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New best story on Hacker News: FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado

FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado 826 by JaimeThompson | 332 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: How Each Pillar of the First Amendment Is Under Attack

How Each Pillar of the First Amendment Is Under Attack 795 by todsacerdoti | 476 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B

xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B 753 by rvz | 1129 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Debian bookworm live images now reproducible

Debian bookworm live images now reproducible 752 by bertman | 200 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Tracing the thoughts of a large language model

Tracing the thoughts of a large language model 896 by Philpax | 310 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Apple needs a Snow Sequoia

Apple needs a Snow Sequoia 847 by trbutler | 614 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Stoop Coffee: A simple idea transformed my neighborhood

Stoop Coffee: A simple idea transformed my neighborhood 698 by surprisetalk | 258 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: fd: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'

fd: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find' 706 by tosh | 289 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: I won't connect my dishwasher to your cloud

I won't connect my dishwasher to your cloud 798 by HieronymusBosch | 521 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Trump administration accidentally texted me its war plans

The Trump administration accidentally texted me its war plans 772 by _tk_ | 238 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and stripping ads from Profobuf (2022)

Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and stripping ads from Profobuf (2022) 749 by udev4096 | 423 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Claude can now search the web

Claude can now search the web 1184 by meetpateltech | 697 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Two new PebbleOS watches

Two new PebbleOS watches 990 by griffinli | 339 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones

Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones 956 by griffinli | 596 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: GIMP 3.0

GIMP 3.0 934 by wicket | 315 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The Alexa feature "do not send voice recordings" you enabled no longer available

The Alexa feature "do not send voice recordings" you enabled no longer available 841 by luu | 594 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Docs – Open source alternative to Notion or Outline

Docs – Open source alternative to Notion or Outline 871 by maelito | 296 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: The DuckDB Local UI

The DuckDB Local UI 815 by xnx | 174 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Gemini Robotics

Gemini Robotics 758 by meetpateltech | 438 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Mark Klein, AT&T whistleblower who revealed NSA mass spying, has died

Mark Klein, AT&T whistleblower who revealed NSA mass spying, has died 723 by leotravis10 | 166 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Factorio Learning Environment – Agents Build Factories

Show HN: Factorio Learning Environment – Agents Build Factories 707 by noddybear | 204 comments on Hacker News. I'm Jack, and I'm excited to share a project that has channeled my Factorio addiction recently: the Factorio Learning Environment (FLE). FLE is an open-source framework for developing and evaluating LLM agents in Factorio. It provides a controlled environment where AI models can attempt complex automation, resource management, and optimisation tasks in a grounded world with meaningful constraints. A critical advantage of Factorio as a benchmark is its unbounded nature. Unlike many evals that are quickly saturated by newer models, Factorio's geometric complexity scaling means it won't be "solved" in the next 6 months (or possibly even years). This allows us to meaningfully compare models by the order-of-magnitude of resources they can produce - creating a benchmark with longevity. The project began 18 months ago after years of playing Factorio, rec...

UNODC: Opium prices in Afghanistan near historic peaks, mostly benefiting large-scale traffickers

UNODC: Opium prices in Afghanistan near historic peaks, mostly benefiting large-scale traffickers Published March 12, 2025 at 08:00PM Read more at unodc.org

New best story on Hacker News: Happy 20th Birthday, Y Combinator

Happy 20th Birthday, Y Combinator 829 by btilly | 167 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: A 10x Faster TypeScript

A 10x Faster TypeScript 869 by DanRosenwasser | 424 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store

uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store 850 by non- | 412 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Bayleaf – Building a low-profile wireless split keyboard

Show HN: Bayleaf – Building a low-profile wireless split keyboard 725 by sgraz | 245 comments on Hacker News. Hey HN, I built a wireless, split, ultra-low profile keyboard from scratch called Bayleaf. As a beginner I learned all things electronics, PCB-building, designing for manufacturing, and many other hardware-related skills to put this together. This case study dives into the build process and of course the final result, hope you enjoy!

New best story on Hacker News: Mistral OCR

Mistral OCR 869 by littlemerman | 290 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: "When you upload or input information through Firefox, you grant us a license"

"When you upload or input information through Firefox, you grant us a license" 827 by tomp | 9 comments on Hacker News.

New best story on Hacker News: Apple's Software Quality Crisis

Apple's Software Quality Crisis 1142 by ajdude | 1126 comments on Hacker News.

UN Office on Drugs and Crime and Zero Project/ Essl Foundation announce new partnership for people with disabilities

UN Office on Drugs and Crime and Zero Project/ Essl Foundation announce new partnership for people with disabilities Published March 05, 2025 at 06:25PM Read more at unodc.org

New best story on Hacker News: How to gain code execution on hundreds of millions of people and popular apps

How to gain code execution on hundreds of millions of people and popular apps 1124 by xyzeva | 301 comments on Hacker News.