top 10 hacker news stories for 2017-08-18

Firefox Focus – A new private browser for iOS and Android

https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/lightweight-browser-focus-does-less-which-is-much-more/

8 years ago

684 upvotes – 335 comments

E-commerce will evolve next month as Amazon loses the 1-Click patent

https://thirtybees.com/blog/e-commerce-will-change-forever/

8 years ago

602 upvotes – 223 comments

Why the Brain Needs More Downtime (2013)

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mental-downtime/

8 years ago

436 upvotes – 106 comments

Docker Is Raising Funding at $1.3B Valuation

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-09/docker-is-said-to-be-raising-funding-at-1-3-billion-valuation

8 years ago

321 upvotes – 275 comments

Towards a JavaScript Binary AST

https://yoric.github.io/post/binary-ast-newsletter-1/

8 years ago

310 upvotes – 205 comments

Opioid makers made payments to one in 12 U.S. doctors

https://news.brown.edu/articles/2017/08/opioids-influence

8 years ago

270 upvotes – 98 comments

Try Out Rust IDE Support in Visual Studio Code

https://users.rust-lang.org/t/try-out-rust-ide-support-in-visual-studio-code/12407

8 years ago

265 upvotes – 82 comments

GitHub CEO Chris Wanstrath To Step Down After Finding Replacement

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2017/08/17/github-ceo-chris-wanstrath-to-step-down/?c=0#33c9269eadd3

8 years ago

264 upvotes – 49 comments

Google's stance on neo-Nazis 'dangerous', says EFF

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40974069

8 years ago

253 upvotes – 363 comments

YouTube admits 'wrong call' over deletion of Syrian war crime videos

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/youtube-admits-wrong-call-over-deletion-syrian-war-crime-videos-1140126078

8 years ago

241 upvotes – 138 comments
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