Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data(eff.org)
1599 points by Brajeshwar | 695 comments
EFF guest post by a person whose Google account data was handed to ICE despite Google's promise to notify users of government data requests.
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IPv6 traffic crosses the 50% mark(google.com)
757 points by Aaronmacaron | 542 comments
Google's IPv6 statistics page showing the percentage of users accessing Google over IPv6, with an adoption graph and per-country data.
Live Nation illegally monopolized ticketing market, jury finds(bloomberg.com)
550 points by Alex_Bond | 161 comments
Bloomberg news article reporting that a jury found Live Nation illegally monopolized the live events and ticketing market.
The buns in McDonald's Japan's burger photos are all slightly askew(mcdonalds.co.jp)
519 points by bckygldstn | 244 comments
McDonald's Japan English-language burger menu page, cited for its product photos showing buns placed slightly askew.
God sleeps in the minerals(wchambliss.wordpress.com)
503 points by speckx | 100 comments
A post on the Chamblissian personal blog titled "God sleeps in the minerals," featuring a photo of an iridescent crystal cluster.
Want to write a compiler? Just read these two papers (2008)(prog21.dadgum.com)
462 points by downbad_ | 139 comments
A 2008 blog post by James Hague arguing that compiler books are too broad and recommending two papers as a practical starting point for writing a compiler.
Michael Rabin has died(en.wikipedia.org)
402 points by tkhattra | 82 comments
Wikipedia biography of Michael O. Rabin, Israeli mathematician and computer scientist, 1976 Turing Award co-recipient, who died April 14, 2026.
Anna's Archive loses $322M Spotify piracy case without a fight(torrentfreak.com)
392 points by askl | 395 comments
TorrentFreak article reporting Spotify and major labels won a $322M default judgment and domain-suspension injunction against Anna's Archive operators.
Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012)(super-memory.com)
366 points by downbad_ | 184 comments
Piotr Wozniak's long SuperMemo article synthesizing sleep research with practical advice for learning, creativity, free-running sleep and sleep disorders.
Cal.com is going closed source(cal.com)
359 points by Benjamin_Dobell | 280 comments
Cal.com blog post announcing the scheduling company is going closed source, citing AI-driven security threats, while Cal.diy remains an open option for hobbyists.
Backpacks got worse on purpose(worseonpurpose.com)
321 points by 113 | 295 comments
Blog post arguing backpack quality declined after VF Corporation, originally a lingerie maker, acquired brands like JanSport and other backpack makers.
ChatGPT for Excel(chatgpt.com)
316 points by armcat | 190 comments
Ask HN: Who is using OpenClaw?
247 points by misterchocolat | 291 comments
Do you even need a database?(dbpro.app)
240 points by upmostly | 268 comments
Wacli – WhatsApp CLI(github.com)
224 points by dinakars777 | 146 comments
Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6(deepmind.google)
198 points by markerbrod | 64 comments
Modern Common Lisp with FSet(fset.common-lisp.dev)
175 points by larve | 22 comments
Towards trust in Emacs(eshelyaron.com)
174 points by eshelyaron | 27 comments
I made a terminal pager(theleo.zone)
151 points by speckx | 37 comments
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The Gemini app is now on Mac(blog.google)
143 points by thm | 76 comments
Saying goodbye to Agile(lewiscampbell.tech)
136 points by matrixhelix | 181 comments
Keep Android Open(keepandroidopen.org)
119 points by bjornroberg | 18 comments
Introducing: ShaderPad(rileyjshaw.com)
103 points by evakhoury | 18 comments
It's cool to care (2025)(alexwlchan.net)
89 points by surprisetalk | 37 comments
