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Host a Side Event during TechCrunch Founder Summit Week in Boston

Want to tap into the energy of 1,100+ startup founders, investors, and tech leaders descending on Boston for the Founder Summit 2026 on June 9? Host your own Side Event during “Founder Summit Week,” happening June 4-10!

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TikTok won’t add end-to-end encryption to direct messages, report says

The social media giant says that end-to-end encryption would make users less safe.

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Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion

A father is suing Google and Alphabet, alleging its Gemini chatbot reinforced his son’s delusional belief it was his AI wife and coached him toward suicide and a planned airport attack.

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Meet the MacBook Neo, Apple’s colorful answer to the Chromebook, starting at $599

Apple is offering the MacBook Neo at a more affordable price point by using an A18 Pro chip, which is used in the iPhone 16 Pro.

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Are consumers doomed to pay more for electricity due to data center buildouts?

Data center operators to sign pledge to supply their own power instead of relying on grid.

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The $599 MacBook Neo is Apple's long-awaited colorful, lower-cost MacBook

Cute, colorful laptop takes the place of the old $599 M1 MacBook Air.

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Something is afoot in the land of Qwen

Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/4/qwen/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47249343 Points: 17 # Comments: 1

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Medical journal says the case reports it has published for 25 years are fiction

Article URL: https://retractionwatch.com/2026/03/03/canadian-pediatric-society-journal-correction-case-reports-fictional-paediatrics-child-health/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47248511 Points: 48 # Comments: 10

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The one science reform we can all agree on, but we're too cowardly to do

Article URL: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-one-science-reform-we-can-all Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47248341 Points: 56 # Comments: 29

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"It Turns Out"

Article URL: https://jsomers.net/blog/it-turns-out Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47248319 Points: 76 # Comments: 23

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Apple Announces Low-Cost 'MacBook Neo' with A18 Pro Chip

Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/04/apple-announces-low-cost-macbook-neo-with-a18-pro-chip/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47247670 Points: 65 # Comments: 41

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A Visual Guide to DNA Sequencing

Article URL: https://www.asimov.press/p/dna-sequencing Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47247245 Points: 15 # Comments: 2

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MyFirst Kids Watch Hacked. Access to Camera and Microphone

Article URL: https://www.kth.se/en/om/nyheter/centrala-nyheter/kth-studenten-hackade-klocka-for-barn-1.1461249 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47246858 Points: 20 # Comments: 2

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One startup’s pitch to provide more reliable AI answers: crowdsource the chatbots

CollectivIQ looks to give users more accurate answers to their AI queries by showing them responses that pull information from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok — and up to 10 other models — all at the same time.

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The $599 MacBook Neo is Apple's long-awaited, colorful, lower-cost MacBook

Cute, colorful laptop takes the place of the old $599 M1 MacBook Air.