We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do

598 mmcclure 2026-03-26 19:48:05 UTC derekthompson.org Llama Share 418

Online sports betting and prediction markets have led to cheating, distrust, and cynicism, with the potential to extend to politics and other institutions. The normalization of betting on future events, including wars and famines, raises concerns about morality and the erosion of shared values in society.

End of "Chat Control": EU parliament stops mass surveillance

574 amarcheschi 2026-03-26 12:24:36 UTC patrick-breyer.de Llama Share 270

The European Parliament rejected the mass surveillance of private messages by US tech companies, ending the EU derogation on April 4. This victory for digital privacy clears the path for modern child protection through targeted surveillance and secure app design.

European Parliament decided that Chat Control 1.0 must stop

552 lemoncookiechip 2026-03-26 12:30:59 UTC bsky.app Full Share 23

You did it! 🥳 European Parliament just decided that Chat Control 1.0 must stop. This means on April 6, 2026, Gmail, LinkedIn, Microsoft and other Big Techs must stop scanning your private messages in the EU. #PrivacyWins 💪 [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Shell Tricks That Make Life Easier (and Save Your Sanity)

544 zdw 2026-03-26 00:28:38 UTC blog.hofstede.it Llama Share 242

The article discusses various tricks and shortcuts for Unix-like shells that can improve productivity and make the terminal more user-friendly. These tricks include line editing bindings, directory navigation, and command manipulation that can be used in most modern shells.

Moving from GitHub to Codeberg, for lazy people

539 jslakro 2026-03-26 13:38:25 UTC unterwaditzer.net Llama Share 266

The user is migrating from GitHub to Codeberg, finding the process easier than expected for issues, pull requests, and releases, but more challenging for CI due to lost free macOS runners and infinite capacity.

False claims in a widely-cited paper

330 qsi 2026-03-26 00:46:31 UTC statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Llama Share 148

A business school professor is seeking advice on correcting a misreported study by Eccles, Ioannou, and Serafeim (2014) in Management Science, which has been widely cited but found to have methodological issues. The authors have acknowledged the mistake but refused to submit a correction, leaving the professor to consider submitting a comment or contacting Research Integrity Offices.

My minute-by-minute response to the LiteLLM malware attack

309 Fibonar 2026-03-26 15:48:40 UTC futuresearch.ai Llama Share 128

A supply chain attack was discovered on the litellm package on PyPI, which steals credentials and attempts to exfiltrate them to a malicious domain. The attack was reported to PyPI and the litellm maintainers via email, and a tracking issue was created to monitor the situation.

Swift 6.3

301 ingve 2026-03-26 07:27:11 UTC swift.org Llama Share 201

Swift 6.3 introduces new features and improvements, including C interoperability, module selectors, and attributes for compiler optimizations. It also includes a preview of Swift Build, improvements to Swift Testing, and the first official release of the Swift SDK for Android.

Landmark L.A. jury verdict finds Instagram, YouTube were designed to addict kids

298 1vuio0pswjnm7 2026-03-26 12:15:33 UTC latimes.com Llama Share 3

A jury found Instagram and YouTube responsible for a 20-year-old woman's suffering, awarding her $3 million and $2.1 million in punitive damages. The verdict could set a precedent for future lawsuits against tech companies over social media addiction.

New York City hospitals drop Palantir as controversial AI firm expands in UK

279 chrisjj 2026-03-26 20:35:04 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 133

New York City's public hospital system is ending its contract with Palantir due to controversy over data privacy. The UK's National Health Service is also facing scrutiny over its £330m agreement with Palantir.

Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events

262 RestlessMind 2026-03-26 14:32:34 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 632

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Government agencies buy commercial data about Americans in bulk

254 nuke-web3 2026-03-26 06:11:01 UTC npr.org Llama Share 79

Congress is set to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which may include closing the data broker loophole allowing government agencies to buy Americans' location data without warrants. Privacy advocates say this is the best chance to protect Americans' data from mass surveillance.

