HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

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France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins (numerique.gouv.fr)

800 points by embedding-shape 9 hours ago | 413 comments

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FBI used iPhone notification data to retrieve deleted Signal messages (9to5mac.com)

503 points by 01-_- 8 hours ago | 256 comments

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I still prefer MCP over skills (david.coffee)

413 points by gmays 18 hours ago | 335 comments

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OpenAI backs Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held liable (wired.com)

402 points by smurda 6 hours ago | 295 comments

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Microsoft is employing dark patterns to goad users into paying for storage? (lzon.ca)

379 points by jpmitchell 22 hours ago | 237 comments

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France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech (techcrunch.com)

366 points by Teever 4 hours ago | 166 comments

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Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open source projects (bleepingcomputer.com)

353 points by N19PEDL2 8 hours ago | 128 comments

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You can't trust macOS Privacy and Security settings (eclecticlight.co)

349 points by zdw 4 hours ago | 122 comments

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1D Chess (rowan441.github.io)

346 points by burnt-resistor 4 hours ago | 63 comments

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Charcuterie – Visual similarity Unicode explorer (charcuterie.elastiq.ch)

304 points by rickcarlino 23 hours ago | 73 comments

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We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git (blog.gitbutler.com)

287 points by ellieh 18 hours ago | 631 comments

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WireGuard makes new Windows release following Microsoft signing resolution (lists.zx2c4.com)

265 points by zx2c4 4 hours ago | 83 comments

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Netflix Prices Went Up Again – I Bought a DVD Player Instead (aywren.com)

246 points by speckx 23 hours ago | 268 comments

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New iPhone age and identity checks restrict internet freedom in the UK (bigbrotherwatch.org.uk)

218 points by josephcsible 19 hours ago | 140 comments

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A new trick brings stability to quantum operations (ethz.ch)

215 points by joko42 16 hours ago | 47 comments

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Many African families spend fortunes burying their dead (davidoks.blog)

211 points by powera 21 hours ago | 206 comments

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Afrika Bambaataa has died (bbc.co.uk)

178 points by mellosouls 15 hours ago | 61 comments

18.

BunnyCDN has been silently losing our production files for 15 months (old.reddit.com)

171 points by speckx 22 hours ago | 40 comments

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Industrial design files for Keychron keyboards and mice (github.com)

170 points by stingraycharles 3 hours ago | 48 comments

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CPU-Z and HWMonitor compromised (theregister.com)

167 points by pashadee 6 hours ago | 72 comments

21.

Reverse engineering Gemini's SynthID detection (github.com)

167 points by _tk_ 23 hours ago | 53 comments

22.

Helium Is Hard to Replace (construction-physics.com)

166 points by JumpCrisscross 5 hours ago | 104 comments

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Kagi Product Tips – Customize Your Search Results with URL Redirects (blog.kagi.com)

159 points by treetalker 22 hours ago | 33 comments

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YouTube locked my accounts and I can't cancel my subscription (pocketables.com)

149 points by digitalhigh 15 hours ago | 100 comments

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White House staff told not to place bets on prediction markets (bbc.co.uk)

136 points by chrischapman 8 hours ago | 80 comments

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Penguin 'Toxicologists' Find PFAS Chemicals in Remote Patagonia (ucdavis.edu)

130 points by giuliomagnifico 13 hours ago | 61 comments

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The Raft consensus algorithm explained through "Mean Girls" (2019) (cockroachlabs.com)