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My “low-traffic” blog is like that friend who listens but doesn’t understand • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:34 AM • ginoz.bearblog.dev • Bear
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Babies born between 2003 and 2006 were exposed to many more “forever chemicals” (PFAS) before birth than scientists previously understood, according to analysis in umbilical cord blood • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:29 AM • mountsinai.org • r/science
976
Sub-$200 Lidar could reshuffle auto sensor economics • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:23 AM • spectrum.ieee.org • Hacker News
37
Microspeak: Escrow • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:23 AM • devblogs.microsoft.com • Hacker News
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Why Do the Police Exist? (2020) • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:21 AM • novaramedia.com • Hacker News
15
AI found 12 of 12 OpenSSL zero-days • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:20 AM • lesswrong.com • Hacker News
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AI made coding more enjoyable • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:20 AM • weberdominik.com • Hacker News
130
The Missing Semester of Your CS Education • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:15 AM • missing.csail.mit.edu • Lobsters
41
a [revised] solarpunk ai manifesto • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:15 AM • robotameri.ca • Bear
617
Gemini 3.1 Pro • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:14 AM • deepmind.google • Hacker News
5
Linux Kernel 7.0 Speeds Up File Cache Memory Reclaim by Up to 75% • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:13 AM • techpowerup.com • Hacker News
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'Epstein of the West' socialite allegedly pimped out gf to Silicon Valley elite • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:12 AM • nypost.com • Hacker News
33
Scent, in Silico • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:12 AM • asimov.press • Hacker News
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Mark Zuckerberg grilled on usage goals and underage users at California trial • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:07 AM • wsj.com • Hacker News
37
HR Teams Are Drowning in Slop Grievances • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:05 AM • ft.com • Slashdot
11
Netbase a port of the netbsd utilities for linux • Feb 19, 2026 at 11:04 AM • github.com/littlefly365 • Lobsters
86
Choosing a Language Based on its Syntax? • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:54 AM • gingerbill.org • Lobsters
851
Show HN: Micasa – track your house from the terminal • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:54 AM • micasa.dev • Hacker News
76
Members-only Philly cop bar has been linked to two DUIs and a third crash • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:53 AM • inquirer.com • Hacker News
20
Best of Humble Bundle: Beamdog & Owlcat: RPG Masters (pay what you want and help charity) • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:52 AM • humblebundle.com • ~games
17
Show HN:`npx continues` – resume same session Claude, Gemini, Codex when limited • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:50 AM • github.com/yigitkonur • Hacker News
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Freedom.gov: US State Department Plans VPN Portal for Europe • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:46 AM • heise.de • Hacker News
9
Pentagon-Anthropic battle pushes other AI labs into major dilemma • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:43 AM • axios.com • Hacker News
12
-fbounds-safety: Enforcing bounds safety for C • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:38 AM • clang.llvm.org • r/programming
16
Show HN: Gave AI $100 and no instructions – it donated $40 to a hospital • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:34 AM • letairun.com • Hacker News
7
Apple sued by WV for alleged failure to stop child sexual abuse material • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:34 AM • cnbc.com • Hacker News
231
Dinosaur Food: 100M year old foods we still eat today (2022) • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:30 AM • borischerny.com • Hacker News
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Those who can, teach history • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:26 AM • historytoday.com • ~humanities.history
419
Scientists discover “bacterial constipation,” a new disease caused by gut-drying bacteria. Akkermansia muciniphila and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron destroy intestinal mucus coating essential for keeping colon lubricated and feces hydrated. Excess degradation leaves patients with dry, immobile stool. • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:25 AM • en.nagoya-u.ac.jp • r/science
184
A 67,000-Year-Old Handprint Found on an Indonesian Island Is Officially the Oldest Piece of Art Ever Dated. A faint red stencil in an Indonesian cave shatters our timeline of creativity and migration in Wallacea. • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:25 AM • zmescience.com • r/science
56
The RAM Crunch Could Kill Products and Even Entire Companies, Memory Exec Admits • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:25 AM • theverge.com • Slashdot
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Buses should not be "free" • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:24 AM • mleverything.substack.com • Hacker News
25
UMD scientists create ‘smart underwear’ to measure human flatulence • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:20 AM • cbmg.umd.edu • ~science
1870
Gemini 3.1 Pro • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:19 AM • blog.google • Hacker News
1367
Second pregnancy uniquely alters female brain: Both first and second pregnancy have strong and unique impact on mothers’ brains. During second pregnancy, the brain is more strongly altered in networks involved in sensory cues and attention. These may be beneficial when caring for multiple children. • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:17 AM • nature.com • r/science
11
Waymo Faces Setback as New York Withdraws Robotaxi Service Plan • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM • bloomberg.com • Hacker News
110
How I launched 3 consoles and found true love at Babbage's store no. 9 (2013) • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:14 AM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
24
Bear status log • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:14 AM • robertbirming.com • Bear
