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Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service (theregister.com)

869 points by Brajeshwar 12 hours ago | 495 comments

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Accepting US car standards would risk European lives (etsc.eu)

804 points by saubeidl 13 hours ago | 680 comments

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“Captain Gains” on Capitol Hill (nber.org)

741 points by mhb 6 hours ago | 449 comments

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The "Mad Men" in 4K on HBO Max Debacle (fxrant.blogspot.com)

348 points by tosh 8 hours ago | 151 comments

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Helldivers 2 devs slash install size from 154GB to 23GB (tomshardware.com)

330 points by doener 7 hours ago | 216 comments

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Ghostty is now non-profit (mitchellh.com)

326 points by vrnvu 2 hours ago | 61 comments

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Japanese game devs face font dilemma as license increases from $380 to $20k (gamesindustry.biz)

312 points by zdw 16 hours ago | 177 comments

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MinIO is now in maintenance-mode (github.com)

303 points by hajtom 4 hours ago | 175 comments

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Steam Deck lead reveals Valve is funding ARM compatibility of Windows games (frvr.com)

286 points by OsrsNeedsf2P 3 hours ago | 10 comments

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Reverse engineering a $1B Legal AI tool exposed 100k+ confidential files (alexschapiro.com)

274 points by bearsyankees 3 hours ago | 78 comments

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Interview with RollerCoaster Tycoon's Creator, Chris Sawyer (2024) (medium.com)

260 points by areoform 16 hours ago | 46 comments

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RCE Vulnerability in React and Next.js (github.com)

230 points by rayhaanj 4 hours ago | 72 comments

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Kohler Can Access Pictures from "End-to-End Encrypted" Toilet Camera (varlogsimon.leaflet.pub)

213 points by TimDotC 18 hours ago | 210 comments

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You can't fool the optimizer (xania.org)

210 points by HeliumHydride 8 hours ago | 115 comments

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Anthropic taps IPO lawyers as it races OpenAI to go public (ft.com)

206 points by GeorgeWoff25 10 hours ago | 171 comments

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1D Conway's Life glider found, 3.7B cells long (conwaylife.com)

188 points by nooks 3 hours ago | 62 comments

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India scraps order to pre-install state-run cyber safety app on smartphones (bbc.com)

174 points by wolpoli 9 hours ago | 43 comments

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EmacsConf 2025 (emacsconf.org)

163 points by birdculture 23 hours ago | 15 comments

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Everyone in Seattle hates AI (jonready.com)

139 points by mips_avatar 1 hour ago | 119 comments

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Mapping the US healthcare system’s financial flows (healthisotherpeople.substack.com)

131 points by brandonb 6 hours ago | 134 comments

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Critical RCE Vulnerabilities in React and Next.js (wiz.io)

127 points by gonepivoting 4 hours ago | 73 comments

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Are we repeating the telecoms crash with AI datacenters? (martinalderson.com)

119 points by davedx 9 hours ago | 83 comments

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Ecosia: The greenest AI is here (blog.ecosia.org)

118 points by doener 23 hours ago | 73 comments

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DOOM could have had PC Speaker Music (lenowo.org)

113 points by minki_the_avali 21 hours ago | 74 comments

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AI Is Breaking the Moral Foundation of Modern Society (eyeofthesquid.com)

104 points by TinyBig 14 hours ago | 169 comments

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Microsoft lowers AI software growth targets (finance.yahoo.com)

95 points by ramoz 5 hours ago | 79 comments

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Why are my headphones buzzing whenever I run my game? (alexene.dev)

92 points by pacificat0r 5 hours ago | 85 comments

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Quad9 DOH HTTP/1.1 Retirement, December 15, 2025 (quad9.net)

92 points by pickledoyster 14 hours ago | 46 comments

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Researchers Find Microbe Capable of Producing Oxygen from Martian Soil (scienceclock.com)

92 points by ashishgupta2209 14 hours ago | 35 comments

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AI generated font using Nano Banana (constanttime.notion.site)

90 points by ebaad96 22 hours ago | 32 comments