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1. Claude Design

   585 points • 398 comments • apr 17, 2026

2. Isaac Asimov: The Last Question (1956)

   510 points • 196 comments • apr 17, 2026

3. Ban the sale of precise geolocation

   433 points • 133 comments • apr 17, 2026

4. US Bill Mandates On-Device Age Verification

   368 points • 290 comments • apr 17, 2026

5. Claude Opus 4.7 costs 20–30% more per session

   364 points • 220 comments • apr 17, 2026

6. Ada, its design, and the language that built the languages

   224 points • 155 comments • apr 17, 2026

7. Discourse Is Not Going Closed Source

   200 points • 78 comments • apr 17, 2026

8. How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres' environmental toll

   164 points • 59 comments • apr 17, 2026

9. Bluesky has been dealing with a DDoS attack for nearly a full day

   151 points • 81 comments • apr 17, 2026

10. Middle schooler finds coin from Troy in Berlin

    148 points • 61 comments • apr 17, 2026