Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

2040 km 2026-03-02 06:48:07 UTC motorolanews.com Llama Share 728

Motorola announced new consumer and enterprise solutions at Mobile World Congress, including a partnership with GrapheneOS Foundation for enhanced security. The company introduced Moto Secure and Moto Analytics to expand its B2B ecosystem with advanced security and operational insights.

Microsoft bans the word "Microslop" on its Discord, then locks the server

1011 robtherobber 2026-03-02 10:23:06 UTC windowslatest.com Llama Share 458

Microsoft's Copilot Discord server blocks the term "Microslop" due to its negative connotation. Users found ways to bypass the filter, leading to restricted access and a containment mode in the server.

/e/OS is a complete, fully “deGoogled” mobile ecosystem

608 doener 2026-03-02 09:09:44 UTC e.foundation Llama Share 356

e/OS is an open-source mobile OS with auditable privacy, offering a "deGoogled" Android experience with no Google services accessing personal data. It comes with a set of carefully selected default apps and features like tracker detection and ad blocking.

How to talk to anyone and why you should

548 Looky1173 2026-03-02 07:30:12 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 503

The author reflects on the decline of casual conversations with strangers in public spaces due to social anxiety and overreliance on technology. They argue that this loss of human interaction is a significant issue affecting people of all ages.

If AI writes code, should the session be part of the commit?

460 mandel_x 2026-03-02 00:27:52 UTC github.com/mandel-macaque Llama Share 375

git-memento records AI coding sessions as Git notes, allowing for auditing and amendment of commits. It supports multiple sessions and can sync notes with a remote repository.

Everett shuts down Flock camera network after judge rules footage public record

448 aranaur 2026-03-02 04:06:00 UTC wltx.com Full Share 143

Jolla phone – a full-stack European alternative

430 spinningslate 2026-03-02 10:21:24 UTC commerce.jolla.com Llama Share 186

The Jolla Phone is a new device honoring the 2013 original, with modern specs and European privacy thinking. It runs Sailfish OS, allowing native and Android apps, with no data harvesting or tracking.

The workers behind Meta's smart glasses can see everything

389 sandbach 2026-03-02 22:32:35 UTC svd.se Llama Share 214

Meta's smart glasses collect user data, including private videos and conversations, which are then processed by subcontractors in Kenya. The data is shared with Meta's AI systems, raising concerns about user privacy and data protection.

British Columbia to end time changes, adopt year-round daylight time

373 ireflect 2026-03-02 20:30:52 UTC cbc.ca Llama Share 209

British Columbia will permanently adopt daylight time after March 8, ending clock changes. Residents have 8 months to prepare for the change, set for November 1, 2026.

Anthropic Cowork feature creates 10GB VM bundle on macOS without warning

351 mystcb 2026-03-02 14:21:19 UTC github.com/anthropics Llama Share 178

Claude Desktop slows down due to a large file growing to 10GB and regenerating quickly. This suggests a memory leak or accumulating work causing performance degradation.

U.S. science agency moves to restrict foreign scientists from its labs

338 JeanKage 2026-03-02 09:20:06 UTC science.org Full Share 320

New iPad Air, powered by M4

308 Garbage 2026-03-02 14:11:23 UTC apple.com Llama Share 509

Apple announced the new iPad Air with M4, offering a big jump in performance at the same starting price. The new iPad Air features a faster CPU and GPU, improved AI capabilities, and Wi-Fi 7 connectivity.

OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

250 whit537 2026-03-02 13:38:02 UTC star-history.com Llama Share 298

OpenClaw surpassed React to become the most-starred non-aggregator software project on GitHub. It achieved this in under four months, overtaking React's long-held title.

First in-utero stem cell therapy for fetal spina bifida repair is safe: study

243 gmays 2026-03-02 14:54:58 UTC health.ucdavis.edu Llama Share 46

UC Davis Health researchers successfully combined fetal surgery with stem cells to treat spina bifida in a Phase 1 clinical trial, showing great safety and potential for improved outcomes. The trial, funded by a $9 million state grant, aims to enroll 35 patients to evaluate long-term safety and improved movement.

