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1. [dupe] Facebook-owned sites were down (facebook.com)
2589 points by nabeards on Oct 4, 2021 | 1283 comments
2. Apple execs describe a “unique arrangement” with Netflix (2018) (twitter.com/techemails)
602 points by osynavets on Oct 4, 2021 | 274 comments
3. Brave and Firefox to intercept links that force-open in Microsoft Edge (ctrl.blog)
571 points by gbil on Oct 4, 2021 | 181 comments
4. Every device with FB app is now DDoSing recursive DNS resolvers (twitter.com/blazejkrajnak)
460 points by doener on Oct 4, 2021 | 109 comments
5. Shaded Relief Maps in Blender (github.com/joewdavies)
224 points by mooreds on Oct 4, 2021 | 26 comments
6. Android and iOS data collection (tomsguide.com)
418 points by ColinWright on Oct 3, 2021 | 223 comments
7. Facebook whistleblower says she wants to fix company, not harm it (wsj.com)
369 points by mudil on Oct 3, 2021 | 566 comments
8. It takes a PhD to develop that (royalsloth.eu)
623 points by kaeruct on Oct 4, 2021 | 411 comments
9. What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp? (krebsonsecurity.com)
584 points by happyopossum on Oct 4, 2021 | 311 comments
10. What is BGP? – BGP routing explained (cloudflare.com)
315 points by franl on Oct 4, 2021 | 18 comments
11. Ask HN: Is HN having problem keeping up today?
371 points by suyash on Oct 4, 2021 | 152 comments
12. Why obsessively following successful people online is dangerous (durmonski.com)
285 points by durmonski on Oct 4, 2021 | 134 comments
13. Web Scrapers Claim to Sell Personal Data on Facebook Users on a Hacker Forum (privacyaffairs.com)
527 points by comprev on Oct 4, 2021 | 144 comments
14. The big alcohol study that didn't happen (dynomight.net)
280 points by Amorymeltzer on Oct 4, 2021 | 210 comments
15. McKinsey never told the FDA it was working for both the FDA and opioid makers (propublica.org)
410 points by danso on Oct 4, 2021 | 125 comments
16. DeepMind AI predicts incoming rainfall with high accuracy (newatlas.com)
189 points by wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB on Oct 4, 2021 | 112 comments
17. Solar Shed Summary: My Off Grid Office (sevarg.net)
198 points by sylvain_kerkour on Oct 3, 2021 | 67 comments
18. BepiColombo’s First Views of Mercury (esa.int)
184 points by adolph on Oct 4, 2021 | 64 comments
19. Metastable Failures in Distributed Systems [pdf] (sigops.org)
161 points by zekrioca on Oct 4, 2021 | 12 comments
20. Databases, Types, and the Relational Model: The Third Manifesto [pdf] (warwick.ac.uk)
178 points by fipar on Oct 4, 2021 | 93 comments
21. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 (nobelprize.org)
213 points by OrangeTux on Oct 4, 2021 | 110 comments
22. Security Best Practices for Fintech Application Development (marqeta.com)
113 points by ricardo_navarro on Oct 4, 2021 | 16 comments
23. Things Go needs more than generics (betterprogramming.pub)
183 points by ngaut on Oct 4, 2021 | 248 comments
24. John Carpenter’s “Planaria”: Or, the New Individualism (rifters.com)
118 points by saeranv on Oct 3, 2021 | 32 comments
25. Whistleblower says Facebook is misleading the public (cbsnews.com)
329 points by cratermoon on Oct 4, 2021 | 3 comments
26. Facebook employees badges aren't working, unable to enter buildings (twitter.com/sheeraf)
432 points by tantalor on Oct 4, 2021 | 231 comments
27. Watering and draining planets – math and data (ahstat.github.io)
60 points by mikro2nd on Oct 3, 2021 | 18 comments
28. New USB-C logos make picking USB cables, chargers less confusing (pcworld.com)
173 points by isaacfrond on Oct 1, 2021 | 268 comments
29. Hyper – Sell Memberships to Discord and Telegram (yetanotherstartup.com)
80 points by melvinmt on Oct 4, 2021 | 28 comments
30. The Apple A15 SoC Performance Review: Faster and More Efficient (anandtech.com)
191 points by vanburen on Oct 4, 2021 | 193 comments

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