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App that shows real-time lightning on Earth is showing bombings in Middle East

Article URL: https://maps.blitzortung.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47563921 Points: 15 # Comments: 0

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Technology Mar 29, 2026

Can my favorite Game Boy gadget tell fake cartridges from real?

The $50 Epilogue GB Operator has a brand-new trick up its sleeve. In addition to backing up Game Boy, Game Boy Color and...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

Say No to Palantir in Europe

Article URL: https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-03-palantir-petition-EN Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

Police used AI facial recognition to wrongly arrest TN woman for crimes in ND

Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/29/us/angela-lipps-ai-facial-recognition Comments URL: https://news.ycombinato...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

Show HN: 2.7KB Zig WASM – live globe showing executions at 300 CF edges

36 cities so far. Every visit lights up your dot. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47563325 Points: ...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

SXSW rebounds as a top networking, ideas festival for founders and VCs

SXSW made some changes this year, but some founders loved it all the same.

Technology Mar 29, 2026

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

In the coming years, HBO wants its new Harry Potter series to become "the streaming event of the decade" as it adapts ea...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

Patriot Crisis: US Embezzles Switzerland's Fighter Jet Funds

Article URL: https://clashreport.com/defense/articles/patriot-crisis-us-seizes-switzerlands-fighter-jet-funds-07crgkch8...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

Show HN: BreezePDF – Free, in-browser PDF editor

BreezePDF lets you edit, sign, merge, compress, redact, OCR, fill forms, extract tables, and use 30+ more PDF tools —...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

TSA lines are so out of control that travelers are hiring line-sitters

Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2026/03/28/tsa-line-sitters/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator....

Technology Mar 29, 2026

Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is a great time to get a fancy, AI-powered bird feeder

Bird feeders have come a long way since their inception in the early 1900s. These days, it’s not all that surprising t...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

The Macintosh changed computers forever

Apple's most legendary computer has two legacies: there's the computer itself, and there's the commercial. That commerci...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

The Cloud: The dystopian book that changed Germany (2022)

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221101-the-cloud-the-nuclear-novel-that-shaped-germany Comments URL:...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

Apple’s long, bitter App Store antitrust war

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the legal t...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

Show HN: Sheet Ninja – Google Sheets as a CRUD Back End for Vibe Coders

Article URL: https://sheetninja.io Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47562288 Points: 7 # Comments: 2

Technology Mar 29, 2026

Pints meet prop bets: Polymarket’s “Situation Room” pop-up bar in DC

Why did a leading prediction market feel the need for an in-person bar in DC? ...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

Polygraphs have major flaws. Are there better options?

Research proceeds on alternatives, but some doubt whether true lie detection is possible. ...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

A School District Tried to Help Train Waymos to Stop for School Buses. It Didn’t Work

The incidents in Austin raise questions about how self-driving cars “learn” and adapt to their surroundings.

Technology Mar 29, 2026

Your Photos Are Probably Giving Away Your Location. Here’s How to Stop That

All your snaps come with metadata containing more information than you might realize.

Technology Mar 29, 2026

Best Noise-Canceling Earbuds: Bose, Sony, Apple, and More

Everyone needs a good pair of ANC earbuds. These are the best of the bunch.

Technology Mar 29, 2026

Miasma: A tool to trap AI web scrapers in an endless poison pit

Article URL: https://github.com/austin-weeks/miasma Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47561819 Points:...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

The Deceptively Tricky Art of Designing a Steering Wheel

Veteran designers in the auto industry—and Jony Ive—tell us how hard it is to make a functional yet beautiful steeri...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

Overestimation of microplastics potentially caused by scientists' gloves

Article URL: https://news.umich.edu/nitrile-and-latex-gloves-may-cause-overestimation-of-microplastics-u-m-study-reveal...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

Best Heart Rate Monitors (2026): Polar, Coros, Garmin

These chest straps and watches will help you keep your finger on your pulse—and many other heart-related metrics.

Technology Mar 29, 2026

Lat.md: Agent Lattice: a knowledge graph for your codebase, written in Markdown

Article URL: https://github.com/1st1/lat.md Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47561496 Points: 7 # Com...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

LinkedIn uses 2.4 GB RAM across two tabs

https://ibb.co/fYQVfMWp https://ibb.co/MyTNnrGQ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47561489 Points: 25...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

Solar is winning the energy race

Article URL: https://www.dw.com/en/solar-is-winning-the-energy-race/a-76517556 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.c...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

What if AI doesn't need more RAM but better math?

Article URL: https://adlrocha.substack.com/p/adlrocha-what-if-ai-doesnt-need-more Comments URL: https://news.ycombinato...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

Show HN: Public transit systems as data – lines, stations, railcars, and history

Article URL: https://publictransit.systems Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47561132 Points: 6 # Comm...

Technology Mar 29, 2026

The road to electric – in charts and data [UK]

Article URL: https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/electric-cars/choosing/road-to-electric/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinato...