863
614
Tell HN: AWS appears to be down again
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29648286
3 years ago
669
646
Regulators Shut Down Lending Platform (YC Alum) LendUp
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-shutters-lending-by-vc-backed-fintech-for-violating-agency-order/
664
57
How to draw S-curved arrows between boxes
https://dragonman225.js.org/curved-arrows.html
522
405
Buying Influence: How China manipulates Facebook and Twitter
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/20/technology/china-facebook-twitter-influence-manipulation.html
465
656
Tinder just permabanned me or the problem with big tech
https://paulefou.com/blog/tinder-permaban
452
120
Skillsoft Buys Codecademy for $525M
https://www.skillsoft.com/press-releases/skillsoft-to-acquire-codecademy-a-leading-platform-for-learning-high-demand-technical-skills-creating-a-worldwide-community-of-more-than-85-million-learners
409
224
(mac)ostalgia – how Spotify, Slack, Chrome, Figma could look on Mac OS 9
http://swallowmygraphicdesign.com/project/macostalgia
340
256
Microsoft Teams: 1 feature, 4 vulnerabilities
https://positive.security/blog/ms-teams-1-feature-4-vulns
324
132
DeepMind’s new AI with a memory outperforms algorithms 25 times its size
https://singularityhub.com/2021/12/20/biggers-not-always-better-deepminds-new-language-ai-is-small-but-mighty/
322
295
Linux Has Grown into a Viable PC Gaming Platform and the Steam Stats Prove It
https://hothardware.com/news/linux-a-viable-pc-gaming-platform-steam-stats-prove-it
311
457
Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of the year
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/germany-is-closing-half-of-its-reactors-at-worst-possible-time-1.1698757
301
112
DNA seen through the eyes of a coder
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/amazing-dna/
280
154
FreeBSD Jails for Fun and Profit (2020)
https://topikettunen.com/blog/freebsd-jails-for-fun-and-profit/
273
254
Google Drive may restrict files identified as violating ToS
https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2021/12/abuse-notification-emails-google-drive.html
272
488
South Africa’s omicron coronavirus outbreak subsides as fast as it grew
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/22/south-africa-omicron-coronavirus-cases/
269
167
Now DuckDuckGo is building its own desktop browser
https://www.zdnet.com/article/now-duckduckgo-is-building-its-own-desktop-browser/
266
134
Woe be unto you for using a WebSocket
http://www.adama-lang.org/blog/woe-of-websocket/
253
182
Seconds before a 6.2 earthquake rattled California, phones got a warning
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/21/california-earthquake-early-warning-system
251
106
This Year in Matrix
https://matrix.org/blog/2021/12/22/the-mega-matrix-holiday-special-2021/
233
151
Scientists find preserved dinosaur embryo preparing to hatch like a bird
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/dec/21/scientists-find-perfectly-preserved-dinosaur-embryo-preparing-to-hatch-like-a-bird