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Will the Pentagon’s Anthropic controversy scare startups away from defense work?

On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, we discussed what the controversy means for other startups seeking to work with the federal government.

TechCrunch • Mar 8, 2026 • Anthony Ha
Technology Mar 8, 2026

We should revisit literate programming in the agent era

Article URL: https://silly.business/blog/we-should-revisit-literate-programming-in-the-agent-era/ Comments URL: https:/...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

Show HN: WhatsApp Clone – No Setup or Signup

Article URL: https://positive-intentions.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47300560 Points: 5 # C...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

Ask HN: Please restrict new accounts from posting

I don’t know if I’m the only one, but I see lots of clearly AI generated posts recently in HN and mostly coming fro...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

Show HN: I built a real-time OSINT dashboard pulling 15 live global feeds

Article URL: https://github.com/BigBodyCobain/Shadowbroker Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47300102 ...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

AI doesn't replace white collar work

Article URL: https://www.marble.onl/posts/ai_doesnt_replace_work.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/07/google-just-gave-sundar-pichai-a-692m-pay-package/ Comments URL: https:/...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

"I Can't Do That, Dave" – No Agent Yet

Article URL: https://systemic.engineering/ai-needs-identity/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4729962...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

I made a programming language with M&Ms

Article URL: https://mufeedvh.com/posts/i-made-a-programming-language-with-mnms/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

In vitro neurons learn and exhibit sentience when embodied in a game-world(2022)

Article URL: https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(22)00806-6?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.co...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

WSL Manager

Article URL: https://github.com/bostrot/wsl2-distro-manager Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47299505...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

Apple is going high-end with new ‘Ultra’ products next

Fresh off launching the low-cost MacBook Neo, Apple is reportedly preparing at least three new products that will fit in...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

Show HN: Skir – like Protocol Buffer but better

Why I built Skir: https://medium.com/@gepheum/i-spent-15-years-with-protobuf-t...Quick start: npx skir initAll the conf...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

Based on its own charter, OpenAI should surrender the race

Article URL: https://mlumiste.com/general/openai-charter/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47299009 P...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

Claude Struggles to Cope with ChatGPT Exodus

Article URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2026/03/06/claude-struggles-to-cope-with-chatgpt-exodus/ Comment...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

LibreOffice Writer now supports Markdown

Article URL: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/04/libreoffice-26-2-is-here/ Comments URL: https://news.y...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

My Homelab Setup

Article URL: https://bryananthonio.com/blog/my-homelab-setup/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=472987...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

The human.json Protocol

Article URL: https://codeberg.org/robida/human.json Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47298655 Points:...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

Owner of ICE detention facility sees big opportunity in AI man camps

AI data center developers are increasingly relying on a style of camp popularized as housing for men working in remote o...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

Flash media longevity testing – 6 years later

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1q6xnun/flash_media_longevity_testing_6_years_later/ Comment...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

TechCrunch Mobility: Rivian’s R2 gambit

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.” 

Technology Mar 8, 2026

Listen to this: Mabe Fratti’s experimental cello pop

The opening notes of "Kravitz", which kicks off Mabe Fratti's 2024 record Sentir Que No Sabes, are lodged in my brain pe...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

Oracle may slash up to 30k jobs to fund AI data-centers as US banks retreat

Article URL: https://www.cio.com/article/4125103/oracle-may-slash-up-to-30000-jobs-to-fund-ai-data-center-expansion-as-...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

FrameBook

Article URL: https://fb.edoo.gg Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47298044 Points: 31 # Comments: 5

Technology Mar 8, 2026

Living Human Brain Cells Play Doom on a CL1

Article URL: https://corticallabs.com/doom.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47297919 Points: 23 ...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

What if the Apple ][ had run on Field-Sequential?

Article URL: https://nicole.express/2026/the-apple-that-wasnt.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

What we’re listening to, watching, and reading right now.

There is so much art out there that it’s absolutely impossible to keep up. Whether it’s a slept-on post-punk alb...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

LibreOffice: Request to the European Commission to adhere to its own guidances

Article URL: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/05/cra-guidances/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator....

Technology Mar 8, 2026

The best Switch 2 controller just got better (and a little worse)

Crowning the EasySMX S10 the best Switch 2 controller last fall was easy. The $60 wireless gamepad, which is often well ...

Technology Mar 8, 2026

Beagle, a source code management system that stores AST trees

Article URL: https://github.com/gritzko/librdx/tree/master/be Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=472971...