Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data

1153 Brajeshwar 2026-04-15 17:44:26 UTC eff.org Llama Share 508

Google handed over Amandla Thomas-Johnson's data to ICE without notifying him, breaking a nearly decade-long promise to users. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has asked California and New York Attorneys General to investigate Google for deceptive trade practices.

Want to write a compiler? Just read these two papers (2008)

471 downbad_ 2026-04-15 09:41:19 UTC prog21.dadgum.com Llama Share 140

A beginner in programming buys a set of highly recommended books on programming but finds them too broad and complex. They eventually discover Jack Crenshaw's simple compiler tutorials that focus on basic concepts.

God sleeps in the minerals

469 speckx 2026-04-15 13:08:10 UTC wchambliss.wordpress.com Llama Share 98

User visited the Unearthed: Raw Beauty exhibition at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and shared a snapshot. The exhibition's title "God Sleeps in the Minerals" is a poetic expression of the beauty of minerals.

Live Nation illegally monopolized ticketing market, jury finds

415 Alex_Bond 2026-04-15 19:06:39 UTC bloomberg.com Llama Share 122

Bloomberg delivers business and financial information worldwide. A New York jury found Live Nation Entertainment illegally monopolized the live events industry.

Backpacks got worse on purpose

395 113 2026-04-15 10:42:28 UTC worseonpurpose.com Llama Share 364

VF Corporation acquired several brands including JanSport, The North Face, and Eastpak, and then degraded their quality to increase profit margins. The company's business model relies on selling cheap, low-quality products that need to be replaced frequently, creating repeat customers and revenue.

Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012)

375 downbad_ 2026-04-15 09:11:18 UTC super-memory.com Llama Share 189

The article discusses the importance of sleep for learning, creativity, and overall health. It highlights the negative effects of sleep deprivation, including reduced productivity, poor decision-making, and increased risk of accidents and diseases.

Anna's Archive loses $322M Spotify piracy case without a fight

347 askl 2026-04-15 08:05:18 UTC torrentfreak.com Llama Share 376

Anna's Archive, a shadow library, was sued by Spotify and major labels for copyright infringement after backing up Spotify data. A US judge awarded $322 million in damages and a permanent injunction to shut down the site's domains.

Open Source Isn't Dead

313 bearsyankees 2026-04-15 15:43:37 UTC strix.ai Llama Share 167

Cal.com is transitioning to closed source due to AI's ability to automate vulnerability discovery, but this won't stop AI attacks. Open source security tools like Strix can still find vulnerabilities without code access.

Google Gemma 4 Runs Natively on iPhone with Full Offline AI Inference

273 takumi123 2026-04-15 05:19:06 UTC gizmoweek.com Llama Share 168

Google's Gemma 4 AI model now runs directly on iPhones with full local inference and offline capability. This marks the beginning of the on-device AI era, making local AI deployment commercially viable for various use cases.

Fixing a 20-year-old bug in Enlightenment E16

256 snoofydude 2026-04-15 04:47:00 UTC iczelia.net Llama Share 156

The editor in chief of this blog was born in 2004 and uses the 1997 window manager Enlightenment E16. She fixed a rare bug in the codebase dating back to 2006 caused by a faulty Newton's algorithm implementation.

The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: New Jobs

244 aphyr 2026-04-15 13:34:11 UTC aphyr.com Llama Share 167

New jobs are emerging at the boundary between human and ML systems, including incanters, process engineers, and statistical engineers. These roles will focus on controlling errors, interpreting model behavior, and optimizing ML performance.

Elevated errors on Claude.ai, API, Claude Code

242 redm 2026-04-15 14:44:00 UTC claudestatus.com Llama Share 216

Claude.ai and related services experienced intermittent errors and outages due to various issues affecting login, API endpoints, and model requests. Most issues have been resolved, but some users may still experience problems.

The buns in McDonald's Japan's burger photos are all slightly askew

235 bckygldstn 2026-04-15 21:48:18 UTC mcdonalds.co.jp Llama Share 137

McDonald's Japan website has limited allergen information in Japanese, covering 28 ingredients. English menus and ordering are available through their app and some restaurant locations.

Wacli – WhatsApp CLI

230 dinakars777 2026-04-15 07:04:45 UTC github.com/steipete Llama Share 149

To use the WhatsApp Web protocol via whatsmeow, install via Homebrew and authenticate with pnpm wacli auth.

Ask HN: Who is using OpenClaw?