Welcome (back) to Macintosh

219 Udo_Schmitz 2026-03-02 21:09:47 UTC take.surf Llama Share 124

The author has experienced numerous issues with macOS, including Time Machine failures, Spotlight problems, and Finder issues, which have persisted for years despite multiple OS releases. The author believes Apple has lost focus on user needs and is prioritizing design changes over stability and usability.

Microslop Manifesto

209 gostsamo 2026-03-02 13:05:37 UTC microslop.com Llama Share 82

Microsoft's AI-generated content floods search results with fabricated information, distracting users from core functionality. AI-generated content proliferates, drowning out human voices and collapsing the signal-to-noise ratio.

iPhone 17e

181 meetpateltech 2026-03-02 14:03:00 UTC apple.com Llama Share 197

Apple announced iPhone 17e with A19 chip, 48MP Fusion camera, and C1X modem for faster performance and connectivity. iPhone 17e starts at $599 with 256GB storage and is available for pre-order on March 4.

Show HN: Timber – Ollama for classical ML models, 336x faster than Python

181 kossisoroyce 2026-03-02 00:57:40 UTC github.com/kossisoroyce Llama Share 30

Timber compiles trained models into native C and serves them over a local HTTP API. It supports models like XGBoost and CatBoost, and can auto-detect model types.

Judge finalizes order for Greenpeace to pay $345M in ND oil pipeline case

172 gmays 2026-03-02 14:28:41 UTC northdakotamonitor.com Llama Share 198

A North Dakota judge ordered Greenpeace to pay $345 million to the Dakota Access Pipeline developer. Greenpeace plans to request a new trial or appeal the decision to the North Dakota Supreme Court.

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2026)

157 whoishiring 2026-03-02 16:00:27 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 212

Here are the job postings summarized in 2 concise English sentences each, not exceeding 200 characters:

How to record and retrieve anything you've ever had to look up twice

154 Curiositry 2026-03-02 04:15:16 UTC ellanew.com Llama Share 49

The author forgot how to watermark a document after two years of not doing it and wasted time relearning the process. They recommend documenting multi-step processes to avoid this issue.

Show HN: Govbase – Follow a bill from source text to news bias to social posts

148 foxfoxx 2026-03-02 17:08:53 UTC govbase.com Full Share 67

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A case for Go as the best language for AI agents

147 karakanb 2026-03-02 18:48:36 UTC getbruin.com Llama Share 220

Go is a suitable language for AI agents due to its simplicity, strong typing, and standardized tooling, making it easier for agents to generate and validate code. The language's cross-platform support and ubiquity also make it a good fit for agents, allowing them to produce performant software that can run on various machines.

Show HN: Omni – Open-source workplace search and chat, built on Postgres

147 prvnsmpth 2026-03-02 08:58:14 UTC github.com/getomnico Llama Share 41

Omni is a unified search platform connecting multiple apps with full-text and semantic search capabilities. It uses a single Postgres database and sandboxed containers for secure AI analysis.

Computer-generated dream world: Virtual reality for a 286 processor

142 MBCook 2026-03-02 04:23:53 UTC deadlime.hu Llama Share 28

The user is simulating a 286 processor using a Raspberry Pi and MCP23S17 IO expander. They successfully booted the processor and ran simple assembly code.

An interactive intro to Elliptic Curve Cryptography

125 vismit2000 2026-03-02 05:59:03 UTC growingswe.com Llama Share 18

Elliptic curve cryptography uses a mathematical structure based on the geometry of curves to provide a one-way function for key exchange and digital signatures with much smaller keys than traditional RSA or Diffie-Hellman systems. The Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) key exchange and Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) provide secure key agreement and signatures with ...

