# News & Articles **URL:** https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=14 [Latest](https://onehack.st/latest.md) · [Categories](https://onehack.st/categories.md) · [Tags](https://onehack.st/tags.md) **Page:** 15 --- ## [Anthropic Paid $400M for a 9-Person Startup — The VC Made 38,513% Return](https://onehack.st/t/anthropic-paid-400m-for-a-9-person-startup-the-vc-made-38-513-return/320699)
**Author:** [@WhiteHat](https://onehack.st/u/WhiteHat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/anthropic-paid-400m-for-a-9-person-startup-the-vc-made-38-513-return/320699 "2026-04-04T13:43:50Z")
:dna: Anthropic Paid $400M for a 9-Person Startup — The VC Made 38,513% Return An 8-month-old company. No product. No revenue. Just ex-Genentech PhDs and the right pitch deck. $400 million in stock. Fewer than 10 emplo… --- ## [LibreOffice's Board Ejected 30+ Core Devs Who Wrote 70% of the Code](https://onehack.st/t/libreoffices-board-ejected-30-core-devs-who-wrote-70-of-the-code/320639)
**Author:** [@Shayla](https://onehack.st/u/Shayla)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/libreoffices-board-ejected-30-core-devs-who-wrote-70-of-the-code/320639 "2026-04-03T14:25:40Z")
:memo: LibreOffice’s Board Ejected 30+ Core Devs Who Wrote 70% of the Code The Document Foundation kicked out the people who actually build LibreOffice. The devs are still writing code. The board is still writing press r… --- ## [Espressif's $4 Chip Just Got Wi-Fi 6, Gigabit Ethernet, and 62 GPIOs](https://onehack.st/t/espressifs-4-chip-just-got-wi-fi-6-gigabit-ethernet-and-62-gpios/320636)
**Author:** [@Jenna](https://onehack.st/u/Jenna)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/espressifs-4-chip-just-got-wi-fi-6-gigabit-ethernet-and-62-gpios/320636 "2026-04-03T14:09:20Z")
:high\_voltage: Espressif’s $4 Chip Just Got Wi-Fi 6, Gigabit Ethernet, and 62 GPIOs The ESP32-S31 is the most connected microcontroller ever crammed onto a chip the size of your thumbnail. Dual-core RISC-V @ 320MHz. Wi… --- ## [Google Dropped 4 Open AI Models Under Apache 2.0 — One Runs on a Raspberry Pi](https://onehack.st/t/google-dropped-4-open-ai-models-under-apache-2-0-one-runs-on-a-raspberry-pi/320634)
**Author:** [@Parizaad](https://onehack.st/u/Parizaad)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-dropped-4-open-ai-models-under-apache-2-0-one-runs-on-a-raspberry-pi/320634 "2026-04-03T13:57:44Z")
:wrench: Google Dropped 4 Open AI Models Under Apache 2.0 — One Runs on a Raspberry Pi Honestly, Google just open-sourced the distilled brains of Gemini 3 and said “do whatever you want.” No user caps. No acceptable-use … --- ## [Samsung's Disk Utility Ships 150 PNGs of a Spinning Circle — And Takes 18 Steps to Uninstall](https://onehack.st/t/samsungs-disk-utility-ships-150-pngs-of-a-spinning-circle-and-takes-18-steps-to-uninstall/320633)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/samsungs-disk-utility-ships-150-pngs-of-a-spinning-circle-and-takes-18-steps-to-uninstall/320633 "2026-04-03T13:47:59Z")
:wrench: Samsung’s Disk Utility Ships 150 PNGs of a Spinning Circle — And Takes 18 Steps to Uninstall A trillion-dollar company ships Mac software with no uninstall button. A developer spends two Recovery Mode reboots de… --- ## [Your Mac Has a Secret AI Built In — Apple Hid It Behind Siri](https://onehack.st/t/your-mac-has-a-secret-ai-built-in-apple-hid-it-behind-siri/320632)
**Author:** [@WhiteHat](https://onehack.st/u/WhiteHat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/your-mac-has-a-secret-ai-built-in-apple-hid-it-behind-siri/320632 "2026-04-03T13:36:52Z")
:unlocked: Your Mac Has a Secret AI Built In — Apple Hid It Behind Siri Every Apple Silicon Mac ships with a 3-billion-parameter LLM. Apple locked it inside Siri. A one-line brew command just set it free. $0 per token.… --- ## [Sweden Spent $137M to Undo Its Own Digital Classroom Experiment](https://onehack.st/t/sweden-spent-137m-to-undo-its-own-digital-classroom-experiment/320609)
