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Google has announced it will shut down its Custom Search API on January first, two thousand twenty seven, giving developers roughly nine months to find alternatives. For countless apps and tools that rely on it for web search functionality, that clock is already ticking, and the scramble for replacements is quietly underway.
Shifting from software to hardware, US lawmakers are pushing the Trump administration to tighten restrictions on Chinese memory chipmakers YMTC and CXMT. The timing is notable — memory prices are surging and supplies are tight, meaning the very companies that could ease that pressure for consumers and businesses may soon face tighter walls around their access to American markets.
And in a story that sounds stranger than it is, the USGS recorded a magnitude three point nine experimental explosion off the coast of Florida, roughly one hundred forty seven kilometers northeast of Ponce Inlet. The agency's own label of experimental suggests a controlled detonation of some kind, though details remain sparse and the Hacker News community is understandably curious.
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