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Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in literature 2026

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Telnet BBS Guide

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Beauty in DVD Menus

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2027 Web Platform Feature Ranking

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Show HN: I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's education for 10 years

Ten years ago I was 19 and traveling through East Africa, and I spent a summer in Ibumila, a village in the Njombe highlands of Tanzania. There's no school in the village. The nearest one is a boarding school an hour away that costs a few hundred dollars a year, which is out of reach for most families there and was about two weeks of summer job money for me. The daughter of the family I stayed with, Anwarite, was 11. I offered to pay her fees and told myself I'd keep paying as long as she wanted...
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US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-08/us-suspends-visa-program-for-tech-firms-including-microsoft Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50006832 Points: 101 # Comments: 67
The Great Deadline Slide in Tech Privacy
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The Great Deadline Slide in Tech Privacy

AI privacy deadlines keep slipping while agents already shop, pay, and touch sensitive data across retail, finance and health.
The $0 Startup Or Building On Budget
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The $0 Startup Or Building On Budget

I quit my job to build an app with $0 in the bank. Here's what building, failing, and chasing virality during COVID actually taught me.
7 Best Cheap Phones (2026), Tested and Reviewed
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7 Best Cheap Phones (2026), Tested and Reviewed

There’s little reason to pay top dollar for a smartphone. These iPhones and Android devices—ranging from $100 to $800—stood up to WIRED’s testing.