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Show HN: VT Code – Rust TUI coding agent with multi-provider support

Hi HN, I built VT Code, a semantic coding agent. Supports all SOTA and open sources model. Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Codex. Agent Skills, Model Context Protocol and Agent Client Protocol (ACP) ready. All open source models are support. Local inferen

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Lachy Groom to back India startup Pronto at a $200M valuation, sources say

This round, should it occur, would double the house-help startup's valuation in a matter of weeks.

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This is who's developing Golden Dome's orbital interceptors—if they're ever built

"If boost-phase intercept from space is not affordable and scalable, we will not produce it."

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Firefox Has Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine

Article URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/firefox-ships-brave-adblock-engine/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47897891 Points: 55 # Comments: 20

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(Blender) Cosmology with Geometry Nodes

Article URL: https://www.blender.org/user-stories/cosmology-with-geometry-nodes/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47897706 Points: 12 # Comments: 0

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"Plain text has been around for decades and it's here to stay." – Unsung

Article URL: https://unsung.aresluna.org/plain-text-has-been-around-for-decades-and-its-here-to-stay/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47897681 Points: 16 # Comments: 2

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Replace IBM Quantum back end with /dev/urandom

Article URL: https://github.com/yuvadm/quantumslop/blob/25ad2e76ae58baa96f6219742459407db9dd17f5/URANDOM_DEMO.md Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47897647 Points: 55 # Comments: 6

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Education must go beyond the mere production of words

Article URL: https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/schnell-repairing-the-ruins Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47897349 Points: 8 # Comments: 0

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Generalised plusequals

Article URL: https://leontrolski.github.io/alt.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47896086 Points: 9 # Comments: 6

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Steve Ballmer blasts founder he backed who pleaded guilty to fraud: ‘I was duped and feel silly’

Steve Ballmer wrote a fiery letter in the sentencing of disgraced founder Joseph Sanberg documenting all the harm that's befalling him as an investor.

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Google will invest as much as $40 billion in Anthropic

This follows a similar, but smaller, investment by Amazon just days ago.

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FusionCore: ROS 2 sensor fusion (IMU and GPS and encoders)

Article URL: https://github.com/manankharwar/fusioncore Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47896670 Points: 8 # Comments: 1

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Google plans to invest up to $40B in Anthropic

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-24/google-plans-to-invest-up-to-40-billion-in-anthropic Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47892074 Points: 258 # Comments: 319

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Palantir is reportedly helping the IRS investigate financial crimes

The IRS has used Palantir's software since at least 2018, The Intercept reports.

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Cohere acquires, merges with Germany-based startup to create a ‘transatlantic AI powerhouse’

Cohere, the Canada-based AI company that makes AI tools for businesses in regulated industries, announced Friday it would merge with Aleph Alpha, a German company that also builds AI systems for businesses and governments.