229 misterchocolat 2026-04-15 19:22:10 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 268

User has mixed feelings about OpenClaw, using it for a specific workflow but criticizing its execution and security. They think it's overhyped and most people can DIY the tasks it performs.

Cal.com is going closed source

225 Benjamin_Dobell 2026-04-15 15:26:46 UTC cal.com Llama Share 166

Cal.com is moving to closed source due to increasing security risks from AI-powered vulnerability scanning. They're releasing a modified open source version, Cal.diy, under the MIT license for developers and hobbyists.

Why are Flock employees watching our children?

220 enaaem 2026-04-15 19:30:52 UTC substack.com Llama Share 42

Flock employees, including sales team members, have been accessing live and recorded footage of Dunwoody residents and children in various locations, including playgrounds, libraries, and private pools. The city's Flock system lacks robust audit trails and accountability, allowing employees to access and view sensitive data without oversight.

Does Gas Town 'steal' usage from users' LLM credits to improve itself?

218 rektomatic 2026-04-15 20:49:48 UTC github.com/gastownhall Llama Share 109

GasTown's default install causes users' credits and GitHub accounts to be used to fix bugs and release the software without consent. This behavior should be moved to opt-in only to avoid unexpected credit usage.

AI-assisted cognition endangers human development?

218 i5heu 2026-04-15 18:16:50 UTC heidenstedt.org Llama Share 170

AI-assisted cognition can lead to intellectual stagnation due to its reliance on outdated patterns and concepts. This AI-skew affects human development by limiting the diversity of ideas and solutions.

Do you even need a database?

211 upmostly 2026-04-15 12:26:11 UTC dbpro.app Llama Share 249

The author tested three approaches to handle database lookups: in-memory map, binary search on disk, and SQLite, and found that the in-memory map handles ~97k req/s, binary search on disk handles ~40k req/s, and SQLite handles ~25k req/s. The author concludes that for most applications, especially early-stage ones, a database might not be necessary yet, but as the application grows, a ...

Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6

207 markerbrod 2026-04-15 14:02:31 UTC deepmind.google Llama Share 69

Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 is a significant upgrade that enables robots to understand their environments with unprecedented precision through enhanced spatial reasoning and multi-view understanding. It specializes in reasoning capabilities critical for robotics, including visual and spatial understanding, task planning, and success detection.

YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts

196 pentagrama 2026-04-15 23:36:56 UTC theverge.com Llama Share 82

YouTube users can now set Shorts time limit to zero minutes, effectively removing them from the app. This feature is available for all users, including parents and adults, to control their Shorts viewing time.

Keep Android Open

192 bjornroberg 2026-04-15 12:47:36 UTC keepandroidopen.org Llama Share 65

Google will require Android developers to register and be verified starting September 2026, blocking non-registered apps. This move threatens alternative app stores like F-Droid.

Dependency cooldowns turn you into a free-rider

181 pabs3 2026-04-15 02:03:12 UTC calpaterson.com Llama Share 117

The author argues that dependency cooldowns, which delay adopting new versions of packages, are not a good solution to supply chain attacks and instead proposes using upload queues, which delay distributing new packages until they have been reviewed. Upload queues can be implemented in central dependency servers and have several benefits, including reducing the power of release credentials ...

Saying goodbye to Agile

174 matrixhelix 2026-04-15 04:45:37 UTC lewiscampbell.tech Llama Share 245

The Agile industry was defined by what it wasn't, primarily Waterfall, but its core principles were vague and unworkable. Agile innovations were actually developed decades earlier by serious engineers.

Show HN: Every CEO and CFO change at US public companies, live from SEC

172 porsche959 2026-04-15 12:51:04 UTC tracksuccession.com Full Share 63

Watch every CEO, CFO, and board change at US public companies in real time. Live data from SEC filings, updated as they're filed.

Direct Win32 API, Weird-Shaped Windows, and Why They Mostly Disappeared

171 birdculture 2026-04-15 09:24:31 UTC warped3.substack.com Llama Share 106

The author is fed up with generic Windows apps built on React, Electron, and other browser wrappers that consume memory and lack optimization. They yearn for the old days of Win32 programming, which allowed for custom, non-standard window shapes and complete control over the operating system.

AI ruling prompts warnings from US lawyers: Your chats could be used against you

145 alephnerd 2026-04-15 12:51:13 UTC reuters.com Full Share 94

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Not all elementary functions can be expressed with exp-minus-log

139 mmastrac 2026-04-15 01:59:18 UTC stylewarning.com Llama Share 110

The paper by Andrzej Odrzywołek claims that elementary functions can be expressed with a single operator, but this definition is narrower than standard mathematical usage.