22
Using the Browser’s <canvas> for Data Compression • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:13 AM • jstrieb.github.io • Lobsters
12
Show HN: Refine.tools – 10 client-side career tools • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:10 AM • refine.tools • Hacker News
13
(Decentralized?) web hosting service supporting dynamic websites with little to no limitations? • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:07 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
73
Tiny pixel bears (Bearblog Creation Festival) • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:01 AM • departure.blog • Bear
12
Chris Lattner on what the Claude C compiler reveals about the future of software • Feb 19, 2026 at 10:00 AM • modular.com • Hacker News
81
Sam Altman (OpenAI) and Dario Amodei (Anthropic) Refuse to Hold Hands • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:58 AM • xcancel.com • Hacker News
10
Top worldwide with social-engineering and a cheat that's still undetected • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:55 AM • ud2.rip • Hacker News
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America vs. Singapore: You can't save your way out of economic shocks • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:52 AM • governance.fyi • Hacker News
112
Blood tests that detect a protein involved in Alzheimer’s disease could help predict the age at which the disease may strike people long before they develop symptoms, according to a new study • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:49 AM • scientificamerican.com • r/science
10
The $2k Laptop That Replaced My $200/Month AI Subscription • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:47 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
175
Keybee: A Keyboard Designed for Smartphones • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:45 AM • keybeekeyboard.com • Hacker News
31
International box-sizing Awareness Day (2014) • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:43 AM • css-tricks.com • Hacker News
10
Show HN: AI agent audited its platform, got 80% wrong, rewrote its methodology • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:42 AM • openseed.dev • Hacker News
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Meta CEO Knew Kids Were Being Hurt and He Covered It Up • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:34 AM • dispatch.techoversight.org • Hacker News
254
The number of older autistic people is surging. A new study analysing data from more than 200 countries reported that the number of autistic people aged 70 or older rose from 894,700 in 1990 to nearly 2.5 million in 2021. This figure is estimated to double to 5.1 million people by 2040. • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:28 AM • nature.com • r/science
10
MySQL and PostgreSQL: different approaches to solve the same problem • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:27 AM • binaryigor.com • r/programming
67
Can random experimental choice lead to better theories? • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:26 AM • journals.sagepub.com • Hacker News
34
Linux CVE assignment process • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:25 AM • kroah.com • Lobsters
41
Cosmologically Unique IDs • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:24 AM • jasonfantl.com • r/programming
21
Cursor’s debug mode is arguably its best feature • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:23 AM • davidgomes.com • Hacker News
9
Yes there is a right way to stack the dishwasher. Here are the 5 rules • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:21 AM • bbc.com • Hacker News
10
"SaaSpocalypse" Is Merely a Regression to Normal • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:18 AM • pawelbrodzinski.substack.com • Hacker News
23
Compiler Education Deserves a Revolution • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:17 AM • thunderseethe.dev • r/programming
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The Mathematician Lifting the Lid on Trump's "Attacks" • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:14 AM • insidehighered.com • Hacker News
166
Measuring AI agent autonomy in practice • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:14 AM • anthropic.com • Hacker News
108
Ask HN: How do you employ LLMs for UI development? • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:04 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
31
A $10 Plastic Speaker is the Most Durable Revenue Line in Indian Digital Payments • Feb 19, 2026 at 9:00 AM • indiadispatch.com • Slashdot
6
Show HN: Learn GPU programming with coding agents • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:58 AM • blog.vtemian.com • Hacker News
5
Stack Overflow is getting rid of close votes • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:55 AM • meta.stackoverflow.com • Hacker News
32
What are important historical books lost to time? • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:52 AM • tildes.net • ~books
82
Famous Signatures Through History • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:49 AM • signatory.app • Hacker News
7
Show HN: I created an app to remove Reels, now on iOS too • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:49 AM • apps.apple.com • Hacker News
6
What size should I use for my queue • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:48 AM • syntacticbrownsugar.tech • Hacker News
114
C++26: Std:Is_within_lifetime • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:47 AM • sandordargo.com • Hacker News
6
Apple Just Officially Ushered in Podcasting's Generational Shift • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:34 AM • bloomberg.com • Hacker News
42
Show HN: Claudebin – Share and resume Claude Code sessions with a single link • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:26 AM • claudebin.com • Hacker News
49
What's your actual PR wait time? Trying to figure out if my team is broken or this is normal • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:23 AM • github.com • r/programming
125
I fix email deliverability issues for a living, AMA • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:13 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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New California bill to require license plates for electric bikes • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:12 AM • electrek.co • Hacker News
62
The future belongs to those who can refute AI, not just generate with AI • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:11 AM • learningloom.substack.com • Hacker News
11
