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We should have the ability to run any code we want on hardware we own

Cognitive load is what matters

Do the simplest thing that could possibly work

Updates to Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy

Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?

Indonesia is currently in chaos. Earlier today, the government blocked access to Twitter & Discord knowing news spread mainly through those channels. Usually we can use Cloudflare's WARP to avoid it, but just today they blocked the access as well. What alternative should we use?

Claude for Chrome

See also <a href="https://claude.ai/chrome" rel="nofollow">https://claude.ai/chrome</a>

We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

Also: <a href="https://deepmind.google/models/gemini/image/" rel="nofollow">https://deepmind.google/models/gemini/image/</a>, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/26/google-geminis-ai-image-model-gets-a-bananas-upgrade/" rel="nofollow">https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/26/google-geminis-ai-image-mo...</a>

Is 4chan the perfect Pirate Bay poster child to justify wider UK site-blocking?

Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android

Also <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/25/google-will-require-developer-verification-for-android-apps-outside-the-play-store/" rel="nofollow">https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/25/google-will-require-develo...</a> (from merged thread)<p>Official announcement 1: <a href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html" rel="nofollow">https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-...</a><p>Official announcement 2: <a href="https://developer.android.com/developer-verification" rel="nofollow">https://developer.android.com/developer-verification</a><p>Play Console Help: <a href="https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/16471116" rel="nofollow">https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answ...</a>

A German ISP changed their DNS to block my website

Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City

U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel

Go is still not good

Mark Zuckerberg freezes AI hiring amid bubble fears

Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel?

AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard'

AGENTS.md – Open format for guiding coding agents

Pixel 10 Phones

Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team