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Sabotaging projects by overthinking, scope creep, and structural diffing

Article URL: https://kevinlynagh.com/newsletter/2026_04_overthinking/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47890799

Points: 4

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I don’t think Gwyneth Paltrow knows what a peptide is

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. These days, it seems I cannot escape peptides. Online, I've been assaulted by videos of shirtless Chads injecting […]

Musk vs. Altman is here, and it’s going to get messy

Elon Musk cofounded OpenAI, and then flounced off in a huff when he wasn't anointed CEO, leaving Sam Altman as the last power-hungry man standing. Now, Musk is back with a lawsuit, and a trial is scheduled to start in Oakland, California, on April 27th. Theoretically, it's a legal case about whether OpenAI defrauded Musk. […]

Another spyware maker caught distributing fake Android snooping apps

Researchers have found a new case where government authorities used a fake Android app to plant spyware on a target’s phone. The company that allegedly developed the spyware was not previously known to sell this type of software.

Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga joins stacked StrictlyVC SF lineup for April 30 event

Surprise! StrictlyVC San Francisco, which will kick off this year’s events lineup for TechCrunch on April 30 at the Sentro Filipino Cultural Center, is getting a new addition to its increasingly stacked lineup of speakers. Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga will join the rest of the lineup to discuss operating at scale in the age of AI.

Linux 7.1 Removes Drivers for Bus Mouse Support

Article URL: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Input

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47890365

Points: 5

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Nothing introduces an AI-powered dictation tool

Nothing's new on-device dictation tool supports over 100 languages.

The pope moves to police AI

Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2026/04/24/catholics-pope-vatican-artificial-intelligence

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47890094

Points: 12

# Comments: 1

DeepSeek previews new AI model that ‘closes the gap’ with frontier models

DeepSeek says both models are more efficient and performant than DeepSeek V3.2 due to architectural improvements, and have almost "closed the gap" with current leading models, both open and closed, on reasoning benchmarks.

Dyson PencilVac Review (2026): Limited but Handy

Dyson’s newest stick vacuum has a fresh, streamlined look and some limitations. But I still keep reaching for it.