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Meta Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest is being discontinued

Article URL: https://communityforums.atmeta.com/blog/AnnouncementsBlog/updates-to-your-meta-quest-experience-in-2026/1369435 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416940 Points: 81 # Comments: 61

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Slug Text Rendering Algorithm Dedicated to Public Domain

Article URL: https://terathon.com/blog/decade-slug.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416736 Points: 85 # Comments: 3

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Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the future

Article URL: https://hanno.codes/2026/03/17/java-26-is-here/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416548 Points: 47 # Comments: 36

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Python 3.15's JIT is now back on track

Article URL: https://fidget-spinner.github.io/posts/jit-on-track.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416486 Points: 12 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Horizon – GPU-accelerated infinite-canvas terminal in Rust

Tabs, splits, and tmux work fine until you have several projects open with logs, tests, and long-running shells. I kept rebuilding context instead of resuming work. Horizon puts shells on an infinite canvas. You can arrange them into workspaces and r

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Illinois Introducing Operating System Account Age Bill

Article URL: https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocTypeID=HB&DocNum=5511 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416131 Points: 158 # Comments: 187

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Edge.js: Run Node apps inside a WebAssembly sandbox

Article URL: https://wasmer.io/posts/edgejs-safe-nodejs-using-wasm-sandbox Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416081 Points: 24 # Comments: 3

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Reverse-engineering Viktor and making it open source

Article URL: https://matijacniacki.com/blog/openviktor Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47409885 Points: 123 # Comments: 58

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The Pentagon is developing alternatives to Anthropic, report says

After their dramatic falling out, it doesn't seem as though Anthropic and the Pentagon are getting back together.

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BuzzFeed debuts AI slop apps in bid for new revenue

BuzzFeed unveiled new AI-powered social apps at SXSW, but its demos drew muted reactions.

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Google’s data center power playbook comes into focus

Google has long procured clean power for its operations and data centers, but recent deals show the company is changing tactics.

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Gamma adds AI image-generation tools in bid to take on Canva and Adobe

The company's new product, called Gamma Imagine, will let users employ text prompts to create brand-specific assets like interactive charts and visualizations, marketing collateral, social graphics, and infographics.

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Gecko Robotics lands the largest US Navy robotics deal yet

Gecko Robotics inked a five-year deal to help the U.S. Navy monitor and predict needed maintenance on its fleet of ships.

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Researchers disclose vulnerabilities in IP KVMs from four manufacturers

Internet-exposed devices that give BIOS-level access? What could possibly go wrong?

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Gamers react with overwhelming disgust to DLSS 5's generative AI glow-ups

Nvidia's next frame-gen tech goes way beyond upscaling, and not in a good way