Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much sooner than previously thought
Link: https://phys.org/news/2025-05-universe-decay-years-sooner-previously.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43961226
Hacker News 100
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Posts from https://news.ycombinator.com that have over 100 points.
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Klarna changes its AI tune and again recruits humans for customer service
Link: https://www.customerexperiencedive.com/news/klarna-reinvests-human-talent-customer-service-AI-chatbot/747586/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43955374
For $595, you get what nobody else can give you for twice the price (1982) [pdf]
Link: https://s3data.computerhistory.org/brochures/commodore.commodore64.1982.102646264.pdf
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43947630
TeleMessage, used by Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs
Link: 
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43909220
micahflee
Despite misleading marketing, Israeli company TeleMessage, used by Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs
💡Update May 18, 2025: I described TeleMessage's trivial vulnerability in an article for WIRED: How the knock-off Signal app used by Trump offici...
Google has most of my email because it has all of yours (2014)
Link: 
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43901204
copyrighteous
Google Has Most of My Email Because It Has All of Yours
Republished by Slate. Translations available in French (Français), Spanish (Español), Chinese (中文) For almost 15 years, I have run my own ema...
Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits
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Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43866303
Ars Technica
Don’t watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits
There's a time and there's a place. Federal court is neither.
Future of OSU Open Source Lab in Jeopardy
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Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43849271
Future of OSL in Jeopardy | OSU Open Source Lab
A nonprofit organization working for the advancement of open source technologies.
ZFS: Apple's New Filesystem that wasn't (2016)
Link:
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43810566
ZFS: Apple's New Filesystem That Wasn't
Adam Leventhal's Blog
Avoiding Skill Atrophy in the Age of AI
Link: 
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43791474
Avoiding Skill Atrophy in the Age of AI
How to use AI coding assistants without letting your hard-earned engineering skills wither away.
Judge Rules Blanket Search of Cell Tower Data Unconstitutional
Link: 
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43730545
404 Media
Judge Rules Blanket Search of Cell Tower Data Unconstitutional
Judge says tower dumps violate the 4th amendment, but will let the cops do it this one time, as a treat.
OpenAI is building a social network?
Link: 
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43694877
The Verge
OpenAI is building a social network
ChatGPT versus X?
DolphinGemma: How Google AI is helping decode dolphin communication
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Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43680899
Google
DolphinGemma: How Google AI is helping decode dolphin communication
Dolphin researchers are using Gemma and Google Pixel phones to try to decipher how dolphins talk to one another.
The Steam Deck Is Software-Freedom Friendly
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Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43567923
Agnishom Chattopadhyay | the steam deck is not evil and thats why I like it
in an era where tech giants increasingly control our digital experiences, the Steam Deck stands as a beacon of user freedom
The case against conversational interfaces
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Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43542131
julian.digital
The case against conversational interfaces
Conversational interfaces are a bit of a meme. Every couple of years a shiny new AI development emerges and people in tech go "This is it! The next...
Google makes Android development private, will continue open source releases
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Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43485950
Ars Technica
Google makes Android development private, will continue open source releases
Google says this change will simplify things for developers and OEMs.
Japanese scientists use stem cell treatment to restore movement in spinal injury
Link: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-japanese-scientists-stem-cell-treatment.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43459264
CEO of AI ad-tech firm pledging "world free of fraud" sentenced for fraud
Link: 
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43448606
Ars Technica
CEO of AI ad-tech firm pledging “world free of fraud” sentenced for fraud
Prosecutors: Firm offering "300% more" fraud detection oversold revenue by 700%.
Dutch Parliament: Time to ditch US tech for homegrown options
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Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43421902
Time to ditch US tech services, says Dutch parliament
: Trump administration 'has made the call for tech sovereignty an urgent geopolitical issue'
Hidden Messages in Emojis and Hacking the US Treasury
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Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43359264
Hidden Messages in Emojis and Hacking the US Treasury
On December 30th, while most of us were preparing for a New Year’s Eve celebration, the US Treasury was prepping a notice to lawmakers to notify ...