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

76 tartoran 2026-03-02 19:05:37 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 46

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.

Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS Foundation

1748 km 2026-03-02 07:05:37 UTC motorolanews.com Llama Share 615

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.

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

166 gmays 2026-03-02 15:05:37 UTC health.ucdavis.edu Llama Share 16

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.

New iPad Air, powered by M4

205 Garbage 2026-03-02 15:05:37 UTC apple.com Llama Share 333

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.

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

65 foxfoxx 2026-03-02 18:05:37 UTC govbase.com Full Share 40

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Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2026)

109 whoishiring 2026-03-02 16:05:37 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 138

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

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

584 doener 2026-03-02 10:05:37 UTC e.foundation Llama Share 327

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.

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

18 casmalia 2026-03-02 19:05:37 UTC starlightconvenience.net Full Share 2

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

37 rohxnsxngh 2026-03-02 17:05:37 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 15

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.

Felix "fx" Lindner has died

101 is_taken 2026-03-02 16:05:37 UTC blog.recurity-labs.com Llama Share 25

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.

Packaging a Gleam app into a single executable

53 todsacerdoti 2026-03-02 17:05:37 UTC dhzdhd.dev Llama Share 1

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.

Reflex (YC W23) Is Hiring Software Engineers – Python

0 2026-03-02 17:05:37 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

Reflex is a unified platform that simplifies app development, deployment, and management with reusable abstractions and AI-powered tools. It has powered over 1 million applications and is used by 30% of Fortune 500 companies for internal tools and data-driven applications.

Parallel coding agents with tmux and Markdown specs

76 schipperai 2026-03-02 16:05:37 UTC schipper.ai Llama Share 46

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 ...

Use the Mikado Method to do safe changes in a complex codebase

117 foenix 2026-03-02 14:05:37 UTC understandlegacycode.com Llama Share 49

You inherited a 300k lines of spaghetti code and need to refactor it. The Mikado Method helps by breaking down the task into smaller, manageable goals and subgoals, allowing you to make progress without getting stuck in the quicksand of the codebase.

How to talk to anyone and why you should

441 Looky1173 2026-03-02 08:05:37 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 467

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.

Inside the M4 Apple Neural Engine, Part 1: Reverse Engineering

178 zdw 2026-03-02 13:05:37 UTC maderix.substack.com Llama Share 53

The user reverse engineered Apple's Neural Engine, mapping the software stack from CoreML to the IOKit kernel driver and discovering direct access to the ANE without CoreML. They found the ANE is a graph execution engine with 16 cores, supports a queue depth of 127, and has a unique compilation path using MIL and E5 binaries.

Zclaw – The 888 KiB Assistant

50 kristianpaul 2026-03-02 16:05:37 UTC zclaw.dev Llama Share 30

Scheduled to check garage sensor in 20 minutes. Current firmware size is 869,838 bytes, under the 888 KiB target.

Notes on Lagrange Interpolating Polynomials

29 ibobev 2026-03-02 16:05:37 UTC eli.thegreenplace.net Llama Share 8

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.

Build your own Command Line with ANSI escape codes (2016)

5 vinhnx 2026-03-02 19:05:37 UTC lihaoyi.com Prefix Share 0

Everyone is used to programs printing out output in a terminal that scrolls as new text appears, but that's not all your can do: your program can color your text, move the cursor up, down, left or right, or clear portions of the screen if you are going to re-print them later. This is what lets programs like Git implement its dynamic progress indicators, and Vim or Bash implement their ...

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

867 robtherobber 2026-03-02 11:05:37 UTC windowslatest.com Llama Share 366

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.

Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine)

359 alvivar 2026-03-02 06:05:37 UTC noelberry.ca Llama Share 166

The user prefers making games without commercial game engines, finding it more fun and less overhead, and has developed a custom workflow using C# and open-source libraries like SDL and ImGui. They believe that making games "from scratch" is not an impossible task, especially with the state of open-source frameworks and libraries, and encourages others to try it if it sounds fun.

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

325 mystcb 2026-03-02 15:05:37 UTC github.com/anthropics Llama Share 164

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.

AMD Am386 released March 2, 1991

79 jnord 2026-03-02 13:05:37 UTC dfarq.homeip.net Llama Share 20

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.

19th century silent film that first captured a robot attack

13 ynac 2026-03-02 18:05:37 UTC npr.org Llama Share 4

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.

Language Model Contains Personality Subnetworks

25 PaulHoule 2026-03-02 16:05:37 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 10

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.

An Interesting Find: STM32 RDP1 Decryptor

69 carlossless 2026-03-02 15:05:37 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.

Mondrian Entered the Public Domain. The Estate Disagrees

181 Tomte 2026-03-02 07:05:37 UTC copyrightlately.com Llama Share 111

The Mondrian Trust claims Piet Mondrian's 1930 painting is still protected citing dual copyrights and Spanish law. However, U.S. law and copyright experts confirm the painting entered the public domain on January 1, 2026.

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

137 prvnsmpth 2026-03-02 09:05:37 UTC github.com/getomnico Llama Share 39

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.

A plastic made from milk that vanishes in 13 weeks

77 JeanKage 2026-03-02 15:05:37 UTC sciencedaily.com Llama Share 72

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.

Show HN: Gapless.js – gapless web audio playback

10 switz 2026-03-02 19:05:37 UTC github.com/relistennet Llama Share 4

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.