Hacker News Digest
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The Hanover Institute for Public Policy, a fake think tank created on behalf of the Israeli government, has published over 100 articles in just over a week, seemingly designed to influence AI chatbot…
A GitHub degradation caused service issues for Cursor's Automations, Cloud Agents, Review Agents, and Codebase features, as well as its new Origin Git platform. Cursor's status page reported the inci…
As consumer spending tightens, 'buy now, pay later' companies are expanding beyond retail to offer installment loans for everyday necessities such as rent, utilities, and groceries. This shift raises…
MS-DOS 2.0 was a major rewrite, but it nearly stayed a minor update. IBM wanted only hard disk support, but Paul Allen pushed for a UNIX-inspired hierarchical file system, installable drivers, and pr…
An analysis of FBI data shows that despite Atlanta's network of over 28,000 integrated cameras and thousands of Flock license plate readers, clearance rates for major crimes like homicide, robbery, a…
Google has won a bankruptcy auction for Spirit Airlines' business data, including 100 million emails and 500 million Microsoft Teams chats, for $10 million. The data, which excludes personal informat…
Prime Minister Mark Carney, along with Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador premiers and utility CEOs, announced a historic agreement to upgrade and expand the Churchill Falls Generating Station and…
Repair Café is a worldwide network of volunteer-run events where people bring broken items—from toasters to bicycles—and fix them together with expert help. The organization provides free meeting spa…
After a foxtail weed sent his dog Hildegard to the emergency vet, Amos Dudley designed a custom protective helmet. Using an iPhone 3D scan and CAD software, he printed a shell with replaceable mesh i…
I'm feeling a deep sense of nihilism about the tech industry. New software releases, learning new CS concepts, and even preparing for interviews all seem pointless because AI is making everything obs…