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How Elon Musk is rewriting the rules on founder power

Elon Musk has merged SpaceX and xAI, creating what might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With his $800 billion net worth already rivaling historic conglomerate GE’s peak market cap, and Musk being vocal about his view that

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Reddit says it’s looking for more acquisitions in adtech and elsewhere

Reddit said during earnings it's looking to buy 'capabilities' and 'companies.'

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Here’s how Roblox’s age checks work

The company says it has continuous age-check systems running in the background to ensure age accuracy.

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Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret US government surveillance, sounds new alarm over ‘CIA activities’

The two-line letter to the CIA's director is the latest warning in recent years from a long-serving Democratic senator with knowledge of secret government programs and intelligence operations.

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To reuse or not reuse—the eternal debate of New Glenn's second stage reignites

A new job posting suggests the debate may be swinging back toward reusing GS2.

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Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use

Hello everyone! I'm a solo developer who's been doing UI/UX work since 2007. Over the years, I watched design tools evolve from lightweight products into bloated feature-heavy platforms. I kept finding myself using a small amount of the features whil

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How to effectively write quality code with AI

Article URL: https://heidenstedt.org/posts/2026/how-to-effectively-write-quality-code-with-ai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46916586 Points: 10 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Daily-updated database of malicious browser extensions

Hey HN, I built an automated system that tracks malicious Chrome/Edge extensions daily. The database updates automatically by monitoring chrome-stats for removed extensions and scanning security blogs. Currently tracking 1000+ known malicious extensi

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Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret U.S. government surveillance, sounds new alarm over ‘CIA activities’

The two-line letter to the CIA's director is the latest warning in recent years from a long-serving Democratic senator with knowledge of secret government programs and intelligence operations.

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The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is a pricey but pretty e-ink color tablet with AI features

If you primarily want a tablet device to mark up, highlight, and annotate your e-books and documents, and perhaps sometimes scribble some notes, Amazon's new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft could be worth the hefty investment.

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Driven: The 2026 Lamborghini Temerario raises the bar for supercars

This V8 hybrid with more than 900 hp replaces the V10 Huracán.

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New critique debunks claim that trees can sense a solar eclipse

Controversial 2025 study "represents the encroachment of pseudoscience into the heart of biological research."

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Stellantis swallows $26 billion costs as it rethinks its EV strategy

The automaker follows Ford and GM in writing down huge sums after betting wrong.

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Lawmakers ask what it would take to "store" the International Space Station

NASA shall evaluate the "viability of transferring the ISS to a safe orbital harbor" after retirement.

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NASA stage show explores "outer" outer space with Henson's Fraggles

"Our two worlds that on paper wouldn't seem connected, made a lot of sense to connect."