top 20 hacker news stories for 2019-06-08

Maker Faire halts operations and lays off all staff

https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/07/make-magazine-maker-media-layoffs/

6 years ago

682 upvotes – 308 comments

I didn't get paid, so I open-sourced my client’s project

https://github.com/TrillCyborg/onefraction

6 years ago

487 upvotes – 261 comments

iOS 13 now shows you a map of where apps have been tracking you

https://9to5mac.com/2019/06/08/ios-13-location-permissions/

6 years ago

469 upvotes – 164 comments

New Evidence of Age Bias in Hiring, and a Push to Fight It

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/07/business/economy/age-discrimination-jobs-hiring.html

6 years ago

402 upvotes – 420 comments

WeChat and the Surveillance State

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-48552907

6 years ago

401 upvotes – 255 comments

Zanzibar: Consistent, Global Authorization System

https://ai.google/research/pubs/pub48190

6 years ago

365 upvotes – 129 comments

The clever cryptography behind Apple’s “Find My” feature

https://www.wired.com/story/apple-find-my-cryptography-bluetooth/

6 years ago

357 upvotes – 117 comments

Huawei Accused of Technology Theft

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/08/730898429/huawei-accused-of-technology-theft

6 years ago

314 upvotes – 212 comments

It's time to switch to a four-day working week, say two experts

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/2-davos-experts-says-it-s-time-to-switch-to-a-four-day-working-week/

6 years ago

313 upvotes – 154 comments

For Men Who Hate Talking on the Phone, Games Keep Friendships Alive

https://kotaku.com/for-men-who-hate-talking-on-the-phone-games-keep-frien-1835277944

6 years ago

259 upvotes – 102 comments

Write HTML Like It's 1999

https://bradleytaunt.com/2019/06/08/html-like-1999/

6 years ago

254 upvotes – 187 comments

Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia gets building permit after 137 years

https://apnews.com/ff973c5c769c4d1d872255f04c6c1f11

6 years ago

240 upvotes – 61 comments

USA lags behind EU, Brazil and China in banning harmful pesticides

https://phys.org/news/2019-06-usa-lags-eu-brazil-china.html

6 years ago

225 upvotes – 69 comments

Ivan Golunov, an investigative reporter at Meduza, has been arrested in Moscow

https://twitter.com/Alexey__Kovalev/status/1137088350500925440

6 years ago

219 upvotes – 33 comments

Owning nothing is now a luxury, thanks to a number of subscription startups

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/08/style/rent-subscription-clothing-furniture.html

6 years ago

209 upvotes – 300 comments

Gut bacteria may change the way many drugs work in the body

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/gut-bacteria-may-change-way-many-drugs-work-body

6 years ago

186 upvotes – 47 comments

I’m not saving ninety percent of my income for myself

https://www.thecut.com/2019/06/how-im-saving-for-my-parents-retirement.html

6 years ago

178 upvotes – 219 comments

The Celera 500L aircraft may fly soon

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28409/the-mysterious-and-potentially-revolutionary-celera-500l-aircraft-may-fly-soon

6 years ago

175 upvotes – 117 comments

Plaid Deletes GitHub Issue Exposing Imitation of Bank Login UIs

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20133806

6 years ago

169 upvotes – 46 comments

Files UWP: An enthusiast’s take on what Windows File Explorer explorer should be

https://github.com/duke7553/files-uwp

6 years ago

153 upvotes – 178 comments
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