Hacker News on Thursday, 26 March 2026

Stories posted this day, by points. Rank history starts with the October 2026 rebuild.

Screenshot of derekthompson.org: We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do

We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do (derekthompson.org)

826 points by mmcclure 7 months ago | 576 comments

Derek Thompson essay arguing that the spread of gambling and prediction markets in America will cause worse social harm than people expect.

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Screenshot of 9to5mac.com: Apple discontinues the Mac Pro

Apple discontinues the Mac Pro (9to5mac.com)

610 points by bentocorp 7 months ago | 571 comments

9to5Mac news article reporting that Apple has discontinued the Mac Pro and has no plans for future Mac Pro hardware.

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Screenshot of unterwaditzer.net: Moving from GitHub to Codeberg, for lazy people

Moving from GitHub to Codeberg, for lazy people (unterwaditzer.net)

589 points by jslakro 7 months ago | 301 comments

A blog post giving practical notes on migrating repositories, issues, and releases from GitHub to Codeberg with minimal effort.

codeberg github git-hosting migration

Screenshot of blog.hofstede.it: Shell Tricks That Make Life Easier (and Save Your Sanity)

Shell Tricks That Make Life Easier (and Save Your Sanity)(blog.hofstede.it)

564 points by zdw 7 months ago | 246 comments

A blog post sharing practical Unix shell tricks and keyboard shortcuts for bash and other shells to speed up everyday terminal work.

shell bash unix command-line

Screenshot of patrick-breyer.de: End of "Chat Control": EU parliament stops mass surveillance

End of "Chat Control": EU parliament stops mass surveillance (patrick-breyer.de)

537 points by amarcheschi 7 months ago | 261 comments

Patrick Breyer's blog post announcing that the European Parliament voted to stop the "Chat Control" mass message-scanning proposal, dated March 2026.

chat-control eu-parliament mass-surveillance privacy

Screenshot of bsky.app: European Parliament decided that Chat Control 1.0 must stop

European Parliament decided that Chat Control 1.0 must stop (bsky.app)

526 points by lemoncookiechip 7 months ago | 119 comments

Bluesky post by Tuta announcing the European Parliament voted that Chat Control 1.0 must stop, ending Big Tech scanning of private messages in the EU from April 6, 2026.

chat-control european-parliament eu-regulation privacy

Screenshot of github.com: $500 GPU outperforms Claude Sonnet on coding benchmarks

$500 GPU outperforms Claude Sonnet on coding benchmarks (github.com)

447 points by yogthos 7 months ago | 247 comments

GitHub repository for ATLAS (Adaptive Test-time Learning and Autonomous Specialization), a system for running local LLMs on consumer GPUs for coding tasks.

llm test-time-learning local-llm coding-benchmarks

Screenshot of futuresearch.ai: My minute-by-minute response to the LiteLLM malware attack

My minute-by-minute response to the LiteLLM malware attack (futuresearch.ai)

415 points by Fibonar 7 months ago | 153 comments

A FutureSearch engineer's blog post with the Claude Code transcript of discovering the compromised LiteLLM PyPI release and getting it quarantined.

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Screenshot of cnn.com: Judge blocks Pentagon effort to 'punish' Anthropic with supply chain risk label

Judge blocks Pentagon effort to 'punish' Anthropic with supply chain risk label (cnn.com)

335 points by prawn 7 months ago | 177 comments

CNN Business article reporting that a judge blocked the Pentagon from labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk, calling it an effort to punish the AI company.

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