2.28.26 | "We Will Not Be Divided," comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and OpenAI's deployment with Dept. of War on classified network

Hacker News Highlights · Feb 28, 2026 · 13m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 28, 2026.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:16) - We Will Not Be Divided

(01:30) - Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

(02:53) - OpenAI agrees with Dept. of War to deploy models in their classified network

(04:15) - A new California law says all operating systems need to have age verification

(05:55) - OpenAI raises $110B on $730B pre-money valuation

(07:37) - A better streams API is possible for JavaScript

(09:00) - Can you reverse…