project

The studio's first project will be about Moses and star Academy Award-winner Ben Kingsley, to be released this spring on...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Guy builds AI driven hardware hacker arm from duct tape, old cam and CNC machine

Article URL: https://github.com/gainsec/autoprober Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47800033 Points: ...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Intel refreshes non-Ultra Core CPUs with new silicon for the first time

For the first time in a while, the benefits of new Intel tech will trickle down. ...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Netflix co-founder and chair Reed Hastings to leave board

Hastings helped to transform the video rental industry — first with physical, then digital, delivery.

Technology Apr 16, 2026

OpenAI starts offering a biology-tuned LLM

GPT-Rosalind is an LLM trained on biology workflows, available in closed access. ...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

A Better R Programming Experience Thanks to Tree-sitter

Article URL: https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/04/02/tree-sitter-overview/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

As they got close to the Moon, Artemis II astronauts were eager to land

"If you had given us the keys to the lander, we would have taken it down."

Technology Apr 16, 2026

The Beginning of Scarcity in AI

Article URL: https://tomtunguz.com/ai-compute-crisis-2026/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47799322 ...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Mozilla launches Thunderbolt AI client with focus on self-hosted infrastructure

New tool builds on deepset’s Haystack toward a “decentralized open source AI ecosystem.” ...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Upscale AI in talks to raise at $2B valuation, says report

AI infrastructure company Upscale AI is reportedly in talks to raise its third funding round since launching just seven ...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

The "Passive Income" trap ate a generation of entrepreneurs

Article URL: https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-passive-income-trap-ate-a-generation-of-entrepreneurs/ Comments URL: ht...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Gucci-branded Google smart glasses are coming next year

Google is reportedly partnering with Gucci to make a pair of AI smart glasses stylish enough people might actually want ...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Ballmer gives $80 million to NPR, with strings attached

Connie Ballmer, wife of former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and co-founder of the Ballmer Group, has given $80 million to...

Technology Apr 16, 2026

Netflix embraces vertical video with major mobile app update

Netflix announced on Thursday that it will be launching a redesigned mobile app, which will include a vertical video fee...