Learn C++ by Example • Frances Buontempo & Matt Godbolt • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:10 AM • youtu.be • r/programming
5
Show HN: I built a semiconductor internship job board • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:09 AM • semidesignjobs.com • Hacker News
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Alabama offers three tricks to fix poor urban schools • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:02 AM • economist.com • Hacker News
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EV Sales Boom As Ethiopia Bans Fossil-Fuel Car Imports • Feb 19, 2026 at 8:00 AM • financialpost.com • Slashdot
336
I traced 3,177 API calls to see what 4 AI coding tools put in the context window • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:55 AM • theredbeard.io • r/programming
35
I traced 3,177 API calls to see what 4 AI coding tools put in the context window • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:54 AM • theredbeard.io • Hacker News
467
Pebble Production: February Update • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:36 AM • repebble.com • Hacker News
162
Coding Tricks Used in the C64 Game Seawolves (2025) • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:24 AM • kodiak64.co.uk • Hacker News
28
Salt: Systems programming, mathematically verified • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:23 AM • salt-lang.dev • Lobsters
4
Built an IP intelligence API with unlimited requests and flat pricing • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:17 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
6
Voith Schneider Propeller • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:16 AM • en.wikipedia.org • Hacker News
497
Paged Out Issue #8 [pdf] • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:13 AM • pagedout.institute • Hacker News
544
DOGE Track • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:13 AM • dogetrack.info • Hacker News
12
Nanodevice produces continuous electricity from evaporation • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:10 AM • actu.epfl.ch • Hacker News
109P
UK to force social media to remove abusive pics in 48 hours • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:06 AM • theregister.com • Hacker News
40
Show HN: LatentScore – Type a mood, get procedural/ambient music (open source) • Feb 19, 2026 at 7:06 AM • latentscore.com • Hacker News
194
Show HN: Mini-Diarium - An encrypted, local, cross-platform journaling app • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:54 AM • github.com/fjrevoredo • Hacker News
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The Popper Principle • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:52 AM • theamericanscholar.org • Hacker News
68
How do developers learn to confidently express what they know without feeling like they’re stating the obvious or overselling themselves? • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:52 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
29
Lilush: A static LuaJIT runtime with batteries • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:43 AM • lilush.link • Lobsters
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Greece throws support behind social media bans for kids • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:33 AM • euractiv.com • Hacker News
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Without America to rely on, EU gearing up to be a global power in its own right • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:19 AM • theatlantic.com • Hacker News
101
Paged Out! #8 • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:16 AM • pagedout.institute • Lobsters
100
ShannonMax: A Library to Optimize Emacs Keybindings with Information Theory • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:15 AM • github.com/sstraust • Hacker News
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Former Prince Andrew Arrested over Epstein Probe • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:13 AM • wsj.com • Hacker News
191
Bridging Elixir and Python with Oban • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:07 AM • oban.pro • Hacker News
127
Tetris gameplay treatment helps reduce traumatic flashbacks for frontline healthcare workers • Feb 19, 2026 at 6:04 AM • cam.ac.uk • r/science
106
I made ChatGPT and Google tell I'm a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:56 AM • bsky.app • Hacker News
289
Show HN: A physically-based GPU ray tracer written in Julia • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:55 AM • makie.org • Hacker News
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:10 AM • bbc.com • Hacker News
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Claims That AI Can Help Fix Climate Dismissed As Greenwashing • Feb 19, 2026 at 5:00 AM • theguardian.com • Slashdot
35
pg-here: Run a local PostgreSQL instance in your project folder with one command • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:57 AM • github.com/mayfer • Lobsters
10
Wellington rages as litres of raw sewage pour into ocean • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:41 AM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
17
How to send data from my app to user's calendars (simplest way for me and users) • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:25 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
28
Forward propagation of errors through time • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:23 AM • nicolaszucchet.github.io • Hacker News
7
Firms must remove 'revenge porn' in 48 hours or risk being blocked, says Starmer • Feb 19, 2026 at 4:17 AM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
23
State of Clojure 2025 Results • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:59 AM • clojure.org • Lobsters
40
Oldschool HTML website • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:57 AM • 5cs.me • r/webdev
133
AI, Entropy, and the Illusion of Convergence in Modern Software • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:49 AM • abelenekes.com • r/programming
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The algorithmic feed on X could be shifting political views toward conservatism. Research found accounts using the 'For You' feed saw more change toward conservative political opinions and priorities, particularly around policy, criminal investigations into Donald Trump and the war in Ukraine • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:37 AM • natureasia.com • r/science
114
I'm Not Reading That • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:30 AM • karldaniel.co.uk • Bear
48
ux dilemma: pagination vs infinite scroll for a high-volume chat app? • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:29 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
