Technology

Engadget 7/10 ?

Meta is reportedly planning to cut up to 20 percent of its staff in upcoming layoffs

Meta could be preparing for one of thelargest layoffsin its history, according to aReutersreport. The tech giant is planning to cut about 20 percent of its workforce, according to the outlet's sources...

2026-03-14

Hacker News 7/10 ?

An Ode to Bzip

Article URL:https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/an-ode-to-bzip/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47377998Points: 19# Comments: 10

2026-03-14

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

As people look for ways to make new friends, here are the apps promising to help

We've compiled a list of friendship apps, from friend discovery platforms like BFF to event-focused ones like Timeleft.

2026-03-14

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Online astroturfing: A problem beyond disinformation

Article URL:https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01914537221108467Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47377907Points: 16# Comments: 0

2026-03-14

The Verge 7/10 ?

Hulu, Disney Plus, and the Pixel Watch 4 are among this week’s best deals

Happy Saturday, all! This week, we found a number of deals that should help you unwind and relax over the next few days (and beyond). If you’re planning to stream the Oscars on Sunday, there’s still t...

2026-03-14

Engadget 7/10 ?

Digg shuts down for a 'hard reset' because it was flooded with bots

Digghas shut down, for now, just a few months after its open beta launched. Justin Mezzell, the company’s CEO, has explained on the home page that it noticed hours after the beta launched that it was ...

2026-03-14

The Verge 7/10 ?

MacBook Air M5 review: a small update for the ‘just right’ Mac

Not much has changed in the new MacBook Air for 2026: It now has the M5 chip, Wi-Fi 7, and faster storage starting at 512GB instead of 256GB. It's just as outstanding a computer as last year's model, ...

2026-03-14

Hacker News 7/10 ?

AI didn't simplify software engineering: It just made bad engineering easier

Article URL:https://robenglander.com/writing/ai-did-not-simplify/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47377262Points: 73# Comments: 43

2026-03-14

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Philosoph Jürgen Habermas Gestorben

Article URL:https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/philosoph-juergen-habermas-mit-96-jahren-gestorben-a-8be73ac7-e722-4543-8344-4515c4040363Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47376848Points: 25#...

2026-03-14

The Verge 7/10 ?

A Scavengers Reign artist explores contemplative sci-fi in new comics

You may recognize Jonathan Djob Nkondo's work from animated projects like the surreal sci-fi series Scavengers Reign or the recent Gorillaz short film The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God. But ...

2026-03-14

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Montana passes Right to Compute act

Article URL:https://www.westernmt.news/2025/04/21/montana-leads-the-nation-with-groundbreaking-right-to-compute-act/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47376767Points: 54# Comments: 26

2026-03-14

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Mothers Defense (YC X26) Is Hiring in Austin

Article URL:https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/9-mothers?utm_source=x8pZ4B3P3QComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47376619Points: 0# Comments: 0

2026-03-14

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Show HN: GitAgent – An open standard that turns any Git repo into an AI agent

We built GitAgent because we kept seeing the same problem: every agent framework defines agents differently, and switching frameworks means rewriting everything.GitAgent is a spec that defines an AI a...

2026-03-14

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

How to use the new ChatGPT app integrations, including DoorDash, Spotify, Uber, and others

OpenAI offers app integrations in ChatGPT to allow you to connect your accounts directly to ChatGPT and ask the assistant to do things for you. For instance, with a Spotify integration , you can tell ...

2026-03-14

Hacker News 7/10 ?

The Browser Becomes Your WordPress

Article URL:https://wordpress.org/news/2026/03/announcing-my-wordpress/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47376234Points: 12# Comments: 3

2026-03-14

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Image generation models can think

Article URL:https://medium.com/seeds-for-the-future/nano-banana-2-image-generators-can-now-think-462a017a95c1Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47375987Points: 4# Comments: 0

2026-03-14

Hacker News 7/10 ?

The Forth Language [Byte Magazine Volume 05 Number 08]

Article URL:https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1980-08Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47375935Points: 14# Comments: 1

2026-03-14

The Verge 7/10 ?

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra review: show off

"Someone might be watching everything I'm doing on my screen," I tell myself in public. Even when I'm doing nothing of consequence - just making my little Wordle guesses - there's a sense of unease th...

2026-03-14

The Verge 7/10 ?

5 great indie games from GDC 2026

I just got back from the GDC Festival of Gaming, a big industry-focused event in San Francisco that was formerly known as the Game Developers Conference. While the show is mostly about educational ses...

2026-03-14

The Verge 7/10 ?

Wordle’s creator made a fun new puzzle game

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 119, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope your agents are well, and also you can read all the old editions...

2026-03-14