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Who is Soham Parekh, the serial moonlighter Silicon Valley startups can’t stop hiring?

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2026-03-15 06:00:35

In the last week, social media users have shared dozens of stories about encounters with Soham Parekh, a software engineer who seems to have been simultaneously working at multiple Silicon Valley startups — unbeknownst to the companies — for the last several years. But who is Parekh, how did he pull off his career as a serial moonlighter, and why can’t Silicon Valley get enough of him? Origins of virality The saga all started when Suhail Doshi — CEO of image generation startup Playground AI —

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Meet Soham Parekh, the engineer burning through tech by working at three to four startups simultaneously

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-03-15 10:07:15

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. One name is popping up a lot across tech startup social media right now, and you might’ve heard it: Soham Parekh. On X, people are joking that Parekh is single-handedly holding up all modern digital infrastructure, while others are posting memes about him working in front of a dozen different monitors or filling in for the thousands of people that M

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Lost in Space: A ‘Game-Changing’ Emissions Satellite Just Went Dark

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2026-03-15 15:30:03

An $88 million satellite backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos is lost in space. MethaneSAT, designed to sniff out sources of methane emissions across the globe, only survived about 15 months in Earth’s orbit before meeting its untimely end. The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), which launched the satellite in March 2024, announced its demise on July 1. The organization revealed that MethaneSAT suddenly went silent on June 20, and its mission operations team has been unable to re-establish contact e

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iOS 26’s Messages app has a solution coming for unwanted texts

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-03-15 18:10:58

Apple’s Messages app got a lot of new features last year, but iOS 26 continues the trend of big upgrades, including a handy solution for all those unwanted spam texts you keep getting. Messages can automatically screen your texts for spam in iOS 26 iOS 26’s Liquid Glass design may be getting the most attention, but the iPhone’s next big update also has lots of new app features coming. These include changes to Apple Wallet, Music, Notes, Reminders, Photos, and more. Apple’s Messages app is get

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Mysterious life form found on ship that docked in Cleveland

news.ycombinator.com Peter Krouse 2026-03-15 16:42:11

Research vessel Blue Heron in drydock at Great Lakes Towing on the Old River Channel of the Cuyahoga River. Rual Lee CLEVELAND, Ohio - A ship that docked in Cleveland last summer harbored what scientists believe was a previously unknown form of life. The revelation occurred after the research vessel Blue Heron, which was monitoring harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie, began having mechanical issues. The captain, Rual Lee, piloted the boat to Cleveland where it could be examined in a dry dock at

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An Algorithm for a Better Bookshelf

news.ycombinator.com Erica Klarreich 2026-03-13 09:12:50

Drop in at a library, and you’ll likely notice that most shelves aren’t full—librarians leave some empty space on each shelf. That way, when they get new books, they can slot them into place without having to move too many other books. It’s a simple-enough idea, but one that arises in a host of settings in computer science that involve sorted data, such as an alphabetically ordered census repository, or a list of connections between members of a social network. In such situations, where the ent

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The Stars of ‘Superman’ Claim to Have No Knowledge of Their DC Futures

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-03-15 17:00:22

We don’t know much about the future of James Gunn’s DC Universe, but one thing seems all but certain: Superman will be back. He’s the universe’s most powerful metahuman, after all, and one of the most famous, popular characters on the DC roster. Clearly, he’s going to have a role to play in whatever is coming next. And, along with Superman, come a few of his friends and foes. People like Lois Lane and Lex Luthor. So it kind of goes without saying that David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nich

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One UI 8 gives you more control over where your Secure Folder apps pop up

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-15 22:32:47

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s Secure Folder lets you lock files and even entire apps behind an extra layer of protection. One UI 8 has already started improving how Secure Folder is accessed, with a quick lockdown shortcut. Now we’re seeing Samsung add new settings for Secure Folder apps in your share sheet. Samsung likes to present its Galaxy smartphones as particularly secure devices, and has long leaned on its Knox security framework to highlight those features. That incl

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Trump Officials Want to Prosecute Over the ICEBlock App. Lawyers Say That’s Unconstitutional

wired.com Reece Rogers 2026-03-15 22:06:17

A spokesperson using ICE's general press email referred WIRED to a statement issued by acting director Todd M. Lyons on June 30, but did not provide further comment. The White House did not immediately respond to WIRED’s request for comment. In the statement, Lyons called CNN’s coverage of the app “reckless and irresponsible.” When reached for comment, Emily Kuhn, senior vice president of communications at CNN, pointed WIRED to a statement from the network saying that reporting on the existence