**Author:** [@Jenna](https://onehack.st/u/Jenna)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/sweden-spent-137m-to-undo-its-own-digital-classroom-experiment/320609 "2026-04-02T14:41:28Z")
:open\_book: Sweden Spent $137M to Undo Its Own Digital Classroom Experiment The country that went all-in on tablets for first-graders just admitted it was a mistake — and bought a mountain of textbooks instead $83M on … --- ## [AI Can Clone Any Open-Source Project in 90 Seconds — And GPL Can't Stop It](https://onehack.st/t/ai-can-clone-any-open-source-project-in-90-seconds-and-gpl-cant-stop-it/320608)
**Author:** [@Parizaad](https://onehack.st/u/Parizaad)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/ai-can-clone-any-open-source-project-in-90-seconds-and-gpl-cant-stop-it/320608 "2026-04-02T14:18:08Z")
:light\_bulb: AI Can Clone Any Open-Source Project in 90 Seconds — And GPL Can’t Stop It Two researchers just killed copyleft with a $50 AI service that legally strips attribution from any GitHub repo Dylan Ayrey and Mi… --- ## [OpenAI Spent $10M on a Fake Grassroots Coalition — And Nobody Knew Until Last Week](https://onehack.st/t/openai-spent-10m-on-a-fake-grassroots-coalition-and-nobody-knew-until-last-week/320607)
**Author:** [@WhiteHat](https://onehack.st/u/WhiteHat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/openai-spent-10m-on-a-fake-grassroots-coalition-and-nobody-knew-until-last-week/320607 "2026-04-02T14:02:35Z")
:magnifying\_glass\_tilted\_left: OpenAI Spent $10M on a Fake Grassroots Coalition — And Nobody Knew Until Last Week Sam Altman funded a “child safety” group pushing a law that would make his OTHER company money. Classic. … --- ## [8% Snowpack in Rio Grande — Scientists Call It "Shocking"](https://onehack.st/t/8-snowpack-in-rio-grande-scientists-call-it-shocking/320606)
**Author:** [@Sarah](https://onehack.st/u/Sarah)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/8-snowpack-in-rio-grande-scientists-call-it-shocking/320606 "2026-04-02T13:58:00Z")
:desert: 8% Snowpack in Rio Grande — Scientists Call It “Shocking” March heat fried the West’s winter water supply. 91% of stations below normal. California mountains bare. And nobody saw it coming this fast. The Great… --- ## [SpaceX Filed for a $1.75 Trillion IPO — The Biggest Stock Listing in Human History](https://onehack.st/t/spacex-filed-for-a-1-75-trillion-ipo-the-biggest-stock-listing-in-human-history/320605)
**Author:** [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/spacex-filed-for-a-1-75-trillion-ipo-the-biggest-stock-listing-in-human-history/320605 "2026-04-02T13:38:35Z")
:rocket: SpaceX Filed for a $1.75 Trillion IPO — The Biggest Stock Listing in Human History Elon Musk’s rocket company just quietly dropped the most insane IPO paperwork ever filed — and regular people might actually get… --- ## [Intellexa's Predator Spyware Hacked an Angolan Journalist via WhatsApp — Despite US Sanctions](https://onehack.st/t/intellexas-predator-spyware-hacked-an-angolan-journalist-via-whatsapp-despite-us-sanctions/320557)
**Author:** [@Jenna](https://onehack.st/u/Jenna)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/intellexas-predator-spyware-hacked-an-angolan-journalist-via-whatsapp-despite-us-sanctions/320557 "2026-04-01T14:42:00Z")
:magnifying\_glass\_tilted\_left: Intellexa’s Predator Spyware Hacked an Angolan Journalist via WhatsApp — Despite US Sanctions A sanctioned spyware vendor keeps selling. A journalist clicked one link. Amnesty found everyth… --- ## [Polestar Ditched Its China Factory — Now Every Car Ships From South Carolina](https://onehack.st/t/polestar-ditched-its-china-factory-now-every-car-ships-from-south-carolina/320556)
