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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:23) - Can I run AI locally?
• (01:34) - 1M context is now generally available for Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6
• (03:07) - Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock
• (04:29) - Show HN: Channel Surfer – Watch YouTube like it’s cable TV
• (05:43) - The Wyden Siren Goes Off Again: We’ll Be “Stunned” By What the NSA Is Doing
• (07:21) - Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effort falters
• (08:37) - Your phone is an entire computer
• (09:54) - Mouser: An open source alternative to Logi-Plus mouse software
• (11:17) - Hammerspoon
• (12:17) - Parallels confirms MacBook Neo can run Windows in a virtual machine
• (13:39) - Outro

1M context is now generally available for Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6
https://claude.com/blog/1m-context-ga
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47367129

Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/qatar-helium-shutdown-puts-chip-supply-chain-on-a-two-week-clock
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47363584

Show HN: Channel Surfer – Watch YouTube like it’s cable TV
https://channelsurfer.tv
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47336100

The Wyden Siren Goes Off Again: We’ll Be “Stunned” By What the NSA Is Doing
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/12/the-wyden-siren-goes-off-again-well-be-stunned-by-what-the-nsa-is-doing-under-section-702/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47366374

Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effort falters
https://www.ft.com/content/e5fbc6c2-d5a6-4b97-a105-6a96ea849de5
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47366666

Your phone is an entire computer
https://medhir.com/blog/your-phone-is-an-entire-computer
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47367568

Mouser: An open source alternative to Logi-Plus mouse software
https://github.com/TomBadash/MouseControl
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47368033

Hammerspoon
https://github.com/Hammerspoon/hammerspoon
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47367932

Parallels confirms MacBook Neo can run Windows in a virtual machine
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/13/macbook-neo-runs-windows-11-vm/

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