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European police email 75,000 people asking them to stop DDoS attacks

Europol coordinated an operation against for-hire distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) services, including the arrest of four people and the takedown of 53 domains.

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Anthropic CPO leaves Figma’s board after reports he will offer a competing product

Krieger's departure and any forthcoming design tools will be another data point for investors who fear the SaaSpocalypse — that the largest AI labs will come to dominate software businesses, a thesis that has rocked public markets at times this year.

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Ad firms settle with Trump FTC over claims they boycotted conservative media

FTC aims to stamp out brand-safety standards that hurt Breitbart and Musk's X.

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New Codex features include the ability to use your computer in the background

An in-app browser allows visual feedback while building websites and more.

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The Ukraine war's deep impact on Metro 2039’s development, story

Upcoming sequel wants to capture a "uniquely Ukrainian perspective" on the post-apocalypse.

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New undersea cable cutter risks Internet’s backbone

China cable-cutter demo coincides with more sabotage of subsea Internet cables.

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Microsoft and Stellantis want to use AI to help car owners

Digital services for brands from Jeep to Peugeot will feel the presence of AI.

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European civil servants are being forced off WhatsApp

Article URL: https://www.politico.eu/article/european-civil-servants-new-messaging-services/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47798456 Points: 11 # Comments: 2

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German Dog Commands

Article URL: https://www.fluentu.com/blog/german/german-dog-commands/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47798258 Points: 13 # Comments: 8

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Qwen3.6-35B-A3B on my laptop drew me a better pelican than Claude Opus 4.7

Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/16/qwen-beats-opus/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47796830 Points: 89 # Comments: 21

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Codex for almost everything

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/codex-for-almost-everything/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47796469 Points: 398 # Comments: 204

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It’s not just you — Bluesky is (sorta) down

Bluesky has been experiencing ongoing service disruptions since just before 3 a.m. ET.

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Everything we like is a psyop

If culture is shaped by TikTok's algorithmic feed, then it's time for us to decide where we draw the line between necessary marketing and inauthentic growth hacking.

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Google now lets you explore the web side-by-side with AI Mode

Now, when you're using AI Mode on Chrome desktop, clicking a link will open the web page side-by-side with AI Mode.

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Gemini can now create personalized AI images by digging around in Google Photos

Google is making it easier to feed your photos into Nano Banana for more personal image generation.