Show HN: I built a sub-500ms latency voice agent from scratch

120 nicktikhonov 2026-03-02 21:23:40 UTC ntik.me Llama Share 31

The author built a custom voice agent from scratch, achieving a 2x latency improvement over off-the-shelf providers like Vapi, by optimizing model choice, pipelining the agent turn, and carefully managing geography and service placement. The key takeaway is that voice is an orchestration problem, requiring careful coordination of multiple models and services in real-time, and that building a ...

Bars close and hundreds lose jobs as US firm buys Brewdog in £33M deal

120 tartoran 2026-03-02 18:29:26 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 104

Brewdog, a UK craft beer firm, has gone into administration and sold its UK brewing operations to Tilray for £33m, preserving 733 jobs but resulting in 484 redundancies and 38 bar closures. Small investors who invested in the Equity for Punks scheme are set to lose their £75m stake.

Felix "fx" Lindner has died

119 is_taken 2026-03-02 15:53:23 UTC blog.recurity-labs.com Llama Share 30

Felix "FX" Lindner, founder of Recurity Labs, passed away on March 1, 2026. Recurity Labs will continue his legacy with professionalism, integrity, and deep technical excellence.

Parallel coding agents with tmux and Markdown specs

112 schipperai 2026-03-02 14:24:15 UTC schipper.ai Llama Share 87

The user has developed a custom coding system using tmux, Claude Code, and bash aliases to manage parallel coding agents and feature designs (FDs) for efficient planning and development. They have created various slash commands and tools to streamline the process, including /fd-init, /fd-explore, /fd-deep, and /fd-verify, but face challenges with managing cognitive load and context window ...

Ask HN: How are you all staying sane?

107 throwaway53463 2026-03-02 09:20:51 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 103

You feel overwhelmed by global uncertainty, economic instability, and technological issues, leading to a pessimistic worldview. You're seeking advice on coping with these challenges and staying sane amidst the chaos.

Claude hits #1 on the App Store as users rally behind Anthropic

103 doctoboggan 2026-03-02 02:23:50 UTC 9to5mac.com Llama Share 2

Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude jumped from 42nd to 1st place on the US App Store after a week-long controversy with the US government. The controversy, sparked by the government's directive to cease using Anthropic's technology, appears to have boosted Claude's downloads.

Show HN: uBlock filter list to blur all Instagram Reels

92 shraiwi 2026-03-02 19:50:32 UTC gist.github.com Embed Share 22

A plastic made from milk that vanishes in 13 weeks

91 JeanKage 2026-03-02 14:20:35 UTC sciencedaily.com Llama Share 78

Scientists at Flinders University created a biodegradable packaging film made from milk protein that breaks down in 13 weeks. The film is a sustainable alternative to single-use plastics, which contribute to global pollution and environmental harm.

Process-Based Concurrency: Why Beam and OTP Keep Being Right

91 linkdd 2026-03-02 05:01:08 UTC variantsystems.io Llama Share 49

The BEAM runtime provides a coherent architecture for concurrent systems with isolated state, message passing, and supervision hierarchies, making it a correct solution for building fault-tolerant systems. Its properties, such as preemptive scheduling and per-process GC, give soft real-time guarantees and make it naturally suited for AI agent systems and real-time applications.

AMD Am386 released March 2, 1991

88 jnord 2026-03-02 12:56:46 UTC dfarq.homeip.net Llama Share 25

Intel licensed the 8088 design to AMD and several other companies, but later refused to license the 80386 due to IBM's disinterest. AMD's Am386 clone was released in 1991 after a two-year development period and eight-year court battle with Intel.

Packaging a Gleam app into a single executable

82 todsacerdoti 2026-03-02 16:20:18 UTC dhzdhd.dev Llama Share 7

The user discusses various methods to create a Gleam executable, including Gleescript, Burrito, Deno compile, Node Single Executable Applications (SEA), and Bun build, each with their advantages and caveats. Bun build is found to be the most convenient and fast method, but its executables are large due to bundling the runtime.

