top 10 hacker news stories for 2019-11-01

Google Buys Fitbit for $2.1B

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/01/google-to-acquire-fitbit-valuing-the-smartwatch-maker-at-about-2point1-billion.html

6 years ago

Encrypted web traffic now exceeds 90%

https://netmarketshare.com/report.aspx?options=%7B%22filter%22%3A%7B%7D%2C%22dateLabel%22%3A%22Custom%22%2C%22attributes%22%3A%22share%22%2C%22group%22%3A%22secure%22%2C%22sort%22%3A%7B%22share%22%3A-1%7D%2C%22id%22%3A%22https%22%2C%22dateInterval%22%3A%22Monthly%22%2C%22dateStart%22%3A%222019-10%22%2C%22dateEnd%22%3A%222019-10%22%2C%22segments%22%3A%22-1000%22%7D

6 years ago

Linus Torvalds: Git proved I could be more than a one-hit wonder

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/linus-torvalds-git-proved-i-could-be-more-than-a-one-hit-wonder/

6 years ago

Setting up a home VPN server with WireGuard

https://mikkel.hoegh.org/2019/11/01/home-vpn-server-wireguard

6 years ago

The Fantasy of Opting Out

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-fantasy-of-opting-out/

6 years ago

Firefox to Discontinue Sideloaded Extensions

https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/10/31/firefox-to-discontinue-sideloaded-extensions/

6 years ago

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2019)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21419536

6 years ago

U.S. opens a national security review of TikTok’s acquisition of Musical.ly

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tiktok-cfius-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-opens-national-security-investigation-into-tiktok-sources-idUSKBN1XB4IL

6 years ago

Gaggle monitors the work and communications of almost 5M students in the US

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolinehaskins1/gaggle-school-surveillance-technology-education

6 years ago

Show HN: Turn any website into an API (for those who miss Kimono)

https://simplescraper.io/

6 years ago