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Spotify now lets everyone turn off videos in its app
The controls can be used to choose an audio-first experience on the app or a video-enhanced one, Spotify says.
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Instagram expands its movie inspired content restrictions for teens internationally
Instagram first debuted its movie rating inspired content settings in limited countries in 2025.
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This founder helped build SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now he’s building a ‘fighter jet for orbit’
The company's novel rocket engine could be a game changer for the U.S. military.
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Collide Capital raises $95M fund to back fintech, future-of-work startups
Collide Capital, founded by Brian Hollins and Aaron Samuels, announced Thursday the close of a $95 million Fund II.
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Radify’s sci-fi plasma reactors could break China’s dominance of rare earth elements
Radify Metals is developing a new way to process a variety of metals that promises to be pollution free.
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Waymo robotaxis are tracking potholes and sharing that data with Waze users
Two Alphabet-owned businesses are teaming up to find potholes and share that information with cities.
Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation
Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2026/04/09/meta-social-media-addiction-ads Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47703419 Points: 54 # Comments: 22
How Pizza Tycoon simulated traffic on a 25 MHz CPU
Article URL: https://pizzalegacy.nl/blog/traffic-system.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47703123 Points: 64 # Comments: 13
Am I German or Autistic?
Article URL: https://german.millermanschool.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47703072 Points: 135 # Comments: 98
Show HN: 41 years sea surface temperature anomalies
Article URL: https://ssta.willhelps.org Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47702791 Points: 65 # Comments: 21
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A WebGPU Implementation of Augmented Vertex Block Descent
Article URL: https://github.com/jure/webphysics Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47702541 Points: 19 # Comments: 0
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Lichess and Take Take Take Sign Cooperation Agreement
Article URL: https://lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/lichess-and-take-take-take-sign-cooperation-agreement/DZS0S0Dy Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47702499 Points: 21 # Comments: 1
FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility: Top Laptops to Use with FreeBSD
Article URL: https://freebsdfoundation.github.io/freebsd-laptop-testing/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47701148 Points: 53 # Comments: 15
Code Is Cheap Now, and That Changes Everything
Article URL: https://perevillega.com/posts/2026-03-16-code-is-cheap-now/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47700084 Points: 47 # Comments: 18
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Ex-Tesla engineer’s startup taps Pronto to help automate a copper mine
Pronto's autonomous haulage trucks are about to start operating at Mariana Minerals's Utah copper mine -- the first such deal since Pronto got acquired by Travis Kalanick's Atoms Inc.