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His house burned down. He used the insurance money to build PopSockets.

Does a consumer hardware company need to get on the VC treadmill to succeed? Eleven years and 290 million products sold across 115 countries later, PopSockets has proven that the bootstrapped, low-dilution path more viable than the industry gives it

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US and EU police shut down LeakBase, a site accused of sharing stolen passwords and hacking tools

Authorities say LeakBase was "one of the world’s largest online forums for cybercriminals," and maintained an archive of hacked databases containing hundreds of millions of passwords.

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MacBook Neo, iPhone 17e, and everything else Apple announced this week

From a new iPhone to a budget-friendly MacBook, Apple announced a series of new products this week.

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Google’s Gemini rolls out Canvas in AI Mode to all US users

Canvas in AI Mode is available to U.S. users in English for creating plans, projects, apps, and more.

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Decagon completes first tender offer at $4.5B valuation

The AI-powered customer support startup is the latest example of a fast-growing, young company that's providing employee liquidity.

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After a rocky six years, Sony cancels future single-player PC game releases

Titles like Ghost of Yotei will remain exclusive to Sony's hardware.

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Re-creating the complex cuisine of prehistoric Europeans

SEM analysis of pottery residues showed people combined fish with a wide variety of plants when cooking.

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The US Senate empowers NASA to fully engage in lunar space race

"Our bill authorizes critical funding for, and gives strategic direction to, the agency."

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MacBook Neo hands-on: Apple build quality at a substantially lower price

The Neo won't be for everyone, but Apple has managed to preserve a premium feel.

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Father claims Google's AI product fuelled son's delusional spiral

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx44p99457o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47252838 Points: 20 # Comments: 1

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Google ends its 30 percent app store fee and welcomes third-party app stores

Article URL: https://www.engadget.com/apps/google-ends-its-30-percent-app-store-fee-and-welcomes-third-party-app-stores-185248647.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47252726 Points: 16 # Comments: 3

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An interactive map of FLock Cams

Article URL: https://deflock.org/map#map=5/37.125286/-96.284180 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47252049 Points: 168 # Comments: 23

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Data Has Weight but Only on SSDs

Article URL: https://cubiclenate.com/2026/03/04/data-has-weight-but-only-on-ssds-blathering/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47251987 Points: 21 # Comments: 8

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Faster C software with Dynamic Feature Detection

Article URL: https://gist.github.com/jjl/d998164191af59a594500687a679b98d Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47251787 Points: 21 # Comments: 2

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Making Firefox's right-click not suck with about:config

Article URL: https://joshua.hu/firefox-making-right-click-not-suck Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47251480 Points: 129 # Comments: 79