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Crowd-sourced comparison of USB security tokens (google.com)

×0.95 | 1 points by stv0g 1 minute ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AI Can Write Your Code. It Can't Do Your Job (terriblesoftware.org)

×0.95 | 1 points by thunderbong 2 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Musk's Mars mission adds risk to red-hot SpaceX IPO (reuters.com)

×0.89 | 1 points by TMWNN 3 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
EZ File Changer – Private, client-side image converter (ezfilechanger.com)

×0.75 | 1 points by waqaar-ansari 12 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ozempic Turned a 1970s Hit into an Inescapable Jingle (2024) (nytimes.com)

×0.62 | 1 points by nxobject 22 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Firefox Version 146.0 (firefox.com)

×1.43 | 2 points by ksec 25 minutes ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Can't take setting up another bucket for images (labnocturne.com)

×2.20 51 | 3 points by jjenkins 28 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Switzerland Engineered the Perfect Country [video] (youtube.com)

×1.27 | 2 points by keepamovin 37 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The New Allowance (theatlantic.com)

×1.22 | 2 points by gmays 44 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Zootopia OC Maker – Create Zootopia-Style Original Characters with AI (aiocmaker.com)

×0.55 | 1 points by qianjin1979 45 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Is Prompt Engineering Dead? Only If You're Still Prompting Like It's 2023

×0.55 | 1 points by ahmedkarem 47 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Ask HN: How do you manage curl commands in your workflow?

×0.50 | 1 points by subashn 56 minutes ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Music Algorithms Failed Us (therectangle.substack.com)

×1.10 46 | 4 points by olyellybelly 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: ADK-Rust: a Rust Implementation of Google Agent Dev Kit (adk-rust.com)

×0.44 | 1 points by Zavora 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
There is no data-generating distribution (argmin.net)

×0.44 | 1 points by gmays 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Satya Nadella demos an app he built [video] (youtube.com)

×0.46 | 1 points by ankitg12 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Marco Rubio: No more woke fonts (theatlantic.com)

×1.59 14 | 3 points by atakan_gurkan 1 hour ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Democratic states sue Trump administration over new $100k fee for H-1B visas (cnn.com)

×0.46 | 1 points by Beijinger 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Writing a Type-Safe Linux Perf Interface in Zig (pyk.sh)

×1.69 13 | 3 points by peeyek 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Google and Apple roll out emergency security updates after zero-day attacks (techcrunch.com)

×1.74 12 | 3 points by colanderman 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Unitree Debuts Robot "App Store" (twitter.com/UnitreeRobotics)

×1.12 10 | 3 points by elfbargpt 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Browser4 – an open-source browser engine for agents and concurrency (github.com/platonai)

×1.11 | 2 points by galaxyeye 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How Long Does It Take to Merge a PR into VSCode? (joseph-xiao.notion.site)

×0.45 | 1 points by jxiao32 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
MongoKV – Tiny async/sync key–value store on top of MongoDB (harrisonerd.com)

×0.47 | 1 points by harrisonerd 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Cybercriminals are exploiting ChatGPT and Grok to spread AMOS malware to Macs (techoreon.com)

×3.35 50 | 6 points by ashishgupta2209 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
SpaceX Valued at $800B, as It Prepares to Go Public (nytimes.com)

×1.03 | 2 points by hockeyface 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Doxers Posing as Cops Are Tricking Big Tech Firms into Sharing People's Data (wired.com)

×2.73 15 #18 | 29 points by iamnothere 1 hour ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Apples (xkcd.com)

×0.45 | 1 points by baruchel 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Contra four-wheeled suitcases, sort of (2023) (dynomight.net)

×0.45 | 1 points by Ariarule 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Recovering Anthony Bourdain's (really) lost Li.st's (sandyuraz.com)

×1.07 | 2 points by gregsadetsky 1 hour ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Scientists Uncover Key Driver of Treatment-Resistant Cancer (ucsd.edu)

