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Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all
This week's release of Opus 4.6 shook up the agentic AI leaderboards.
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COVID-19 cleared the skies but also supercharged methane emissions
Less pollution meant lower amounts of a methane-destroying chemical.
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Waymo leverages Genie 3 to create a world model for self-driving cars
With Genie 3, Waymo wants to explore rare and even impossible driving conditions.
OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization III
Article URL: https://openciv3.org/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46918612 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
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Show HN: Look Ma, No Linux: Shell, App Installer, Vi, Cc on ESP32-S3 / BreezyBox
Example repo: https://github.com/valdanylchuk/breezydemo The underlying ESP-IDF component: https://github.com/valdanylchuk/breezybox It is something like Raspberry Pi, but without the overhead of a full server-grade OS. It captures a lot of the old s
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Oregon raised spending by 80%, math scores dropped
Article URL: https://www.educationnext.org/hard-lessons-from-new-naep-results/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46918300 Points: 28 # Comments: 15
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Masked namespace vulnerability in Temporal
Article URL: https://depthfirst.com/post/the-masked-namespace-vulnerability-in-temporal-cve-2025-14986 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46917477 Points: 19 # Comments: 2
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Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer?
Due to bike-induced concussions, I've been worried for a while about losing my memory and not being able to log back in. I combined shamir secret sharing (hashicorp vault's implementation) with age-encryption, and packaged it using WASM for a neat in
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Fraud investigation is believing your lying eyes
Article URL: https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/fraud-investigation/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46915587 Points: 112 # Comments: 127
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Show HN: BioTradingArena – Benchmark for LLMs to predict biotech stock movements
Hi HN, My friend and I have been experimenting with using LLMs to reason about biotech stocks. Unlike many other sectors, Biotech trading is largely event-driven: FDA decisions, clinical trial readouts, safety updates, or changes in trial design can
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I spent 5 years in DevOps – Solutions engineering gave me what I was missing
Article URL: https://infisical.com/blog/devops-to-solutions-engineering Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46915102 Points: 45 # Comments: 14
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The Waymo World Model
Article URL: https://waymo.com/blog/2026/02/the-waymo-world-model-a-new-frontier-for-autonomous-driving-simulation Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46914785 Points: 540 # Comments: 335
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NIMBYs aren't just shutting down housing
Article URL: https://inpractice.yimbyaction.org/p/nimbys-arent-just-shutting-down-housing Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46914094 Points: 115 # Comments: 252
TikTok's 'addictive design' found to be illegal in Europe
Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/business/tiktok-addictive-design-europe.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46911869 Points: 557 # Comments: 411
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Invention of DNA "page numbers" opens up possibilities for the bioeconomy
Article URL: https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/invention-dna-page-numbers-synthesis-kaihang-wang Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46911170 Points: 133 # Comments: 88