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20311.

Top NPM Maintainers Targeted with AI Deepfakes in Massive Supply-Chain Attack, Axios Briefly Compromised (slashdot.org)

2026-04-05 | by Posted | get AI Deepfake Detection Tool → | tags: npm, axios, google

20312.

Microsoft Pulls Then Re-Issues Windows 11 Preview Update. Also Begins Force-Updating Windows 11 (slashdot.org)

2026-04-05 | by Posted | get Windows 11 Insider Preview USB → | tags: windows 11, microsoft, version 24h2

20313.

I let a smart planter maintain itself while I was away for 2 months - here's the result (zdnet.com)

2026-04-05 | by Maria Diaz | get Smart Indoor Garden Kit → | tags: leafypod, dieffenbachia, smart planter

20314.

Show HN: Contrapunk – Real-time counterpoint harmony from guitar input, in Rust (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-05 | get Guitar Tuner Pedal → | tags: contrapunk, rust, tauri

20315.

AWS engineer reports PostgreSQL perf halved by Linux 7.0, fix may not be easy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-05 | get PostgreSQL Performance Tuning Guide → | tags: aws, postgresql, linux 7.0

20316.

AWS Engineer Reports PostgreSQL Perf Halved by Linux 7.0, Fix May Not Be Easy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-05 | get PostgreSQL Performance Tuning Book → | tags: postgresql, linux 7.0, aws

20317.

Advice to Young People, the Lies I Tell Myself (2024) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | by Jason Liu | tags: twitter, existentialism, katherine

20318.

Before Webcomics: Selling Political Cartoons On BBSes In 1992 (slashdot.org)

2026-04-04 | by Posted | get Digital Drawing Tablet → | tags: webcomics, bbses, political cartoons

20319.

Peter Thiel’s big bet on solar-powered cow collars (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-04 | by Connie Loizos | get Solar-Powered Livestock Collar → | tags: founders fund, halter, solar-powered collars

20320.

Hobby CNC machining and resin casting (2015) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | get CNC Router Machine Kit → | tags: cnc machining, resin casting, coredump.cx

20321.

Microsoft to force updates to Windows 11 25H2 for PCs with older OS versions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | by Kunal Khullar | get Windows 11 Update Guide → | tags: windows 11, microsoft, 25h2

20322.

Are Employers Using Your Data To Figure Out the Lowest Salary You'll Accept? (slashdot.org)

2026-04-04 | by Posted | get Data Privacy & Salary Guide → | tags: employers, salary, data

20323.

Don't plug these 7 common household gadgets into an extension cord - according to an electrician (zdnet.com)

2026-04-04 | by Chris Bayer | get Surge Protector Power Strip → | tags: extension cords, household gadgets, daisy-chaining

20324.

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for April 5, #1751 (cnet.com)

2026-04-04 | by See Full Bio | get Wordle Puzzle Book → | tags: wordle, nytimes, envoy

20325.

Adjusting my router's antenna fixed my Wi-Fi problems - here's the best way to position it (zdnet.com)

2026-04-04 | by Cesar Cadenas | get Wi-Fi Antenna Signal Booster → | tags: tp-link, wifi router, antenna positioning

20326.

Show HN: M. C. Escher spiral in WebGL inspired by 3Blue1Brown (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | get WebGL Escher Spiral Kit → | tags: mc escher, droste effect, webgl

20327.

Anthropic Announces Claude Subscribers Must Now Pay Extra to Use OpenClaw (slashdot.org)

2026-04-04 | by Posted | get OpenClaw Developer Kit → | tags: anthropic, claude, openclaw

20328.

Chinese Scientists Bioengineering Plants With Firefly Genes to Glow, in Effort to Light Cities at Night (futurism.com)

2026-04-04 | by Frank Landymore | get Glow-in-the-Dark Plant Kit → | tags: firefly genes, bioluminescent plants, magicpen bio

20329.

Hands-on: HyperDrive Next enclosure for Mac offers 80Gbps speeds for SSDs, more (9to5mac.com)

2026-04-04 | by Michael Burkhardt | get HyperDrive Next SSD Enclosure → | tags: hyperdrive next, usb 4 v2.0, wd black sn850x

20330.

No, AMD Is Not Buying Intel (slashdot.org)

2026-04-04 | by Posted | get AMD Ryzen 7 Processor → | tags: amd, intel, joseph weil

20331.

Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | by Jowi Morales | get AWS Data Center Security Kit → | tags: aws, bahrain, dubai

20332.

Sopwith – 1984 Game (2000) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | get Sopwith Classic Arcade Game → | tags: sopwith, 1984 game, 2000

20333.

Apollo Guidance Computer restoration videos (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | get Apollo Guidance Computer Kit → | tags: apollo guidance computer, virtual agc, ron burkley

20334.

Floating point from scratch: Hard Mode (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | by Julia Desmazes | get Floating Point Number Kit → | tags: floating point, computer architecture, hardware

20335.

Ireland is testing out a digital wallet that conducts age verification for social media users (engadget.com)

2026-04-04 | get Digital Age Verification Wallet → | tags: digital wallet, age verification, ireland

20336.

NASA's Artemis II Astronauts Are More Than Halfway to the Moon: Day 4 Live Updates (cnet.com)

2026-04-04 | by See Full Bio | get NASA Artemis Moon Puzzle → | tags: artemis ii, orion spacecraft, reid wiseman

20337.

Amazon Must Negotiate With First Warehouse Workers Union, US Labor Board Rules (slashdot.org)

2026-04-04 | by Posted | get Union Negotiation Guidebook → | tags: amazon, first warehouse workers union, us labor board

20338.

Plague Ships (2020) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | tags: plague ships, yellow flag, black sea ports

20339.

LLM Wiki – example of an "idea file" (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | get AI Language Model Notebook → | tags: llm wiki, openai codex, chatgpt

20340.

LinkedIn is spying on you, according to a new 'BrowserGate' security report — scripts stealthily scan visitors' browsers for over 6,000 Chrome extensions and harvest hardware data (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-04 | by Luke James | get Privacy Browser Extension → | tags: linkedin, browsergate, chrome extensions