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Controversial NIH director now in charge of CDC, too, in RFK Jr. shake-up
The unusual dual role has renewed criticism of Bhattacharya's lack of leadership.
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FCC asks stations for "pro-America" programming, like daily Pledge of Allegiance
Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/fcc-asks-stations-for-pro-america-programming-like-daily-pledge-of-allegiance/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47094635 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
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Turn Dependabot Off
Article URL: https://words.filippo.io/dependabot/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47094192 Points: 66 # Comments: 14
Show HN: Mines.fyi – all the mines in the US in a leaflet visualization
I downloaded the MSHA's (Mine Safety and Health Administration) public datasets and create a visualization of all the mines in the US complete with the operators and details on each site. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47094149 Po
Phil Spencer is exiting Microsoft as AI executive takes over Xbox
Article URL: https://www.neowin.net/news/phil-spencer-is-exiting-microsoft-as-ai-executive-takes-over-xbox/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47093953 Points: 12 # Comments: 4
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OpenScan
Article URL: https://openscan.eu/pages/scan-gallery Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47093724 Points: 35 # Comments: 0
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Escaping Misconfigured VSCode Extensions (2023)
Article URL: https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/02/21/vscode-extension-escape-vulnerability/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47093604 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
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Every company building your AI assistant is now an ad company
Article URL: https://juno-labs.com/blogs/every-company-building-your-ai-assistant-is-an-ad-company Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47092203 Points: 23 # Comments: 6
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Wikipedia deprecates Archive.today, starts removing archive links
Related: Archive.today is directing a DDoS attack against my blog - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46843805 - Feb 2026 (168 comments) Ask HN: Weird archive.today behavior? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46624740 - Jan 2026 (69 comments)
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Facebook is cooked
Article URL: https://pilk.website/3/facebook-is-absolutely-cooked Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47091748 Points: 441 # Comments: 300
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Blue light filters don't work – controlling total luminance is a better bet
Article URL: https://www.neuroai.science/p/blue-light-filters-dont-work Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47091606 Points: 66 # Comments: 106
Uncovering insiders and alpha on Polymarket with AI
Article URL: https://twitter.com/peterjliu/status/2024901585806225723 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47091557 Points: 16 # Comments: 9
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Apple’s iOS 26.4 arrives in public beta with AI music playlists, video podcasts, and more
iOS 26.4 introduces several updates, including an AI-powered playlist generation feature in Apple Music, support for video content in the Podcasts app, end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages, and more.
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InScope nabs $14.5M to solve the pain of financial reporting
The startup, founded by accountants who worked at Flexport, Miro, Hopin and Thrive Global, automates the difficulties of prepping financial statements.
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Great news for xAI: Grok is now pretty good at answering questions about Baldur’s Gate
A new report from Business Insider reveals that high-level engineers at xAI were pulled off other projects to make sure Grok could answer detailed questions about the video game Baldur's Gate.