Judge blocks Pentagon effort to 'punish' Anthropic with supply chain risk label

241 prawn 2026-03-26 23:33:53 UTC cnn.com Llama Share 147

A federal judge in California blocked the Pentagon's attempt to label Anthropic a supply chain risk, ruling it violated the company's constitutional rights. The judge delayed implementation to allow the government to appeal, but made it clear she disapproved of the government's actions.

John Bradley, author of xv, has died

230 linsomniac 2026-03-26 18:38:50 UTC voxday.net Llama Share 71

John Bradley, founder and lead guitarist of Booster Patrol, died at 61. A song was written in his style to pay tribute, with lyrics describing his music in Heaven.

Obsolete Sounds

210 benbreen 2026-03-26 03:54:27 UTC citiesandmemory.com Llama Share 44

The Obsolete Sounds project reimagines lost sounds from the past and present, highlighting the need to preserve cultural heritage. It draws attention to disappearing soundscapes and encourages saving sounds before they're lost forever.

LibreOffice and the art of overreacting

201 bundie 2026-03-26 10:13:38 UTC blog.documentfoundation.org Llama Share 132

LibreOffice 26.8 will feature a non-intrusive donation banner in the Start Centre, appearing monthly and not blocking functionality. The banner is a reasonable attempt to make the funding relationship between the project and users more visible.

CERN to host a new phase of Open Research Europe

200 JohnHammersley 2026-03-26 19:30:35 UTC home.cern Llama Share 17

CERN hosts Open Research Europe, a community-led open access publishing platform, to promote equity and transparency in scholarly communication. The platform, built on open source software, will provide a neutral environment for researchers to share their work freely.

AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusion

190 tim333 2026-03-26 13:32:23 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 241

Dennis Biesma, a 50-year-old IT consultant, became vulnerable to AI psychosis after using ChatGPT, spending €100,000 on a delusional business startup and attempting to kill himself.

DeployTarot.com – Tarot card reading for deployments

175 rembish 2026-03-26 20:53:54 UTC deploytarot.com Llama Share 46

A high-pressure situation is unfolding with a deploy that needs to be fixed before an announcement and a board meeting. The deploy has caused issues and bugs, and the person involved is struggling to understand the project's scope and risks.

Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features

175 vidyesh 2026-03-26 14:34:58 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 169

Walmart now requires a Walmart account for setup and smart TV features on select new Vizio TVs. This move further integrates Vizio with Walmart's ad business, which saw triple-digit growth in advertising.

Interoperability Can Save the Open Web (2023)

167 janandonly 2026-03-26 14:51:17 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 51

Cory Doctorow argues in his book The Internet Con that Big Tech's dominance is due to legal structures, not technical superiority. He proposes forcing interoperability to break down walls and make the Internet freer and more democratic.

OpenTelemetry profiles enters public alpha

151 tanelpoder 2026-03-26 16:14:56 UTC opentelemetry.io Llama Share 20

OpenTelemetry Profiles has entered public Alpha, introducing a unified industry standard for continuous production profiling. The Profiles signal allows capturing low-overhead performance profiles in production, improving troubleshooting, user experience, and reducing computation costs.

Intel Announces Arc Pro B70 and Arc Pro B65 GPUs

144 throwaway270925 2026-03-26 14:36:04 UTC techpowerup.com Llama Share 90

Intel announced Arc Pro B70 and B65 graphics cards for AI workloads and professional visualization with B70 being the most powerful discrete GPU based on Intel Xe2 architecture. The B70 has 32 Xe cores and 32 GB GDDR6 memory, while the B65 has 24 Xe cores and 32 GB GDDR6 memory with a 192-bit interface.

Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future hardware

140 bentocorp 2026-03-26 21:04:50 UTC 9to5mac.com Llama Share 126

Apple has discontinued the Mac Pro, removing it from their website and confirming no future hardware plans. The Mac Studio is now set to be the 'pro' desktop Mac of the future in Apple's lineup.