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Google rolls out its new Veo 3 video-generation model globally

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2026-03-15 15:56:48

In Brief Google on Thursday said it has begun rolling out its Veo 3 video generation model to Gemini users in more than 159 countries. Video generation via the new model is available only to paying subscribers of Google’s AI Pro plan and is capped at three videos per day. Veo 3, which Google showed off in May, lets users generate videos up to eight seconds long using text prompts. Google’s Josh Woodward has said that the company is working on adding image-to-video generation capabilities to

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Shark robot vacuums are up to 50 percent off for Prime Day

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-16 02:00:23

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Shark robot vacuums are on sale for Prime Day and there are some good deals to be had. For instance, the AI Ultra is on sale for just $280 . This is 50 percent off, as the regular price is $550. This model topped our list of the best robot vacuums , so it's the real deal. The AI Ultra

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CBP Wants New Tech to Search for Hidden Data on Seized Phones

wired.com Caroline Haskins 2026-03-16 02:19:59

United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is asking tech companies to pitch digital forensics tools that are designed to process and analyze text messages, pictures, videos, and contacts from seized phones, laptops, and other devices at the United States border, according to documents reviewed by WIRED. The agency said in a federal registry listing that the tools it’s seeking must have very specific capabilities, such as the ability to find a “hidden language” in a person’s text message

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Ilya Sutskever will lead Safe Superintelligence following his CEO’s exit

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2026-03-16 02:29:07

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever says he is stepping into the CEO role at Safe Superintelligence, the AI startup he launched in 2024. In a post on X, Sutskever confirmed Thursday that Daniel Gross, the startup’s co-founder and CEO, departed the company as of June 29. Safe Superintelligence co-founder Daniel Levy is becoming president of the startup, according to Sutskever. The announcement follows weeks of reporting that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was in advanced talks to hire Gross, as well as h

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Leaked renders offer an early look at Samsung’s official Galaxy Z Flip 7 cases

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-16 06:23:22

Evan Blass TL;DR Samsung may offer four official cases and a screen protector for the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 7. The clamshell foldable could get a basic clear case with a grip, a clear magnet case, a silicone case in four colorways, and a Kindsuit case in three finishes. Unlike the Galaxy Z Fold 7, the cheaper foldable may not get an official carbon fiber case. Hot on the heels of a leak revealing Samsung’s official Galaxy Z Fold 7 cases, a new report has unveiled the full lineup of accessor

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Big Tech’s Mixed Response to U.S. Treasury Sanctions

krebsonsecurity.com Unknown 2026-03-16 06:06:05

In May 2025, the U.S. government sanctioned a Chinese national for operating a cloud provider linked to the majority of virtual currency investment scam websites reported to the FBI. But a new report finds the accused continues to operate a slew of established accounts at American tech companies — including Facebook, Github, PayPal and Twitter/X. On May 29, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced economic sanctions against Funnull Technology Inc., a Philippines-based company alleged to pr

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A Samsung Tri-Fold Phone Could Be in Your Future, if This Leak Is to Be Believed

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-16 06:07:00

Samsung has been showing off mobile display concepts with three screens at trade events such as CES for several years, but it might finally bring one to market soon if a leaked UI animation is any indicator. As reported by Android Authority, an animated image from a software build of One UI 8 appears to show what some are dubbing a "Galaxy G Fold" device with three display panels. The screens would be capable of displaying different information or working in unison as one large display. The new

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IPO market gets boost from Circle's 500% surge, sparking optimism that drought may be ending

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-03-16 11:36:34

Jeremy Allaire, CEO and co-founder of Circle Internet Group, the issuer of one of the world's biggest stablecoins, and Circle Internet Group co-founder Sean Neville react as they ring the opening bell, on the day of the company's IPO, in New York City, U.S., June 5, 2025. NYSE For over three years, venture capital firms have been waiting for this moment. Tech IPOs came to a virtual standstill in early 2022 due to soaring inflation and rising interest rates, while big acquisitions were mostly of

