946
742
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
802
295
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
783
508
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/
616
198
Setting up a home VPN server with WireGuard
https://mikkel.hoegh.org/2019/11/01/home-vpn-server-wireguard
611
195
The Fantasy of Opting Out
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-fantasy-of-opting-out/
432
207
Firefox to Discontinue Sideloaded Extensions
https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/10/31/firefox-to-discontinue-sideloaded-extensions/
402
734
Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2019)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21419536
393
368
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
333
155
Gaggle monitors the work and communications of almost 5M students in the US
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolinehaskins1/gaggle-school-surveillance-technology-education
332
74
Show HN: Turn any website into an API (for those who miss Kimono)
https://simplescraper.io/
315
91
Quiet.js – Transmit and receive data in the browser at 44.1kHz
https://quiet.github.io/quiet-js/
283
107
Bayard: a full-text search and indexing server written in Rust
https://github.com/mosuka/bayard
247
142
The war against today's dangerously dull playgrounds
http://theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/oct/31/were-cosseting-our-kids-the-war-against-todays-dangerously-dull-playgrounds-wellcome
245
196
Remember QR Codes? They’re More Powerful Than You Think
https://a16z.com/2019/10/30/the-power-of-qr-codes/
241
71
The Feds are building an America-wide face surveillance system and ACLU is suing
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/31/aclu_facial_recognition/
236
100
Lack of cdnjs activity
https://github.com/cdnjs/cdnjs/issues/13524
231
169
Python adopts a 12-month release cycle
https://lwn.net/Articles/803679/
228
63
Twelve-factor app development on Google Cloud
https://cloud.google.com/solutions/twelve-factor-app-development-on-gcp
51
Homebrew Cray-1A
https://www.chrisfenton.com/homebrew-cray-1a/
210
54
I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy (2014)
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=998565
184
68
Neonicotinoids disrupt aquatic food webs and decrease fishery yields
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6465/620
110
Leaving Apple
http://belkadan.com/blog/2019/11/Leaving-Apple/
182
32
DKIM Demystified
https://www.20i.com/blog/dkim-demystified/
176
132
Please don't use Slack for FOSS projects (2015)
https://drewdevault.com/2015/11/01/Please-stop-using-slack.html
174
193
The Smartphone vs. the Camera Industry
https://photographylife.com/smartphone-vs-camera-industry
165
124
Slave markets found on Instagram and other apps
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50228549
163
40
Opensourcing the Universal Package Manager
https://repl.it/blog/upm
147
37
Surviving Software Dependencies
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3344149
122
Amazon will stop sales of used first-party Nintendo products starting November 1
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/10/amazon-no-more-third-party-sales-of-nintendo-products-without-approval/
141
214
Over a Third of Americans Battle Job Burnout Every Single Week
https://www.studyfinds.org/the-new-normal-over-a-third-of-americans-battle-job-burnout-every-week/
133
Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2019)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21419534
126
52
Data Dictatorships: The Arms Race to Hack Humankind
https://borjamoya.com/DataDictatorships/
56
Show HN: HR code – Designed to be recognized by humans and OCR
https://github.com/hantuzun/hr-code
31
Show HN: Own your Kubernetes: installation, addons, best practices – as code
https://github.com/ReSearchITEng/kubeadm-playbook/
120
47
We Will Call It Pala: A Story for the Psychedelic Movement
http://aurynfund.org/pala
119
109
Ask HN: What to do after the workday?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21419258
118
66
Is Anyone Going to Get Rich Off of Email Newsletters?
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/10/substack-revue-email-newsletter-startups-tinyletter/599557/
116
96
European Cloud Project Draws Backlash from U.S. Tech Giants
https://www.wsj.com/articles/european-cloud-project-draws-backlash-from-u-s-tech-giants-11572600600?mod=rsswn
33
Million Short
https://millionshort.com/about
104
3
The Story of Tunnel 29
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/Od4dL9Lip2/tunnel_29
103
36
Texas Instruments’ Speak and Spell
https://spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-electronics/gadgets/the-consumer-electronics-hall-of-fame-texas-instruments-speak-spell
178
Life expectancy for American men drops for a third year
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/life-expectancy-for-american-men-drops-for-a-third-year/
39
Acetaminophen exposure in pregnancy linked to higher risk of ADHD, autism: study
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-funded-study-suggests-acetaminophen-exposure-pregnancy-linked-higher-risk-adhd-autism
99
64
YouTube autoplay gave a lost Japanese classic new life (2017)
https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/35465/1/midori-takada-through-the-looking-glass-interview
98
Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (November 2019)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21419535
2019 Python Developer Survey
http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-2019-python-developer-survey-is.html
95
87
The Lure of Luxury
https://bostonreview.net/forum/paul-bloom-lure-luxury
92
58
Meadow F7 micro board on pre-sale (bare metal .NET Standard 2.0)
https://store.wildernesslabs.co/
84
24
Show HN: Simple command line note taking tool
https://github.com/tomlockwood/dn
83
13
Start a Paid Newsletter
https://indiemailer.com/read/why-you-should-start-a-paid-newsletter/
79
34
Asterisk 17
https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00745.html
78
38
Scikit-Learn’s Defaults Are Wrong
https://ryxcommar.com/2019/08/30/scikit-learns-defaults-are-wrong
77
70
Some Employees Chafe as Google’s New Internal Rules Take Hold
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-01/some-employees-chafe-as-google-s-new-internal-rules-take-hold
76
62
Can You Overdose on Happiness?
http://nautil.us/issue/60/searches/can-you-overdose-on-happiness
73
2
Fitbit to Be Aquired by Google
https://investor.fitbit.com/press/press-releases/press-release-details/2019/Fitbit-to-Be-Acquired-by-Google/default.aspx
30
The largest methane fountain so far discovered in the Arctic Ocean
https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/first-pictures-and-video-of-the-largest-methane-fountain-so-far-discovered-in-the-arctic-ocean/
Hilda Geiringer Reshaped Mathematics
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191031-hilda-geiringer-mathematician-who-fled-the-nazis
21
U2F Support in OpenSSH Head
https://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=157259802529972&w=2
Show HN: Own your Kubernetes: installation, addons, best practices – as code