790
341
TikTok told moderators to suppress posts by “ugly” people and the poor
https://theintercept.com/2020/03/16/tiktok-app-moderators-users-discrimination/
6 years ago
770
146
4.2″ and 7.5″ NFC-powered e-Paper Displays Work without Battery
https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/03/17/nfc-powered-e-paper-displays-work-without-battery/
670
117
Senate leadership pushing a surveillance bill as Americans focused on Covid-19
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/16/senate-short-term-extension-spy-programs-132401
641
319
ReMarkable’s redesigned e-paper tablet is more powerful and more papery
https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/17/remarkables-redesigned-e-paper-tablet-is-more-powerful-and-more-papery/
564
572
The state of the restaurant industry
https://www.opentable.com/state-of-industry
440
251
Please consider not adopting Google WebComponents
https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24004
428
181
GitHub for mobile is now available
https://github.blog/2020-03-17-github-for-mobile-is-now-available/
363
54
Cambridge University Press make their books free until May
https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/textbooks
354
308
Chinese scientists destroyed proof of virus in December?
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chinese-scientists-destroyed-proof-of-virus-in-december-rz055qjnj
330
81
The Philosophy of Computer Science (2017)
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/computer-science/
325
121
The good parts of AWS: a visual summary
https://hassenchaieb.com/aws-good-parts/
317
222
Popcorn Time 4.0
https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-desktop
305
249
Stock buybacks are dangerous for the economy
http://feeds.hbr.org/~r/harvardbusiness/~3/6jA8uy6spIQ/why-stock-buybacks-are-dangerous-for-the-economy
298
171
China Bans Americans Working for WSJ, NYT, WaPo
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-bans-all-u-s-nationals-working-for-the-wall-street-journal-new-york-times-washington-post-whose-press-credentials-end-in-2020-11584464690
289
69
What Is the Geometry of the Universe?
https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-the-geometry-of-the-universe-20200316/
285
77
Yahoo, AOL results biased in favor of parent company Verizon’s websites
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/verizon-media-search.html
268
254
Giving Americans Money to Offset Coronavirus Impact Gains Support in Congress
https://www.wsj.com/articles/giving-americans-money-to-offset-coronavirus-impact-gains-bipartisan-support-in-congress-11584446801
258
143
Firm wielding Theranos patents asks judge to block coronavirus test
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/firm-uses-theranos-patents-to-sue-company-making-coronavirus-test/
Software Engineering at Google
https://books.google.com/books?id=WXTTDwAAQBAJ
219
112
French researcher posts successful Covid-19 chloroquine drug trial
https://www.connexionfrance.com/French-news/French-researcher-in-Marseille-posts-successful-Covid-19-coronavirus-drug-trial-results
209
140
Company threatens to sue volunteers who 3D-printed valves for coronavirus aid
https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/17/21184308/coronavirus-italy-medical-company-threatens-sue-3d-print-valves-treatments
205
55
Show HN: WorkOS – APIs for enterprise features like SSO/SAML
https://workos.com/
200
65
Fulfillment by Amazon suspends non-essential inbound shipments
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-amazon-suspends-all-non-essential-shipments-to-warehouses-2020-3
194
203
Facebook is giving $1k to every employee
https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/17/21183513/facebook-giving-1000-dollar-bonuses-every-employee-coronavirus-mark-zuckerberg
187
24
OpenVidu: Open-source, multi-platform, WebRTC videoconferences
https://openvidu.io/
180
9
Rocket Lab gets NASA certification for official smallsat launches
https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/17/rocket-lab-gets-nasa-certification-for-official-smallsat-launches/
173
153
Tesla appears to defy Bay Area shutdown, plans to operate Fremont factory
https://electrek.co/2020/03/16/tesla-fremont-factory-shut-down-shelter-in-place/
155
35
AMD’s 7nm Ryzen 4000 laptop processors
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/03/amds-7nm-ryzen-4000-laptop-processors-are-finally-here/
157
France could nationalize big companies if necessary: finance minister
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-nationalist/france-could-nationalize-big-companies-if-necessary-finance-minister-idUSKBN2141AO
152
42
Java 14 GA
https://jdk.java.net/14/
150
43
Khronos Group Releases Vulkan Ray Tracing
https://www.khronos.org/news/press/khronos-group-releases-vulkan-ray-tracing
50
Serverless eBook Using Gitbook, GitHub Pages, GitHub Actions, and Calibre
https://devops.novalagung.com/en/cicd-serverless-ebook-gitbook-github-pages-actions-calibre.html
20
How Soviet science magazines fantasized about life in outer space
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/soviet-space-graphics
135
Ventilator maker: we can ramp up production five-fold
https://www.forbes.com/sites/baldwin/2020/03/14/ventilator-maker-we-can-ramp-up-production-five-fold
141
39
The Reconstruction of ZZT
https://github.com/asiekierka/reconstruction-of-zzt/
137
89
The Board reduced reserve requirement ratios to zero percent effective March 26
https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/reservereq.htm
134
95
Japanese man tests positive for coronavirus again
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200315_13/
125
79
The future of design tools
https://www.getmotion.io/blog/the-future-of-design-tools/
120
28
Curl will now output JSON
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2020/03/17/curl-write-out-json/
72
Self-isolation is feeding my Warhammer addiction
https://unherd.com/2020/03/self-isolation-is-feeding-my-warhammer-addiction/
116
36
Charter engineer quits over “reckless” rules against work-from-home
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/charter-faces-blowback-after-banning-work-from-home-during-pandemic/
105
New coronavirus stable for hours on surfaces
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/new-coronavirus-stable-hours-surfaces
108
13
OxyGEN: Open-Source AMBU Respirator
https://oxygen.protofy.xyz/
63
SoftBank Backs Away from Part of Planned WeWork Bailout
https://www.wsj.com/articles/softbank-backs-away-from-part-of-planned-wework-bailout-11584479235
106
31
Treasury and IRS to delay tax season deadline by 90 days
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/17/treasury-and-irs-to-delay-tax-deadline-by-90-days.html
102
Amazon: Staff told to work overtime as virus spikes demand
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51921916
99
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51921916
97
64
India Could Be Next Virus Hotspot with an ‘Avalanche’ of Cases
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-17/india-could-be-next-virus-hotspot-with-an-avalanche-of-cases
32
Example of a Shakti-powered spreadsheet application [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEG9pFNYBCI
96
56
Show HN: A directory of restaurants with links to buy gift cards to support them
http://givelocal.co
44
Coronavirus: 18% of U.S. workers have lost jobs or hours, poll finds
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-03-17/coronavirus-layoffs-work-hours-jobs
91
11
The engineering of birds’ nests
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/science/why-birds-are-the-worlds-best-engineers.html
87
McDonald's is considering rent deferrals for franchisees
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/17/mcdonalds-cant-estimate-coronavirus-impact-to-its-business-and-is-considering-rent-deferrals.html
Climate change: The rich are to blame
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51906530
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