23
After AI, there is no product • Feb 19, 2026 at 3:22 AM • sidu.in • Hacker News
18
stream of consciousness in feb 2026 • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:52 AM • blog.avas.space • Bear
21
Tuple Spaces • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:44 AM • mcs.anl.gov • Lobsters
4
The Psychology of Computer Programming by Gerald Weinberg (1998) • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:29 AM • archive.org • Hacker News
448
Study shows that Earth lies within a narrow “Goldilocks zone” that allows both nitrogen and phosphorus to be present with the right abundances in the mantle. More oxidized or reduced exoplanets may lock these elements in their cores, limiting habitability. • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:14 AM • eurekalert.org • r/science
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From Paris to New Delhi, the Push to Ban Teens from Social Media Is Going Global • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:03 AM • wsj.com • Hacker News
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Flu shot: US Food and Drug Administration will review Moderna’s mRNA vaccine, company says • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:03 AM • cnn.com • ~health
9
cloud browser automation recommendations? • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:02 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
155P
Trump Has Prepared Speech On Extraterrestrial Life • Feb 19, 2026 at 2:00 AM • thehill.com • Slashdot
223P
Mark Zuckerberg to testify in landmark social media trial • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:54 AM • ft.com • Hacker News
17
Tech firms will have 48 hours to remove abusive images under new law • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:52 AM • bbc.co.uk • Hacker News
115
Old School Visual Effects: The Cloud Tank (2010) • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:43 AM • singlemindedmovieblog.blogspot.com • Hacker News
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US funding for global internet freedom 'effectively gutted' • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:41 AM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
16
Psychosis.hn • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:24 AM • sajarin.com • Hacker News
50
Stoolap/Node: A Native Node.js Driver That's Surprisingly Fast • Feb 19, 2026 at 1:09 AM • stoolap.io • Hacker News
2
need someone to test my P2P chat app for 2 mins, DM me • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:34 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
184
What stack would you use to create a simple blog site? • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:29 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
5
Collection of Slide Rule Replicas • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:16 AM • thingsabove.github.io • Hacker News
432
European Tech Alternatives • Feb 19, 2026 at 12:07 AM • eutechmap.com • Hacker News
17
Why don't entrepreneurs talk about starting businesses publicly anymore? • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:53 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
286
I need a good response to something a client said. • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:29 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
93
ReferenceFinder: Find coordinates on a piece of paper with only folds • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:27 PM • mutsuntsai.github.io • Hacker News
13
Practical Reflection With C++26 - Barry Revzin - CppCon 2025 • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:23 PM • youtube.com • r/programming
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Germany seeking more F-35 jets as European fighter program falters • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:20 PM • reuters.com • Hacker News
110
Show HN: A Lisp where each function call runs a Docker container • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:19 PM • github.com/a11ce • Hacker News
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The Far-Fetched Mission to Reclaim Islands That Host a Key U.S. Military Base • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:11 PM • wsj.com • Hacker News
6
Beyond Body Count: How Many Past Partners Are Too Many? • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:58 PM • stevestewartwilliams.com • Hacker News
106
Ukranian controls Home Assistant over LoRa radio when their power grid goes down • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM • reddit.com • Hacker News
1447
Poison Fountain: An Anti-AI Weapon • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:55 PM • news.ycombinator.com • r/programming
12
The Biophysical World Inside a Jam-Packed Cell • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:50 PM • quantamagazine.org • Hacker News
5
TimesFM (Time Series Foundation Model) • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:48 PM • github.com/google-research • Hacker News
222
Electrobun v1: Build fast, tiny, and cross-platform desktop apps with TypeScript • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:46 PM • blackboard.sh • Hacker News
34P
EPA Faces First Lawsuit Over Its Killing of Major Climate Rule • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:30 PM • nytimes.com • yro.slashdot
5
Will Humans Still Review Code? The critical question companies must answer now • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:26 PM • franciscomt.medium.com • Hacker News
4
FK Bodø/Glimt's fairytale continues as they added Inter Milan to their list of prized scalps – puts them within touching distance of a place in the Champions League last sixteen • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:18 PM • bbc.com • ~sports.football
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FDA reverses course and will review Moderna's mRNA flu shot, company says • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:16 PM • cnn.com • Hacker News
11
Your Consciousness Can Connect With the Whole Universe, Groundbreaking Research • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:13 PM • popularmechanics.com • Hacker News
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People are overconfident in their ability to distinguish between real faces and AI-generated faces. Study shows that AI technology has improved to a point where the most realistic outputs no longer show obvious flaws and it is harder to identify AI images from reality with cues that used to work • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:13 PM • unsw.edu.au • r/science