Show HN: I put an AI agent on a $7/month VPS with IRC as its transport layer

120 j0rg3 2026-03-26 22:41:25 UTC georgelarson.me Llama Share 44

The user created a custom AI chatbot, nullclaw, using IRC protocol and Haiku model, which can clone repos, read code, and provide specific answers to questions about their projects. The system has a minimal attack surface, with a public-facing doorman and a private agent, and uses tiered inference to keep costs under $2/day.

Show HN: Turbolite – a SQLite VFS serving sub-250ms cold JOIN queries from S3

120 russellthehippo 2026-03-26 18:58:19 UTC github.com/russellromney Llama Share 25

turbolite is a SQLite VFS in Rust that serves point lookups and joins directly from S3 with sub-250ms cold latency. It offers page-level compression and encryption for efficiency and security.

Stripe Projects: Provision and manage services from the CLI

118 piinbinary 2026-03-26 16:00:57 UTC projects.dev Llama Share 28

Stripe Projects automates app stack provisioning from the CLI. It manages services, credentials, and billing in a single workflow.

Order Granting Preliminary Injunction – Anthropic vs. U.S. Department of War [pdf]

113 theindieman 2026-03-26 23:11:45 UTC storage.courtlistener.com Llama Share 16

The US government has directed all federal agencies to cease using Anthropic's technology due to national security concerns. Anthropic's actions are seen as a threat to national security and the US military.

French e, è, é, ê, ë – what's the difference?

110 kerblang 2026-03-26 15:05:00 UTC jakubmarian.com Llama Share 141

In French, the letter "e" has four possible pronunciations: /e/, /ɛ/, /ə/, or silent. Diacritical marks like Ë, È, É, and Ê help distinguish pronunciation when standard rules don't apply.

Colibri – chat platform built on the AT Protocol for communities big and small

105 todotask2 2026-03-26 17:29:58 UTC colibri.social Llama Share 63

Colibri is a social app built on the AT Protocol, allowing users to own their identity and data, and move it freely between platforms. It uses the same protocol as Bluesky, enabling seamless sign-in and data transfer.

$500 GPU outperforms Claude Sonnet on coding benchmarks

96 yogthos 2026-03-26 17:31:24 UTC github.com/itigges22 Llama Share 25

ATLAS achieves 74.6% LiveCodeBench pass rate with a frozen 14B model on a single GPU, up from 36-41% in V2. It uses constraint-driven generation and self-verified iterative refinement for self-hosted AI.

Building a Blog with Elixir and Phoenix

79 shintoist 2026-03-26 17:16:21 UTC jola.dev Llama Share 6

The user built a blog using Elixir and Phoenix with server-side rendered pages, leveraging NimblePublisher for Markdown posts and Tailwind CSS for styling. The blog is hosted on a self-hosted Dokploy instance on Hetzner with a fast and zero-effort publishing pipeline.

Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Social-Media Addiction Trial

67 1vuio0pswjnm7 2026-03-26 14:35:40 UTC wsj.com Full Share 7

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Show HN: Robust LLM extractor for websites in TypeScript

66 andrew_zhong 2026-03-26 03:55:52 UTC github.com/lightfeed Llama Share 45

Lightfeed Extractor is a TypeScript library for robust web data extraction using LLMs and Playwright, allowing for browser automation, AI navigation, and structured data extraction. It supports various providers like OpenAI, Google Gemini, and Anthropic, and offers features like URL cleaning, image extraction, and safe sanitization of LLM outputs.

We rewrote JSONata with AI in a day, saved $500k/year (2026)

65 cjlm 2026-03-26 22:36:41 UTC reco.ai Llama Share 65

Reco's Principal Data Engineer Nir Barak used AI to reimplement JSONata 2.x in pure Go, resulting in a 1,000x speedup and saving $500K/year. The new implementation, called gnata, eliminated the need for an RPC fleet and allowed for end-to-end batching in the rule engine, saving another $200K/year.

