Tesla registrations crash 17% in Europe as BEV market surges 14%
New data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) confirms that Tesla registered just 8,075 vehicles across the EU, EFTA, and UK in January 2026, a 17% decline from the same month last year. The drop is particularly damaging because January 2025 was already a weak month for Tesla, during the production transition to the […]
OpenAI, the US government and Persona built an identity surveillance machine
ADDENDUM — february 18, 2026 we are in direct written correspondence with persona’s CEO, rick song. he has been responsive and engaged in good faith. rick has committed to answering the 18 questions in 0x14 in writing. all correspondence will be published in full as part 2 of this series. the core findings, including openai-watchlistdb.withpersona.com […]
Nearby Glasses
attempting to detect smart glasses nearby and warn you. The app, called Nearby Glasses, has one sole purpose: Look for smart glasses nearby and warn you. This app notifies you when smart glasses are nearby. It uses company identificators in the Bluetooth data sent out by these. Therefore, there likely are false positives (e.g. from […]
Open Letter to Google on Mandatory Developer Registration for App Distribution
Date: February 24, 2026 To: Sundar Pichai, Chief Executive Officer, Google To: Sergey Brin, Founder and Board Member, Google To: Larry Page, Founder and Board Member, Google To: Vijaya Kaza, General Manager for App & Ecosystem Trust, Google CC: Regulatory authorities, policymakers, and the Android developer community Re: Mandatory Developer Registration for Android App Distribution We, the undersigned organizations representing civil […]
I’m helping my dog vibe code games
For the past few weeks I’ve been teaching my 9-pound cavapoo Momo (cavalier king charles spaniel and toy poodle) to vibe code games. The key to making this work is telling Claude Code that a genius game designer who only speaks in cryptic riddles is giving it instructions, add strong guardrails, and build plenty of […]
Verge (YC S15) Is Hiring a Director of Computational Biology and AI Scientists/Eng
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Kansai Airport has never lost a baggage in the 30 years since it opened (2024)
The Yomiuri ShimbunA staff member handles a suitcase in a cargo handling area at the Kansai Airport. The Yomiuri Shimbun 10:40 JST, December 28, 2024 IZUMI-SANO, Osaka — Kansai Airport is proud to have never had a lost baggage incident in the 30 years since it opened in 1994, earning recognition as the airport with the […]
Stripe valued at $159B, 2025 annual letter
Businesses running on Stripe generated $1.9 trillion in total volume, up 34% from 2024, and equivalent to roughly 1.6% of global GDP. Beyond payments, Stripe’s Revenue suite is on track to hit an annual run rate of $1 billion this year. Stripe powers 90% of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and 80% of the Nasdaq […]
I Pitched a Roller Coaster to Disneyland at Age 10 in 1978
In 1978, for my 10th birthday, I went to Disneyland and got to ride a new roller coaster called Space Mountain. It figuratively and literally took my breath away. I loved every second of it and that night, I couldn’t fall asleep; I just kept thinking about how exhilarating it was. Then, a wild thought […]
Show HN: SNKV – SQLite’s B-tree as a key-value store (C/C++ and Python bindings)
What is SNKV? SNKV is a lightweight, ACID-compliant embedded key-value store built directly on SQLite’s B-Tree storage engine — without SQL. The idea: bypass the SQL layer entirely and talk directly to SQLite’s storage engine. No SQL parser. No query planner. No virtual machine. Just a clean KV API on top of a proven, battle-tested […]