1195
539
We’re sorry, and we’re not rolling out the fees change
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726
284
Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet Is Not a Crime
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639
288
HTTPS on Your Landing Page Is Important
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624
171
Universities spend millions on accessing results of publicly funded research
https://theconversation.com/universities-spend-millions-on-accessing-results-of-publicly-funded-research-88392
505
343
France to ban mobile phones in primary, junior and middle schools
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/11/france-to-ban-mobile-phones-in-schools-from-september
485
237
TP-Link firmware sends six DNS requests and one NTP query every 5 seconds
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/tplink-aggressive-ntp
467
204
Fish: A user-friendly command line shell for macOS, Linux, etc
https://fishshell.com/
430
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Pineapple Fund: Donating $86M of Bitcoins to Charity
https://pineapplefund.org/
411
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356
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The State of JavaScript 2017
http://stateofjs.com/2017/introduction/
354
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Avast open-sources its machine-code decompiler
https://blog.avast.com/avast-open-sources-its-machine-code-decompiler
333
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Internet traffic for Google, Facebook, Apple was briefly rerouted to Russia
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271
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Game Theory: Open Access textbook
https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.06808
262
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257
99
How to break a Captcha system in 15 minutes with Machine Learning
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224
106
Target to Buy Shipt for $550M
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-13/target-to-buy-shipt-for-550-million-in-bet-on-same-day-delivery
212
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AWS Single Sign-On
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/12/announcing-aws-single-sign-on--sso/
210
86
Show HN: Work at a Startup – Find a Job at a YC Company
https://www.workatastartup.com/?1
183
65
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http://apenwarr.ca/log/?m=201712
182
28
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https://cloud.google.com/security/encryption-in-transit/
176
33
Algorithmia – Open Marketplace for Algorithms
https://algorithmia.com/
174
37
Harvey Weinstein Is My Monster Too
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/13/opinion/contributors/salma-hayek-harvey-weinstein.html?_r=0
167
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South Korea considers cryptocurrency tax
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-markets-bitcoin-southkorea/south-korea-to-hold-emergency-meeting-on-cryptocurrencies-measures-expected-friday-idUSKBN1E703O?il=0
72
Show HN: Hiding code from Git diff
https://www.twistlock.com/2017/12/13/hiding-content-git-escape-sequence-twistlock-labs-experiment/
159
40
Japanese startup Ispace raises $90M, targets landing on moon surface by 2020
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-13/space-startup-raises-90-million-to-bring-ads-to-moon-by-2020
156
39
An Open Letter from Freelancers at Nautilus Magazine
https://nwu.org/an-open-letter-from-freelancers-at-nautilus-magazine/
155
173
No need to pinkify – Girls get interested in tech because it is interesting
https://code.likeagirl.io/no-need-to-pinkify-c5609faf6f7f
134
369
The Great American Share – Sam Altman Interview on Basic Income
https://spectacle.com/001/sam-altman-interview-universal-basic-income/
132
34
Gabriel García Márquez’s Archive Freely Available Online
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/arts/gabriel-garcia-marquez-archive-online.html
125
83
Google to open artificial intelligence centre in China
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42334583
124
139
The End to Apple’s Cash Dilemma
https://www.aboveavalon.com/notes/2017/12/12/the-end-to-apples-cash-dilemma
123
13
Electromagnetic Water Cloak Eliminates Drag and Wake
https://pratt.duke.edu/news/water-cloak
122
24
Show HN: Fullstack React Native – A Project-Based Guide to Learning React Native
https://www.fullstackreact.com/react-native/
67
Visualizing Realtime Bitcoin Transactions in ReactVR
https://bitcoin-vr.github.io/
114
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Is AlphaZero really a breakthrough in AI?
https://medium.com/@josecamachocollados/is-alphazero-really-a-scientific-breakthrough-in-ai-bf66ae1c84f2
110
23
OSX.Pirrit Mac Adware Part III: The DaVinci Code
https://www.cybereason.com/blog/targetingedge-mac-os-x-pirrit-malware-adware-still-active
108
100
Thor Electric Truck Will Probably Beat Tesla’s to Market
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-13/this-electric-truck-will-probably-beat-tesla-s-to-market
103
20
Bruce Brown, 80, Dies; His ‘Endless Summer’ Documented Surfing
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/12/obituaries/bruce-brown-documentarian-of-surfing-is-dead-at-80.html
62
The Mirai Botnet Was Part of a College Student Minecraft Scheme
https://www.wired.com/story/mirai-botnet-minecraft-scam-brought-down-the-internet/
102
70
$17B Modernization Plan for Puerto Rico's Grid
https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/the-smarter-grid/17-billion-modernization-plan-for-puerto-rico-is-released
101
55
The Limits to Growth (1972) [pdf]
http://www.donellameadows.org/wp-content/userfiles/Limits-to-Growth-digital-scan-version.pdf
96
17
Recursion to Iteration, Part 4: The Trampoline (2013)
http://blog.moertel.com/posts/2013-06-12-recursion-to-iteration-4-trampolines.html
94
38
The Objective-C Runtime and Swift Dynamism
https://academy.realm.io/posts/mobilization-roy-marmelstein-objective-c-runtime-swift-dynamic/
93
Charges And Pleas In Computer Crime Cases Involving Significant Cyber Attacks
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/justice-department-announces-charges-and-guilty-pleas-three-computer-crime-cases
91
41
Accident Forgiveness Comes to GPLv2
https://hackaday.com/2017/12/13/accident-forgiveness-comes-to-gplv2/
90
Windows Defender Antivirus and layered machine learning defenses
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmpc/2017/12/11/detonating-a-bad-rabbit-windows-defender-antivirus-and-layered-machine-learning-defenses/
Concertmaster – Classical music front-end for Spotify
http://getconcertmaster.com/
87
32
Upstart Gangs Filling the Yakuza Power Vacuum
https://www.nippon.com/en/features/c04205/
112
What are you banned from? Why?
https://www.quora.com/What-are-you-banned-from-Why/answers/65209949?srid=uw7w&share=1
85
36
T-Mobile Agrees to Buy Layer3 TV in Preparation for TV Service
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-13/t-mobile-agrees-to-buy-layer3-in-preparation-for-new-tv-service?cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-tech
77
Chemistry of Cast-Iron Seasoning (2010)
http://sherylcanter.com/wordpress/2010/01/a-science-based-technique-for-seasoning-cast-iron/
79
29
Creating Web Traffic “Out of Thin Air”
https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/porn-runs-the-internet
Bruce Brown, 80, Dies; His ‘Endless Summer’ Documented Surfing