Apple AI servers unused in warehouses due to low Apple Intelligence usage

81 _____k 2026-03-02 17:40:17 UTC 9to5mac.com Llama Share 82

Apple is considering outsourcing Siri servers to Google due to its underpowered and underutilized Private Cloud Compute. The move would allow Apple to leverage Google's expertise in mass LLM server buildouts and adhere to Apple's privacy standards.

An Interesting Find: STM32 RDP1 Decryptor

77 carlossless 2026-03-02 14:12:18 UTC carlossless.io Llama Share 18

A user purchased a device to bypass STM32 RDP1 protection on various chips. The device successfully dumped the flash contents of an RDP1-protected STM32F205RBT6 without external faults.

"That Shape Had None" – A Horror of Substrate Independence (Short Fiction)

76 casmalia 2026-03-02 18:45:12 UTC starlightconvenience.net Full Share 13

Claude Code LSP

75 LexSiga 2026-03-02 11:47:16 UTC karanbansal.in Llama Share 39

Claude Code uses text search by default, which is slow and inaccurate. Enabling LSP gives it code intelligence, making it 900 times faster and 100% accurate.

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026)

62 whoishiring 2026-03-02 16:00:26 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 167

Multiple individuals from various locations are seeking work in software development, data engineering, and related fields, with a range of technologies and experience levels. They are looking for full-time, part-time, or contract opportunities in roles such as backend engineer, full-stack developer, data scientist, and more.

Seed of Might Color Correction Process (2023) [pdf]

57 haunter 2026-03-02 22:49:47 UTC andrewvanner.github.io Llama Share 12

The text discusses limitations in color space and display for the Dragon Ball series, specifically referencing 8-bit displays and the potential for 10-bit HDR if original film negatives were available.

Launch HN: OctaPulse (YC W26) – Robotics and computer vision for fish farming

57 rohxnsxngh 2026-03-02 16:39:21 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 30

Rohan and Paul, co-founders of OctaPulse, are building a robotics layer for seafood production, starting with automated fish inspection, to address the $350B global industry's lack of data visibility. They're using computer vision and robotics to handle live fish in humid and wet environments, and are seeking feedback from experts in computer vision, edge deployment, and aquaculture.

Show HN: Web Audio Studio – A Visual Debugger for Web Audio API Graphs

57 alexgriss 2026-03-02 11:47:44 UTC webaudio.studio Llama Share 5

The Web Audio API allows developers to create interactive node graphs and visualize audio signal chains in real-time. It provides templates for various audio techniques, including sine waves, FM synthesis, and spatialization.

Why Go Can't Try

52 nexneo 2026-03-02 14:03:53 UTC niketpatel.com Llama Share 66

Go's error handling is not as explicit as Zig's, despite its reputation for being so. The Go team can't introduce a try keyword without fundamentally redesigning the error type, which would break every Go program ever written.

Libxml2 Enterprise Edition (AGPL, from the previous maintainer)

50 todsacerdoti 2026-03-02 11:22:35 UTC codeberg.org Llama Share 18

This software is released under AGPL version 3 and requires Autotools, a C compiler, and iconv function for build and conversion.

19th century silent film that first captured a robot attack

47 ynac 2026-03-02 14:41:12 UTC npr.org Llama Share 19

The Library of Congress has restored a 130-year-old silent film by Georges Méliès, depicting a robot clown attacking a human clown. The film is considered one of the first instances of a robot in a moving image, and its discovery highlights the enduring theme of robotics in science fiction.

The inner workings of TCP zero-copy

47 mfrw 2026-03-02 05:01:55 UTC blog.tohojo.dk Llama Share 0

TCP zero-copy allows data transfer without kernel memory copy, improving throughput by 30-40% for high-speed NICs. It requires complicated setup, but can be used with userspace memory, device memory, and io_uring API.

