Automakers are starting to admit that drivers hate touchscreens(slate.com)
1159 points by NN88 | 826 comments
Slate article on automakers like VW, Porsche, Nissan and Hyundai bringing back physical buttons as drivers reject touchscreen controls.
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Netflix loses 1M users in Spain over password policing(bloomberg.com)
696 points by FabHK | 862 comments
Bloomberg article reporting Netflix lost about 1 million users in Spain after restricting password sharing in the first quarter.
Linen.dev: A 500 kb Slack alternative(linen.dev)
686 points by cheeseblubber | 193 comments
Linen blog post explaining how they reduced their open-source Slack/Discord alternative's client bundle to about 500KB gzipped using webpack bundle analysis.
UK Blocks Microsoft’s $69B Activision Deal(bloomberg.com)
583 points by jmsflknr | 520 comments
Bloomberg article reporting that the UK's CMA blocked Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard over cloud gaming competition concerns.
Why is OAuth still hard in 2023?(nango.dev)
530 points by bastienbeurier | 255 comments
Nango blog post explaining why implementing OAuth across the 50 most popular APIs remains messy and inconsistent in 2023.
Show HN: ScrapScript – A tiny functional language for sharable software(scrapscript.org)
472 points by surprisetalk | 121 comments
Landing page for Scrapscript, a small functional programming language for sharable software, showing example code and a 'coming 2024' notice.
Why did Google Brain exist?(moderndescartes.com)
445 points by brilee | 282 comments
Personal essay by former Google Brain employee Brian Kihoon Lee examining why Google Brain existed as an industry research lab and whether those reasons still hold.
Lessons by 3blue1brown(3blue1brown.com)
396 points by spallas | 104 comments
Homepage of 3Blue1Brown, Grant Sanderson's site offering animated math video lessons, blog posts, podcast, and extras.
Colorado becomes first to pass ‘right to repair’ for farmers(wivb.com)
392 points by hubraumhugo | 80 comments
WIVB/Associated Press news article reporting that Colorado became the first state to pass a right-to-repair law for farm equipment, signed by Gov. Jared Polis.
Google Authenticator cloud sync: Google can see the secrets, even while stored(defcon.social)
334 points by Signez | 112 comments
A Mastodon post by Mysk reporting that Google Authenticator's new cloud sync of 2FA secrets is not end-to-end encrypted, so Google can see the secrets.
Long before trees overtook the land, Earth was covered by prototaxites (2013)(smithsonianmag.com)
322 points by janandonly | 220 comments
Smithsonian Smart News article from 2013 about Prototaxites, giant 24-foot fungal spires that dotted Earth's landscape before trees took over.
Payments 101 for a Developer(github.com)
224 points by manojr13 | 63 comments
Your First LTE(open5gs.org)
200 points by teleforce | 56 comments
Mastodon is doomed?(justingarrison.com)
189 points by bpierre | 233 comments
CISC-y RISC-ness(tedium.co)
81 points by Amorymeltzer | 64 comments
Freud as Talmudist(jewishreviewofbooks.com)
78 points by Caiero | 76 comments
Someone Has to Run the Fabs(noahpinion.blog)
63 points by jseliger | 51 comments
A Winelike Sea(laphamsquarterly.org)
59 points by jelliclesfarm | 40 comments