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Samsung tri-fold’s eye-watering price tag may not be the only thing stopping you from buying it

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-16 11:00:13

AssembleDebug / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s tri-fold phone, rumored to be called the Galaxy G Fold, is said to begin production in September and be launched in Q4 2025, according to a new report. It is also said to feature a 10-inch OLED display, a Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC, and a 200MP primary camera, but may have a smaller battery than the competing HUAWEI Mate XT. Initial availability is expected to be limited to China and South Korea, and the price could exceed ~$2,930. It’s raining t

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As Samsung tests the tri-fold waters, a major rival is readying a second-gen model

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-16 11:45:55

Paul Jones / Android Authority TL;DR HUAWEI is reportedly planning to launch its next-generation tri-fold phone later this year. This successor to the Mate XT Ultimate Design could arrive before Samsung’s first tri-fold even hits the shelves. The new HUAWEI foldable is expected to improve on the Mate XT’s durability and performance. Today’s leaks may have given us clues that Samsung’s first tri-fold foldable is edging closer to release, but it seems like one of its top competitors may alread

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Peasant Railgun

news.ycombinator.com Sawyer Bohannan 2026-03-16 09:05:05

Peasants Celebrating Twelfth Night by David Teniers the Younger, oil on canvas. You may have been scrolling through the r/dnd or r/dndmemes subreddits when you scrolled past a comment containing the phrase “Peasant Railgun”, and if you were like me, instantly became confused. So my dear and sweet reader, I have taken it upon myself to find the answer to the question: What is a Peasant Railgun? What is the Peasant Railgun? During the tail-end of the 2008 financial crisis, 1d4chan released a po

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Introducing tmux-rs

news.ycombinator.com Collin Richards 2026-03-16 11:03:14

3 July 2025 Introducing tmux-rs by Collin Richards For the 6 months or so I’ve been quietly porting tmux from C to Rust. I’ve recently reached a big milestone: the code base is now 100% (unsafe) Rust. I’d like to share the process of porting the original codebase from ~67,000 lines of C code to ~81,000 lines of Rust (excluding comments and empty lines). You might be asking: why did you rewrite tmux in Rust? And yeah, I don’t really have a good reason. It’s a hobby project. Like gardening, but

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Samsung’s official Galaxy Z Fold 7 cases leak, and there’s a carbon fiber surprise

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-16 14:39:06

TL;DR A new leak has revealed all the official cases Samsung could offer for the Galaxy Z Fold 7. The lineup includes a clear case, a clear grip case, a clear magnet case, a silicone case, and a new carbon fiber case. Unlike Samsung’s official Fold 6 cases, all Fold 7 cases may only offer back panel protection. Leaks about Samsung’s upcoming foldables are surfacing more frequently as we draw closer to the next Galaxy Unpacked event. In just the last few hours, we’ve seen live images of the Ga

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Ransomware gang Hunters International says it’s shutting down

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2026-03-16 14:45:05

The ransomware gang known as Hunters International announced on its dark web page Thursday that it is shutting down. “After careful consideration and in light of recent developments, we have decided to close the Hunters International project,” the hackers wrote in a post, without clarifying what specific developments it was referring to. “This decision was not made lightly, and we recognize the impact it has on the organizations we have interacted with.” The hackers also said they are offering

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Elon Musk Says He Is So Sorry for His Horrible Behavior

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-15 00:15:08

In February, as the disastrous effects of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency's gutting of federal agencies started to emerge, the agency's figurehead Elon Musk took to the stage of the Conservative Political Action Conference and waved a chainsaw in the air. Standing alongside Argentinian president Javier Milei, Musk wielded the shiny metal-plated prop to send a blunt message: the federal government's budget was being slashed beyond recognition. Many months later, the devastatin

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Pay Up, AI Bot: That's the Message From a Key Company in How the Internet Works

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-16 17:08:00

AI companies might find it harder to access the entire web to train their large language models after the internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare said this week it would block AI data crawlers by default. It's the latest front to open in an ongoing fight between the creators of content and the AI developers who use that content to train generative AI models. In court, authors and content creators are suing major AI companies for compensation, saying copyrighted content was used without perm

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Apple's China iPhone sales grows for the first time in two years