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Musk cuts Starlink access for Russian forces – giving Ukraine an edge • Feb 18, 2026 at 10:05 PM • bbc.com • Hacker News
4
The Impossible Backhand • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:59 PM • philippdubach.com • Hacker News
32
C++26: std::is_within_lifetime • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:59 PM • sandordargo.com • Lobsters
80P
Germany's Merz calls for real names on the internet • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:56 PM • dpa-international.com • Hacker News
1432
Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:52 PM • code.claude.com • Hacker News
313
Step 3.5 Flash – Open-source foundation model, supports deep reasoning at speed • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:32 PM • static.stepfun.com • Hacker News
997
Children carrying the Huntington’s gene mutation show increased cortical volume and superior cognitive performance early in life. The enlarged cortical regions have dense glutamatergic projections to the striatum, which later shows accelerated degeneration preceding clinical disease. • Feb 18, 2026 at 9:01 PM • journals.sagepub.com • r/science
454
Minecraft Java is switching from OpenGL to Vulkan • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:55 PM • gamingonlinux.com • Hacker News
89
Climate change is worsensing synchronous extreme fire weather. When extreme wildfires happen simultaneously across multiple regions, inter-regional coordination becomes difficult because firefighting resources are overstretched. • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:53 PM • science.org • r/science
70
Ask HN: Anyone else tired of working in tech? • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:47 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
279
15 years of FP64 segmentation, and why the Blackwell Ultra breaks the pattern • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:46 PM • nicolasdickenmann.com • Hacker News
378
Video games may offer small attention benefits for children with ADHD • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:24 PM • psypost.org • r/science
17
Remixing Bear Hug features to use markdown • Feb 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM • pseudosingleton.com • Bear
7P
Electric Vehicle Sales Boom as Ethiopia Bans Fossil-Fuel Car Imports • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:56 PM • bloomberg.com • Hacker News
38
Google's Pixel 10a Is the Same Damn Phone As the Pixel 9a • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:45 PM • gizmodo.com • Slashdot
7
I made $15K/month at 13. Built a YC startup at 20. Still looking for my person • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:38 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:38 PM • techcrunch.com • Hacker News
10
What's the difference between docker containers and Amazon containers? • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:31 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
12
Are these emoji surveys a good way to encourage engagement and retention? • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:27 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
301
How AI is affecting productivity and jobs in Europe • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:22 PM • cepr.org • Hacker News
5
Show HN: How well can you remember these colors? • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:12 PM • dialed.gg • Hacker News
181P
how openai, the US government, and persona built an identity surveillance machine that files reports on you to the feds • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:09 PM • vmfunc.re • Lobsters
34
Grandson of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups inventor says Hershey is cutting corners • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:07 PM • apnews.com • Hacker News
33P
Meta Begins $65 Million Election Push To Advance AI Agenda • Feb 18, 2026 at 7:02 PM • nytimes.com • yro.slashdot
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Ditching Discord • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:55 PM • wiki.alopex.li • Lobsters
50P
The Pentagon just threatened to blacklist Anthropic • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:47 PM • twitter.com/Ric_RTP • Hacker News
13P
CEL by Example • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:47 PM • celbyexample.com • Lobsters
7
Bot scanning activity • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:47 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
23
Building an ecommerce site with low overhead • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:35 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
13P
Why California could be the big winner as EPA abandons climate policy • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:31 PM • politico.com • Hacker News
4
Show HN: Codereport – track TODOs, refactors, and bugs in your repo with a CLI • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:23 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
8
Where did all the radio DJs go? • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:21 PM • mnky9800n.substack.com • Hacker News
594
Microsoft guide to pirating Harry Potter for LLM training (2024) [removed] • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:19 PM • devblogs.microsoft.com • Hacker News
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For those who’ve built dev tools, what communities have you found genuinely useful for feedback and discussion? • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:14 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
18P
Split Diffs Are Here • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:12 PM • zed.dev • Hacker News
5
Robots Perform Kung Fu at China's Spring Festival Gala • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:12 PM • reuters.com • Hacker News
604
Closing this as we are no longer pursuing Swift adoption • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:08 PM • github.com/LadybirdBrowser • Hacker News
8
Chinese New Year v.s. Lunar New Year • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:05 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
23
Self-hosting my websites using bootable containers • Feb 18, 2026 at 6:01 PM • yorickpeterse.com • Lobsters
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OpenAI's acquisition of OpenClaw signals the end of the ChatGPT era • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:57 PM • venturebeat.com • Hacker News
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Ask HN: In Cursor/agents, do plugins hide MCP tools from the main agent? • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:55 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Micron's PCIe 6.0 SSD Hits Mass Production at 28 GB/S • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:50 PM • tomshardware.com • Hacker News
