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We tested popular carbon monoxide detectors in our lab to determine which models have the best response times across different CO concentrations.

Hard disks and magnetic tape have a limited lifespan, but glass storage developed by Microsoft could last millennia

Some cultures used stone, others used parchment. Some even, for a time, used floppy disks. Now scientists have come up with a new way to keep archived data safe that, they say, could endure for millennia: laser-writing in glass.

From personal photos that are kept for a lifetime to business documents, medical information, data for scientific research, national records and heritage data, there is no shortage of information that needs to be preserved for very long periods of time.

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People of Note blends musical performance, rhythm and turn-based combat in one of the most creative games coming in 2026.

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/arts/television/stephen-colbert-cbs-statement.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062179

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The malware has been preinstalled on many devices but it has also been distributed through Google Play and other app stores.

The post New Keenadu Android Malware Found on Thousands of Devices appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Article URL: https://eidel.io/the-ricoh-printing-experience/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062150

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AI agents call tools autonomously, but some calls (delete_db, reset_state) shouldn't run unchecked.

agentpriv is a tiny permission layer: wrap any callable with allow/deny/ask and it gates execution before the function runs.

Zero dependencies, ~100 lines, works with any framework or plain Python. Happy to hear what's missing.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062146

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Article URL: https://ariatatrezvalthazar.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-ozempic-effect-how-mcdonalds-is.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062142

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Article URL: https://ylan.segal-family.com/blog/2026/02/17/ive-disallowed-llms/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062128

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Article URL: https://liveblocks.io/blog/open-sourcing-the-liveblocks-sync-engine-and-dev-server

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062123

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Article URL: https://neutree.ai/projects/openapi-to-skills

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062115

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Hey HN,

API Direct is a single REST API that lets you search posts and comments across LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, and forums.

Every endpoint returns the same JSON structure (title, url, date, author, snippet), so you don't need to write normalization logic for each platform.

Pricing is pay-per-request starting at $0.003. No monthly fees. 50 free requests per endpoint per month to try it out with no card required.

Technical details:

- Consistent query parameters across endpoints (query, sort_by, page) - Pagination support - Concurrency limit of 3 simultaneous requests per endpoint - Spending caps you can set in the dashboard

I built this mainly for developers who need social data for things like brand monitoring, lead gen, market research, or feeding context into LLMs/agents without subscribing to an enterprise platform.

Would appreciate any feedback on the API, pricing, or what you'd want to see added. I'm sure there are lots of other platforms that I can add.

Josh

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062113

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I’ve just released VectorNest — an open-source, browser-based SVG editor.

If you have an SVG and need quick edits (paths, alignment, small fixes, animations, LLM assistance) without installing software, this is for you.

Try the demo: https://ekrsulov.github.io/vectornest/ GitHub repo: https://github.com/ekrsulov/vectornest

Feedback, issues and contributions are welcome.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062096

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Article URL: https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/roblox-reddit-and-discord-users-compelled-to-use-biometric-id-system-backed-by-palantir-co-founder-peter-thiel/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062084

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Article URL: https://enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1751-7915.70267

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062073

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Article URL: https://nik.art/what-cooking-tells-us-about-ai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062067

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Article URL: https://github.com/brainless/dwata/blob/feature/reverse-template-based-financial-data-extraction/docs/05-blog-financial-email-extraction.md

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062056

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Article URL: https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-fda-removes-autism-treatments-warning

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062042

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Updated an old CodePlex tool (2008) that adds "Assembly Information" to Windows Explorer's right-click menu for DLLs/EXEs.

Shows: Compilation mode (Debug/Release), target framework, PE architecture, dependency tree (clickable).

Implementation: Uses MetadataLoadContext instead of Assembly.Load, so it reads metadata without executing code. Works across all .NET versions (Framework 2.0 through .NET 8+). C++ ATL/COM shell extension for Explorer integration.

Safe for inspecting untrusted assemblies since it never loads them into the runtime.

History: Originally by rockrotem & Ashutosh Bhawasinka (2008-2012, CodePlex), migrated to GitHub by Jozef Izso (2014).

Handy when you're debugging dependency issues or stuck in DLL hell.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062036

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