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Is documentation like pineapple on pizza?

news.ycombinator.com Daniel Idaszak 2026-03-16 08:38:17

Internal software documentation is often a controversial topic. Many developers avoid writing it and aim to produce just enough to get the project running. If you browse discussions on platforms like Reddit or Quora, most questions about documentation focus on why it's so poorly done or disliked by developers. On the other hand, avoiding documentation slows down the team. It creates friction, forcing knowledge transfers to happen in person or requiring developers to reverse-engineer the code ju

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OpenAI awarded $200 million US defense contract

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-03-16 06:35:46

OpenAI is officially on the Pentagon’s payroll. The Department of Defence announced a $200 million contract with OpenAI to provide the US government with new artificial intelligence tools, including those used for proactive cyber defense. In a post outlining its latest contracts, the DoD said that OpenAI “will develop prototype frontier AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges in both warfighting and enterprise domains.” The work will primarily be completed in the Washin

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Apple launches Back to School shopping promo: free AirPods and more

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2026-03-16 17:33:07

Apple’s Back to School promotion for 2025 is now available. For a limited time, eligible customers can get AirPods or another eligible accessory for free when they buy a new iPad, MacBook, or iMac. That comes in addition to the year-round discount Apple offers on items sold through the Apple Store for Education. MacBook If you buy a new MacBook, you can get an eligible accessory of your choice valued at up to $199 with your purchase: AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation ($179 value) AirP

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The best antivirus software of 2025

zdnet.com Charlie Osborne 2026-03-16 16:00:19

Cyber threats are constantly evolving. While most devices come with built-in antivirus software, these programs may not offer comprehensive protection. A dedicated antivirus program detects threats like phishing, ransomware, trojans, and worms. The service will also alert you when you visit suspicious websites, try to download or execute potentially malicious software, or if malware otherwise finds its way to your system. You can also perform regular scans to remove threats from your system with

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Want to ditch Windows? This Linux distro makes that transition easy

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2026-03-16 17:56:00

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Over the past year, several Windows-like Linux distributions have been given the spotlight. A couple of those distributions were nothing more than malware in disguise, which has made me a bit squirrely about trying others, but to let a couple of bad apples spoil the entire bushel isn't fair, in my opinion. So when I came across yet another, I decided to give it a try. That distribution is AnduinOS, which is a custom Ubuntu-based Linux distribution to

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Show HN: FaynoSync Self-Hosted API for Automatic App Updates

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-16 14:44:27

FaynoSync This application is a simple API server for automatically updating client applications. It allows you to upload your application to S3 and set the version number. The client application can then check the version number against the auto updater service API. If the service has a newer version, it will return a link to the updated service, and the client application will show an alert. The API server is designed for straightforward and intuitive application management. It supports upda

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No Hello

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-16 16:09:22

Note that Keith could have got his answer minutes sooner, and needn't have kept Tim waiting. In fact, Tim could have started thinking about the question right away! People who do this are generally trying to be polite by not jumping right into the request, like one would in person or on the phone - and that's great! But it's 2022 and chat is neither of those things. For most people, typing is much slower than talking. So despite best intentions, you're actually just making the other person wait

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Fossify – A suite of open-source, ad-free apps

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-16 13:32:07

👋 Welcome to Fossify! Fossify is a group of privacy-focused, open-source, and ad-free mobile apps. It emerged as a fork of the discontinued SimpleMobileTools to continue its legacy, bringing simple and private tech to everyone. Get Involved For issues affecting multiple apps, check out general issues. Engage in discussions or share ideas at general discussions. To help with code or translations, visit this link. Questions or Feedback? If you have questions or want to learn more, start a

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You Can Play FBC: Firebreak, Deus Ex and More on PlayStation Plus Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-16 17:00:07

Remedy Entertainment released the mind-bending action game Control in 2019. And now, PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers can return to the Federal Bureau of Control in the wacky, first-person co-op shooter FBC: Firebreak. PlayStation Plus is Sony's version of Xbox Game Pass, and it offers subscribers a large and constantly expanding library of games. There are three PlayStation Plus tiers -- Essential ($10 a month), Extra ($15 a month) and Premium ($18 a month) -- and each gives subs