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Martial arts robots at 2026 Spring Festival Gala [video] • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:47 PM • youtube.com • Hacker News
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Need review for my resume (Fresher) • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:43 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
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Fifty years ago, Republicans exhibited more relative trust in scientists than Democrats did. The partisan relationship with trust in scientists flipped over time as low-trusting demographic strata (the non-college educated and highly religious) shifted towards the Republican Party. • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM • doi.org • r/science
187
What years of production-grade concurrency teaches us about building AI agents • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:37 PM • georgeguimaraes.com • Hacker News
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Models.dev – An open-source database of AI models • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:28 PM • models.dev • Hacker News
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US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:25 PM • reuters.com • Hacker News
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Rust on CHERIoT: Status update #0 • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:20 PM • rust.cheriot.org • Lobsters
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The Link Between Air Pollution and Alzheimer's Is Now Clearer • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:19 PM • sciencealert.com • Hacker News
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Introduction to Out of Time Order Correlators (OTOCs)(2025) • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:16 PM • quantumcomputer.blog • Hacker News
14
Top 20 worldwide with social-engineering and a cheat that's still undetected • Feb 18, 2026 at 5:12 PM • ud2.rip • Lobsters
554
My journey to the microwave alternate timeline • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:59 PM • lesswrong.com • Hacker News
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The Obscure Media Theory That Explains '99% of Everything' • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:35 PM • derekthompson.org • Hacker News
101
Why I don't think AGI is imminent • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:34 PM • dlants.me • Lobsters
334
Deep-sea fish discovered to have novel visual system | Deep-sea fish reveal an alternative developmental trajectory for vertebrate vision • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:34 PM • reuters.com • r/science
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How Americans view Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:31 PM • pewresearch.org • Hacker News
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Where Christian nationalism is most dominant in the U.S. • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:30 PM • axios.com • Hacker News
5
Show HN: gwt-zsh – Stupidly simple Git worktree management • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:25 PM • github.com/aasimsani • Hacker News
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Texas Sues TP-Link Over China Links and Security Vulnerabilities • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:25 PM • theregister.com • yro.slashdot
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Forget DeepSeek, dying alone is China's latest tech obsession • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:24 PM • japantimes.co.jp • Hacker News
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Notes on clarifying man pages • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:21 PM • jvns.ca • Lobsters
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India tells univ. to leave AI summit after presenting Chinese robot as its own • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM • reuters.com • Hacker News
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Sizing chaos • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM • pudding.cool • Hacker News
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Show HN: macOS native DAW with Git branching model • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:17 PM • scratchtrackstudio.com • Hacker News
4
PLC Read Replicas • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:16 PM • atproto.com • Hacker News
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Dogs like Pugs and French Bulldogs have been bred to have "smushed" faces. But this trait, called brachycephaly, makes breathing difficult and worsens health. Veterinarians assessed 14 different dog breeds for their risk of breathing problems associated with the trait. • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:15 PM • realclearscience.com • r/science
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How to train your program verifier • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:10 PM • risemsr.github.io • Hacker News
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UK flat prices fall after sharp drop in London • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:07 PM • ft.com • Hacker News
51
The Big TDD Misunderstanding • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:03 PM • kiss-and-solid.com • Hacker News
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Auto redirect tool for changing blog permalinks? • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:01 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
28
Low Traffic Blogging, or Please Don't Make My Posts Go Viral • Feb 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM • justaqueerbookblog.bearblog.dev • Bear
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Notepad++ declares hardened update process 'effectively unexploitable' • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:59 PM • theregister.com • Hacker News
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27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and download official updates • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:54 PM • reddit.com • Hacker News
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FDA reverses course on rejection of Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
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GitHub Is Dying and Developers Don't Even Know It Yet • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:52 PM • medium.com/@noah_25268 • Hacker News