Language Model Contains Personality Subnetworks

44 PaulHoule 2026-03-02 15:41:08 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 26

Researchers found that Large Language Models contain embedded persona-specialized subnetworks, allowing them to adapt to different behaviors without external context. A training-free method isolates these subnetworks, leading to stronger persona alignment and more efficient personalization.

Closure of the Weatherradio Service in Canada

41 da768 2026-03-02 23:03:59 UTC rac.ca Llama Share 21

Radio Amateurs du Canada regrette la fermeture du service Radio-Météo et craint que les Canadiens ne soient privés d'alertes météorologiques critiques. RAC soutient les efforts de gestion des services d'urgence et encourage un dialogue pour maintenir un cadre national d'alerte robuste et accessible.

Evolving descriptive text of mental content from human brain activity

39 ggm 2026-03-02 05:39:36 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 37

Researchers have made significant progress in decoding brain signals to translate thoughts into text, with a study at Stanford University achieving 74% accuracy in real-time inner speech. This breakthrough could revolutionize communication for people with impaired speech capabilities and eventually transform human interaction with the world around us.

Show HN: Pianoterm – Run shell commands from your Piano. A Linux CLI tool

36 vustagc 2026-03-02 20:50:03 UTC github.com/vustagc Full Share 16

Note: Assumes ALSA is used as the soundcard driver Use acconnect -i to find the desired midi port

Notes on Lagrange Interpolating Polynomials

36 ibobev 2026-03-02 16:01:20 UTC eli.thegreenplace.net Llama Share 12

Polynomial interpolation is a method of finding a polynomial function that fits a given set of data perfectly. The Lagrange basis functions are used to find the unique polynomial of degree at most n that interpolates the given set of distinct points.

The 185-Microsecond Type Hint

32 kianN 2026-03-02 22:04:56 UTC blog.sturdystatistics.com Llama Share 2

A Clojure implementation of Roughtime protocol for secure time synchronization was optimized by replacing a complex function call with a single CPU instruction, resulting in a 13x improvement in end-to-end benchmark. The improvement was due to removing a reflective barrier that forced the runtime onto generic and slower paths, allowing the JIT to inline and parallelize the code effectively.

AWS data center hit by Iran

32 wayneshng 2026-03-02 10:02:38 UTC reuters.com Full Share 4

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Show HN: Gapless.js – gapless web audio playback

26 switz 2026-03-02 18:48:37 UTC github.com/relistennet Llama Share 7

Gapless audio player for web uses HTML5 audio and Web Audio API for seamless transitions. It operates with a state machine and supports metadata for Media Session API and arbitrary additional fields.

A bit of fluid mechanics from scratch not from scratch

26 surprisetalk 2026-03-02 14:52:52 UTC tsvibt.blogspot.com Llama Share 5

The user is trying to understand fluid mechanics and microfluidics by thinking through various scenarios from scratch, including a tank of water with a spout, and is confused about how the water accelerates and why it doesn't accelerate in certain situations. The user is trying to determine the shape of a pipe that would allow for a steady state flow with constant velocity on each ...

Boss-CSS: I created another "CSS-in-JS" lib

18 wintercounter 2026-03-02 19:48:04 UTC dev.to Llama Share 3

Boss CSS is a polymorphic CSS-in-JS library that supports multiple styling solutions, including prop-based and class name-based styling, with a focus on parity with native CSS naming and syntax. It offers a range of features, including runtime support, TypeScript types, and AI readiness, and can be used in various ways, including as a utility-class generator, static extractor, or runtime-only solution.

Astro and Svelte: Why I believe they're the future of web development

12 xergioalex 2026-03-02 23:33:27 UTC xergioalex.com Llama Share 5

The author advocates for Astro and Svelte as the future of web development, citing their simplicity, performance, and ease of use. They believe these frameworks will become the default choice for content websites, replacing traditional SPA frameworks like React and Vue.