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The $LANG Programming Language

This afternoon I wrote some tips on how to present a new* programming language to HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46608577 . It occurred to me that HN has a tradition of posts called "The {na...

14hHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

I started drinking at 14, and it became a dangerous habit for more than 55 years. I'm finally sober at 70.

From left: Barbara Face pictured as a teenager when she first started drinking, at the height of her alcoholism, and sober, as she is today. Courtesy of Barbara Face Barbara Face began drinking at 14 ...

1dBusiness InsiderHealthImpact

Anthropic says its buzzy new Claude Cowork tool was mostly built by AI — in less than 2 weeks

Anthropic's Claude Cowork AI tool, which has launched as a research preview this week. Anthropic Anthropic employees used Claude to build Cowork, its new agentic tool launched this week. The AI startu...

17hBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

As many as 15,000 feared dead in Iran as regime hunts Starlink devices, activist tells Euronews

Euronews spoke to Ilya Hashemi, a popular online activist whose Telegram channel is a source of reliable news from within Iran, who has been among the few during the ongoing protests to cover and rela...

4hEuronewsPoliticsImpact

Inside the rift between HGTV mother-daughter duo Mina Starsiak Hawk and Karen E. Laine, and where the 'Good Bones' stars stand now

Mina Starsiak Hawk and Karen E. Laine starred on "Good Bones." Courtesy of HGTV Mother-daughter duo Mina Starsiak Hawk and Karen E. Laine starred on HGTV's "Good Bones" together. Hawk ...

21hBusiness InsiderEntertainmentImpact

The 10 highest-grossing actors at the global box office

Zoe Saldaña doing a motion-capture performance to play Neytiri in "Avatar: Fire & Ash." Mark Fellman/20th Century Studios Stars like Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr., and Scarlett Johansson have ...

20hBusiness InsiderEntertainment

Hearing in Marine Le Pen appeal trial expected summer 2026

Marine Le Pen's presidential ambitions hang in the balance as the French far-right leader goes to court to appeal against an embezzlement conviction, which barred her from running for office for five ...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

US inflation held steady at 2.7% in December

Figure meets expectations but experts warn of distorted data...

1dFinancial Timeseconomics

Why the White House keeps shitposting

Screens at the White House display AI-modified videos of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) that were shared on social media by President...

15hThe VergePoliticsImpact

Goldman Sachs breaks down what the doomsayers get wrong about the US economy in 8 charts

Arturo Holmes/Getty Images In 2026 outlook, Goldman Sachs says US economic and stock market risks are overstated. The firm underscored US strength and projects continued growth. US stocks are in good ...

4hBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

Vance to meet Danish and Greenlandic officials in Washington on Wednesday

US Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to meet Denmark’s foreign minister and Greenland’s counterpart in Washington this Wednesday to discuss the Arctic island, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark,...

3hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Polymarket’s eye-watering brush with the 1958 Onion Futures Act

Peeling back the layers of the ambiguously-regulated US prediction market...

5hFinancial TimeseconomicsImpact

Anthropic wants you to use Claude to ‘Cowork’ in latest AI agent push

Anthropic wants to expand Claude's AI agent capabilities and take advantage of the growing hype around Claude Code - and it's doing it with a brand-new feature released Monday, dubbed "Claude Cowork."...

1dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Trump's sweeping proposals for credit cards and student debt could be a big deal for other lenders

Proposed policy changes could lead more consumers to turn to private or personal loans. Tatiana Maksimova/Getty Images New caps on student-loan borrowing could prompt more Americans to turn to private...

4hBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

IMF presses governments to step up support for workers displaced by AI

Analysis finds evidence of the technology hitting wages and employment in certain areas...

8hFinancial TimeseconomicsImpact

‘Welcome to hell’: Venezuela’s most notorious torture chamber

Families call for release of political prisoners at the brutal El Helicoide jail...

10hFinancial TimesPolitics

Show HN: Microwave – Native iOS app for videos on ATproto

Hi HN — I built Microwave, a native iOS app for browsing and posting short-form videos, similar to TikTok, but implemented as a pure client on top of Bluesky / AT Protocol. There’s no custom backend: ...

21hHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Luxury retail giant Saks files for bankruptcy

Saks Global, which owns the iconic Saks Fifth Avenue department store, has filed for bankruptcy. Jimin Kim / SOPA Images/Reuters Saks Global has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The luxury ...

9hBusiness Insidereconomics

Polymarket CEO takes a victory lap after prediction market correctly calls 26/28 Golden Globe winners

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan Kevin Winter/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images Polymarket partnered with the Golden Globes, showing viewers betting odds for each award category. Ultimately, Poly...

22hBusiness InsiderEntertainmentImpact

European ammunition maker gears up for €30bn IPO

Czechoslovak Group set to become one of Europe’s most valuable defence companies with Amsterdam listing...

22hFinancial TimeseconomicsImpact
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