Hacker News
I maintain a 17 year old ThinkPad Tell HN: Announcing tomhow as a public moderator Web Server for AoE 1, 2 and 3 DE supporting LAN multiplayer 100% offline TV Garden DIY Synths Database An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU Minimal CSS-only blurry image placeholders Pico.sh – SSH powered services for developers Animals Made from 13 Circles (2016) Flame – BBS and MUD MIT 6.5950 Secure Hardware Design – An open-source course on hardware attacks XWine1 – Xbox One Translation Layer for Windows PCs Aptera's First Solar Road Trip. 300 Miles, One Charge Multi-Token Attention Apple's Cubify Anything: Scaling Indoor 3D Object Detection Dijkstra On the foolishness of "natural language programming" Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2025) Why I don't discuss politics with friends Calibrated Basic Income by Derek Van Gorder [pdf] Efficient light control: Meta-optics replace conventional lenses Search-R1: Training LLMs to Reason and Leverage Search Engines with RL Restructuring Announcement UpCodes (YC S17) Is Hiring SWEs and CSMs to make construction more productive Matrix.org Will Migrate to MAS Reintroducing Capsul Ploopy Classic 2 open source trackball Digital Archivists: Protecting Public Data from Erasure How Google built its Gemini robotics models When Jorge Luis Borges met one of the founders of AIBleeping Computer
Genetic data site openSNP to close and delete data over privacy concerns Verizon Call Filter API flaw exposed customers' incoming call history GitHub expands security tools after 39 million secrets leaked in 2024 Microsoft adds hotpatching support to Windows 11 Enterprise Royal Mail investigates data leak claims, no impact on operations ChatGPT is down worldwide with something went wrong error Police shuts down KidFlix child sexual exploitation platform The Reality Behind Security Control Failures—And How to Prevent Them Counterfeit Android devices found preloaded with Triada malware Cisco warns of CSLU backdoor admin account used in attacks New Windows 11 trick lets you bypass Microsoft Account requirement North Korean IT worker army expands operations in EuropeArs Technica
Vast pedophile network shut down in Europol’s largest CSAM operation Not just Signal: Michael Waltz reportedly used Gmail for government messages DOGE staffer’s YouTube nickname accidentally revealed his teen hacking activity “Chaos” at state health agencies after US illegally axed grants, lawsuit says FTC: 23andMe buyer must honor firm’s privacy promises for genetic data DOGE accesses federal payroll system and punishes employees who objected Even Trump may not be able to save Elon Musk from his old tweets France fines Apple €150M for “excessive” pop-ups that let users reject tracking Big brands are spending small sums on X to stay out of Musk’s crosshairs FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado What could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase. Elon Musk’s X has a new owner—Elon Musk’s xAI Ex-FCC chairs from both parties say CBS news distortion investigation is bogus EU will go easy with Apple, Facebook punishment to avoid Trump’s wrath Trump can’t fire us, FTC Democrats tell court after being ejected from office Elon Musk and Trump win fight to keep DOGE’s work secret TSMC’s $100 billion pledge won’t resurrect US chipmaking, says Intel’s ex-CEO The Atlantic publishes texts showing Trump admin sent bombing plan to reporter Lawsuits targeting diversity efforts in science are multiplying FBI probes arson of Tesla cars and facilities, says “this is domestic terrorism”Slashdot
Vast Pedophile Network Shut Down In Europol's Largest CSAM Operation Global Scam Industry Evolving at 'Unprecedented Scale' Despite Recent Crackdown Alleged Deel Spy Confesses To Coordinating with Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz Substack Says It'll Legally Defend Writers 'Targeted By the Government' Donkey Kong Champion Wins Defamation Case Against Australian YouTuber Karl Jobst FTC Says 23andMe Purchaser Must Uphold Existing Privacy Policy For Data Handling Arkansas Social Media Age Verification Law Blocked By Federal Judge UK's GCHQ Intern Transferred Top Secret Files To His Phone Google To Pay $100 Million To Settle 14-Year-Old Advertising Lawsuit Open Source Genetic Database Shuts Down To Protect Users From 'Authoritarian Governments' FBI Raids Home of Prominent Computer Scientist Who Has Gone Incommunicado Nearly 1.5 Million Private Photos from Five Dating Apps Were Exposed Online 'Why Did the Government Declare War on My Adorable Tiny Truck?' Madison Square Garden Bans Fan After Surveillance System IDs Him as Critic of Its CEO DOGE To Rewrite SSA Codebase In 'Months'The Verge
Trump adviser reportedly used personal Gmail for ‘sensitive’ military discussions Gmail is making it easier for businesses to send encrypted emails to anyone Madison Square Garden’s surveillance system banned this fan over his T-shirt design Vivaldi bundles Proton VPN into its web browser The Atlantic releases strike group chat messages Trump officials planned a military strike over Signal – with a magazine editor on the line Alleged Snowflake hacker agrees to be extradited to the US Google sues alleged scammers over 10,000 fake Maps listingsCory Doctorow
What's wrong with tariffs Anyone who trusts an AI therapist needs their head examined Private-sector Trumpism #RedForEd rides again in LA Big Tech and "captive audience venues" Reality-Based Communities The AOC-Sanders anti-oligarch tour is all about organizing Why I don't like AI art Trump loves Big Tech Twinkump LinkdumpBruce Schneier
Rational Astrologies and Security Cell Phone OPSEC for Border Crossings The Signal Chat Leak and the NSA Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Werewolf Hacking Group AIs as Trusted Third Parties A Taxonomy of Adversarial Machine Learning Attacks and Mitigations AI Data Poisoning Report on Paragon Spyware More Countries are Demanding Backdoors to Encrypted Apps Friday Squid Blogging: A New Explanation of Squid CamouflageArchive