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Study of 12,000 EU Firms Finds AI's Productivity Gains Are Real • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM • cepr.org • Slashdot
4
Show HN: Sports-skills.sh – sports data connectors for AI agents • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:40 PM • github.com/machina-sports • Hacker News
65
I hacked ChatGPT and Google's AI – and it only took twenty minutes • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:38 PM • bbc.com • ~tech
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Attention economics, software engineering, and AI • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:35 PM • bykozy.me • ~tech
118
Notes on Clarifying Man Pages • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:30 PM • jvns.ca • Hacker News
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Tesla avoids 30-day California sales suspension • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:30 PM • electrek.co • Hacker News
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How did we end up threatening our kids' lives with AI? • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:24 PM • anildash.com • Hacker News
13
Programming in Prison: My Redemption Arc • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:24 PM • ck-7vn.dev • r/programming
11
Monado at the Core of Android XR • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:22 PM • collabora.com • Hacker News
4
Show HN: SVO Voxelization for Gaussian Splat Collisions • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM • reddit.com • Hacker News
31
Updating the Verge's Background Policy (2021) • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:18 PM • theverge.com • Hacker News
195
Microsoft team creates data-storage system that lasts for millennia • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:12 PM • nature.com • Hacker News
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The political effects of X's feed algorithm • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:12 PM • werd.io • Hacker News
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Show HN: We turned manus into OpenClaw (it's running on iMessage) • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:09 PM • twitter.com/photon_hq • Hacker News
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There is unequivocal evidence that Earth is warming (2024) • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:09 PM • science.nasa.gov • Hacker News
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Following the 2024 presidential election, fewer gun owners reported possessing firearms to advance political objectives. However, a growing number of owners, particularly Republicans, cited the need for protection at political rallies and protests as a primary reason for owning a gun. • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM • psypost.org • r/science
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Ohio Newspaper Removes Writing From Reporters' Jobs, Hands It To an 'AI Rewrite Specialist' • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:05 PM • cleveland.com • Slashdot
9
Java desktop apps with web front end (Angular, react) • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:04 PM • krema.build • Hacker News
189
What does your "frontend" work actually look like day to day now? • Feb 18, 2026 at 3:01 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
59P
Nothing works without internet anymore • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:54 PM • ginoz.bearblog.dev • Bear
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Show HN: Strava for Claude Code • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:48 PM • straude.com • Hacker News
34
Making Nintendo DS ROMs with Rust • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:37 PM • matthewtejo.substack.com • Hacker News
9
8 Skiers dead after avalanche near Lake Tahoe • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:36 PM • nbcnews.com • Hacker News
10
Proud of This 3D Hot Dog That My AI Made • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:36 PM • local001.com • Hacker News
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Over 65? Congratulations, You Own the Economy • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:30 PM • wsj.com • Hacker News
116
R3forth: A concatenative language derived from ColorForth • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:28 PM • github.com/phreda4 • Hacker News
19
Laser writing in glass for dense, fast and efficient archival data storage • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:28 PM • nature.com • Hacker News
63
A solver for Semantle • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:25 PM • victoriaritvo.com • Hacker News
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Complexity Science and Emergent Order: How Simple Rules Create Complex Systems • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:25 PM • mysticryst.com • Hacker News
40
Apple iWork apps send analytics data when "Share Analytics Data" is off • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:25 PM • mastodon.social • Hacker News
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Andrew Yang Warns AI Will Displace Millions of White-Collar Workers Within 18 Months • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:25 PM • blog.andrewyang.com • Slashdot
66
Discrete Structures [pdf] • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:22 PM • kyleormsby.github.io • Hacker News
19
Godot maintainers struggle with 'demoralizing' AI slop PRs • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:22 PM • theregister.com • Hacker News
111
Current - An RSS reader • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:17 PM • terrygodier.com • Lobsters
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Computronium • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:17 PM • en.wikipedia.org • Hacker News
6
Why Stripe webhook signature verification fails (and how to debug it properly) • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:14 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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Phoenix pay system fiasco: 10 years of mistakes and lessons • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:14 PM • cbc.ca • Hacker News
255
99% of adults over 40 have shoulder "abnormalities" on an MRI, study finds • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:08 PM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
28
Who opened the door? An AI agent harassed an open-source maintainer. Everyone is asking the wrong question. • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:07 PM • chaosguru.substack.com • r/programming
