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Stephen Hawking has died
Stephen Hawking has died — submitted by Cogito, currently 6015 points and 436 comments on Hacker News, linking to bbc.com.
6k questions
A Message to Our Customers
A Message to Our Customers — submitted by epaga, currently 5771 points and 967 comments on Hacker News, linking to apple.com.
5.8k questions
OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman
OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman — submitted by davidbarker, currently 5710 points and 2530 comments on Hacker News, linking to openai.com.
5.7k questions
Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server compromise
Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server compromise — submitted by rkta, currently 4549 points and 1849 comments on Hacker News, linking to openwall.com.
4.5k questions
CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops — submitted by BLKNSLVR, currently 4489 points and 3859 comments on Hacker News, linking to old.reddit.com.
4.5k questions
Steve Jobs has passed away.
Steve Jobs has passed away. — submitted by patricktomas, currently 4338 points and 363 comments on Hacker News, linking to apple.com.
4.3k questions
Bram Moolenaar has died
Bram Moolenaar has died — submitted by wufocaculura, currently 4310 points and 428 comments on Hacker News, linking to groups.google.com.
4.3k questions
Mechanical Watch
Mechanical Watch — submitted by todsacerdoti, currently 4298 points and 413 comments on Hacker News, linking to ciechanow.ski.
4.3k questions
YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA
YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA — submitted by phantop, currently 4240 points and 1443 comments on Hacker News, linking to github.com.
4.2k questions
Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans
Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans — submitted by usefulposter, currently 4229 points and 1668 comments on Hacker News, linking to news.ycombinator.com.
4.2k questions
Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber
Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber — submitted by grey-area, currently 4107 points and 1013 comments on Hacker News, linking to susanjfowler.com.
4.1k questions
Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf]
Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] — submitted by pdoconnell, currently 4103 points and 932 comments on Hacker News, linking to supremecourt.gov.
4.1k questions
GPT-4
GPT-4 — submitted by e0m, currently 4091 points and 2507 comments on Hacker News, linking to openai.com.
4.1k questions
Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project
Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project — submitted by raxod502, currently 4022 points and 1274 comments on Hacker News, linking to intuitiveexplanations.com.
4k questions
How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70%
How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70% — submitted by kuroguro, currently 3883 points and 699 comments on Hacker News, linking to nee.lv.
3.9k questions
Bye, Amazon
Bye, Amazon — submitted by grey-area, currently 3816 points and 1097 comments on Hacker News, linking to tbray.org.
3.8k questions
Kevin Mitnick has died
Kevin Mitnick has died — submitted by thirtyseven, currently 3699 points and 613 comments on Hacker News, linking to dignitymemorial.com.
3.7k questions
Sora: Creating video from text
Sora: Creating video from text — submitted by davidbarker, currently 3647 points and 2231 comments on Hacker News, linking to openai.com.
3.6k questions
Google Search Is Dying
Google Search Is Dying — submitted by dbrereton, currently 3636 points and 1561 comments on Hacker News, linking to dkb.io.
3.6k questions
Every Google result now looks like an ad
Every Google result now looks like an ad — submitted by cmod, currently 3592 points and 972 comments on Hacker News, linking to twitter.com.
3.6k questions
Show HN: This up votes itself
Show HN: This up votes itself — submitted by olalonde, currently 3531 points and 82 comments on Hacker News, linking to news.ycombinator.com.
3.5k questions
Ghostty is leaving GitHub
Ghostty is leaving GitHub — submitted by WadeGrimridge, currently 3521 points and 1051 comments on Hacker News, linking to mitchellh.com.
3.5k questions
A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes modern web design
A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes modern web design — submitted by Funes-, currently 3441 points and 717 comments on Hacker News, linking to search.marginalia.nu.
3.4k questions
Apollo will close down on June 30th
Apollo will close down on June 30th — submitted by timf, currently 3421 points and 1609 comments on Hacker News, linking to old.reddit.com.
3.4k questions
Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year
Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year — submitted by JustSkyfall, currently 3406 points and 1470 comments on Hacker News, linking to mahadk.com.
3.4k questions
My First Impressions of Web3
My First Impressions of Web3 — submitted by natdempk, currently 3393 points and 1127 comments on Hacker News, linking to moxie.org.