Where did my taxes go?

129 kacy 2026-04-15 16:57:37 UTC wherethefuckdidmytaxesgo.com Full Share 192

Enter what you paid in federal taxes and see exactly where every dollar went in FY2025. Backed by official OMB and CBO data.

Amazon to acquire Globalstar and expand Amazon Leo satellite network

122 homarp 2026-04-15 05:54:29 UTC businesswire.com Full Share 111

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Kalshi CEO expects US DOJ to prosecute insider trading cases

119 thm 2026-04-15 18:11:24 UTC semafor.com Llama Share 129

Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour expects the US DOJ to prosecute insider trading cases on prediction markets. Kalshi aims to ban insider trading and impose fines or prosecution to deter bad actors.

OpenAI's $852B valuation faces investor scrutiny amid strategy shift, FT reports

114 abdelhousni 2026-04-15 01:36:22 UTC reuters.com Full Share 134

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The FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reason

113 HotGarbage 2026-04-15 01:07:19 UTC theverge.com Llama Share 61

The FCC granted Netgear conditional approval to import routers despite not manufacturing in the US. The approval doesn't address the original national security concerns and seems to contradict the FCC's process.

Claude may require identity verification in some cases

112 zxilly 2026-04-15 07:05:13 UTC support.claude.com Llama Share 87

We are implementing identity verification to prevent abuse, enforce policies, and comply with laws, using Persona Identities as our partner. Your verification data is used solely to confirm your identity and is protected by industry-standard security controls and deleted after retention limits are met.

ChatGPT for Excel

111 armcat 2026-04-15 21:21:05 UTC chatgpt.com Full Share 95

Ask ChatGPT to build full spreadsheets, get insights across tabs and formulas, and update workbooks in real time so projects move forward faster. Available globally for ChatGPT Business, Enterprise, Edu, Teachers, and K-12 users, and for ChatGPT Pro and Plus users outside the EU.

US national level OS-level age verification bill

107 marvinborner 2026-04-15 12:58:11 UTC social.coop Llama Share 2

The user suspects that a bipartisan bill requiring age verification on operating systems is being pushed by corporate interests, including Microsoft, Apple, and anti-LGBTQ organizations, to consolidate control and profit from user data. The user warns that this could lead to universal surveillance and censorship, and urges people to push back against the bill and refuse to comply with its requirements.

The Gemini app is now on Mac

94 thm 2026-04-15 17:25:52 UTC blog.google Llama Share 48

Gemini app now available on macOS as a native desktop experience, allowing users to get help instantly with a keyboard shortcut. The app brings AI assistance to users' work, enabling them to share screens, generate content, and more.

CPUs Aren't Dead. Gemma2B Out Scored GPT-3.5 Turbo on Test That Made It Famous

94 fredmendoza 2026-04-15 17:07:36 UTC seqpu.com Llama Share 46

A 2 billion parameter model called Gemma 4 E2B-it matches the performance of GPT-3.5 Turbo on a benchmark test and can run on a laptop CPU for free. The model's performance can be improved with surgical guardrails and it can be deployed as a private Telegram bot with one click.

US v. Heppner (S.D.N.Y. 2026) no attorney-client privilege for AI chats [pdf]

94 1vuio0pswjnm7 2026-04-15 13:47:40 UTC fingfx.thomsonreuters.com Full Share 83

CRISPR takes important step toward silencing Down syndrome’s extra chromosome

89 amichail 2026-04-15 16:19:48 UTC medicalxpress.com Full Share 54

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Show HN: Libretto – Making AI browser automations deterministic

87 muchael 2026-04-15 15:57:54 UTC github.com/saffron-health Llama Share 24

Libretto is a toolkit for building robust web integrations with a live browser and CLI. It helps maintain browser integrations to common software and is open-sourced for easier use.

Don't feel like exercising? Maybe it's the wrong time of day for you

86 tagawa 2026-04-15 00:20:58 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 57

People should exercise at times that match their natural body clock for maximum health benefits, with morning exercise best for early risers and evening exercise for night owls. This approach can boost heart health, lower blood pressure and improve sleep quality, especially for those at higher risk of heart disease.

PiCore - Raspberry Pi Port of Tiny Core Linux

85 gregsadetsky 2026-04-15 19:45:47 UTC tinycorelinux.net Llama Share 10

piCore is a Raspberry Pi port of Tiny Core Linux, a customizable system with a small footprint and recent kernel. It runs entirely in RAM and offers flexibility and community support.