The Little Book of C

65 ghostrss 2026-03-26 20:35:53 UTC little-book-of.github.io Llama Share 19

C is a powerful language that teaches you how computers work, giving you control over memory, data, and execution. By mastering C, you'll gain a deep understanding of programming fundamentals, including types, variables, functions, and memory management.

Chicago artist creates tourism posters for city's neighborhoods

62 NaOH 2026-03-26 23:18:38 UTC chicagotribune.com Llama Share 28

Steve Shanabruch creates visually striking posters for Chicago neighborhoods and landmarks with bold lines and vivid colors. He draws inspiration from personal experiences and neighborhood characteristics, making his art accessible and fulfilling.

Using FireWire on a Raspberry Pi

59 jandeboevrie 2026-03-26 20:23:10 UTC jeffgeerling.com Llama Share 29

User is looking for alternatives to FireWire due to Apple's macOS 26 Tahoe removal of support. They found a Linux solution using dvgrab and a Raspberry Pi with a FireWire adapter, allowing them to transfer digital video footage from an old Canon GL1 camera.

Anthropic Subprocessor Changes

50 tencentshill 2026-03-26 21:37:15 UTC trust.anthropic.com Llama Share 27

Anthropic updated subprocessors list is available in the Trust Center dashboard, and web search is now available in Claude for Government with admin control.

Apple Discontinues Mac Pro

49 alifeinbinary 2026-03-26 23:11:47 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 5

Apple has no plans for future Mac Pro hardware, marking the end of serviceable, repairable, upgradable Macs. Modular SSD storage is available but not considered upgradable.

Show HN: Veil – Dark mode PDFs without destroying images, runs in the browser

48 simoneamico 2026-03-26 11:47:26 UTC veil.simoneamico.com Full Share 8

Text stays selectable.Images stay protected.Already-dark pages left untouched.Scanned docs get OCR automatically.Export works in any reader. Text stays selectable, images stay protected. Already-dark pages left untouched. Scanned docs get OCR automatically. Export works in any reader.

How much precision can you squeeze out of a table?

46 nomemory 2026-03-26 19:47:01 UTC johndcook.com Llama Share 5

Feynman said that looking into details makes things interesting, and interpolation is used to fill gaps in tabulated data. Interpolation error depends on the spacing between points and the precision of tabulated values, not the order of interpolation.

Show HN: Fio: 3D World editor/game engine – inspired by Radiant and Hammer

42 vicioussquid 2026-03-26 20:58:04 UTC github.com/vicioussquid Full Share 3

Liminal 3D World editor and game engine - inspired by Radiant and Hammer - ViciousSquid/Fio

Iran oil revenue soars as it's the only exporter out of Hormuz

39 vrganj 2026-03-26 21:55:04 UTC financialpost.com Llama Share 39

Iran has earned hundreds of millions of dollars from oil sales since the war, benefiting from higher prices and continued exports. The country's oil exports have remained close to prewar levels despite US airstrikes.

Why Sora Failed: $15M/day inference cost vs. $2.1M lifetime revenue

39 vinodpandey7 2026-03-26 09:37:56 UTC revolutioninai.com Llama Share 54

OpenAI shut down Sora, a video generation app, due to unsustainable economics, with estimated daily inference costs of $15 million and total lifetime revenue of $2.1 million. The company is redirecting Sora's underlying technology to world simulation for robotics, a more commercially viable application, and will continue to support export and preservation of user content.

Model Collapse Is Happening, We Just Pretend It Isn't

37 adunk 2026-03-26 18:18:32 UTC cacm.acm.org Llama Share 13

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The Oxford Comma – Why and Why Not (2024)

33 taubek 2026-03-26 17:21:50 UTC deborahcourtbooks.com Llama Share 51

The author discusses the importance of grammar, specifically the comma, in writing. They argue that while rules are essential, exceptions and creativity are also crucial in effective communication.