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Complaints About Tariff Evasion Have Jumped 160 Percent Under Trump

wired.com Paresh Dave 2026-03-16 16:00:00

US Customs and Border Protection experienced a sharp rise in reports about potential tariff evasion after President Donald Trump abruptly imposed new duties on over 100 countries earlier this year, according to data the agency shared with WIRED. From March through May, CBP’s official e-Allegations tipline received 542 complaints about alleged duty dodging, an almost 160 percent increase from the same three months in 2024. Importers have long tried to evade tariffs and lower their costs by misla

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How to disable ACR on your TV (and why doing so makes such a big difference)

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2026-03-16 18:00:13

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Did you know that whenever you turn on your smart TV, you invite an unseen guest to watch it with you? These days, most popular TV models utilize automatic content recognition (ACR), a form of ad surveillance technology that gathers information about everything you watch and transmits it to a centralized database. Manufacturers then use your data to identify your viewing preferences, enabling them to deliver highly targeted ads. Also: Don't cancel Netflix yet: I used these sec

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Why I like the base iPad more than the Pro and Air - especially at this price

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2026-03-16 18:00:20

ZDNET's key takeaways The 11th-generation iPad 11th Generation normally retails for $349 The upgraded iPad has double the base storage as the previous generation, more RAM, and an upgraded processor in the A16 Bionic chip. However, it still isn't compatible with Apple Intelligence and doesn't support the Apple Pencil Pro. $299 at Amazon $349 at Apple $329 at B&H Photo-Video more buying choices Multiple 11th-Gen iPad configurations are on sale at Amazon. One of the biggest discounts belongs to

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Identity Assertion Authorization Grant

news.ycombinator.com Aaron Parecki 2026-03-12 17:57:14

This specification provides a mechanism for an application to use an identity assertion to obtain an access token for a third-party API using Token Exchange [ RFC8693 ] and JWT Profile for OAuth 2.0 Authorization Grants [ RFC7523 ]. ¶ This note is to be removed before publishing as an RFC.¶ The latest revision of this draft can be found at https://drafts.aaronpk.com/draft-parecki-oauth-identity-assertion-authz-grant/draft-parecki-oauth-identity-assertion-authz-grant.html. Status information fo

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What I talk about when I talk about IRs

news.ycombinator.com Max Bernstein 2026-03-13 08:04:57

I have a lot of thoughts about the design of compiler intermediate representations (IRs). In this post I’m going to try and communicate some of those ideas and why I think they are important. The overarching idea is being able to make decisions with only local information. That comes in a couple of different flavors. We’ll assume that we’re compiling a method at a time, instead of a something more trace-like (tracing, tracelets, basic block versioning, etc). Control-flow graphs A function wi

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OpenAI wins $200M U.S. defense contract

news.ycombinator.com Jordan Novet 2026-03-16 19:31:58

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Snowflake Summit in San Francisco on June 2, 2025. OpenAI has been awarded a $200 million contract to provide the U.S. Defense Department with artificial intelligence tools. The department announced the one-year contract on Monday, months after OpenAI said it would collaborate with defense technology startup Anduril to deploy advanced AI systems for "national security missions." "Under this award, the performer will develop prototype frontier AI capabil

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OpenAI wins $200 million U.S. defense contract

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2026-03-17 00:42:28

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Snowflake Summit in San Francisco on June 2, 2025. OpenAI has been awarded a $200 million contract to provide the U.S. Defense Department with artificial intelligence tools. The department announced the one-year contract on Monday, months after OpenAI said it would collaborate with defense technology startup Anduril to deploy advanced AI systems for "national security missions." "Under this award, the performer will develop prototype frontier AI capabil

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Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 adds new animation for the power button long-press gesture

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-17 04:50:26

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Android is getting several new animations as part of its Material 3 Expressive revamp. Google has started testing one of the upcoming animations in the latest Android 16 QPR1 beta release. It appears as a black overlay that expands from the screen borders when you long-press the power button. In addition to refreshed UI elements, Android’s new Material 3 Expressive design language is set to introduce some slick new animations. We gave you an early look at

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Hackers switch to targeting U.S. insurance companies

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-03-17 03:43:00

Threat intelligence researchers are warning of hackers breaching multiple U.S. companies in the insurance industry using all the tactics observed with Scattered Spider activity. Typically, the threat group has a sector-by-sector focus. Previously, they targeted retail organizations in the United Kingdom and then switched to targets in the same sector in the United States. “Google Threat Intelligence Group is now aware of multiple intrusions in the US which bear all the hallmarks of Scattered S

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New Anubis ransomware can encrypt and destroy data, making file recovery impossible