Allbirds, Inc. Announces Expansion into AI Compute Infrastructure

83 dmajka 2026-04-15 12:20:13 UTC ir.allbirds.com Full Share 69

My AI-Assisted Workflow

83 maiobarbero 2026-04-15 07:08:18 UTC maiobarbero.dev Llama Share 111

The user describes a workflow that uses AI assistance to speed up software development while maintaining clarity and intentionality, focusing on thinking problems before implementation and using AI to stress-test ideas. The workflow involves writing a document to clarify thinking, structured interviews with AI, and a review process to validate AI-generated code and ensure it meets acceptance criteria.

Farmer arrested for speaking too long at datacenter town hall vows to fight

77 sudonanohome 2026-04-15 19:31:38 UTC 404media.co Llama Share 42

Darren Blanchard was arrested for trespassing after speaking out against a proposed datacenter in Claremore, Oklahoma. He plans to fight the charges amid community concerns over the datacenter's impact on water, electricity, and noise.

Ohio prison inmates 'built computers and hid them in ceiling (2017)

74 harambae 2026-04-15 22:05:44 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 56

Two Ohio inmates built computers from dismantled PCs in a prison work programme, accessing internet and storing illicit data. The discovery was made after unusual internet activity was flagged, leading to the finding of two PCs hidden in the prison ceiling.

Users lose $9.5M to fake Ledger wallet app on the Apple App Store

70 CharlesW 2026-04-15 18:35:45 UTC web3isgoinggreat.com Llama Share 44

A fake Ledger cryptocurrency wallet app was uploaded to the Apple App Store, causing $9.5 million in losses. Apple removed the malicious app on April 13 after it was discovered six days earlier.

Sam Vimes 'Boots' Theory of Socio-Economic Unfairness

70 latexr 2026-04-15 13:48:44 UTC terrypratchett.com Llama Share 67

Sam Vimes's 'Boots' Theory states that the rich spend less money in the long term due to investing in quality items that last. This theory highlights how poverty is both expensive and time-consuming due to frequent purchases of cheaper, lower-quality items.

I made a terminal pager

68 speckx 2026-04-15 22:27:54 UTC theleo.zone Llama Share 17

The user built a reusable viewport component in Go for text navigation in terminal applications and used it to create a terminal pager called lore, which they now daily drive as their terminal pager. The viewport component supports features like text wrapping, search, and selection, and is designed to be performant even with large amounts of text.

New bill would let New Yorkers hang solar panels from windows

67 geox 2026-04-15 11:58:28 UTC gothamist.com Llama Share 89

Lauren Phillips lowered her monthly utility costs by $30 with a small solar panel on her balcony in the Bronx. The Sunny Act, a bill in New York, would allow apartment dwellers to use easy-to-install solar power like Phillips' panel.

The tiniest e-reader in the world, and you can build one yourself

60 Brajeshwar 2026-04-15 16:53:16 UTC androidauthority.com Llama Share 17

A YouTuber built a compact e-reader, nearly the size of a car keyfob, from scratch using 3D printing and an ESP32 microcontroller. The device specializes in reading and can hold six to 10 books in simple TXT format, with a price tag of around $35.

'Seeking connection': video game where players stopped shooting, started talking

57 andsoitis 2026-04-15 09:31:03 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 65

Arc Raiders players are unexpectedly forming friendships and cooperating with each other in a game where human-on-human violence was initially intended. The game's developers are surprised by this behavior, which is allowing players to connect and form temporary relationships in a virtual world.

Atlassian defends firing engineer for suggesting CEO is 'rich jerk'

52 jamesfinlayson 2026-04-15 23:26:01 UTC afr.com Llama Share 37

Atlassian is accused of illegally firing an employee who criticized its CEO over workplace changes. The employee, Denise Unterwurzacher, was acting in line with Atlassian's "Open Company, No Bullshit" philosophy.

Study: Back-to-basics approach can match or outperform AI in language analysis

51 giuliomagnifico 2026-04-15 12:21:47 UTC manchester.ac.uk Llama Share 25

A new study by Dr Andrea Nini at The University of Manchester found a grammar-based method called LambdaG matches or outperforms AI in authorship analysis. LambdaG uses patterns in grammar and sentence construction for accurate results with greater transparency and lower computational cost.