7
Ppisp: Cleaner Representations of Gaussian Splats and NeRFs • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:04 PM • research.nvidia.com • Hacker News
181
What Every Experimenter Must Know About Randomization • Feb 18, 2026 at 2:02 PM • spawn-queue.acm.org • Hacker News
191
Show HN: Echo, an iOS SSH+mosh client built on Ghostty • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:58 PM • replay.software • Hacker News
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What Your Bluetooth Devices Reveal About You • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:53 PM • blog.dmcc.io • Lobsters
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Europe is ready to ditch US tech for private alternatives • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:52 PM • proton.me • Hacker News
21
Linus Torvalds on How Linux Went From One-Man Show To Group Effort • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:45 PM • theregister.com • Slashdot
15
Ask HN: Why are there no talks about Seedance 2.0 on Hacker News? • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
11
Show HN: Keystone – configure Dockerfiles and dev containers for any repo • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM • github.com/imbue-ai • Hacker News
613
Cosmologically Unique IDs • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:37 PM • jasonfantl.com • Hacker News
174
OpenClaw is dangerous • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:35 PM • 12gramsofcarbon.com • Hacker News
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Vermont EV buses prove unreliable for transportation this winter • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:34 PM • vermontdailychronicle.com • Hacker News
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Nature: The political effects of X's feed algorithm • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:11 PM • nature.com • Hacker News
118P
Disney trip turned into immigration detention • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:08 PM • propublica.org • Hacker News
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Stockholm's metro stations really do look this cool in person – let me show you what I saw while visiting the city • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:05 PM • youtube.com • ~transport
137
Vermont EV Buses Prove Unreliable For Transportation This Winter • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:05 PM • vermontdailychronicle.com • Slashdot
33
Reproducible and traceable configuration for Conan C and C++ package manager • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:04 PM • blog.conan.io • Hacker News
474
DNS-Persist-01: A New Model for DNS-Based Challenge Validation • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:04 PM • letsencrypt.org • Hacker News
166
Theoretical analysis proposes the concept of "emergent facts" to describe generative AI outputs, arguing that while these outputs appear coherent and plausible, they remain probabilistic, context-dependent, and epistemically opaque rather than anchored in empirical ground truth • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:03 PM • tandfonline.com • r/science
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What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) • Feb 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM • tildes.net • ~anime
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Trump will kill Netflix's bid for Warner and help Paramount win • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:57 PM • washingtonmonthly.com • Hacker News
350
Warren Buffett dumps $1.7B of Amazon stock • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:56 PM • finbold.com • Hacker News
6
Show HN: Nonograms – Friends-only puzzle room with replays and leaderboards • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:53 PM • nonograms.siraben.dev • Hacker News
24P
Mark Zuckerberg testifies at landmark social media addiction trial • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:48 PM • nbcnews.com • Hacker News
307P
Arizona Bill Requires Age Verification for All Apps • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:38 PM • reclaimthenet.org • Hacker News
22817P
High IQ men tend to be less conservative than their average peers. Researchers found that adults identified as gifted in childhood largely share the same political outlooks as their non-gifted peers, with one specific exception regarding conservatism in men. • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:36 PM • psypost.org • r/science
243
The Perils of ISBN • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:34 PM • rygoldstein.com • Hacker News
27
Microsoft Says Bug Causes Copilot To Summarize Confidential Emails • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:28 PM • it.slashdot.org • Slashdot
55
Bruteforcing the Bitwarden master password I forgor • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:27 PM • compilercrim.es • Lobsters
28
Tesla announces Powerwall 3P with native three-phase inverter • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:27 PM • electrek.co • Hacker News
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No food, no fuel, no tourists: Under US pressure, life in Cuba grinds to a halt • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:26 PM • cnn.com • Hacker News
16
Plasma 6.6 • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:19 PM • kde.org • Hacker News
80
Fei-Fei Li's World Labs raised $1B from A16Z, Nvidia to advance its world models • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:18 PM • bloomberg.com • Hacker News
18
Anthropic bans OAuth tokens (including Agent SDK) in 3P tools • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:13 PM • code.claude.com • Hacker News
11
In Argentina, locals are taking loans to buy food • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:07 PM • aljazeera.com • Hacker News
166P
Unprecedented 'Jobless Boom' Tests Limits of US Economic Expansion • Feb 18, 2026 at 12:04 PM • bloomberg.com • Hacker News
102
DNS-PERSIST-01: A New Model for DNS-based Challenge Validation • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:48 AM • letsencrypt.org • Lobsters
10
Lyria 3 with realtime music generation • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:47 AM • twitter.com/Google • Hacker News
716
Tailscale Peer Relays is now generally available • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:46 AM • tailscale.com • Hacker News
4
Show HN: Nom – Turn GitHub activity into updates • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:45 AM • beta.nomit.dev • Hacker News
51
Sandwich bill of materials • Feb 18, 2026 at 11:42 AM • nesbitt.io • ~tech