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Bringing the "functionally extinct" American chestnut back from the dead
Wiped out in its native range by invasive pathogens, the trees may make a comeback.
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Unique structure of elephant whiskers give them built-in sensing "intelligence"
The material properties change gradually from base to tip for better navigation, more precise manipulation.
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2026 Nissan Leaf review: The best budget EV on sale right now
A week with the new Leaf in frigid weather did not cool our feelings for the car.
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Welcoming Discord users amidst the challenge of Age Verification
Article URL: https://matrix.org/blog/2026/02/welcome-discord/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46995046 Points: 144 # Comments: 67
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ICE, CBP Knew Facial Recognition App Couldn't Do What DHS Says It Could
Article URL: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/12/ice-cbp-knew-facial-recognition-app-couldnt-do-what-dhs-says-it-could-deployed-it-anyway/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46995001 Points: 52 # Comments: 7
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Fixing retail with land value capture
Article URL: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/fixing-retail-with-land-value-capture/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46994869 Points: 24 # Comments: 21
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Rari – Rust-powered React framework
Article URL: https://rari.build/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46993596 Points: 66 # Comments: 39
How to Have a Bad Career – David Patterson (2016) [video]
Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn1w4MRHIhc Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46993397 Points: 21 # Comments: 2
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Beginning fully autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo driver
Article URL: https://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/ro-on-6th-gen-waymo-driver Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46990578 Points: 96 # Comments: 63
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Anthropic raises another $30 billion in series G, with a new value of $380 billion
The chatbot maker has, once again, ramped up its valuation significantly.
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YouTube finally launches a dedicated app for Apple Vision Pro
When Apple Vision Pro first launched two years ago, YouTube hesitated to launch a dedicated app. Today is the day they officially launch one.
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Hacker linked to Epstein removed from Black Hat cyber conference website
Emails published by the Justice Department revealed cybersecurity veteran Vincenzo Iozzo emailed, and arranged to meet, Jeffrey Epstein multiple times between 2014 and 2018.
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Trump administration undermines EPA enforcement of Clean Air Act
The EPA's new rule seeks to undo a 2009 finding that allowed the federal government to regulate six greenhouse gases.
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Automattic planned to target 10 competitors with royalty fees, WP Engine claims in new filing
WP Engine claims Automattic was going to target more hosting companies with royalty fees.
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Spotify says its best developers haven’t written a line of code since December, thanks to AI
Spotify credits Claude Code and its internal AI system Honk with speeding up development.