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Using the internet like it's 1999
Article URL: https://joshblais.com/blog/using-the-internet-like-its-1999/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47881198 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
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Anthropic's Claude Desktop App Installs Undisclosed Native Messaging Bridge
Article URL: https://letsdatascience.com/news/claude-desktop-installs-preauthorized-browser-extension-mani-4064fb1a Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47880697 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
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Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9d4zgnqpqeo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47880189 Points: 57 # Comments: 24
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Meta to cut 10% of jobs, or 8k employees
Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/meta-job-cuts-10-percent-8000-employees/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47879986 Points: 215 # Comments: 146
Astronomers Find the Edge of the Milky Way
Article URL: https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/astronomers-find-the-edge-of-the-milky-way/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47879239 Points: 19 # Comments: 0
GPT-5.5
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-5/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47879092 Points: 669 # Comments: 304
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Palantir employees are starting to wonder if they're the bad guys
Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-employees-are-starting-to-wonder-if-theyre-the-bad-guys/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47878633 Points: 339 # Comments: 237
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Incident with multple GitHub services
Article URL: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/myrbk7jvvs6p Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47877644 Points: 137 # Comments: 64
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Bitwarden CLI compromised in ongoing Checkmarx supply chain campaign
Article URL: https://socket.dev/blog/bitwarden-cli-compromised Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47876043 Points: 477 # Comments: 223
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Meta to cut 10% of jobs, or 8,000 employees, report says
According to an internal memo, Meta plans to begin its sweeping layoffs on May 20.
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Bluesky now supports better quality photos
The max size is now 2MB and max resolution is 4000x4000.
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Microsoft offers buyout for up to 7% of U.S. employees
If a worker's years of service at Microsoft plus their age equals 70 or more, they will be eligible for a voluntary retirement buyout.
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Apple's M4 Mac mini, including the $599 one, is gradually becoming impossible to buy
Pending refresh? RAM shortage? AI agents? There are many possible explanations.
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US Space Command: Russia is now operationalizing co-orbital ASAT weapons
"They’re putting operational systems up within orbit reach of our high-value satellites."
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Apple stops weirdly storing data that let cops spy on Signal chats
Signal “very happy” Apple fixed bug storing private chats after app was deleted.