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“Negative” views of Broadcom driving thousands of VMware migrations, rival says
Western Union exec says there were "challenges" working with Broadcom.
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Ugandan chimps split into two factions, then killed rivals
Rare event suggests relational dynamics may play a role in collective violence, along with cultural markers.
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Microsoft and other large technology companies are hostile to their users
Article URL: https://lzon.ca/posts/other/microsoft-user-abuse/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47710149 Points: 78 # Comments: 31
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Moving from WordPress to Jekyll (and static site generators in general)
Article URL: https://www.demandsphere.com/blog/rebuilding-demandsphere-with-jekyll-and-claude-code/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47710007 Points: 7 # Comments: 2
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Netflix Prices Went Up Again – I Bought a DVD Player Instead
Article URL: https://aywren.com/2026/04/09/netflix-prices-went-up-again-i-bought-a-dvd-player-instead/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47709251 Points: 162 # Comments: 184
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Charcuterie – Visual similarity Unicode explorer
Article URL: https://charcuterie.elastiq.ch/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47709158 Points: 40 # Comments: 3
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Reverse engineering Gemini's SynthID detection
Article URL: https://github.com/aloshdenny/reverse-SynthID Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47709130 Points: 67 # Comments: 23
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Maine is about to become the first state to ban major new data centers
Article URL: https://www.gadgetreview.com/maine-is-about-to-become-the-first-state-to-ban-major-new-data-centers Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47708817 Points: 187 # Comments: 261
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Instant 1.0, a backend for AI-coded apps
Article URL: https://www.instantdb.com/essays/architecture Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47707632 Points: 13 # Comments: 0
Old laptops in a colo as low cost servers
Article URL: https://colaptop.pages.dev/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47707477 Points: 99 # Comments: 49
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Florida AG announces investigation into OpenAI over shooting that allegedly involved ChatGPT
ChatGPT had reportedly been used to plan the attack that killed two and injured five at Florida State University last April. The family of one victim has said that they plan to sue OpenAI over the incident.
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StubHub to pay $10M to settle FTC allegations over ‘deceptive’ ticket pricing
The consumer protection agency says the company violated the FTC Act and its Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees by "deceptively" advertising ticket prices on its website without clearly disclosing upfront what the total cost would be, including all man
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After data breach, $10B valued startup Mercor is having a month
After falling victim to a hacker, Mercor is facing lawsuits and reportedly losing big-name customers.
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Meta AI app climbs to No. 5 on the App Store after Muse Spark launch
The app was ranking No. 57 on the App Store just before Meta AI's new model launched. Now it's No. 5 — and rising.
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Is Anthropic limiting the release of Mythos to protect the internet — or Anthropic?
Anthropic said this week that it limited the release of its newest model, dubbed Mythos, because it is too capable of finding security exploits in software relied upon by users around the world. Are real cybersecurity concerns a cover for a bigger pr