// stories

347 stories · editorial analysis with viewpoints and sources

OkCupid Gave 3M User Photos to a Facial Recognition Firm. The FTC Fine: $0.

Apr 3

▸ OkCupid, owned by Match Group, shared approximately 3 million dating-app user photos with a facial recognition company without user consent, according...

Career / Industry Politics / Regulation Security / Privacy clear_take

Delve Allegedly Forked an Open-Source Tool and Sold It as Its Own

Apr 3

▸ YC-backed startup Delve is accused of forking an open-source project and repackaging it as a proprietary commercial product.

Startups / Launches Open Source clear_take

Cloudflare's Bot Detection on ChatGPT Reads Your React State Before You Can Type

Apr 3

▸ A reverse engineer decrypted Cloudflare's obfuscated bot-detection script running on ChatGPT and found it reads React internal fiber state and DOM pro...

Frontend / UI Security / Privacy explainer

Gemma 4: Google's Open Models Now Do Vision, Audio, and Tool Use

Apr 3

▸ Google DeepMind released Gemma 4, its most capable open-weight model family, adding native multimodal input and structured tool-calling to the lineup.

Open Source AI / ML explainer

AI's Hunger for RAM Is Starving the Raspberry Pi Generation

Apr 3

▸ DRAM prices have surged as AI datacenter demand for HBM and DDR5 cannibalizes supply for the low-margin consumer and embedded chips that SBCs depend o...

Cloud / Infrastructure Open Source Hardware / Chips clear_take

LinkedIn Is Scanning Your Machine Through the Browser. EU Says It's Illegal.

Apr 3

▸ A new investigation at browsergate.eu presents evidence that LinkedIn uses browser-level APIs to scan and fingerprint users' local systems beyond what...

Politics / Regulation Security / Privacy breaking

The EU's Chat Control Won't Die: What Developers Need to Know

Apr 2

▸ The EU is voting to extend Regulation 2021/1232, which enables voluntary scanning of private messages and photos — a stepping stone toward mandatory c...

Politics / Regulation Security / Privacy clear_take

Windows Native Dev Is a Mess, and Microsoft Keeps Making It Worse

Apr 2
Career / Industry Frontend / UI clear_take

133K Stars Later: What Leaked AI System Prompts Reveal About Your Tools

Apr 2

▸ A single GitHub repo has collected the full system prompts from 30+ AI tools — Cursor, Devin, Windsurf, Claude Code, Copilot, and more — and hit 133K ...

Security / Privacy Open Source AI / ML explainer

Safari's PWA Sabotage Is a Feature, Not a Bug

Apr 2
Politics / Regulation Frontend / UI clear_take

The DoD's Cybersecurity Site Can't Keep Its Own TLS Cert Valid

Apr 2
Defense / GovTech Security / Privacy clear_take

Bram Cohen Thinks Version Control Needs a Do-Over

Apr 2
DevOps / Platform Engineering Open Source explainer

Flash-MoE Fits a 397B Model Into 48GB of Mac RAM

Apr 2
Open Source AI / ML explainer

FCC Adds Foreign-Made Consumer Routers to National Security Ban List

Apr 2
Hardware / Chips Politics / Regulation Security / Privacy clear_take

Axios Compromised on NPM: Malicious Versions Shipped a RAT to Millions

Apr 1

▸ Malicious versions of the Axios HTTP client were published to NPM containing a remote access trojan that could give attackers full control of affected...

Open Source Security / Privacy breaking

CERN Runs Neural Networks in 75 Nanoseconds on Raw Silicon

Apr 1

▸ CERN's hls4ml compiles Keras/PyTorch models directly into FPGA firmware, achieving inference in 75-200 nanoseconds — roughly 1,000x faster than GPU in...

Hardware / Chips AI / ML explainer

GitHub Kills Copilot PR Ads After 1,400-Point HN Revolt

Apr 1

▸ GitHub has removed the Copilot feature that injected promotional suggestions into pull request reviews after massive developer backlash.

Security / Privacy Open Source AI / ML clear_take

Microsoft Says Copilot Is 'For Entertainment Only.' Read That Again.

Apr 1

▸ Microsoft's terms of use for Copilot for Individuals explicitly state the service is 'for entertainment purposes only' — not for professional advice o...

Politics / Regulation Career / Industry AI / ML clear_take

The White House App Ships Huawei Spyware and an ICE Tip Line

Apr 1

▸ Security researcher Sam Bent found the official White House app bundles Huawei-linked spyware components — the same vendor the US government banned fr...

Defense / GovTech Politics / Regulation Security / Privacy clear_take

A Jury Just Told Meta and YouTube Their Engagement Loops Are Negligent

Apr 1

▸ A jury found Meta and YouTube negligent in a landmark social media addiction case, the first trial verdict holding platforms legally responsible for a...

Career / Industry Politics / Regulation multiple_viewpoints
← newer page 6 of 18 older →