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Friday, 24 April 2026
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New York City hospitals drop Palantir as controversial AI firm expands in UK
Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/26/new-york-hospitals-palantir-ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47535371 Points: 105 # Comments: 29
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Using FireWire on a Raspberry Pi
Article URL: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/firewire-on-a-raspberry-pi/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47535249 Points: 23 # Comments: 2
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We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do
Article URL: https://www.derekthompson.org/p/we-havent-seen-the-worst-of-what Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47534848 Points: 405 # Comments: 292
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The Secret History of European Intelligence and Mossad's Assassination Campaign
Article URL: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n06/andrew-cockburn/beware-the-mattress Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47534830 Points: 9 # Comments: 4
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CERN to host a new phase of Open Research Europe
Article URL: https://home.cern/news/news/cern/cern-host-europes-flagship-open-access-publishing-platform Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47534629 Points: 144 # Comments: 13
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John Bradley, author of xv, has died
Article URL: https://voxday.net/2026/03/25/rip-john-bradley/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47534086 Points: 155 # Comments: 49
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16 of the most interesting startups from YC W’26 Demo Day
From redirecting doomscrolling to training humanoid robots, these 16 startups stood out as the most interesting ones from an overflowing YC cohort.
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Google Translate’s real-time headphone translations feature expands to iOS and more countries
The real-time headphone translations experience keeps each speaker’s tone, emphasis, and cadence intact, so it’s easier to follow the conversation and tell who’s saying what.
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OpenAI abandons yet another side quest: ChatGPT’s erotic mode
It's only the latest of several side projects that the AI startup has ditched over the past week.
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Defense startup Shield AI lands $12.7B valuation, up 140%, after US Air Force deal
In one year, Shield AI's value has leaped 140%. This after it won a contract to be the software provider to Anduril's Fury fighter jet for the U.S. Air Force.
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You've got $20,000 to spend on an EV: Here are some options
From Audis to Teslas, there's a lot available in this price range.
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Study: Sycophantic AI can undermine human judgment
Subjects who interacted with AI tools were more likely to think they were right, less likely to resolve conflicts.
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The debut of Gemini 3.1 Flash Live could make it harder to know if you're talking to a robot
Google's new conversational audio AI is rolling out in search, Gemini, and developer tools today.
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Nintendo's physical Switch 2 games will soon cost more than digital copies
The first physical game affected will cost $10 more than a digital copy.
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We Haven't Seen the Worst of What Gambling and Prediction Markets Will Do
Article URL: https://www.derekthompson.org/p/we-havent-seen-the-worst-of-what Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47534848 Points: 81 # Comments: 35