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SimpleX Channels, SimpleX Network Consortium and Community Crowdfunding

Article URL: https://simplex.chat/blog/20260430-simplex-channels-v6-5-consortium-crowdfunding-freedom-of-speech.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47968035 Points: 7 # Comments: 0

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Apple reports second quarter results

Article URL: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/04/apple-reports-second-quarter-results/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47967863 Points: 54 # Comments: 26

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Rivian allows you to disable all internet connectivity

Article URL: https://rivian.com/support/article/can-i-disable-all-data-collection-from-my-vehicle Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47967786 Points: 230 # Comments: 94

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The upsell game – Vercel upselling tactics revealed

Article URL: https://theupsellgame.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47967508 Points: 39 # Comments: 3

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LinkedIn scans for 6,278 extensions and encrypts the results into every request

Article URL: https://404privacy.com/blog/linkedin-is-scanning-your-browser-extensions-this-is-how-they-use-the-data/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47967262 Points: 195 # Comments: 62

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American Dads Became the Parents Their Fathers Never Were

Article URL: https://www.derekthompson.org/p/why-do-richer-dads-spend-more-time Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47965027 Points: 56 # Comments: 25

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Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6 valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter

The two wildly fast-growing rivals have raised massive sums, pushed into each other's home turf and now have dueling ad campaigns.

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Rivian downsizes DOE loan to $4.5B, while boosting capacity of Georgia factory

Rivian has reworked its loan deal with the Department of Energy and now expects to borrow $4.5 billion to build its new factory in Georgia, down from the original amount of $6.6 billion.

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Hackers are actively exploiting a bug in cPanel, used by millions of websites

Web hosts are scrambling to fix the bug under active attack by hackers. One company said hackers have been abusing the bug for months.

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After dissing Anthropic for limiting Mythos, OpenAI restricts access to Cyber, too

OpenAI will begin rolling out it cybersecurity testing tool, GPT-5.5 Cyber only "to critical cyber defenders" at first.

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EV startup Faraday Future paid $7.5M to company tied to founder Jia Yueting

The perpetually struggling EV company made the payments while being investigated by the SEC. That four-year probe was ultimately closed in March.

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Researchers try to cut the genetic code from 20 to 19 amino acids

Using AI tools, the team reworked part of the ribosome to need one less amino acid.

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Blue Origin certainly has ambitious launch targets for New Glenn

If Blue Origin wants to launch New Glenn 100 times a year, we're here for it.

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Stranded traveler gets more than he bargained for in Resident Evil teaser

Fresh off the Oscar-winning Weapons , director Zach Cregger has his own vision for the gaming franchise.

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Beijing bans drone sales even as rest of world buys Chinese drones

Beijing's citywide ban restricts the sale, transport, and storage of drones.