FACTFLOW

Tech

Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein

The Def Con hacking conference banned hackers Pablos Holman and Vincenzo Iozzo, as well as former MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito, from attending the annual conference after their reported connections with Jeffrey Epstein.

Tech

Is your startup’s check engine light on? Google Cloud’s VP explains what to do

Startup founders are being pushed to move faster than ever, using AI while facing tighter funding, rising infrastructure costs, and more pressure to show real traction early. Cloud credits, access to GPUs, and foundation models have made it easier to

Tech

A startup called Germ becomes the first private messenger that launches directly from Bluesky’s app

Social network Bluesky now offers private messaging by integrating the startup Germ's E2E encrypted messenger natively in its app.

Tech

Amazon halts Blue Jay robotics project after less than 6 months

Amazon said Blue Jay's core tech will be used for other robotics projects and the employees who worked on it were moved to other projects.

Tech

Verizon acknowledges "pain" of new unlock policy, suggests change is coming

Report: Verizon's goal is "immediate unlock for all payment methods really soon."

Tech

Chevy Bolt, BMW i3, or something else? At $10K, you have lots of EV options

Two of Ars' favorite electric vehicles are now available for not very much money.

Tech

Lawsuit: EPA revoking greenhouse gas finding risks “thousands of avoidable deaths”

EPA sued for abandoning its mission to protect public health.

Tech

Womens Sizing

Article URL: https://pudding.cool/2026/02/womens-sizing/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47066552 Points: 39 # Comments: 6

Tech

Metriport (YC S22) is hiring a security engineer to harden healthcare infra

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/metriport/jobs/XC2AF8s-senior-security-engineer Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47066310 Points: 0 # Comments: 0

Tech

27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and download official updates

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/1r8900z/macos_which_officially_supports_27_year_old/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47066241 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

Tech

There is unequivocal evidence that Earth is warming (2024)

Article URL: https://science.nasa.gov/climate-change/evidence/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47065678 Points: 122 # Comments: 101

Tech

R3forth: A concatenative language derived from ColorForth

Article URL: https://github.com/phreda4/r3/blob/main/doc/r3forth_tutorial.md Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47065179 Points: 33 # Comments: 3

Tech

A solver for Semantle

Article URL: https://victoriaritvo.com/blog/semantle-solver/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47065146 Points: 21 # Comments: 3

Tech

The Perils of ISBN

Article URL: https://rygoldstein.com/posts/perils-of-isbn Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47063663 Points: 36 # Comments: 9

Tech

SeatGeek and Spotify team up to offer concert ticket sales inside the music platform

SeatGeek announced on Wednesday a new integration with Spotify, bringing a seamless ticket-buying experience for Spotify users.  Now, when Spotify users browse an artist’s page or upcoming tour dates, they will see ticket links powered by SeatGeek fo