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Monday, 11 May 2026
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Show HN: Claude-File-Recovery, recover files from your ~/.claude sessions
Claude Code deleted my research and plan markdown files and informed me: “I accidentally rm -rf'd real directories in my Obsidian vault through a symlink it didn't realize was there: I made a mistake. “ Unfortunately the backup of my documentation ac
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A Chinese official’s use of ChatGPT revealed an intimidation operation
Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/politics/chatgpt-china-intimidation-operation Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47181944 Points: 73 # Comments: 50
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Building secure, scalable agent sandbox infrastructure
Article URL: https://browser-use.com/posts/two-ways-to-sandbox-agents Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47181316 Points: 37 # Comments: 9
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A new California law says all operating systems need to have age verification
Article URL: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/a-new-california-law-says-all-operating-systems-including-linux-need-to-have-some-form-of-age-verification-at-account-setup/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47181208 P
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Tell HN: MitID, Denmark's digital ID, was down
MitID is the sole digital ID provider, leading the entire country unable to log into their internet banking, public services, digital mail etc. https://www.digitaliser.dk/mitid/nyt-fra-mitid/2026/feb/drif... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com
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Musk bashes OpenAI in deposition, saying ‘nobody committed suicide because of Grok’
In his lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk touted xAI safety compared with ChatGPT. A few months later, xAI's Grok flooded X with nonconsensual nude images.
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Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: What’s actually at stake?
Anthropic and the Pentagon are clashing over AI use in autonomous weapons and surveillance, raising high-stakes questions about national security, corporate control, and who sets the rules for military AI.
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ChatGPT reaches 900M weekly active users
OpenAI shared the new numbers as part of its announcement that it has raised $110 billion in private funding.
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Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves are coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027
The 10th-generation starter Pokémon were revealed in the trailer: Browt (a grass bird), Pombon (a fire puppy), and Gecqua (a water gecko).
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Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77
I went into Hyperion blind, decades ago, knowing almost nothing about it. I was never the same.
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How strong is New York's "illegal gambling" case against Valve's loot boxes?
Lawyers tell Ars the state has a tough road ahead, even as Valve is uniquely vulnerable.
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DOS Memory Management
Article URL: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/dos-memory-management/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47184864 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
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The Robotic Dexterity Deadlock
Article URL: https://www.origami-robotics.com/blog/dexterity-deadlocks.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47184744 Points: 20 # Comments: 2
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Rob Grant, creator of Red Dwarf, has died
Article URL: https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/17193/red-dwarf-rob-grant Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47184480 Points: 99 # Comments: 16
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Leaving Google has actively improved my life
Article URL: https://pseudosingleton.com/leaving-google-improved-my-life/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47184288 Points: 9 # Comments: 0