1289
1056
Epic vs. Google: Google Loses
https://www.theverge.com/23945184/epic-v-google-fortnite-play-store-antitrust-trial-updates#stream-entry-65d34a06-1fa5-4eab-abf6-ce450441b543
2 years ago
779
387
23andMe changed its terms of service to prevent hacked customers from suing
https://www.engadget.com/23andme-frantically-changed-its-terms-of-service-to-prevent-hacked-customers-from-suing-152434306.html
717
1308
'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israeli arrest, torture
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/12/12/like-we-were-lesser-humans-gaza-boys-men-recall-israeli-arrests-torture
628
181
FFmpeg lands CLI multi-threading as its "most complex refactoring" in decades
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-CLI-MT-Merged
614
363
YouTube doesn't want to take down scam ads
https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/18gjiqy/youtube_doesnt_want_to_take_down_scam_ads/
481
278
Telecom Industry Is Mad Because the FCC Might Examine High Broadband Prices
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/12/the-telecom-industry-is-very-mad-because-the-fcc-might-examine-high-broadband-prices/
468
101
MemoryCache: Augmenting local AI with browser data
https://future.mozilla.org/blog/introducing-memorycache/
430
159
Show HN: Open-source macOS AI copilot using vision and voice
https://github.com/elfvingralf/macOSpilot-ai-assistant
389
115
Zero downtime Postgres upgrades
https://knock.app/blog/zero-downtime-postgres-upgrades
345
193
What will enter the public domain in 2024?
https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2024/
338
176
Today Is One of the Biggest Surveillance Votes. Will the FBI Stop Spying?
https://tuta.com/blog/702-open-letter-against-surveillance
317
586
AI’s big rift is like a religious schism
https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-singularity-is-nigh-republished
309
411
The Case for Memory Safe Roadmaps
https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Press-Release-View/Article/3608324/us-and-international-partners-issue-recommendations-to-secure-software-products/
295
210
E3 Is Officially Dead
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/video-games/2023/12/12/e3-permanently-canceled/
289
90
A new old kind of R&D lab
https://www.answer.ai/posts/2023-12-12-launch.html
271
158
Forget spaceships; I just want my music
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/forget-spaceships-i-just-want-my-music
269
121
Phi-2: The surprising power of small language models
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/phi-2-the-surprising-power-of-small-language-models/
263
21
Show HN: Advent of Distributed Systems
https://aods.cryingpotato.com
258
119
VMware transition to subscription, end of sale of perpetual licenses
https://news.vmware.com/company/vmware-by-broadcom-business-transformation
246
54
FTC wants Microsoft's relationship with OpenAI under the microscope
https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/11/microsoft_openai_investment_ftc/
240
2
Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight
https://www.theverge.com/23994174/epic-google-trial-jury-verdict-monopoly-google-play
234
339
What We Watched: A Netflix engagement report
https://about.netflix.com/en/news/what-we-watched-a-netflix-engagement-report
127
Active turbulence cancellation makes bumpy flights smoother
https://newatlas.com/aircraft/active-turbulence-cancellation/
229
85
YouTube is crippling Firefox on Asahi Linux?
https://social.treehouse.systems/@marcan/111567255619206929
219
103
Hardening cellular basebands in Android
https://security.googleblog.com/2023/12/hardening-cellular-basebands-in-android.html
215
Hasbro lays off nearly 20% of its workers
https://www.polygon.com/23998290/hasbro-layoffs-before-christmas
213
58
PainStation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PainStation
202
62
Building a Web Game in C
https://anguscheng.com/post/2023-12-12-wasm-game-in-c-raylib/
186
46
Pharmacies share medical data with police without a warrant, inquiry finds
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/12/pharmacy-records-police-privacy-abortion/
165
64
Dungeons and Directories, an exploration game in your file explorer
https://wheybags.com/dungeons_and_directories/
163
86
Oldest Fortresses in the World Discovered
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-oldest-fortresses-world.html
180
HN website is/was down. I'm curious why?