**Author:** [@Shayla](https://onehack.st/u/Shayla)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/polestar-ditched-its-china-factory-now-every-car-ships-from-south-carolina/320556 "2026-04-01T14:21:34Z")
:factory: Polestar Ditched Its China Factory — Now Every Car Ships From South Carolina A Swedish-Chinese EV startup just went full American manufacturing. The tariffs finally won. Polestar 3 production: 100% US. Chengd… --- ## [Oracle Axed 30,000 Workers by 6 AM Email — Stock Went Up 6%](https://onehack.st/t/oracle-axed-30-000-workers-by-6-am-email-stock-went-up-6/320553)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/oracle-axed-30-000-workers-by-6-am-email-stock-went-up-6/320553 "2026-04-01T14:05:28Z")
:police\_car\_light: Oracle Axed 30,000 Workers by 6 AM Email — Stock Went Up 6% A five-line email. No warning. No manager call. Just “your role has been eliminated” and a locked Slack account. Welcome to 2026 corporate Am… --- ## [Starlink Satellite 34343 Blew Up in Orbit — It's the Second One in 3 Months](https://onehack.st/t/starlink-satellite-34343-blew-up-in-orbit-its-the-second-one-in-3-months/320552)
**Author:** [@RoohNooh](https://onehack.st/u/RoohNooh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/starlink-satellite-34343-blew-up-in-orbit-its-the-second-one-in-3-months/320552 "2026-04-01T16:13:08Z")
:satellite: A SpaceX Satellite Just Blew Itself Up in Orbit — And Nobody Can Explain Why Starlink 34343 scattered “tens of objects” across low-Earth orbit on March 29. It was less than a year old. And it’s the second one… --- ## [Tim Draper Funded a Startup That Wants to Grow Your Backup Body — Without a Brain](https://onehack.st/t/tim-draper-funded-a-startup-that-wants-to-grow-your-backup-body-without-a-brain/320548)
**Author:** [@Hannah](https://onehack.st/u/Hannah)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tim-draper-funded-a-startup-that-wants-to-grow-your-backup-body-without-a-brain/320548 "2026-04-01T13:47:07Z")
:dna: Tim Draper Funded a Startup That Wants to Grow Your Backup Body — Without a Brain a Richmond, California startup has been quietly pitching billionaires on “brainless clones” — and no, this isn’t an April Fools joke … --- ## [Waterloo Physicists Say Big Bang Needs No Extra Ingredients — Just Better Math](https://onehack.st/t/waterloo-physicists-say-big-bang-needs-no-extra-ingredients-just-better-math/320452)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/waterloo-physicists-say-big-bang-needs-no-extra-ingredients-just-better-math/320452 "2026-03-31T14:23:49Z")
:microscope: Waterloo Physicists Say Big Bang Needs No Extra Ingredients — Just Better Math Quadratic quantum gravity framework explains rapid early expansion using only Einstein’s theory — no exotic fields required Un… --- ## [BCG Says 'AI Brain Fry' Hits 14% of Workers — 4+ Tools Tanks Productivity](https://onehack.st/t/bcg-says-ai-brain-fry-hits-14-of-workers-4-tools-tanks-productivity/320451)
**Author:** [@Margaret](https://onehack.st/u/Margaret)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/bcg-says-ai-brain-fry-hits-14-of-workers-4-tools-tanks-productivity/320451 "2026-03-31T14:04:03Z")
:brain: BCG Says ‘AI Brain Fry’ Hits 14% of Workers — 4+ Tools Tanks Productivity Honestly, the machines were supposed to do the work. Instead you’re babysitting 6 chatbots and your dopamine is shot by lunch. A new BCG… --- ## [OkCupid Gave 3 Million User Photos to a Facial Recognition Company — The FTC Fined Them $0](https://onehack.st/t/okcupid-gave-3-million-user-photos-to-a-facial-recognition-company-the-ftc-fined-them-0/320450)
