top 20 hacker news stories for 2023-12-21

ArXiv now offers papers in HTML format

https://blog.arxiv.org/2023/12/21/accessibility-update-arxiv-now-offers-papers-in-html-format/

2 years ago

Tell HN: I salute everyone on call/working support through the holidays

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38725015

2 years ago

Apple allows some iOS apps to track user locations via lists of nearby SSIDs

https://wingu.se/2023/11/30/only-apple-can-do-allow-apps-tracking-users-location-without-consensus.html

2 years ago

Beeper – Moving Forward

https://blog.beeper.com/p/beeper-moving-forward

2 years ago

Fantasy Map Brushes

https://kmalexander.com/free-stuff/fantasy-map-brushes/

2 years ago

Google OAuth is broken (sort of)

https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/google-oauth-is-broken-sort-of/

2 years ago

The right to use adblockers

https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20231220-01.sl.html

2 years ago

Find out who owns a nursing home with our Nursing Home Inspect tool

https://www.propublica.org/article/find-nursing-home-ownership-information

2 years ago

Two pharmacists figured out that oral phenylephrine doesn't work

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-two-pharmacists-figured-out-that-decongestants-dont-work/

2 years ago

SMTP Smuggling – Spoofing Emails Worldwide

https://sec-consult.com/blog/detail/smtp-smuggling-spoofing-e-mails-worldwide/

2 years ago

How to turn off Google's "privacy sandbox" ad tracking, and why you should

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/how-turn-googles-privacy-sandbox-ad-tracking-and-why-you-should

2 years ago

U.S. workers say banned weed killer in 50 countries is giving them Parkinson's

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-12-20/california-workers-say-herbicide-is-giving-them-parkinsons

2 years ago

Police get medical records without a warrant

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/cvs-rite-aid-walgreens-hand-out-medical-records-to-cops-without-warrants/

2 years ago

Apple wants AI to run directly on its hardware instead of in the cloud

https://arstechnica.com/apple/2023/12/apple-wants-ai-to-run-directly-on-its-hardware-instead-of-in-the-cloud/

2 years ago

New nuclear deflection simulations advance planetary defense against asteroids

https://www.llnl.gov/article/50716/new-nuclear-deflection-simulations-advance-planetary-defense-against-asteroid-threats

2 years ago

Rust to stabilize `async fn` and return-position `impl Trait` in traits

https://blog.rust-lang.org/2023/12/21/async-fn-rpit-in-traits.html

2 years ago

Catalyst – Tailwind CSS Application UI Kit

https://tailwindui.com/templates/catalyst

2 years ago

Acer Aspire 1 ARM Laptop Has Nearly Complete Upstream Linux Support

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Acer-Aspire-1-EC-Linux-Complete

2 years ago

PHOLED Will Transform Displays

https://spectrum.ieee.org/blue-pholed

2 years ago

New York’s attorney general says SiriusXM’s cancellation process is illegal

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/21/24010975/siriusxm-lawsuit-new-york-tish-james-cancel

2 years ago