GoKawiil - Tech News

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Show HN: DuckDB community extension for prefiltered HNSW using ACORN-1 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-25 | get DuckDB HNSW Extension → | tags: duckdb, acorn-1, hnsw

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Why I love NixOS (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-22 | by Kasim Tuman | get NixOS User Guide Book → | tags: nixos, nix package manager, gnome extensions

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Want to know which sites are selling your data? This free privacy tool gave me answers (zdnet.com)

2026-03-22 | by Jack Wallen | get Privacy Badger by EFF → | tags: global privacy control, optmeowt, california consumer privacy act

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This browser extension warns you about sketchiness from your favorite add-ons (androidauthority.com)

2026-03-19 | get Bitdefender Browser Security → | tags: browser extension, under new management, github

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Popular Chrome extension "Save Image as Type" was hijacked, impacting over 1 million users (techspot.com)

2026-03-18 | get Image Format Converter Extension → | tags: chrome extension, save image as type, google

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This free privacy tool makes it super easy to see which sites are selling your data (zdnet.com)

2026-03-18 | by Jack Wallen | get Privacy Badger by EFF → | tags: global privacy control, optmeowt, california consumer privacy act

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Intel Xeon 6 selected as host CPU for Nvidia DGX Rubin NVL8 systems — Intel wins a contract as Nvidia enters data center processor market with Vera CPUs (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-16 | by Luke James | get Intel Xeon Processor → | tags: nvidia dgx rubin nvl8, intel xeon 6, nvidia gtc 2026

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This popular Chrome extension just got flagged for malware (androidauthority.com)

2026-03-16 | get Chrome Extension Malware Scanner → | tags: chrome extension, google chrome, save as image

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This critical Chrome browser vulnerability lets malicious extensions spy on your PC (zdnet.com)

2026-03-13 | by Charlie Osborne | get Chrome Extension Security Kit → | tags: google chrome, gemini ai, webview tag

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Mastodon now has a button for sharing content from other websites (theverge.com)

2026-03-02 | by Stevie Bonifield | get Social Media Button → | tags: mastodon, share button, decentralized social media

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This high-severity Chrome Gemini vulnerability lets malicious extensions spy on your PC (zdnet.com)

2026-03-02 | by Charlie Osborne | get Chrome Extension → | tags: chrome gemini, google chrome, malicious extensions

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Make the Most of Chrome's Toolbar by Customizing It to Your Liking (wired.com)

2026-03-01 | by David Nield | get Customizer → | tags: chrome toolbar, google chrome, browser extensions

13.

Don't use passkeys for encrypting user data (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-28 | by Tim Cappalli | get Password Manager → | tags: passkeys, prf extension, end-to-end encryption

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Escaping Misconfigured VSCode Extensions (2023) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-20 | by Vasco Franco | get GitLens → | tags: extension, file, files

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Best VPN for Chrome 2026: Browse, Stream and Download in Private (cnet.com)

2026-02-18 | by See Full Bio | get Virtual Private Network → | tags: browser, chrome, extension

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Flaws in popular VSCode extensions expose developers to attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-02-17 | get GitHub → | tags: code, extensions, files

17.

Shut Up: Comment Blocker (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-12 | get Social Blade → | tags: comments, extension, firefox

18.

The best VPN extensions for Chrome in 2026: Expert tested and reviewed (zdnet.com)

2026-02-12 | by Charlie Osborne | get Chrome VPN → | tags: chrome, expressvpn, extension

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Fake AI Chrome extensions with 300K users steal credentials, emails (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-02-12 | get Chrome Extensions → | tags: email, extensions, google

20.

65 Lines of Markdown, a Claude Code Sensation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-12 | by Michiel W. Beijen | get Markdown → | tags: claude, claude code, code

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I limit my browser extensions, but these are my 4 essentials (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-11 | get Extensions → | tags: browser, dark, dark reader

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Chrome extensions spying on users' browsing data (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-11 | get Google Chrome → | tags: browsing, browsing data, chrome

23.

Simplifying Vulkan one subsystem at a time (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-10 | by Tobias Hector - Amd Software Architect | get NVIDIA GPU → | tags: extension, extensions, vulkan

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Simplifying Vulkan One Subsystem at a Time (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-10 | by Tobias Hector - Amd Software Architect | get GPU → | tags: extension, extensions, vulkan

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Show HN: Daily-updated database of malicious browser extensions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-06 | get Malwarebytes → | tags: chrome, database, extension

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The permissions behind your AI Chrome extensions deserve a closer look - they may be spying on you (zdnet.com)

2026-02-06 | by Radhika Rajkumar | get Google Chrome Extensions → | tags: extension, extensions, incogni

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Are your AI Chrome extensions spying on you? What to watch for (zdnet.com)

2026-02-06 | by Radhika Rajkumar | get Google Chrome Extensions → | tags: extension, extensions, incogni

28.

It's 2026, Just Use Postgres (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-05 | get Postgres → | tags: create, create extension, database

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LinkedIn checks for 2953 browser extensions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-05 | get Browser Extensions → | tags: chrome, chrome web, extension

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Pg-dev-container is a ready-to-run VS Code development container for PostgreSQL (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-05 | get PostgreSQL container → | tags: code, container, database