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Sunday, 09 August 2026
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Jane Street Hit with Terra $40B Insider Trading Suit
Article URL: https://www.disruptionbanking.com/2026/02/24/jane-street-hit-with-terra-40b-insider-trading-suit/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47160613 Points: 61 # Comments: 14
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Tech Companies Shouldn't Be Bullied into Doing Surveillance
Article URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/tech-companies-shouldnt-be-bullied-doing-surveillance Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47160226 Points: 56 # Comments: 11
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Show HN: Unix for the Commodore 64? Open Source
A Unix-inspired shell and RAM filesystem for the Commodore 64 (6502 assembly) Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47160220 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
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How Will OpenAI Compete?
Article URL: https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2026/2/19/how-will-openai-compete-nkg2x Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47158975 Points: 17 # Comments: 1
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Gushwork bets on AI search for customer leads — and early results are emerging
Gushwork has raised $9 million in a seed round led by SIG and Lightspeed. The startup has seen early customer traction from AI search tools like ChatGPT.
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Anthropic acquires computer-use AI startup Vercept after Meta poached one of its founders
Seattle-based Vercept developed complex agentic tools, including a computer-use agent that could complete tasks inside applications like a person with a laptop would.
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Nvidia has another record quarter amid record capex spends
"The demand for tokens in the world has gone completely exponential," Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said about the company's earnings.
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Musk has no proof OpenAI stole xAI trade secrets, judge rules, tossing lawsuit
Even twisting an ex-employee's text to favor xAI's reading fails to sway judge.
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Origin of the rule that swap size should be 2x of the physical memory
Article URL: https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/32492/origin-of-the-rule-that-swap-size-should-be-2x-of-the-physical-memory Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47159364 Points: 11 # Comments: 2
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First Website
Article URL: https://info.cern.ch Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47159302 Points: 35 # Comments: 5
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The White House wants AI companies to cover rate hikes. Most have already said they would.
Many of hyperscalers have already made public commitments in to cover electricity cost increases.
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US cybersecurity agency CISA reportedly in dire shape amid Trump cuts and layoffs
Under the first year of the Trump administration, the U.S. cyber agency CISA has faced cuts, layoffs, and furloughs, as bipartisan lawmakers and cybersecurity industry sources say the agency is unprepared to handle a crisis.
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Judge: xAI can’t claim OpenAI stole trade secrets just by hiring ex-staffers
Even twisting an ex-employee's text to favor xAI's reading fails to sway judge.
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The Galaxy S26 is faster, more expensive, and even more chock-full of AI
Samsung's Galaxy S26 series is available for preorder today and ships on March 11.
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Judge doesn't trust DOJ with search of devices seized from Wash. Post reporter
Court to search devices itself instead of letting government have full access.