**Author:** [@Hannah](https://onehack.st/u/Hannah)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/okcupid-gave-3-million-user-photos-to-a-facial-recognition-company-the-ftc-fined-them-0/320450 "2026-03-31T13:47:11Z")
:magnifying\_glass\_tilted\_left: OkCupid Gave 3 Million User Photos to a Facial Recognition Company — The FTC Fined Them $0 your dating profile pics are training an AI to recognize faces and there’s literally nothing you c… --- ## [Lab Gloves Shed 2,000 Fake Microplastics Per mm² — Every Study You've Read Might Be Wrong](https://onehack.st/t/lab-gloves-shed-2-000-fake-microplastics-per-mm-every-study-youve-read-might-be-wrong/320449)
**Author:** [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/lab-gloves-shed-2-000-fake-microplastics-per-mm-every-study-youve-read-might-be-wrong/320449 "2026-03-31T13:40:33Z")
:microscope: Lab Gloves Shed 2,000 Fake Microplastics Per mm² — Every Study You’ve Read Might Be Wrong The scientists studying plastic pollution were accidentally creating it. With their gloves. University of Michigan … --- ## [Raytheon Burned $8 Billion on GPS Software That Still Doesn't Work After 16 Years](https://onehack.st/t/raytheon-burned-8-billion-on-gps-software-that-still-doesnt-work-after-16-years/320448)
**Author:** [@Jenna](https://onehack.st/u/Jenna)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/raytheon-burned-8-billion-on-gps-software-that-still-doesnt-work-after-16-years/320448 "2026-03-31T13:33:51Z")
:satellite: Raytheon Burned $8 Billion on GPS Software That Still Doesn’t Work After 16 Years The Pentagon hired one contractor in 2010 to upgrade GPS ground control. Sixteen years, three restructurings, and $8 billion l… --- ## [TU Wien Etched a QR Code Smaller Than Bacteria — It Can Store 2TB on One Sheet of Paper](https://onehack.st/t/tu-wien-etched-a-qr-code-smaller-than-bacteria-it-can-store-2tb-on-one-sheet-of-paper/320407)
**Author:** [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tu-wien-etched-a-qr-code-smaller-than-bacteria-it-can-store-2tb-on-one-sheet-of-paper/320407 "2026-03-30T14:09:32Z")
:microscope: TU Wien Etched a QR Code Smaller Than Bacteria — It Can Store 2TB on One Sheet of Paper vienna scientists just made your entire hard drive fit on a sticky note. well, a really fancy ceramic sticky note that … --- ## [AES Built a Robot That Installs Solar Panels 2x Faster — 100 MW Down, 1 GW to Go](https://onehack.st/t/aes-built-a-robot-that-installs-solar-panels-2x-faster-100-mw-down-1-gw-to-go/320406)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/aes-built-a-robot-that-installs-solar-panels-2x-faster-100-mw-down-1-gw-to-go/320406 "2026-03-30T13:57:33Z")
:high\_voltage: AES Built a Robot That Installs Solar Panels 2x Faster — 100 MW Down, 1 GW to Go a trillion-watt industry can’t find enough humans, so they built a metal one that doesn’t need water breaks Four robots. 1… --- ## [Rivian Threatened a Ballot Measure — Car Dealers Folded in 3 Months](https://onehack.st/t/rivian-threatened-a-ballot-measure-car-dealers-folded-in-3-months/320405)
**Author:** [@Ze380y](https://onehack.st/u/Ze380y)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/rivian-threatened-a-ballot-measure-car-dealers-folded-in-3-months/320405 "2026-03-30T13:44:55Z")
:automobile: Rivian Threatened a Ballot Measure — Car Dealers Folded in 3 Months the entire car dealership model just got ratio’d by a company that sells trucks with flashlight modes 70% of Washington voters wanted to … --- ## [60% of Open Source Devs Work for Free — Now One Guy Wants Big Tech to Pay Up](https://onehack.st/t/60-of-open-source-devs-work-for-free-now-one-guy-wants-big-tech-to-pay-up/320404)
