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DuckDuckGo is growing fast (bleepingcomputer.com)

323 points by headalgorithm on Sep 17, 2020 | 265 comments

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It was more efficient to blow up a real 747 than to use miniatures or CGI (cinemablend.com)

323 points by a5withtrrs on Sep 18, 2020 | 217 comments

273.

Bubble barriers: a smart solution to plastic pollution in rivers (thegreatbubblebarrier.com)

323 points by dwenzek on Sep 15, 2020 | 140 comments

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Amazon demands we correct an article refering to an Echo as a “microphone” (nitter.net)

322 points by DyslexicAtheist on Sep 9, 2020 | 282 comments

275.

Bullfrog After Populous (filfre.net)

321 points by doppp on Sep 4, 2020 | 163 comments

276.

Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files?

319 points by mettamage on Sep 2, 2020 | 354 comments

277.

Facebook Accused of Watching Instagram Users Through Cameras (bloomberg.com)

319 points by drewem on Sep 18, 2020 | 203 comments

278.

Escaping the Dark Forest (samczsun.com)

319 points by CyrusL on Sep 24, 2020 | 139 comments

279.

Comments by a developer inside the Windows Media Player source code (pastebin.com)

319 points by saranshk on Sep 26, 2020 | 127 comments

280.

Repl.it Database (blog.repl.it)

319 points by amasad on Sep 14, 2020 | 115 comments

281.

How to speed up the Rust compiler one last time (blog.mozilla.org)

319 points by nnethercote on Sep 7, 2020 | 57 comments

282.

Animal Populations Fell by 68% in 50 Years and It’s Getting Worse (bloomberg.com)

318 points by perfunctory on Sep 10, 2020 | 284 comments

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Apple Tried Charging the Price of a New MacBook Pro for a Screen Replacement (luketully.ca)

318 points by plow-tycoon on Sep 14, 2020 | 280 comments

284.

Leak reveals $2T of possibly corrupt US financial activity (theguardian.com)

318 points by DyslexicAtheist on Sep 24, 2020 | 123 comments

285.

Snake in a QR Code (itsmattkc.com)

318 points by phit_ on Sep 4, 2020 | 82 comments

286.

New Features in the Fish Shell (lwn.net)

316 points by chmaynard on Sep 29, 2020 | 138 comments

287.

The Mystery of Tom Pritchard’s Bike (bicycling.com)

316 points by mstats on Sep 18, 2020 | 24 comments

288.

The joys of owning an ‘OG’ email account (krebsonsecurity.com)

314 points by todsacerdoti on Sep 3, 2020 | 276 comments

289.

Linux under WSL2 can be leaking (mullvad.net)

314 points by Voline on Sep 30, 2020 | 183 comments

290.

Google Services Experiencing Disruptions (google.com)

313 points by coderintherye on Sep 25, 2020 | 235 comments

291.

Small Tech (scattered-thoughts.net)

313 points by luu on Sep 22, 2020 | 39 comments

292.

Tables: Tracking work for teams (blog.google)

312 points by Navarr on Sep 22, 2020 | 354 comments

293.

Law allows police to seize and sell cars of non-lawbreakers, keeping proceeds (kstp.com)

312 points by clouddrover on Sep 2, 2020 | 208 comments

294.

R U OK? (ruok.org.au)

312 points by BeeAwesome on Sep 10, 2020 | 200 comments

295.

Under Deconstruction: The State of Shopify’s Monolith (engineering.shopify.com)

312 points by kenrose on Sep 17, 2020 | 125 comments

296.

TikTok reveals details of how its algorithm works (axios.com)

311 points by 0xedb on Sep 10, 2020 | 185 comments

297.

The US Army spent millions developing giant, six-legged walking trucks in 1980s (thedrive.com)

311 points by tomohawk on Sep 7, 2020 | 164 comments

298.

Water on Mars: discovery of three buried lakes intrigues scientists (nature.com)