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421. How Civilizations Fall: A Theory of Catabolic Collapse (2005) [pdf]
422. Tell HN: Poshmark instantly leaked my email to scammers
423. Iran's state broadcaster IRIB was hacked to air a message from Reza Pahlavi
424. The "Bucket Bumping" problem of airline tickets, and how to minimise your fare
425. Baton Rouge Acquires a Straight-Up Military Surveillance Drone
The Baton Rouge Police Department announced this week that it will begin using a drone designed by military equipment manufacturer Lockheed Martin and Edge Autonomy, making it one of the first local police departments to use an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a history of primary use in foreign...
426. Letting Claude Play Text Adventures
Experiments in cognitive architecture.
427. Can You Disable Spotlight and Siri in macOS Tahoe?
If you don't want any of their services, you can turn Siri off in its settings, and disable indexing and search in Spotlight settings. Or you can use mdutil, if you know its limitations.
428. Trump tells Norway's PM he has no obligation to 'think purely of peace'
429. European Starlink competitor Eutelsat to launch more sattelites
430. U.S. carbon pollution rose in 2025, a reversal from prior years
U.S. emissions rose last year, new research says: The country spewed 2.4% more heat-trapping gases from the burning of fossil fuels in 2025 than in the year before.
431. DuckDuckGo is asking for a Yes or No vote on AI
Take a stand at VoteYesOrNoAI.com
432. Ask HN: How to make spamming us uncomfortable for LinkedIn and friends?
433. IMF warns global economic resilience at risk if AI falters
434. Building a MCP Client in Google Apps Script
Learn how to communicate with Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers using Apps Script and UrlFetchApp. Incorporate the MCP client into Vertex AI tool calling.
435. Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?
436. Russia Gloats over Greenland Tensions
The BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg analyses why pro-Russian government papers are full of praise for Donald Trump's desire to buy Greenland.
437. Just because Linus Torvalds vibe codes doesn't mean it's a good idea
438. Starlink updates Privacy Policy to allow AI model training with personal data
Starlink quietly enabled third-party AI model training on its customers' personal data by default. Fortunately, there's a way to opt out.