Episode Details

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Mar 3, 2026.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:19) - Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns
• (01:09) - “Microslop” filtered in the official Microsoft Copilot Discord server
• (02:35) - British Columbia is permanently adopting daylight time
• (04:01) - Show HN: I built a sub-500ms latency voice agent from scratch
• (05:22) - New iPad Air, powered by M4
• (06:45) - Inside the M4 Apple Neural Engine, Part 1: Reverse Engineering
• (08:08) - Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes
• (09:43) - First in-utero stem cell therapy for fetal spina bifida repair is safe: study
• (10:44) - iPhone 17e
• (12:06) - Show HN: Govbase – Follow a bill from source text to news bias to social posts
• (13:14) - Outro

Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns
https://www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/metas-ai-smart-glasses-and-data-privacy-concerns-workers-say-we-see-everything
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47225130

“Microslop” filtered in the official Microsoft Copilot Discord server
https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/03/02/microsoft-gets-tired-of-microslop-bans-the-word-on-its-discord-then-locks-the-server-after-backlash/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47216047

British Columbia is permanently adopting daylight time
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-adopting-year-round-daylight-time-9.7111657
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47223620

Show HN: I built a sub-500ms latency voice agent from scratch
https://www.ntik.me/posts/voice-agent
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47224295

New iPad Air, powered by M4
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-introduces-the-new-ipad-air-powered-by-m4/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47218175

Inside the M4 Apple Neural Engine, Part 1: Reverse Engineering
https://maderix.substack.com/p/inside-the-m4-apple-neural-engine
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47208573

Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ars-technica-fires-reporter-ai-quotes
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47226608

First in-utero stem cell therapy for fetal spina bifida repair is safe: study
https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/first-ever-in-utero-stem-cell-therapy-for-fetal-spina-bifida-repair-is-safe-study-finds/2026/02