Taming LLMs: Using Executable Oracles to Prevent Bad Code

32 mad44 2026-03-26 17:51:42 UTC john.regehr.org Llama Share 17

To effectively use LLM-based coding agents, we need to limit their freedom to make poor choices by incorporating executable oracles that provide clear and actionable feedback. By doing so, we can constrain the set of possible solutions and prevent the agent from gaming the system, ultimately leading to better results and more reliable software.

Buying a retro game console

27 razorbeamz 2026-03-26 08:41:11 UTC medium.com/@razorbeamz Llama Share 33

You're considering buying a retro game console for nostalgia or to play classic games. Buying original hardware can be expensive and prone to breaking.

Asbestos, talc, and The Lancet's 1977 publication

26 bjourne 2026-03-26 13:42:37 UTC thelancet.com Llama Share 11

The FDA proposed a regulation to test for asbestos in cosmetic talc in 2024 but withdrew it in 2025, leaving the testing process unregulated. The cosmetics industry has opposed efforts to regulate asbestos in talc since the 1970s, using tactics like lobbying and promoting false safety claims.

Squirrel seen 'vaping' in London park

25 walterbell 2026-03-26 04:28:37 UTC telegraph.co.uk Llama Share 19

Cameron Henderson is a US News Reporter and Science Correspondent for The Telegraph. A grey squirrel in London was seen handling an e-cigarette, highlighting the danger of discarded litter to wildlife.

The Last Contract: William T. Vollmann's Battle to Publish an Epic (2025)

24 benbreen 2026-03-26 03:54:13 UTC metropolitanreview.org Llama Share 6

William T. Vollmann's novel A Table for Fortune, a 3,400-page history of the CIA, was rejected by Viking after 30 years of work due to its length and font choices. Vollmann has since signed with Arcade Publishing, an imprint of Skyhorse, which will release the novel in four volumes.

Show HN: Nit – I rebuilt Git in Zig to save AI agents 71% on tokens

23 fielding 2026-03-26 03:14:54 UTC justfielding.com Llama Share 31

The user built nit, a native git replacement in Zig, to reduce tokens and latency in shell commands. Nit defaults are tuned for machines and has already saved 150-250K tokens in real session data.

The Cassandra of 'The Machine'

22 Hooke 2026-03-26 03:53:40 UTC thenewatlantis.com Llama Share 11

Paul Kingsnorth's book "Against the Machine" warns of a sinister force dehumanizing society through science and technology. Kingsnorth's ambiguous views on reason and science hinder his compelling argument, but his warning remains a poignant human drama.

Show HN: Orloj – agent infrastructure as code (YAML and GitOps)

19 An0n_Jon 2026-03-26 05:07:51 UTC github.com/orlojhq Llama Share 12

Orloj is an orchestration runtime for multi-agent AI systems that schedules, executes, and governs agents with YAML declarations. It provides model routing, tool isolation, governance, and production reliability for running AI agents in production.

The Secret History of European Intelligence and Mossad's Assassination Campaign

18 mitchbob 2026-03-26 19:46:36 UTC lrb.co.uk Llama Share 5

Israel has a long history of using assassination as a tool of policy, dating back to the medieval Assassins and continuing through its own targeted killing squads. The country's use of assassination has been emulated by others, including the US, and has become increasingly accepted as a legitimate tactic in international relations.

Workers who fall for 'corporate bullshit' may be worse at their jobs

12 mykowebhn 2026-03-26 20:58:32 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 1

A Cornell University study found that workers who are most impressed by corporate speak may be the least equipped to make effective business decisions. The study defines "corporate bullshit" as semantically empty and confusing corporate jargon used to persuade and impress.

Show HN: Relay – The open-source Claude Cowork for OpenClaw

11 chrislxy 2026-03-26 10:23:12 UTC github.com/seventeenlabs Llama Share 23

Relay is a desktop app that offers autonomous task execution, scheduling, and governance on your infrastructure with data sovereignty and model freedom. It's designed for teams and companies that need compliance-ready audit trails and model freedom on their own infrastructure.