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361. 5,300-year-old 'bow drill' rewrites story of ancient Egyptian tools
A new study reveals that Egyptians were using a mechanically sophisticated drilling tool far earlier than previously suggested.
362. The 'Little red dots' observed by Webb were direct-collapse black holes
363. Buying the Kinesis Advantage 360 keyboard was a mistake
Why this beast of a keyboard did not work for me and what I ended up using instead.
364. Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
Seamus Culleton has lived in US for two decades, married a citizen and runs a plastering business but faces deportation
365. Is AI the Paperclip?
Scale at all costs.
366. Speed dating firm scrambling after being dumped by payment provider
Rachel Brant was hoping 2026 would be a big year for her speed dating business, but a decision by Stripe to cut her off has left her scrambling for an alternative.
367. California (and the Rest of America) Can't Build Like USA's Corps of Engineers
The structural reasons states can't replicate their most effective infrastructure institution; and what they can do instead.
368. Big Food Is Killing Our Children
Government-backed dietary guidelines and corporate influence are driving a surge in childhood obesity. The consequences are catastrophic.
369. Software design is now cheap
370. OpenAI researcher quits over ChatGPT ads, warns of "Facebook" path
Zoë Hitzig resigned on the same day OpenAI began testing ads in its chatbot.
371. QFuture Loves C++ Coroutines
372. Big Tech groups race to fund unprecedented $660B AI spending spree
373. Why there is no official statement from Substack about the data leak
Substack said that customer data was accessed in October 2025 but wasn't discovered until early February.
374. The Scriptovision Super Micro Script video titler is almost a home computer
375. Modernizing my "150-line" Python search engine
A few years ago I wrote a full-text search engine in 150 lines of Python. The Wikipedia data source it relied on has since been discontinued, and the tooling around it was showing its age. I wanted to (finally) write a follow-up about semantic search, but I realized that I had to get the old repository in a working state first. It's now using Hugging Face (🤗) datasets, uv, ruff, pytest, and GitHub Actions, without touching the core search logic.
376. Caffeine content for coffee, tea, soda and more
Find out how much caffeine is in coffee, tea, soda and energy drinks. You may be getting more caffeine than you think you are.
377. Archive.today: Operator uses users for DDoS attack
The operator of Archive.today is unknowingly using visitors to their site for a DDoS attack. A Finnish blogger is affected.
378. Ask HN: Do provisional patents matter for early-stage startups?
379. It is incorrect to "normalize" // in HTTP URL paths
380. Toddlers expect ingroup loyalty to override personal prefs when outgroup present
381. Russia blocks Meta's WhatsApp messaging service, FT reports
382. Kagi Translate
Kagi Translate uses powerful AI models to instantly and accurately translate any content in any language.
383. Advogato
384. Claude add-on turns Google Calendar into malware courier
385. A "QuitGPT" campaign is urging people to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions
Backlash against ICE is fueling a broader movement against AI companies’ ties to President Trump.
386. $40B in Bitcoin Accidentally Given Away
387. CIA Erased the World Factbook with No Warning
For over half a century, the CIA's World Factbook has been one of the most quietly useful things the federal government has ever produced. A comprehensive, regularly updated, freely available reference on every country in the world—population stats, government structures, economic data, geography, the works. It was the kind of thing that made you think,…
388. TSMC to make advanced AI semiconductors in Japan
Taiwan’s TSMC, the world’s largest contract computer chip maker, has announced it will be manufacturing advanced 3-nanometer semiconductors in Japan to meet booming AI demand.
389. ICE Taps into School Security Cameras to Aid Trump's Immigration Crackdown
Police assisted federal immigration agents by repeatedly searching school cameras that record license plate numbers, data show.
390. Google AI Tools Start Blocking Disney-Related Prompts
Google appears to have backed down in its AI dispute with Disney. Disney issued Google with a cease and desist letter in December.