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Hacker News - Mon, 02/16/2026 - 9:43am
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Android 17 Beta Strengthens Secure-by-Default Design for Privacy and App Security

Security Week - Mon, 02/16/2026 - 8:50am

The latest Android version continues to improve security and privacy, according to its developers.

The post Android 17 Beta Strengthens Secure-by-Default Design for Privacy and App Security appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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CISA Navigates DHS Shutdown With Reduced Staff

Security Week - Mon, 02/16/2026 - 8:49am

CISA is currently operating at roughly 38% capacity (888 out of 2,341 staff) due to the DHS shutdown that began February 14, 2026.

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Show HN: Kai – A Telegram bot that turns Claude Code into a personal dev asst

Hacker News - Mon, 02/16/2026 - 8:47am

I built Kai because I wanted Claude Code's full capabilities - shell access, file editing, git, web search - available from my phone, without being tied to a terminal.

Kai is a Telegram bot that wraps a persistent Claude Code process. You send messages in Telegram, and Claude responds with full tool access: it can read and edit files, run commands, manage git branches, search the web, and work across multiple projects. Responses stream back in real time. Everything runs on your own machine.

*How I actually use it:* I point Kai at a project workspace and use it as a dev assistant. It has the full context of whatever repo it's looking at - it can read and write code, check git status, run tests, make commits. Switching between projects is a Telegram command. I can be away from my desk and tell it "fix the failing CI on the web repo" or "add input validation to the signup form" and it just does it.

*Background:* I originally ran an instance of an open-source bot framework, but shut it down after a few days due to security concerns. I rebuilt from scratch on top of Claude Code's CLI, which handles sandboxing and tool execution properly.

*No AI API keys required:* Kai doesn't call the Anthropic API directly - it wraps a logged-in Claude Code session, so there are no API keys to manage and no per-token costs beyond your existing Claude Code subscription. The original design eliminated all API keys after security problems with another bot framework that managed them insecurely. Now that Kai runs on a trustworthy local foundation, optional service integrations are safe.

*Privacy angle:* Kai runs locally - on a Mac mini in my case. Conversations, credentials, and project files never leave the machine. There's no server component, no cloud relay. Your Telegram messages go to your machine, and Claude Code handles the rest through Anthropic's API directly.

*External services without MCP:* Kai has a declarative HTTP service layer for connecting to any REST API. You define services in a YAML config - URL, method, auth type - and Kai makes the HTTP calls directly. No plugins, no third-party server processes, no executable code. API keys stay in your `.env` and are never touched by intermediary code. Ships with a Perplexity config for web search, but the same pattern works for weather APIs, notification services (Pushover, ntfy), home automation, translation, or anything else with a REST endpoint. Entirely optional - Kai works fine without it.

*Some things it can do:*

- Connect to external REST APIs via declarative config (search, weather, notifications, etc.) - Transcribe voice messages locally (whisper.cpp) and respond with voice (Piper TTS) - Run scheduled jobs and reminders - Receive GitHub webhooks (push, PR, issue notifications) - Stream responses in real time (message updates every 2s) - Switch between workspaces and models via Telegram commands

It's a single Python package, about 1700 lines across 11 modules. Runs as a launchd/systemd service. Setup is: clone, pip install, set two env vars (Telegram token + your user ID), and `make run`.

Repo: https://github.com/dcellison/kai

Happy to answer any questions about the setup or architecture.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47034875

Points: 1

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Atom – Hydrogen Quantum Orbital Visualizer

Hacker News - Mon, 02/16/2026 - 8:44am

Article URL: https://www.kavang.com/atom

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47034853

Points: 1

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Ask HN: What happens after the AI bubble bursts?

Hacker News - Mon, 02/16/2026 - 8:44am

I keep hearing we’re in an AI bubble, but I’m struggling to visualize the day after scenario.

If the bubble pops (meaning these massive compute costs never turn into actual profits and the VC money dries up) what does the tech landscape look like?

A lot of us use Copilot, Claude, or ChatGPT daily for coding and docs. If the subsidized cheap access vanishes because these companies can't eat the losses anymore, do the tools just disappear? Because if a tool like Claude Code (or any other LLM) suddenly cost $1,000 a month to reflect what it actually costs to run, would people keep paying for it out of pocket? Would their companies?

I’m especially curious to hear from anyone who lived through 2000 or 2008. Does a postbubble world mean we just abandon the tech entirely or is it a move toward expensive solutions?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47034849

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

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The NotebookLM Tutorial

Hacker News - Mon, 02/16/2026 - 8:43am
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Twitter(X) Is Down

Hacker News - Mon, 02/16/2026 - 8:42am

https://downdetector.com/status/twitter/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47034823

Points: 12

# Comments: 4

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Show HN: Out Plane – Deploy any app in 60s with per-second pricing

Hacker News - Mon, 02/16/2026 - 8:38am

Hey HN,

I've been working on Out Plane for about 3 months. It's a PaaS that does one thing: gets your code to production as fast as possible, and charges you only for the seconds it actually runs.

The problem I kept hitting: I'd finish a side project, then spend hours on Dockerfiles, nginx reverse proxies, SSL certs, CI/CD pipelines. The deploy took longer than building the app.

How it works: - Connect GitHub repo - We auto-detect your stack or you can use Dockerfile (Node, Python, Go, Ruby, etc.) — no Dockerfile needed - Deploy in ~60 seconds - Built-in monitoring (metrics, logs) - Managed PostgreSQL & Redis provisioned in seconds - Scale to zero when idle (side project not getting traffic = $0) - Per-second billing — not per hour, not monthly. Seconds.

What's different from Railway/Render/Fly.io: mostly the pricing model. I deployed the same Next.js+Postgres app on 6 platforms — Outplane was $2.40/mo vs $12-47/mo on others.

Where it's still rough: docs need work, CLI tool isn't out yet, community is small (about 100 users). I'm a solo founder so things move at human speed.

$20 free credit to try, no credit card. Would appreciate honest feedback — especially if something breaks or confuses you.

Happy to answer any technical questions about the architecture.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47034785

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

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Stages of Denial

Hacker News - Mon, 02/16/2026 - 8:36am

Article URL: https://nsl.com/papers/denial.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47034769

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

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