3.4k questions
Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of IoT security updates
Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of IoT security updates — submitted by SimingtonFCC, currently 3387 points and 925 comments on Hacker News.
3.4k questions
F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules
F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules — submitted by panny, currently 3384 points and 1431 comments on Hacker News, linking to nytimes.com.
3.4k questions
Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first”
Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” — submitted by simonw, currently 3363 points and 1673 comments on Hacker News, linking to simonwillison.net.
3.4k questions
GitHub, fuck your name change
GitHub, fuck your name change — submitted by leontrolski, currently 3353 points and 2007 comments on Hacker News, linking to mooseyanon.medium.com.
3.4k questions
Show HN: Gemini Pro 3 imagines the HN front page 10 years from now
Show HN: Gemini Pro 3 imagines the HN front page 10 years from now — submitted by keepamovin, currently 3346 points and 965 comments on Hacker News, linking to dosaygo-studio.github.io.
3.3k questions
Switch from Chrome to Firefox
Switch from Chrome to Firefox — submitted by WisNorCan, currently 3287 points and 983 comments on Hacker News, linking to mozilla.org.
3.3k questions
Ask HN: I'm a software engineer going blind, how should I prepare?
Ask HN: I'm a software engineer going blind, how should I prepare? — submitted by zachrip, currently 3270 points and 473 comments on Hacker News.
3.3k questions
Cloudflare Reverse Proxies Are Dumping Uninitialized Memory
Cloudflare Reverse Proxies Are Dumping Uninitialized Memory — submitted by tptacek, currently 3238 points and 992 comments on Hacker News, linking to bugs.chromium.org.
3.2k questions
Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch
Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch — submitted by byran, currently 3237 points and 323 comments on Hacker News, linking to byran.ee.
3.2k questions
“Click to subscribe, call to cancel” is illegal, FTC says
“Click to subscribe, call to cancel” is illegal, FTC says — submitted by spzx, currently 3192 points and 861 comments on Hacker News, linking to niemanlab.org.
3.2k questions
FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank
FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank — submitted by khuey, currently 3172 points and 1576 comments on Hacker News, linking to fdic.gov.
3.2k questions
Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5
Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 — submitted by Dylan1312, currently 3158 points and 2314 comments on Hacker News, linking to anthropic.com.
3.2k questions
GPT-4o
GPT-4o — submitted by Lealen, currently 3138 points and 2366 comments on Hacker News, linking to openai.com.
3.1k questions
Moon
Moon — submitted by todsacerdoti, currently 3128 points and 250 comments on Hacker News, linking to ciechanow.ski.
3.1k questions
UK votes to leave EU
UK votes to leave EU — submitted by dmmalam, currently 3125 points and 2530 comments on Hacker News, linking to bbc.co.uk.
3.1k questions
Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.
Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S. — submitted by granzymes, currently 3089 points and 4576 comments on Hacker News, linking to apnews.com.
3.1k questions
Tim Cook Speaks Up
Tim Cook Speaks Up — submitted by replicatorblog, currently 3086 points and 974 comments on Hacker News, linking to businessweek.com.
3.1k questions
Stimulation Clicker
Stimulation Clicker — submitted by meetpateltech, currently 3082 points and 589 comments on Hacker News, linking to neal.fun.
3.1k questions
Sound
Sound — submitted by todsacerdoti, currently 3053 points and 206 comments on Hacker News, linking to ciechanow.ski.
3.1k questions
Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android
Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android — submitted by kotaKat, currently 3050 points and 2330 comments on Hacker News, linking to 9to5google.com.
3.1k questions
Announcing the first SHA-1 collision
Announcing the first SHA-1 collision — submitted by pfg, currently 3030 points and 485 comments on Hacker News, linking to security.googleblog.com.
3k questions
AnandTech Farewell
AnandTech Farewell — submitted by janice1999, currently 3025 points and 598 comments on Hacker News, linking to anandtech.com.
3k questions
“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”
“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose” — submitted by kdbg, currently 3025 points and 1912 comments on Hacker News, linking to lore.kernel.org.
3k questions
I Sell Onions on the Internet
I Sell Onions on the Internet — submitted by eightturn, currently 3015 points and 435 comments on Hacker News, linking to deepsouthventures.com.
3k questions