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2026-03-17 07:07:00

WTF?! Being affected by a dangerous ransomware operation is bad enough, but at least you might have a chance to recover your files somehow. A recently discovered ransomware strain is making things even trickier by offering a new wiping option that allows affiliate criminals to completely destroy data after encryption. Security researchers have discovered a new Ransomware-as-a-Service campaign with highly destructive potential. Anubis has only been around for a few months and fortunately, hasn't

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Google Adds Button to Generate Error-Laden AI Podcast About Your Search Results Instead of Just Reading Them Like a Functioning Member of Society

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-17 07:31:42

Google has released a baffling new AI feature that turns your web search into a podcast. Why anybody would want to enable the feature is unclear. Why be plagued by misleading and hallucinated AI Overviews search results when you can have a robotic voice read them out loud instead? Have we really lost the ability as a species to parse written information, nevermind original sources? The opt-in feature — which currently lives inside Google's experimental "Labs" section and has to be manually tur

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WhatsApp introduces ads in its app

news.ycombinator.com Eli Tan 2026-03-17 02:38:59

When Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014, the messaging app had a clear focus. No ads, no games and no gimmicks. For years, that is what WhatsApp’s two billion users — many of them in Brazil, India and other countries around the world — got. They chatted with friends and family unencumbered by advertising and other features found on social media. Now that is set to change. On Monday, WhatsApp said it would start showing ads inside its app for the first time. The promotions will a

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Show HN: Chawan TUI web browser

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-17 08:48:43

Version 0.2.0 of the Chawan TUI browser has been released. A tarball of the source tree is available here. Please refer to the README file for compilation instructions. A static binary distribution for amd64 Linux also exists. To install it, extract the archive somewhere and run make install as root. (To uninstall, run make uninstall .) The same distribution is also available as a .deb package. ## Information for package maintainers The current list of mandatory runtime dependencies is: li

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for June 17, #737

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-17 08:00:07

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle is a fun mix today. Disney fans, you'll ace a certain category. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have t

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 17, #267

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-17 08:00:09

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today's Connections: Sports Edition isn't too tough, but I found the purple category much easier than the blue one today. If you pay close attention to a certain winter Olympic sport, you might find the blue group simple. Need help? Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Editi

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Companies Warn SEC That Mass Deportations Pose Serious Business Risk

wired.com Caroline Haskins 2026-03-17 08:16:06

As the Trump administration executes an aggressive deportation campaign across the United States, a growing number of US companies warn that the crackdown could threaten their operations. Since January, more than 40 companies have mentioned the impact of deportations in filings to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, with many saying it could hurt the labor force, increase the risk of a recession, or create more economic uncertainty, according to 74 filings reviewed by WIRED. The impacted

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PlayStation doubles down on slow, "thoughtful" PC porting strategy

techspot.com Cal Jeffrey 2026-03-17 12:42:00

In a nutshell: Sony's PC porting strategy has been clear from the start. It is in no rush to follow Xbox's multiplatform strategy. It wants to preserve the value of the PlayStation 5 by making sure high-end exclusives like Spider-Man and God of War remain showcases for the console first – and only reach PC when the timing feels right. Sony Interactive Entertainment's Studio Business Group CEO Hermen Hulst says the company is continuing to take a "measured" approach to porting major first-party

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A Billionaire Just Died in the Most Bizarre Way You Can Possibly Imagine

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-17 09:20:58

Image by Getty / Futurism Developments An auto parts billionaire died last week after reportedly swallowing a bee and being stung by it internally. As The Telegraph reports, Indian industrialist Sunjay Kapur was playing polo during the Queen's Cup tournament in Windsor, England when, according to eyewitnesses on the scene, he man shouted "I swallowed something" before keeling over. Though his official cause of death hasn't been released, reporting from The Telegraph and The Mirror suggests th

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Justin Sun's Tron to go public through reverse merger in deal led by Trump-linked bank

cnbc.com Mackenzie Sigalos 2026-03-17 15:59:42

Justin Sun's crypto company Tron is set to hit the public market through a reverse merger with a manufacturer of custom toys and souvenirs for the world's biggest theme parks. SRM Entertainment , a Nasdaq-listed merchandise supplier that has licensing deals with Disney , Universal Studios (owned by CNBC parent NBC Universal) and SeaWorld, said on Monday that it will raise $100 million from a private investor to buy TRON tokens, and will issue preferred shares and warrants that value the deal at

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Show HN: Trieve CLI – Terminal-Based LLM Agent Loop with Search Tool for PDFs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-17 12:56:36

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