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How soap opera-TikTok hybrids became a billion-dollar business

Over the past few years, a new category of mobile apps has quietly exploded into a multi-billion dollar business. They’re called “micro dramas” — short-form, mobile-first scripted shows designed to be watched vertically on your phone. Think soap oper

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Harvey confirms $11B valuation: Sequoia triples down

Investors like Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, Elad Gil can't get enough of AI legal tech startup Harvey.

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Granola raises $125M, hits $1.5B valuation as it expands from meeting notetaker to enterprise AI app

Granola's valuation jumped from $250 million to $1.5 billion with this round, and it has added more support for AI agents after users previously complained.

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Meta launches new initiative to support entrepreneurship, drive AI adoption

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a memo to staff that small businesses have always been a big part of the company's business model, and that while tens of millions of entrepreneurs already use its platforms to grow and connect with customers, the com

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With Sift, two ex-SpaceX engineers are bringing the software that helped launch rockets to the factory floor

Sift is building the data infrastructure for advanced manufacturing.

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Meta loses trial after arguing child exploitation was “inevitable” on its apps

Meta plans to appeal as it faces down two other child safety trials.

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Apple begins age checks in the UK with latest iOS update

Move follows government pressure on smartphone makers to do more to protect children online.

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Disney cancels $1 billion OpenAI partnership amid Sora shutdown plans

Press reports suggest Disney was blindsided and that no money changed hands.

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A Eulogy for Vim

Article URL: https://drewdevault.com/2026/03/25/2026-03-25-Forking-vim.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47519308 Points: 13 # Comments: 0

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Supreme Court Sides with Cox in Copyright Fight over Pirated Music

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/supreme-court-cox-music-copyright.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47518281 Points: 91 # Comments: 54

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Antimatter has been transported for the first time

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00950-w Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47518171 Points: 91 # Comments: 22

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Ubuntu wants to strip some of GRUB features in 26.10 for security purposes

Article URL: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/streamlining-secure-boot-for-26-10/79069 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47517885 Points: 24 # Comments: 10

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Apple Just Lost Me

Article URL: https://andregarzia.com/2026/03/apple-just-lost-me.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47517701 Points: 344 # Comments: 328

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Thoughts on Slowing the Fuck Down

Article URL: https://mariozechner.at/posts/2026-03-25-thoughts-on-slowing-the-fuck-down/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47517539 Points: 22 # Comments: 0

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Local LLM App by Ente

Article URL: https://ente.com/blog/ensu/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47516650 Points: 195 # Comments: 74