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Wednesday, 01 April 2026
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Italian prosecutors confirm journalist was hacked with Paragon spyware
Italian authorities are making progress in their investigation into a wide-ranging spyware scandal in Italy involving Paragon spyware. But the mystery of who hacked two Italian journalists with Paragon spyware continues.
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It’s official: The Pentagon has labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk
The Department of Defense has officially labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk, making the AI firm the first American company with the label. Meanwhile, the DOD continues to use Anthropic's AI in Iran.
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Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous 'Stop Cop City' Protester
Article URL: https://www.404media.co/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonymous-stop-cop-city-protestor/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47267628 Points: 32 # Comments: 9
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GLiNER2: Unified Schema-Based Information Extraction
Article URL: https://github.com/fastino-ai/GLiNER2 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47266736 Points: 12 # Comments: 0
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It’s official: The Pentagon has labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk
The Department of Defense has officially labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk, making the AI firm the first American company with the label. Meanwhile, the DOD continues to use Anthropic's AI in Iran.
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X revamps Creator Subscriptions with new features, like exclusive threads and shareable cards
X is rolling out a series of new features for creators, like the ability to offer paid threads and other marketing tools.
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Hardware testing startup Nominal hits $1B valuation, raises $155M in 10 months
Nominal provides hardware testing equipment to defense tech companies. Founders Fund led the preemptive deal.
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Roblox launches real-time AI chat rephrasing to filter out banned language
The new feature goes beyond Roblox’s current text filter, which simply replaces banned words and phrases with the “#” symbol.
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FYI: Impersonators are (still) targeting companies with fake TechCrunch outreach
Fraudsters are impersonating TechCrunch reporters and event leads, and reaching out to companies. Here's what we're doing about it, and what you can look out for.
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The Boys S5 trailer tees up a bloody final season
"My power is absolute. At heights no one ever dreamed of. But I have a bigger destiny."
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Trump gets data center companies to pledge to pay for power generation
With no enforcement and questionable economics, it may not make a difference.
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Nerve damage, energy management, and Apple TV: F1 in 2026 starts today
Drivers aren't happy about energy management, and one team won't finish the race.
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Lanterns teaser swaps superhero hijinks for gritty realism
DC's Green Lantern is reimagined as part True Detective , part Slow Horses , and we're here for it.
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Congress extends ISS and tells NASA to get moving on private space stations
"We were happy to see the renewed commitment to transition from the ISS."
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Pentagon Formally Labels Anthropic Supply-Chain Risk
Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-formally-labels-anthropic-supply-chain-risk-escalating-conflict-ebdf0523 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47266084 Points: 86 # Comments: 14