2292
615
Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID
https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/467#issuecomment-581944600
★ 366 JavaScript CC0-1.0– 6 years ago
1582
642
Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust
https://blog.discordapp.com/why-discord-is-switching-from-go-to-rust-a190bbca2b1f
6 years ago
930
862
Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22235279
694
323
Firefox Preview adds support for recommended extensions, including uBlock Origin
https://twitter.com/Aissn/status/1224588783657439234
555
129
I found a WhatsApp security flaw that allowed hackers to read the file system
https://www.perimeterx.com/tech-blog/2020/whatsapp-fs-read-vuln-disclosure/
491
115
Reviving Sandstorm
https://sandstorm.io/news/2020-02-03-reviving-sandstorm
465
233
A new hash algorithm for Git
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/811068/cfeb6a67b8dfbe47/
417
164
Mini projects built with VanillaJS. No frameworks or libraries
https://github.com/bradtraversy/vanillawebprojects
★ 15.9k JavaScript – 6 years ago
405
138
Some Google Photos videos in backups were sent to strangers in November
https://ww.9to5google.com/2020/02/03/google-photos-video-strangers/
401
407
U.S. immigration policy has been a boon for the tech industry in Canada
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/27/799402801/canada-wins-u-s-loses-in-global-fight-for-high-tech-workers?sc=18&f=1001
400
265
Bosch Smart glasses: A tiny laser array paints images directly onto your retina
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/consumer-electronics/gadgets/bosch-ar-smartglasses-tiny-eyeball-lasers
367
231
Twitter says an attacker used its API to match usernames to phone numbers
https://www.zdnet.com/article/twitter-says-an-attacker-used-its-api-to-match-usernames-to-phone-numbers/
349
158
Using neural networks to upscale a famous 1896 video to 4k quality
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/someone-used-neural-networks-to-upscale-a-famous-1896-video-to-4k-quality/
277
220
AMD Threadripper 3990X 64-Core beats dual Xeon Platinum 8280 in benchmark leak
https://hothardware.com/news/amd-threadripper-3990x-crushing-xeon-platinum-8280-cpus
275
382
The Shadow Inc. app that failed in Iowa last night
https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/y3m33x/heres-the-shadow-inc-app-that-failed-in-iowa-last-night
267
28
Linux containers in 500 lines of code (2016)
https://blog.lizzie.io/linux-containers-in-500-loc.html
235
How knitters got knotted in a purity spiral
https://unherd.com/2020/01/cast-out-how-knitting-fell-into-a-purity-spiral/
228
168
The mysteries of aerodynamic lift
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/no-one-can-explain-why-planes-stay-in-the-air/
226
36
Just because it's an Internet Draft doesn't mean anything at all (2014)
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-wkumari-not-a-draft-06
224
301
Democrats Declined DHS Offer to Test Caucus App
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-04/iowa-democrats-say-results-to-be-released-today-campaign-update