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6811.

Linux mascot Tux the penguin hits 30 years old — Linus Torvalds outlined the design of the 'slightly overweight penguin' on May 9, 1996 (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-09 | by Mark Tyson | get Linux Tux Penguin Figurine → | tags: linux, tux, linus torvalds

6812.

Your Yarbo lawnmower is a backdoor into your Wi-Fi network (techspot.com)

2026-05-09 | get Wi-Fi Security Camera → | tags: yarbo, wifi, hacking

6813.

Killswitch: Per-function short-circuit mitigation primitive (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-09 | tags: killswitch, af_alg_sendmsg, linux kernel

6814.

Beat the TSA line blues with these crafty crowdsourced resources (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-09 | get TSA PreCheck Membership → | tags: tsa, wait times, crowdsourced

6815.

LLMs corrupt your documents when you delegate (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-09 | get AI Document Correction Tool → | tags: llms, document corruption, delegation

6816.

NASA Rover Gets Arm Stuck Inside Mars Rock, Struggles to Break Free (futurism.com)

2026-05-09 | by Frank Landymore | get Mars Rover Model Kit → | tags: nasa, curiosity rover, mars rock

6817.

Fiber Optic Cables Can Eavesdrop On Nearby Conversations (slashdot.org)

2026-05-09 | get Fiber Optic Eavesdropping Kit → | tags: fiber optic cables, distributed acoustic sensing, european geosciences union

6818.

A Member of Sackler Family Says She Got Addicted to Opioids (futurism.com)

2026-05-09 | by Joe Wilkins | get Opioid Addiction Support Book → | tags: purdue pharma, opioids, sackler family

6819.

EU Parliamentary Research Service calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing" (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-09 | by Alex Lekander | get NordVPN Cybersecurity Bundle → | tags: vpn, age verification, european parliament

6820.

EU calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing" in age verification push (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-09 | by Alex Lekander | get VPN Privacy Protector → | tags: vpn, age verification, european parliament

6821.

Remembering Planet Source Code: Sharing Code Before GitHub Made It Easy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-09 | by Chris Pietschmann | get GitHub T-Shirt → | tags: planet source code, github, visual basic 6

6822.

Venom and hot peppers offer a key to killing resistant bacteria (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-09 | by Fernanda González | tags: scorpion venom, habanero peppers, antibiotics

6823.

Venom and Hot Peppers Offer a Key to Killing Resistant Bacteria (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-09 | by Fernanda González | tags: scorpion venom, habanero peppers, antibiotics

6824.

Show HN: CADara – I made an open-source in-browser CAD (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get 3D Printing Pen → | tags: cadara, open-source, browser

6825.

The Boston library where you still can borrow a giant puppet (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | by Sean Perry | get Giant Puppet Kit → | tags: puppet library, bread & puppet, emmanuel church

6826.

The Boston Library Where You Still Can Borrow a Giant Puppet (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | by Sean Perry | get Giant Puppet Kit → | tags: bread & puppet, sara peattie, newbury street

6827.

Art the Clown Will Haunt a New Holiday (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-08 | tags: art the clown, terrifier, damien leone

6828.

Step Aside Popcorn Buckets, ‘Masters of the Universe’ Will Let You Drink Out of the Power Sword (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-08 | get Masters of the Universe Mug → | tags: masters of the universe, power sword, he-man

6829.

Intel Reportedly Lands a Chip Deal With Apple Thanks to Trump (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-08 | get Intel Core i7 Processor → | tags: intel, apple, chip manufacturing

6830.

Why the Next Wave of Entrepreneurs Is Putting Values Before Valuation (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-08 | by Logan Simmons | get Entrepreneurship Values Book → | tags: entrepreneurship, valuation, la faten foundation

6831.

ShinyHunters Claims Second Attack Against Instructure (darkreading.com)

2026-05-08 | get Cybersecurity USB Data Blocker → | tags: shinyhunters, instructure, edtech

6832.

Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Expose Corporate and Personal Data On the Open Web (slashdot.org)

2026-05-08 | get Data Privacy VPN → | tags: vibe-coded apps, wired, zvi

6833.

Health sensors on Google wearables are breaking down at an awkward moment (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-08 | get Fitbit Charge 5 → | tags: google pixel watch, fitbit air, spo2 tracking

6834.

Lets Encrypt Stopping Issuance for Potential Incident (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get SSL/TLS Certificate Management Kit → | tags: let's encrypt, certificate authority, incident

6835.

Course correction: Google to link more sources in AI Overviews (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-08 | get Google AI Overview Book → | tags: google, ai overviews, google ai

6836.

You gave me a u32. I gave you root. (io_uring ZCRX freelist LPE) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get io_uring Linux Kernel Tool → | tags: io_uring, zcrx, freelist

6837.

My first in-prod corrupted hard drive problem (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | get External Hard Drive Enclosure → | tags: hard drive, ms sql, cybersecurity

6838.

Court rules Trump's 10% tariff is just as illegal as the tariff it replaced (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-08 | tags: trump tariffs, supreme court, international trade court

6839.

Wendy’s store closures 2026: Fast food chain update on long list of locations shuttered in turnaround plan (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-08 | tags: wendy’s, u.s. restaurants, china

6840.

‘Directionally Very Bad’: Everything You Missed During Week 2 of the Elon Musk vs OpenAI Trial (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-08 | get OpenAI GPT-4 Smartphone App → | tags: elon musk, openai, court trial