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The EFF is quitting X

The digital privacy non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation will no longer be posting on X as of Thursday, largely due to a sharp decline in views on the platform over the past several years. In a b...

The Verge • Apr 9, 2026 • Stevie Bonifield
Technology Apr 9, 2026

Kagi Product Tips – Customize Your Search Results with URL Redirects

Article URL: https://blog.kagi.com/tips/redirects Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47710466 Points: 1...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

ChatGPT finally offers $100/month Pro plan

OpenAI announced on Thursday something that power users have been asking for: a $100/month plan. Previously subscription...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

EFF is the latest organization to leave X

The EFF follows the departure of various news organizations and others, who no longer find X a viable source of traffic....

Technology Apr 9, 2026

John Deere will pay farmers $99 million over right-to-repair lawsuit

John Deere has agreed to pay farmers $99 million to resolve a class action lawsuit that accused the agricultural giant o...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

AI on the couch: Anthropic gives Claude 20 hours of psychiatry

Mythos is "the most psychologically settled model we have trained to date." ...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

What founders can learn from Anjuna’s layoffs and recovery

In 2021, Anjuna Security was growing fast, hiring aggressively, and chasing a market that seemed limitless. By the end o...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 8 is easier to recommend now it starts at $260

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 8 is one of the best Android smartwatches you can buy right now, especially if you’re already...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

How Microsoft Abuses Its Users

Article URL: https://lzon.ca/posts/other/microsoft-user-abuse/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47710...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Volkswagen drops all-electric ID.4 in the US in pivot back to gas SUVs

All resources at its U.S. factory are aimed at the upcoming Atlas SUV.

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Moving from WordPress to Jekyll (and static site generators in general)

Article URL: https://www.demandsphere.com/blog/rebuilding-demandsphere-with-jekyll-and-claude-code/ Comments URL: https...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Show HN: I built a weather site for the Eastern Caribbean

I built a weather and hurricane tracking site for the Eastern Caribbean islands (https://dewedda.com). PHP, MySQL, Clou...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Clinical trial shows gene editing works for β-Thalassaemia, too

Improved gene editing process reactivates the fetal version of a hemoglobin gene. ...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Netflix Prices Went Up Again – I Bought a DVD Player Instead

Article URL: https://aywren.com/2026/04/09/netflix-prices-went-up-again-i-bought-a-dvd-player-instead/ Comments URL: ht...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Charcuterie – Visual similarity Unicode explorer

Article URL: https://charcuterie.elastiq.ch/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47709158 Points: 4 # Co...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Florida AG announces investigation into OpenAI over shooting that allegedly involved ChatGPT

ChatGPT had reportedly been used to plan the attack that killed two and injured five at Florida State University last Ap...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Discovering, detecting, and surgically removing Google's AI watermark

Article URL: https://github.com/aloshdenny/reverse-SynthID Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47709130 ...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

StubHub to pay $10M to settle FTC allegations over ‘deceptive’ ticket pricing

The consumer protection agency says the company violated the FTC Act and its Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees by "decept...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Native Instant Space Switching on macOS

Article URL: https://arhan.sh/blog/native-instant-space-switching-on-macos/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Maine Is About to Become the First State to Ban Major New Data Centers

Article URL: https://www.gadgetreview.com/maine-is-about-to-become-the-first-state-to-ban-major-new-data-centers Commen...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

“Negative” views of Broadcom driving thousands of VMware migrations, rival says

Western Union exec says there were "challenges" working with Broadcom.

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Show HN: QVAC SDK, a universal JavaScript SDK for building local AI applications

Hi folks, today we're launching QVAC SDK [0], a universal JavaScript/TypeScript SDK for building local AI applications ...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

After data breach, $10B valued startup Mercor is having a month

After falling victim to a hacker, Mercor is facing lawsuits and reportedly losing big-name customers.

Technology Apr 9, 2026

OpenAI puts Stargate UK on ice, blames energy costs and red tape

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/09/openai_puts_stargate_uk_on/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator....

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Ugandan chimps split into two factions, then killed rivals

Rare event suggests relational dynamics may play a role in collective violence, along with cult...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Instagram now lets you edit your own comments

If you make a mistake in an Instagram comment, you can now finally fix it without having to delete the comment and make ...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Bitmap fonts make computers feel like computers again

Article URL: https://korigamik.dev/blog/bitmap_fonts/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47708411 Point...

Technology Apr 9, 2026

China Is Cracking Down on Scams. Just Not the Ones Hitting Americans

As Beijing clamps down on fraud at home, researchers say crime syndicates are shifting their focus to victims elsewhere.

Technology Apr 9, 2026

Meta AI app climbs to No. 5 on the App Store after Muse Spark launch

The app was ranking No. 57 on the App Store just before Meta AI's new model launched. Now it's No. 5 — and rising.

Technology Apr 9, 2026

PicoZ80 – Drop-In Z80 Replacement

Article URL: https://eaw.app/picoz80/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47708041 Points: 4 # Comments:...