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Aided by AI, California beach town broadens hunt for bike lane blockers
Hayden AI's cameras will scan for violations from 7 city vehicles.
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Verizon imposes new roadblock on users trying to unlock paid-off phones
Verizon unlocks have 35-day waiting period after paying off device plan online.
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The evolution of OpenAI's mission statement
Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/13/openai-mission-statement/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47009416 Points: 24 # Comments: 4
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OpenAI has deleted the word 'safely' from its mission
Article URL: https://theconversation.com/openai-has-deleted-the-word-safely-from-its-mission-and-its-new-structure-is-a-test-for-whether-ai-serves-society-or-shareholders-274467 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47008560 Points: 234
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Show HN: Data Engineering Book – An open source, community-driven guide
Article URL: https://github.com/datascale-ai/data_engineering_book/blob/main/README_en.md Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47008163 Points: 36 # Comments: 4
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The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling
Article URL: https://www.politico.eu/article/tiktok-meta-facebook-instagram-brussels-kill-infinite-scrolling/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47007656 Points: 222 # Comments: 191
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The "AI agent hit piece" situation clarifies how dumb we are acting
Previously: An AI agent published a hit piece on me - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46990729 - Feb 2026 (916 comments) AI agent opens a PR write a blogpost to shames the maintainer who closes it - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46987559
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I'm not worried about AI job loss
Article URL: https://davidoks.blog/p/why-im-not-worried-about-ai-job-loss Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47006513 Points: 105 # Comments: 187
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How did the Maya survive?
https://web.archive.org/web/20260212085552/https://www.thegu... https://archive.ph/0tGht Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47003214 Points: 96 # Comments: 66
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WolfSSL sucks too, so now what?
Article URL: https://blog.feld.me/posts/2026/02/wolfssl-sucks-too/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47001095 Points: 65 # Comments: 46
Lena by qntm (2021)
Article URL: https://qntm.org/mmacevedo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46999224 Points: 301 # Comments: 162
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The wonder of modern drywall
Article URL: https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/the-wonder-of-modern-drywall Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47008931 Points: 36 # Comments: 75
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Airbnb says a third of its customer support is now handled by AI in the U.S. and Canada
Airbnb has shifted a third of its North American customer service to its AI agent, CEO Brian Chesky said.
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Fintech lending giant Figure confirms data breach
The company said hackers downloaded “a limited number of files” after breaking into an employee’s account. The hacking group ShinyHunters took responsibility for the breach.
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Why top talent is walking away from OpenAI and xAI
AI companies have been hemorrhaging talent the past few weeks. Half of xAI’s founding team has left the company — some on their own, others through “restructuring” — while OpenAI is facing its own shakeups, from the disbanding of its mission alignmen