https://hn.hund.io/
140
Tacit Knowledge Is Dangerous
https://er4hn.info/blog/2023.08.26-tacit-knowledge-dangerous/
83
Cog: Use Python in your source files to generate pieces of code (2021)
https://nedbatchelder.com/code/cog/
154
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
https://resobscura.substack.com/p/roleplaying-with-ai-will-be-powerful-tool
153
57
Concept sliders: LoRA adaptors for precise control in diffusion models
https://sliders.baulab.info/
151
212
NASA says SpaceX’s next Starship flight could test refueling tech
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/12/nasa-wants-to-see-gas-stations-in-space-but-so-far-its-tanks-are-empty/
50
The mysterious second parameter to the x86 ENTER instruction
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20231211-00/?p=109126
150
23
Tools for Learning LLVM TableGen
https://blog.llvm.org/posts/2023-12-07-tools-for-learning-llvm-tablegen/
147
44
Donkey Kong: A Record of Struggle
https://shmuplations.com/donkeykong/
144
The new local data stack: Integrating Dagster, dbt and DuckDB
https://georgheiler.com/2023/12/11/dagster-dbt-duckdb-as-new-local-mds/
139
96
LXD now re-licensed and under a CLA
https://stgraber.org/2023/12/12/lxd-now-re-licensed-and-under-a-cla/
Motorola's pioneering 8-bit 6800: Origins and architecture
https://thechipletter.substack.com/p/motorolas-pioneering-8-bit-6800-origins
133
Kids with cats have double the risk of developing schizophrenia
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-12-kids-cats-schizophrenia.html
122
79
Htmx Is a Erlang
https://matt.sh/htmx-is-a-erlang
120
Every homeopathic eye drop should be pulled off the market, FDA says
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/every-homeopathic-eye-drop-should-be-pulled-off-the-market-fda-says/
113
12
VapourSynth: A video processing framework with simplicity in mind
https://www.vapoursynth.com/doc/introduction.html
109
95
'Biocomputer' combines lab-grown brain tissue with electronic hardware
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03975-7
126
Cloud engineer gets 2 years for wiping ex-employer's code repos
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cloud-engineer-gets-2-years-for-wiping-ex-employers-code-repos/
108
66
Making OKRs more playful using hill charts
https://martin.sh/engaging-okr-checkins-with-hill-charts/
104
30
Screenwriters' Lecture: Charlie Kaufman (2011)
https://www.bafta.org/media-centre/transcripts/screenwriters-lecture-charlie-kaufman
102
36
Walk and Talk
https://sive.rs/wt
97
91
You Should Be Concerned About the Bill to Remove Section 230 Protections from AI
https://dealbreaker.com/2023/12/even-if-you-hate-both-ai-and-section-230-you-should-be-concerned-about-the-hawley-blumenthal-bill-to-remove-230-protections-from-ai-
93
118
There Once Was an Empire
https://novum.substack.com/p/there-once-was-an-empire
92
77
Launch HN: Bracket (YC W22) – Two-Way Sync Between Salesforce and Postgres
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38615232
48
The Einstein-Szilard Refrigerator (2020)
https://www.invention.si.edu/einstein-szilard-refrigerator
29
Claude for Google Sheets
https://docs.anthropic.com/claude/docs/using-claude-for-sheets
89
124
Smoking Causes Cancer
https://www.allendowney.com/blog/2023/12/12/smoking-causes-cancer-2/
88
Fitbit fined $11M for misleading consumers about their rights under consumer law
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-12/fitbit-fined-11-million-after-misleading-consumers/103220970
87
Qdrant 1.7.0
https://qdrant.tech/articles/qdrant-1.7.x/
Edge functions: Node and native NPM compatibility
https://supabase.com/blog/edge-functions-node-npm
84
42
DeciLM-7B: The Fastest and Most Accurate 7B-Parameter LLM to Date
https://deci.ai/blog/introducing-decilm-7b-the-fastest-and-most-accurate-7b-large-language-model-to-date/
43
Arena Group fires CEO in wake of Sports Illustrated AI articles scandal
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/12/arena-group-ceo-ross-levinsohn-fired-sports-illustrated-ai-articles
76
The whale fact chapters in Moby-Dick are among the most memorable
https://countercraft.substack.com/p/your-novel-should-be-more-like-moby
75
68
Porn company makes millions by shaming porn consumers
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-12-12/column-this-porn-company-makes-millions-by-shaming-porn-consumers