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Hacktivists claim to have hacked Homeland Security to release ICE contract data

A hacking group called Department of Peace said they hacked a specific office within Homeland Security to protest ICE’s mass deportation campaign, and the companies aiding it.

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A married founder duo’s company, 14.ai, is replacing customer support teams at startups

14.ai also launched a consumer brand to understand how much AI can handle customer support tasks.

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Apple speeds up the iPad Air with an M4 upgrade, starting at $599

Apple refreshes the iPad Air with the M4 chip and more memory to make it better for AI use cases.

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Apple bakes in AI smarts into its new $599 iPhone 17e

The base model comes with 256 GB of storage, which Apple says is twice the entry storage from the previous generation at the same starting price.

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Apple's new iPhone 17e has an A19 chip, MagSafe, and 256GB of storage for $599

New just-the-basics phone replaces the year-old iPhone 16e at the same price.

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It's almost a station wagon: The 2026 Subaru Trailseeker, driven

Despite the Toyota platform, there's plenty of Subaru DNA in this one.

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Former NASA chief turned ULA lobbyist seeks law to limit SpaceX funding

America succeeds in space when American companies compete.

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AMD Ryzen AI 400 chips will bring newer CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs to AM5 desktops

First wave of Ryzen AI desktop CPUs targets business PCs rather than DIYers.

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Notes on Lagrange Interpolating Polynomials

Article URL: https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2026/notes-on-lagrange-interpolating-polynomials/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47219688 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

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First-ever in-utero stem cell therapy for fetal spina bifida repair is safe

Article URL: https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/first-ever-in-utero-stem-cell-therapy-for-fetal-spina-bifida-repair-is-safe-study-finds/2026/02 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47218743 Points: 32 # Comments: 2

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A bit of fluid mechanics from scratch not from scratch

Article URL: https://tsvibt.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-bit-of-fluid-mechanics-from-scratch.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47218711 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

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Judge finalizes order for Greenpeace to pay $345M in ND oil pipeline case

Article URL: https://northdakotamonitor.com/2026/02/27/judge-finalizes-order-for-greenpeace-to-pay-345-million-in-north-dakota-oil-pipeline-case/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47218364 Points: 70 # Comments: 23

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Parallel coding agents with tmux and Markdown specs

Article URL: https://schipper.ai/posts/parallel-coding-agents/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47218318 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

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Anthropic Cowork feature creates 10GB VM bundle on macOS without warning

Article URL: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/22543 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47218288 Points: 166 # Comments: 61

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Plastic is made from milk and it vanishes in 13 weeks

Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260227071922.htm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47218283 Points: 33 # Comments: 16