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Wednesday, 01 April 2026
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Global Edition
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Updated 01:25 CST
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Networking with agents: Put them in the right conversations with Tailscale
Article URL: https://blog.firetiger.com/networking-with-agents-how-to-put-them-in-the-right-conversations/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47327163 Points: 12 # Comments: 1
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Google and Tesla think we’re managing the electrical grid all wrong
The duo have teamed up with other companies to launch Utilize, which seeks to change how the grid is used and regulated.
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AI can rewrite open source code—but can it rewrite the license, too?
Is it clean "reverse engineering" or just an LLM-filtered "derivative work"?
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RISC-V Is Sloooow
Article URL: https://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2026/03/10/risc-v-is-sloooow/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47328214 Points: 99 # Comments: 83
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Iowa Payphone Defends Itself (Associated Press, 1984)
Article URL: https://www.payphone-project.com/iowa-payphone-defends-itself-ap-story-from-october-1984.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47328104 Points: 10 # Comments: 1
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Amazon launches its healthcare AI assistant on its website and app
Health AI can answer questions, explain health records, manage prescription renewals, book appointments, and more.
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DOGE employee stole Social Security data and put it on a thumb drive, report says
A whistleblower is accusing a former DOGE member of stealing a large number of Americans’ personal data while he was working at the Social Security Administration, with the plan of using it at his new job.
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‘Pokémon Pokopia’ is a game about rehabilitating a broken world — and I love it
The latest Pokémon game is a cozy life simulator like "Animal Crossing" or "Minecraft," but in a way that feels more grounded to our actual world.
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YouTube surpasses Disney, Paramount, WBD in 2025 ad revenue
YouTube pulled in $40.4 billion in ad revenue last year, which is more than Disney, NBC, Paramount, and Warner Bros. Discovery combined.
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AI-powered apps struggle with long-term retention, new report shows
AI can drive stronger early
monetization for apps, but sustaining value remains the challenge, RevenueCat's latest report finds.
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US military contractor likely built iPhone hacking tools used by Russian spies in Ukraine
Google found a series of hacking tools they said were used by a Russian espionage group and a cybercriminal group in China. Sources from a U.S. government defense contractor said some of those hacking tools were theirs.
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Meta acquires Moltbook, the AI agent social network
The viral social network project was created with OpenClaw.
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After complaints, Google will make it easier to disable gen AI search in Photos
One toggle for "fast classic search."
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Anthropic sues US over blacklisting; White House calls firm "radical left, woke"
Anthropic says it was blacklisted for opposing autonomous weapons, mass surveillance.
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Trump's divisive FDA vaccine regulator self-destructs, will exit agency (again)
It's unclear what Prasad's FDA exit means, but some drug makers are happy to see him go.