HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

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France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins (numerique.gouv.fr)

791 points by embedding-shape 8 hours ago | 407 comments

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Native Instant Space Switching on macOS (arhan.sh)

609 points by PaulHoule 22 hours ago | 294 comments

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FBI used iPhone notification data to retrieve deleted Signal messages (9to5mac.com)

467 points by 01-_- 7 hours ago | 240 comments

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I still prefer MCP over skills (david.coffee)

400 points by gmays 16 hours ago | 328 comments

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OpenAI backs Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held liable (wired.com)

392 points by smurda 5 hours ago | 289 comments

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Microsoft is employing dark patterns to goad users into paying for storage? (lzon.ca)

376 points by jpmitchell 21 hours ago | 235 comments

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Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open source projects (bleepingcomputer.com)

352 points by N19PEDL2 7 hours ago | 123 comments

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Charcuterie – Visual similarity Unicode explorer (charcuterie.elastiq.ch)

300 points by rickcarlino 22 hours ago | 70 comments

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Maine is about to become the first state to ban major new data centers (gadgetreview.com)

293 points by rmason 22 hours ago | 421 comments

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France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech (techcrunch.com)

293 points by Teever 3 hours ago | 125 comments

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We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git (blog.gitbutler.com)

280 points by ellieh 16 hours ago | 610 comments

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You can't trust macOS Privacy and Security settings (eclecticlight.co)

270 points by zdw 3 hours ago | 107 comments

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1D Chess (rowan441.github.io)

250 points by burnt-resistor 3 hours ago | 48 comments

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Netflix Prices Went Up Again – I Bought a DVD Player Instead (aywren.com)

245 points by speckx 22 hours ago | 268 comments

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PicoZ80 – Drop-In Z80 Replacement (eaw.app)

218 points by rickcarlino 23 hours ago | 34 comments

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New iPhone age and identity checks restrict internet freedom in the UK (bigbrotherwatch.org.uk)

217 points by josephcsible 17 hours ago | 139 comments

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Many African families spend fortunes burying their dead (davidoks.blog)

211 points by powera 20 hours ago | 206 comments

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A new trick brings stability to quantum operations (ethz.ch)

211 points by joko42 14 hours ago | 47 comments

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WireGuard makes new Windows release following Microsoft signing resolution (lists.zx2c4.com)

204 points by zx2c4 2 hours ago | 67 comments

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Afrika Bambaataa has died (bbc.co.uk)

177 points by mellosouls 14 hours ago | 60 comments

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BunnyCDN has been silently losing our production files for 15 months (old.reddit.com)

171 points by speckx 20 hours ago | 39 comments

22.

Reverse engineering Gemini's SynthID detection (github.com)

167 points by _tk_ 22 hours ago | 53 comments

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Kagi Product Tips – Customize Your Search Results with URL Redirects (blog.kagi.com)

155 points by treetalker 21 hours ago | 33 comments

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YouTube locked my accounts and I can't cancel my subscription (pocketables.com)

149 points by digitalhigh 13 hours ago | 95 comments

25.

White House staff told not to place bets on prediction markets (bbc.co.uk)

134 points by chrischapman 6 hours ago | 78 comments

26.

Helium Is Hard to Replace (construction-physics.com)

128 points by JumpCrisscross 3 hours ago | 64 comments

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The Raft consensus algorithm explained through "Mean Girls" (2019) (cockroachlabs.com)