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Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job

Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/10/social-security-data-breach-doge-2/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47335572 Points: 391 # Comments: 138

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Hurricane Electric (HE.NET) IPv6 tunnelbroker page offline due to expired domain

Article URL: https://tunnelbroker.net Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47335072 Points: 10 # Comments: 4

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Making WebAssembly a first-class language on the Web

Article URL: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/02/making-webassembly-a-first-class-language-on-the-web/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47331811 Points: 20 # Comments: 2

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Former Apple engineer raises $5M for a note-taking pendant that only records your voice

Taya is trying to address privacy concerns around note-taking wearables with its device that can be worn as a pendant and records only the user's voice.

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Canopii looks to succeed where past indoor farms have not

Canopii's robotic farms can autonomously grow 40,000 pounds of herbs and leafy greens a year while being the size of a basketball court.

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TikTok now lets Apple Music subscribers play full songs without leaving the app

TikTok, which is known for shaping music trends and viral songs, said the new feature is designed to make it easier to go from the moment of discovery to deeper listening.

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Google wraps up $32B acquisition of cloud cybersecurity startup Wiz

Google has officially acquired Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in all-cash, a full year after the companies announced the deal. This marks Google's biggest acquisition in its history.

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What crackdown? Trump's EPA enforcement claims don't pass sniff test.

75% of the criminal cases closed last fiscal year originated before Trump took office.

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Don't lick that cold metal pole in winter—if you do, don't panic

Highest risk of part of tongue being torn off is with temps between -5° and -15° C (23° to 5 °F).

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Quantum computing meets the Möbius molecule

A complex structure with multiple electrons is within reach of today's hardware.

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Scientists revive activity in frozen mouse brains for the first time

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00756-w Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47335676 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

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Whistleblower: DOGE member took Social Security data to new job

Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/10/social-security-data-breach-doge-2/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47335572 Points: 40 # Comments: 9

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The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient and growing

Article URL: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2420092122 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47335349 Points: 7 # Comments: 0

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Lego's 0.002 mm Specification and Its Implications for Manufacturing (2025)

Article URL: https://www.thewave.engineer/articles.html/productivity/legos-0002mm-specification-and-its-implications-for-manufacturing-r120/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47335237 Points: 44 # Comments: 19

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Microsoft BitNet: 100B Param 1-Bit model for local CPUs

Article URL: https://github.com/microsoft/BitNet Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47334694 Points: 97 # Comments: 57