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HACKER NEWS

Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO | comment
Playa Phone | comment
I turned my security cameras into an automatic bird identification system | comment
Dolly Parton has died | comment
CEO fired developers to make room for AI. Developers create open source AI CEO | comment
Xiaomi: New CPU matches Apple cores single threaded, much faster multithreaded | comment
Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices | comment
GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven | comment
GLM-5.3 is now open-weight | comment
Tim Curry has died | comment
MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID | comment
Htmx 4.0 | comment
Saving 100 terabytes of memory by optimizing 1.1.1.1's DNS cache | comment
California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law | comment
Tailcat – Like netcat, but over Tailscale’s data plane | comment
Small Models Have Arrived | comment
AWS Acquires DuckDB | comment
My Friend Aaron | comment
Omarchy: Any User Process Can Escalate to Root | comment
How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs | comment
Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux | comment
European Commission Revives Push for Encryption Backdoors in ProtectEU Strategy | comment
Nebula Sans | comment
The entire city of San Francisco as a video game | comment
OpenShot 4.0: Record, Edit, and Color Like Never Before | comment
Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra for a big leap in performance and AI compute | comment
OpenAI Jalapeño: Better than Nvidia Blackwell | comment
Z.ai confirms Ox Alpha is a new GLM-series model and will release its weights | comment
DHS is using obscure law to snoop on journalists, non-profits, unions | comment
An ongoing 3D-printer AGPL violation | comment

HACKER NEWS WEEKLY

Dolly Parton has died | comment
OpenLogi | comment
Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence | comment
Don't paste the AI, please | comment
CEO fired developers to make room for AI. Developers create open source AI CEO | comment
Xiaomi: New CPU matches Apple cores single threaded, much faster multithreaded | comment
Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices | comment
OpenRouter is joining Stripe | comment
GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven | comment
I spent $266 and four AI models to own my tablet. GLM-5.3 finished it in a day | comment
GLM-5.3 is now open-weight | comment
Tim Curry has died | comment
I like 'em thick: an apology to my English teachers | comment
MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID | comment
Htmx 4.0 | comment
Felony Bench | comment
Saving 100 terabytes of memory by optimizing 1.1.1.1's DNS cache | comment
California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law | comment
Remote workers report the highest well-being in study of 7,700 employees | comment
Tailcat – Like netcat, but over Tailscale’s data plane | comment
Small Models Have Arrived | comment
Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance | comment
AWS Acquires DuckDB | comment
Go 1.27 | comment
My Friend Aaron | comment
Andreessen Horowitz is investing billions into a bleak future | comment
Beware Management Consultants | comment
Kobo can run apps now | comment
Omarchy: Any User Process Can Escalate to Root | comment
Oceans hit highest temperature on record | comment
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