Stories posted this day, by points. Rank history starts with the October 2026 rebuild.
1147 points by tortilla | 571 comments
The Verge news article reporting that Texas AG Ken Paxton is suing Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense, and TCL, alleging their TVs spy on what viewers watch.
878 points by theamk | 421 comments
alpr.watch is a site tracking automated license plate reader (ALPR) surveillance; the captured page loaded blank.
815 points by gavide | 150 comments
Astral blog post announcing the Beta release of ty, a fast Rust-written Python type checker and language server positioned as an alternative to mypy and Pyright.
790 points by ryandrake | 151 comments
Blog post by graphics engineer Sebastian Aaltonen arguing for a simpler, lower-level approach than current graphics APIs, discussing GPU hardware details.
785 points by mitchbob | 252 comments
Joan Westenberg essay arguing that shallow, easily satisfied 'thin desires' driven by modern technology are crowding out deeper, more meaningful wants.
782 points by evankhoury | 394 comments
Martin Kleppmann blog post predicting that AI will bring formal verification with proof assistants like Rocq, Isabelle and Lean into mainstream software engineering.
767 points by kevin-david | 797 comments
GitHub announcement dated December 15, 2025 describing upcoming pricing changes for GitHub Actions.
706 points by takira | 225 comments
Koi Security research post reporting that privacy/VPN browser extensions such as Urban VPN, with 8 million users, collected and sold users' AI chatbot conversations.
581 points by ericdanielski | 309 comments
Blog post arguing against the 'this is the future, like it or not' framing for generative AI and other tech, asserting nothing is inevitable and modern technology is abusive.
575 points by recvonline | 863 comments
Mozilla's Distilled blog post announcing Anthony Enzor-Demeo as the organization's new CEO.
525 points by MrAlex94 | 293 comments
Waterfox blog post by Alex Kontos responding to Mozilla's AI-first strategy, stating Waterfox will not include AI features in its browser.
506 points by charlierguo | 241 comments
OpenAI product announcement of the new ChatGPT Images, powered by the GPT Image 1.5 model, released December 16, 2025.
481 points by geox | 192 comments
TUM press release on a Nature Neuroscience study finding that about 40 percent of fMRI signals do not reflect actual neuronal activity, challenging how fMRI data are interpreted.
480 points by 1659447091 | 370 comments
BBC Eye investigation reporting that children with cancer were scammed out of millions of pounds raised through fundraising for their treatment.
478 points by dvrp | 100 comments
Project page for Apple's SHARP, a method that regresses a 3D Gaussian representation from a single photo in under a second for photorealistic novel view synthesis.
457 points by lemper | 209 comments
A blog post by jyn, a compiler engineer, arguing that programming isn't a competition and that they write about technical topics simply for fun.
439 points by nklow | 206 comments
GitHub changelog post announcing upcoming GitHub Actions pricing changes, including charges for self-hosted runners starting March 2026.
421 points by Curiositry | 127 comments
Homepage of Quill OS, an open-source standalone operating system for Rakuten Kobo eReaders, with download, installation, wiki and screenshot links.
393 points by bbx | 134 comments
Demo page for picknplace.js, a JavaScript library offering a pick, scroll, and place interaction as an alternative to drag-and-drop for reordering lists.
268 points by samwho | 67 comments
234 points by evankhoury | 166 comments
196 points by megaman821 | 28 comments
194 points by jesse__ | 34 comments
146 points by tzury | 19 comments
136 points by rom16384 | 134 comments
113 points by mghackerlady | 82 comments
90 points by rayhaanj | 116 comments
84 points by ibobev | 25 comments
