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Firefox to Discontinue Sideloaded Extensions

189

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182

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152

Python adopts a 12-month release cycle

139

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134

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126

Chrome 0-day exploit used in Operation WizardOpium

102

Keystone pipeline shut after spilling 1.4M litres of oil in North Dakota

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European Cloud Project Draws Backlash from U.S. Tech Giants

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52

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Life expectancy for American men drops for a third year

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Data Dictatorships: The Arms Race to Hack Humankind

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Hilda Geiringer Reshaped Mathematics

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Boeing MQ-25 Stingray

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Halmak – AI designed keyboard layout

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The math of media bosses who told Deadspin to ‘stick to sports’ doesn’t add up

39

Opensourcing the Universal Package Manager

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Can You Overdose on Happiness?

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Fitbit to Be Aquired by Google

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The Acceleration of Addictiveness (2010)

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SingleFileZ, a web extension for saving pages as HTML/ZIP hybrid files

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US debt surpasses $23T for first time

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DKIM Demystified

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Ask HN: What to do after the workday?

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Russ Cox: Surviving Software Dependencies

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2019 Python Developer Survey

18

Widows on the Pain of Dining Alone

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Kexecboot: Linux-As-a-Bootloader implementation based on kexec

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The Effect of Wrapping Neatness on Gift Attitudes

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We’re Building a New Central Resource for Public Data

12

Uber facing ban in Geneva

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Delegated Credentials in TLS

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Steve Jobs Is Dead

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Human-controlled robots shown to make manufacturing safer, more efficient

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Google to Acquire Fitbit

5

Netlify Status – build pipeline down for past 4 hours

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4

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2

Quantum advantage, or a practical demonstration that quantum computers work

2

Google's Sidewalk Labs plans private taxation, cops, judges, punishes privacy

1

Silicon Valley enables online slave markets

1

Things That Go Bump in the Stacks (2014)

1

The emergence of modern astronomy – a complex mosaic

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Blues of Many Skies

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