Technology

The Register 7/10 ?

Age verification isn't sage verification when it's inside operating systems

Toothbrushes, Turing and the truth give the lie to California’s legal lunacyOpinionThere are two ways to look at the California Assembly Bill 1043, known as The Digital Age Assurance Act or DAAA. One ...

2026-03-16

The Register 7/10 ?

Flaw in UK's corporate registry let directors rummage through rival records

Back button blunder in WebFiling service run by Companies House revealed confidential paperworkCompanies House was forced to pull down its record-filing platform for the entire weekend to rectify a "s...

2026-03-16

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Obsession with growth is destroying nature, 150 countries warn

Article URL:https://www.politico.eu/article/obsession-with-growth-destroying-nature-150-countries-warn/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47397920Points: 192# Comments: 136

2026-03-16

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Bringing Semiconductors to Kazakhstan

Article URL:https://www.siliconimist.com/p/bringing-semiconductors-to-kazakhstanComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47397883Points: 30# Comments: 4

2026-03-16

Engadget 7/10 ?

Firefly is getting rebooted as an animated series

Fireflyaired for just one season in 2002 before Fox canceled it. In the 24 years since, the sci-fi show has skyrocketed in popularity and now fans are finally getting more. Nathan Fillion has announce...

2026-03-16

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Lazycut: A simple terminal video trimmer using FFmpeg

Article URL:https://github.com/emin-ozata/lazycutComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47397857Points: 70# Comments: 25

2026-03-16

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Nango (YC W23, API Access for Agents and Apps) Is Hiring

Article URL:https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/NangoComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47397842Points: 0# Comments: 0

2026-03-16

Engadget 7/10 ?

How and where to buy refurbished tech online

In good news for our wallets and the environment at large, many electronic devices like phones and tabletslast longernow than they once did. That means refurbished gadgets can have more life than ever...

2026-03-16

The Verge 7/10 ?

The classic Apple Macintosh mouse inspired Spigen’s retro AirPods case

If you've already given your iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max a retro '80s facelift with Spigen's Macintosh 128K and Apple Lisa-inspired Classic LS cases, you might as well make your wireless earbuds match. ...

2026-03-16

Engadget 7/10 ?

MacBook Pro M5 Max 16-inch review: Still the pinnacle

We've lovedApple's 2021-era MacBook Pro designfrom the start, and the M5 Max edition is once again the professional notebook to beat. But it's hard to deny that the star of Apple's recent laptop rollo...

2026-03-16

Hacker News 7/10 ?

MoD sources warn Palantir role at heart of government is threat to UK security

Article URL:https://www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-technologies-uk-mod-sources-government-data-insights-security-state-secretsComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47397797Points: 379# Comme...

2026-03-16

The Register 7/10 ?

Microsoft points at Samsung after Galaxy app bug locks users out of C:/

'Access denied' errors hit certain Windows 11 machines running vendor utilityMicrosoft has blamed Samsung for some devices suffering C:\ drive access problems coincidentally close to March's Patch Tue...

2026-03-16

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies than in autocracies

Article URL:https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/political-science/articles/10.3389/fpos.2026.1779810/fullComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47397593Points: 52# Comments: 16

2026-03-16

Hacker News 7/10 ?

I Love FreeBSD

Article URL:https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/03/16/why-i-love-freebsd/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47397574Points: 154# Comments: 65

2026-03-16

The Verge 7/10 ?

OpenAI’s adult mode will reportedly be smutty, not pornographic

OpenAI's delayed "adult mode" for ChatGPT is expected to support saucy text conversations at launch, but not the chatbot's ability to generate images, voice, or video. Speaking to The Wall Street Jour...

2026-03-16

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Scientists discover a surprising way to quiet the anxious mind (2025)

Article URL:https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251027023816.htmComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47397528Points: 12# Comments: 4

2026-03-16

The Register 7/10 ?

UK splashes £45M on AI supercomputer to help crack fusion power

'Sunrise' beast will run AI-heavy simulations of plasma behavior and reactor physicsThe UK government is splashing out £45 million (c $60 million) on a new AI-driven supercomputer designed to help sci...

2026-03-16

Wired 7/10 ?

COBOL Is the Asbestos of Programming Languages

The most widely adopted computer language in history, COBOL is now causing a host of problems. It's also dangerously difficult to remove.

2026-03-16

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Linux 7.1 to Retire UDP-Lite – Allows for Better Performance with Cleansed Code

Article URL:https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Retiring-UDP-LiteComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47397291Points: 5# Comments: 2

2026-03-16

Wired 7/10 ?

The Best Dark Web Monitoring Services and Bundles

Data breaches are more common than ever. Here are the best ways I've found to protect yourself online.

2026-03-16