**Author:** [@Parizaad](https://onehack.st/u/Parizaad)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/60-of-open-source-devs-work-for-free-now-one-guy-wants-big-tech-to-pay-up/320404 "2026-03-30T13:40:24Z")
:money\_bag: 60% of Open Source Devs Work for Free — Now One Guy Wants Big Tech to Pay Up The people building the software that runs the entire internet are getting paid less than McDonald’s workers. And someone finally s… --- ## [A Jury Just Called Instagram a 'Digital Casino' — Meta Owes $381M and 2,000 Lawsuits Are Next](https://onehack.st/t/a-jury-just-called-instagram-a-digital-casino-meta-owes-381m-and-2-000-lawsuits-are-next/320403)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/a-jury-just-called-instagram-a-digital-casino-meta-owes-381m-and-2-000-lawsuits-are-next/320403 "2026-03-30T13:35:39Z")
:balance\_scale: A Jury Just Called Instagram a ‘Digital Casino’ — And Meta’s $381M Bill Is Only the Beginning A California jury said the quiet part out loud: your infinite scroll is a slot machine, and Mark Zuckerberg kn… --- ## [Oregon Treated 5,935 People With Magic Mushrooms in 2025 — FDA Approval Could Come by 2027](https://onehack.st/t/oregon-treated-5-935-people-with-magic-mushrooms-in-2025-fda-approval-could-come-by-2027/320373)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/oregon-treated-5-935-people-with-magic-mushrooms-in-2025-fda-approval-could-come-by-2027/320373 "2026-03-29T13:51:41Z")
:mushroom: Oregon Treated 5,935 People With Magic Mushrooms in 2025 — FDA Approval Could Come by 2027 Three states now have legal psilocybin programs, a pharma company just hit both Phase 3 endpoints, and your grandmothe… --- ## [Bell Labs Spent $7B/Year and Won 11 Nobels — Here's the Exact Formula They Used](https://onehack.st/t/bell-labs-spent-7b-year-and-won-11-nobels-heres-the-exact-formula-they-used/320372)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/bell-labs-spent-7b-year-and-won-11-nobels-heres-the-exact-formula-they-used/320372 "2026-03-29T13:46:40Z")
:microscope: Bell Labs Spent $7B/Year and Won 11 Nobels — Here’s the Exact Formula They Used A new Wall Street Journal deep dive dissects why one lab in New Jersey produced the transistor, Unix, C, cell networks, and the… --- ## [IBM's Quantum Computer Matched Real Lab Data for the First Time — Here's Why That Actually Matters](https://onehack.st/t/ibms-quantum-computer-matched-real-lab-data-for-the-first-time-heres-why-that-actually-matters/320371)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/ibms-quantum-computer-matched-real-lab-data-for-the-first-time-heres-why-that-actually-matters/320371 "2026-03-29T13:42:39Z")
:microscope: IBM’s Quantum Computer Matched Real Lab Data for the First Time — Here’s Why That Actually Matters A quantum processor just reproduced actual neutron scattering measurements from a real magnetic crystal. Not… --- ## [Systemd Got a Birthday Field — And the Linux Community Lost Its Mind](https://onehack.st/t/systemd-got-a-birthday-field-and-the-linux-community-lost-its-mind/320370)
**Author:** [@Margaret](https://onehack.st/u/Margaret)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/systemd-got-a-birthday-field-and-the-linux-community-lost-its-mind/320370 "2026-03-29T13:38:15Z")
:penguin: Systemd Got a Birthday Field — And the Linux Community Lost Its Mind One optional text field. Death threats, doxxing, fake pizza deliveries, and a fork war. Welcome to open source in 2026. A single optional b… [Previous page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=13) [Next page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=15)