In the last 30 years, the number of public companies has been cut in half

47 MrBuddyCasino 2026-04-15 19:47:34 UTC twitter.com/toddzywicki Full Share 30

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The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Worse Than You Thought

46 smurda 2026-04-15 14:50:29 UTC wired.com Llama Share 137

Teenage boys are using AI to create and share deepfake images of girls, causing humiliation and distress. Schools and law enforcement often struggle to respond to these incidents, leaving victims feeling hopeless and scared.

Retrofitting JIT Compilers into C Interpreters

44 ltratt 2026-04-15 12:00:24 UTC tratt.net Llama Share 10

yk is a system that automatically converts C interpreters into JIT compiling Virtual Machines with minimal code changes, offering better performance while retaining full compatibility with reference implementations. yk uses meta-tracing to record and optimise the interpreter's actions, allowing it to inline code and achieve significant performance improvements with minimal manual effort.

Academic fraud may be the symptom of a more systemic problem

43 the-mitr 2026-04-15 11:08:25 UTC voxweb.nl Llama Share 48

A researcher argues that scientific fraud is often a symptom of a systemic problem in the academic system, where incentives prioritize publishing over integrity. Transparency and open science can help mitigate this issue, but require a cultural shift in the scientific community.

One interface, every protocol

41 clevengermatt 2026-04-15 19:56:36 UTC openbindings.com Llama Share 5

A developer named Dax Raad expressed frustration with the current state of infrastructure management, where every service has its own bespoke CLI and config file, making it hard to manage multiple providers. A new project called OpenBindings aims to solve this problem by providing a standard, open specification for describing what a service can do, allowing tools to interact with services ...

Hacker News CLI (2014)

39 rolph 2026-04-15 21:35:38 UTC pythonhosted.org Llama Share 15

The HackerNews CLI provides options to view stories, comments, and go to specific stories. It supports sorting and limiting the number of top stories shown.

Jury finds Live Nation acts as a monopoly in a victory for states

36 gbourne1 2026-04-15 19:17:12 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 1

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Amazon worker dies on warehouse floor. Workers told to keep going

35 latexr 2026-04-15 23:37:05 UTC finance.yahoo.com Llama Share 8

A worker died at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon after collapsing on the job, with employees claiming they were told to continue working despite the body being nearby. Amazon disputes the account, saying the worker had a pre-existing medical issue and that employees were given time off and grief counseling.

MCP as Observability Interface: Connecting AI Agents to Kernel Tracepoints

34 ingero_io 2026-04-15 13:22:10 UTC ingero.io Llama Share 13

Datadog's MCP Server connects real-time observability data to AI agents, but Qualys warns of shadow IT risks. Ingero's MCP-native observability approach gives AI agents direct access to raw telemetry, outperforming traditional metric pipelines and addressing security concerns.

The Rise of the Em-Dash in Hacker News Comments

31 sobradob 2026-04-15 22:29:40 UTC boazsobrado.com Full Share 66

Tracking em-dash usage across 460,000 Hacker News comments reveals a striking post-AI inflection point.

Viral victory: Iran is beating the land of tech bros in the social media wars

25 hebelehubele 2026-04-15 06:16:22 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 4

Iran is dominating the social media war against the US, using sarcasm and ridicule to engage western audiences, despite a government-induced internet blackout and suppressed press. Iran's creative content, often AI-generated, is going viral across the political spectrum in the US, shifting perceptions and forcing the US to re-evaluate its narrative.

Projected warming will exceed the long-term thermal limits of rice cultivation

18 robtherobber 2026-04-15 08:33:58 UTC nature.com Llama Share 12

Rice cultivation faces unprecedented challenges due to projected climate change, with temperatures set to rise at a rate 5000 times faster than rice has experienced throughout its evolution. Rice-dependent regions may struggle to maintain this staple crop under projected warming.

Google Broke Its Promise to Me. Now ICE Has My Data

15 robtherobber 2026-04-15 09:21:06 UTC eff.org Llama Share 0

Google handed over Amandla Thomas-Johnson's data to ICE without notifying him, breaking a nearly decade-long promise to users. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has asked California and New York Attorneys General to investigate Google for deceptive trade practices.

Hazardous States and Accidents

13 fagnerbrack 2026-04-15 05:23:21 UTC entropicthoughts.com Llama Share 1

The author argues that root cause analysis is flawed for learning from failure, instead suggesting a focus on hazardous states to improve safety. Hazardous states are defined by constraints that must be maintained to prevent accidents.

The Universal Constraint Engine: Neuromorphic Computing Without Neural Networks

11 skinney_uce 2026-04-15 23:42:06 UTC zenodo.org Full Share 3

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