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2026-03-16 21:54:26

Apple iPhone sales in China rose in the second quarter of the year for the first time in two years, Counterpoint Research said, as the tech giant looks to turnaround its business in one of its most critical markets. Sales of iPhones in China jumped 8% year-on-year in the three months to the end of June, according to Counterpoint Research. It's the first time Apple has recorded growth in China since the second quarter of 2023. Apple's performance was boosted by promotions in May as Chinese e-co

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Galaxy Z Fold 7 shows up in real-life images for the first time

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-16 22:21:24

Evan Blass TL;DR The Galaxy Z Fold 7 has appeared online in real-life hands-on images. The image shows Z Fold 7 in a blue shade, which is much lighter than the blue of the Galaxy Z Fold 6. While the displays remain hidden, Samsung appears to have moved the SIM tray to a different location. The Galaxy Z Fold 7’s launch is just around the corner, which means we are seeing an increasing number of leaks. Earlier today, we witnessed the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 leak with cases, adding to the ar

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Android users can now (kinda) edit messages sent to iPhones, but not yet vice-versa

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-03-16 22:34:58

iPhones and Android smartphones started to play more nicely together after Apple finally opted to support the Rich Communication Services (RCS) standard. Prior to this, messages between the two platforms had to use the ancient and insecure text messaging service. Not all RCS features are supported as yet, with the all-important strong encryption waiting for RCS 3.0 support in iOS 26. Another RCS 3.0 feature is the ability to edit outgoing messages after sending them, and that one has started a

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What to expect at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked next week

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-16 22:00:35

Samsung has announced that its next Galaxy Unpacked event will be taking place on July 9 at 10AM ET. This is the third major Unpacked event of the year, following launches of the Galaxy S25 series in January and, more recently, a virtual unveiling of the Galaxy S25 Edge. This time, if previous years are any indication, the company should be showing off new foldables and wearables. A lot of it may be business as usual, but the company has hinted that some possibly exciting new additions are in t

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Conversations with a hit man

news.ycombinator.com David Howard 2026-03-15 00:29:32

2 It should have been a night for Jim Leslie to savor. On July 8, 1976, the Louisiana State Senate passed what was known as the Right to Work Bill. One of the most fiercely debated pieces of legislation in decades, the law did away with mandatory union membership and allowed businesses to hire nonunion workers. Given the interests involved, this was a staggering achievement. Labor had a muscular presence in Louisiana, largely because it was controlled by organized crime. Developers were ordere

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Who is Soham Parekh, the serial moonlighter Silicon Valley startups can’t stop hiring?

Meet Soham Parekh, the engineer burning through tech by working at three to four startups simultaneously

Lost in Space: A ‘Game-Changing’ Emissions Satellite Just Went Dark

iOS 26’s Messages app has a solution coming for unwanted texts

Mysterious life form found on ship that docked in Cleveland

An Algorithm for a Better Bookshelf

The Stars of ‘Superman’ Claim to Have No Knowledge of Their DC Futures

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Trump Officials Want to Prosecute Over the ICEBlock App. Lawyers Say That’s Unconstitutional

Google rolls out its new Veo 3 video-generation model globally

Shark robot vacuums are up to 50 percent off for Prime Day

CBP Wants New Tech to Search for Hidden Data on Seized Phones

Ilya Sutskever will lead Safe Superintelligence following his CEO’s exit

Leaked renders offer an early look at Samsung’s official Galaxy Z Flip 7 cases

Big Tech’s Mixed Response to U.S. Treasury Sanctions

A Samsung Tri-Fold Phone Could Be in Your Future, if This Leak Is to Be Believed

IPO market gets boost from Circle's 500% surge, sparking optimism that drought may be ending

Samsung tri-fold’s eye-watering price tag may not be the only thing stopping you from buying it

As Samsung tests the tri-fold waters, a major rival is readying a second-gen model

Peasant Railgun

Introducing tmux-rs

Samsung’s official Galaxy Z Fold 7 cases leak, and there’s a carbon fiber surprise

Ransomware gang Hunters International says it’s shutting down

Elon Musk Says He Is So Sorry for His Horrible Behavior

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Apple's China iPhone sales grows for the first time in two years

Galaxy Z Fold 7 shows up in real-life images for the first time

Android users can now (kinda) edit messages sent to iPhones, but not yet vice-versa

What to expect at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked next week

Conversations with a hit man

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