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Building a JavaScript runtime in one month

Score: 3 | Comments: 0

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LittleSnitch for Linux

Score: 123 | Comments: 47

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Gemini gets notebooks to help you organize projects

Google's Gemini is getting a feature called "notebooks" to help you organize things about certain topics in a single place while using the AI chatbot, the company announced on Wednesday. You can pull

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Dyson made a handheld version of its iconic fans

Nearly 17 years after Dyson first announced its Air Multiplier fans - one of its first big consumer products after vacuums - the company has miniaturized their design to create a handheld personal coo

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Previously unknown verses by Empedocles found on papyrus

Score: 69 | Comments: 14

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I built a tool to let you export your X bookmarks and categorize them

Score: 7 | Comments: 1

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Show HN: Tired of logic in useEffect, I built a class-based React state manager

Score: 18 | Comments: 33

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WireGuard VPN developer can’t ship software updates after Microsoft locks account

The popular open source VPN maker is the second high-profile developer to say Microsoft locked his account without notifying him and is blocking their ability to send software updates to users.

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Show HN: Is Hormuz open yet?

Score: 256 | Comments: 118

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A self-driving car in Texas hit and killed a mother duck, sparking neighborhood outrage

An Avride autonomous vehicle near Austin hit the duck, facing backlash from the community. "It didn't slow down or hesitate at all, just steamrolled right through," according to a witness.

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Poke makes using AI agents as easy as sending a text

Poke brings AI agents to everyday users via text message by handling tasks and automations without complex setup, apps, or technical know-how.

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Canva doubles down on AI and marketing automation with Simtheory, Ortto acquisitions

Canva says the acquisitions add strengths in agentic AI, data infrastructure, marketing automation, and customer engagement.

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John Deere to pay $99M in right-to-repair settlement

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OpenAI made economic proposals — here’s what DC thinks of them

Happy ceasefire day and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about Big Tech's rocky journey through the world of politics. If you're not a subscriber yet, you can do so here, but m

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Show HN: Druids – Build your own software factory

Score: 25 | Comments: 3

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AWS boss explains why investing billions in both Anthropic and OpenAI is an OK conflict

AWS has an ingrained culture of handling competition, he explained, because the cloud giant also competes with its partners.

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Amazon to end support for older Kindle devices

Amazon told Kindle owners this week that it's ending support for all e-readers released in 2012 or earlier, making them virtually unable to load any new content.

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I finally get the iPhone Air

I saw a lot of weird phones at Mobile World Congress last month: robot phones, cameras disguised as phones, phones for dogs. But the one that caught me most off guard was the one my friend (and Verge

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Optimal Strategy for Connect 4

Score: 110 | Comments: 16

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The AI RAM shortage is also driving up SSD prices

I thought the WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD in my gaming PC was pricey when I bought it for $173 in 2024, but now that same SSD costs $649, more than what I paid for most of the parts in my PC combined. The

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