×1.59 4 | 3 points by gmays 1 hour ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help (hey.paris)

×12.66 2 #3 | 203 points by parisidau 1 hour ago | 76 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Invitation-Only Stock Market for the Wealthy (wsj.com)

×2.69 26 | 5 points by mudil 2 hours ago | 3 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Free software grows as a function of social utility (2022) (ariadne.space)

×0.42 | 1 points by ghssds 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Configure automatic detection of work location in Microsoft Teams (microsoft.com)

×0.76 | 2 points by TheDataMaverick 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Coupang data breach that hit two-thirds of South Korea (ft.com)

×0.33 | 1 points by zdw 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Poor Johnny still won't encrypt (bfswa.substack.com)

×0.99 4 #4 | 28 points by zdw 2 hours ago | 31 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Flowctl – Self-service workflows with approvals and SSO. Single Binary (github.com/cvhariharan)

×1.30 21 | 3 points by cv_h 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
New Google web ecosystem tools and partnerships (blog.google)

×0.87 | 2 points by gmays 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: OAuth-style authorization for AI agents (npmjs.com)

×0.88 | 2 points by Pukuta 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Ten Principles of Good Design (tonygaeta.com)

×0.90 | 2 points by LightMorpheus 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Coding Agents and Complexity Budgets (leerob.com)

×1.90 5 | 4 points by tortilla 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Physicians AI Report (offcall.com)

×0.39 | 1 points by samuel246 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Support for Google Services (google.com)

×0.39 | 1 points by manveerc 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: Tandem – Real-time collaborative editor with AI attribution tracking (github.com/lmanchu)

×0.93 | 2 points by Lmanchu 2 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
UK developing urgent plan for conflict, minister says (ukdefencejournal.org.uk)

×2.02 9 | 4 points by Bender 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Switzerland's Security Policy Strategy (admin.ch)

×1.51 30 | 3 points by samuel246 2 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
BoxLite Love AI agent – SQLite for VMs: embeddable AI agent sandboxing (github.com/boxlite-labs)

×0.40 | 1 points by dorianzheng 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Don't Build Agents, Build Skills Instead – Barry and Mahesh, Anthropic [video] (youtube.com)

×0.39 | 1 points by kerim-ca 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Color Spaces, Gamuts, and Transformations (ari-atori.dev)

×0.39 | 1 points by todsacerdoti 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Michael Jordan was a basketball legend. Now, he's one in NASCAR too (nytimes.com)

×0.92 | 2 points by divbzero 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Deno 2.6 and Socket: Supply Chain Defense in Your CLI (socket.dev)

×0.91 | 2 points by feross 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Battery storage hits $65/MWh, a tipping point for solar (electrek.co)

×3.95 41 | 12 points by toomuchtodo 3 hours ago | 7 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
EV sticker shock: Solo drivers using California carpool lanes face hefty fines (latimes.com)

×0.93 | 2 points by PaulHoule 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Show HN: I made a grid that sizes your subscriptions by what they cost (nguyenvu.dev)

×0.41 | 1 points by hoangvu12 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
UK Lords propose ban on VPNs for children (techradar.com)

×2.41 13 #51 | 14 points by josephcsible 3 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Google Removes Sci-Hub Domains from U.S. Search Results Due to Dated Court Order (torrentfreak.com)

×3.77 17 #21 | 65 points by t-3 3 hours ago | 17 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Processing 630M More Pwned Passwords, Courtesy of the FBI (troyhunt.com)

×0.42 | 1 points by LorenDB 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Waymo: "Not yet a legal path to operating in New York"; NYC demo video (twitter.com/Waymo)

×2.72 8 | 5 points by tech234a 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Cycle-accurate YM2149 PSG emulator (github.com/slippyex)

×0.99 | 2 points by todsacerdoti 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Coming Need for Formal Specification (benjamincongdon.me)

