939
283
WhatsApp voice calls were used to inject spyware on phones
https://www.ft.com/content/4da1117e-756c-11e9-be7d-6d846537acab
6 years ago
927
401
Ask HN: What overlooked class of tools should a self-taught programmer look into
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19900955
7 years ago
500
533
CO2 in the atmosphere just exceeded 415ppm for the first time in human history
https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/12/co2-in-the-atmosphere-just-exceeded-415-parts-per-million-for-the-first-time-in-human-history/
463
266
Third-Biggest U.S. Coal Company Files for Bankruptcy
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2019/05/10/third-biggest-u-s-coal-company-files-bankruptcy/
455
383
Audit suggests Google favors a small number of major news outlets
https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/google-news-algorithm.php
450
485
Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-automation-exclusive-idUSKCN1SJ0X1
448
342
Supreme Court rules antitrust lawsuit against Apple can proceed
https://www.wired.com/story/supreme-court-apple-decision-antitrust/
441
335
U.S. Farmers Are Being Bled by the Tractor Monopoly
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-23/u-s-farmers-need-a-better-way-to-fix-their-tractors
432
146
China is blocking all language editions of Wikipedia
https://ooni.torproject.org/post/2019-china-wikipedia-blocking/
384
49
Stack Overflow lets Facebook track users across their sites
https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/384864/stack-overflow-lets-facebook-track-us-across-their-sites?cb=1
359
178
Sued for copyright infringement for putting legal materials online
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/us/politics/georgia-official-code-copyright.html
290
99
To Message Bus or Not: Distributed Systems Design (2017)
https://www.netlify.com/blog/2017/03/02/to-message-bus-or-not-distributed-systems-design/
88
Fun with Snapchat's Gender Swapping Filter
https://blog.evjang.com/2019/05/fun-with-snapchats-gender-swapping.html
286
36
Fundamental design principles for non-designers
https://medium.freecodecamp.org/fundamental-design-principles-for-non-designers-ad34c30caa7
273
262
Making Playgrounds a Little More Dangerous
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/well/family/adventure-playgrounds-junk-playgrounds.html
255
82
The Problem of Thinking Too Much (2003) [pdf]
http://statweb.stanford.edu/~cgates/PERSI/papers/thinking.pdf
253
267
California jury says Bayer must pay $2B to couple in Roundup cancer trial
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bayer-glyphosate-lawsuit/california-jury-says-bayer-must-pay-2-billion-to-couple-in-roundup-cancer-trial-idUSKCN1SJ29F
246
187
Tesla's Screen Saga Shows Why Automotive Grade Matters
https://www.thedrive.com/tech/27989/teslas-screen-saga-shows-why-automotive-grade-matters
231
111
Numpy Clone in Common Lisp
https://github.com/numcl/numcl
214
338
Sweden reopens Assange rape investigation, to seek extradition
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wikileaks-assange-sweden-prosecutor/sweden-reopens-assange-rape-investigation-to-seek-extradition-idUSKCN1SJ0UZ
Sweden reopens Assange rape investigation, to seek extradition