×0.80 37 #17 | 12 points by todsacerdoti 3 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
.NET Wrapper for latest PCRE2 library (github.com/ltrzesniewski)

×1.01 | 2 points by hooge 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Oliver sacks put himself into his case studies. What was the cost? (newyorker.com)

×2.97 22 #28 | 50 points by talonx 3 hours ago | 10 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Fairly Trained AI (fairlytrained.org)

×0.47 | 1 points by pabs3 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Meta's Pivot from Open Source to Money-Making AI Model (bloomberg.com)

×1.12 | 2 points by gmays 3 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Papermoon: A Space-Grade Linux for the NewSpace Era (thenewstack.io)

×0.48 | 1 points by CrankyBear 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
A Lisp Interpreter Implemented in Conway's Game of Life (2022) (woodrush.github.io)

×1.39 68 #50 | 4 points by pabs3 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Redis-rs and Redis-test 1.0.0 (github.com/redis-rs)

×0.44 | 1 points by stmw 3 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
1300 Still Images from the Animated Films of Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli (2023) (ghibli.jp)

×1.91 2 #5 | 51 points by vinhnx 3 hours ago | 12 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Visualizing the 4th Dimension with WebGPU (dugas.ch)

×0.47 | 1 points by chronolitus 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Visual Proof of Pythagoras' Theorem [video] (youtube.com)

×0.47 | 2 points by thunderbong 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Roundup of Events for Bootstrappers in December 2025 (bootstrappersbreakfast.com)

×1.04 | 2 points by skmurphy 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
How the Team Behind Valkey Knew It Was Time to Fork (thenewstack.io)

×1.66 42 | 3 points by CrankyBear 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Searching: Cybersecurity Classes

×1.07 | 2 points by prospopa 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Man shocks doctors with 254/150 blood pressure, stroke from energy drinks (arstechnica.com)

×4.32 19 #81 | 12 points by canucker2016 4 hours ago | 5 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The unlikely photo that kickstarted the social web (2016) (bbc.com)

×1.11 | 2 points by 1659447091 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The Bet on Juniors Just Got Better (tidyfirst.substack.com)

×1.77 45 | 3 points by gmays 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Three Dogs Stroll (reddit.com)

×2.97 22 | 5 points by susam 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
JPM the Java Package Manager

×0.46 | 1 points by sunnykentz 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
We unpack the journey from pivot hell to product-market fit [video] (youtube.com)

×0.47 | 1 points by rchachra 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Lite^3, a JSON-Compatible Zero-Copy Serialization Format (github.com/fastserial)

×1.77 49 | 3 points by cryptonector 4 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
I Prefer Machines to Write My Code (verisimilitudes.net)

×1.82 50 | 3 points by arlyle 4 hours ago | 2 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
EU Council introduces a €3 customs duty on every parcel. Starting July 1, 2026 (twitter.com/EUCouncil)

×1.72 52 | 3 points by mickelsen 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Nex gaming console – year's hottest toy? (wsj.com)

×1.74 53 | 3 points by gsanghera 4 hours ago | 1 comments | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Childhood instability accelerates women's sexual strategies, study suggests (medicalxpress.com)

×1.75 54 | 3 points by PaulHoule 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
The First Internal Evaluation of the Faust Baseline Version 2.5 (intelligent-people.org)

×0.49 | 1 points by micvicfaust9 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
AI is part of Linux's plumbing – whether developers like it or not (zdnet.com)

×1.15 | 2 points by CrankyBear 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
Where CC Stands on Pay-to-Crawl (creativecommons.org)

×1.14 | 2 points by xngbuilds 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
CISA orders federal agencies to patch GeoServer flaw (scworld.com)

×1.13 | 2 points by Bender 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???
New AI X Youth empowerment focused Initiative in Alabama (bld.al)

×0.50 | 1 points by peauts 4 hours ago | discuss | ▲ ▼ ??? ???