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A look at content scrambling in DVDs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-18 | get DVD Region Free Player → | tags: dvds, content scrambling, digital rights management

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Can you get fired for calling your CEO a ‘rich jerk’? This company says yes (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-18 | get Corporate Swag Mug → | tags: atlassian, national labor relations board, ceo

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Can you get fired for calling your CEO a “rich jerk”? This company says yes (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-18 | get Corporate Swag Mug → | tags: atlassian, national labor relations board, ceo

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The Los Angeles Aqueduct Is Wild (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-17 | by Wesley Crump | get Aqueduct Water Flow Model → | tags: los angeles aqueduct, william mulholland, san gabriel mountains

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YouTube and FIFA partner up for the 2026 World Cup (engadget.com)

2026-03-17 | get YouTube Premium Subscription → | tags: fifa, youtube, 2026 world cup

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Police Drones in Haiti Have Killed More Than 1,000 People (futurism.com)

2026-03-14 | by Joe Wilkins | get Drone Safety and Regulations Kit → | tags: haiti, drones, human rights watch

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Court finds Fourth Amendment doesn’t support broad search of protesters’ devices (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-27 | by Saira Hussain | get Smartphone → | tags: armendariz, center, court

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Tenth Circuit: 4th Amendment Doesn't Support Broad Search of Protesters' Devices (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-27 | by Saira Hussain | get Smartphone → | tags: armendariz, center, court

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Etsy sells second-hand fashion app Depop to eBay for $1.2bn (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-02-19 | get Depop → | tags: approach, approach external, bbc responsible

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The Reverend Jesse Jackson, an icon of the Civil Rights movement, has died at 84 (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-17 | get Microsoft Windows → | tags: civil, civil rights, family

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The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-02 | by Edward Hasbrouck | get Travel ID → | tags: court, requiring, rights

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Spotify hits a new milestone: one-third of global music revenue (techspot.com)

2026-01-30 | get Music streaming service → | tags: annual, annual payout, billion

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How the Minneapolis shooting of Alex Pretti is impacting gun rights politics for Trump (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-27 | tags: called, death, pretti

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Check out the first trailer for Masters of the Universe (arstechnica.com)

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ElevenLabs made an AI album to plug its music generator (theverge.com)

2026-01-21 | by Jess Weatherbed | get Music Generator → | tags: album, artists, elevenlabs

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How would a social media ban for under-16s work? (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-01-20 | get Social Media Ban → | tags: approach, approach external, bbc responsible

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Minnesota wants to win a war of attrition (theverge.com)

2026-01-17 | by Sarah Jeong | get Nuclear reactors → | tags: cities, city, minneapolis

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Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales on where the name comes from (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-01-15 | get Wikipedia → | tags: approach, approach external, bbc responsible

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Critics pan spyware maker NSO’s transparency claims amid its push to enter US market (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-08 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Spyware → | tags: rights, spyware, transparency

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US broadband provider Brightspeed investigates breach claims (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-05 | get Broadband → | tags: brightspeed, collective, crimson

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Trump Orders States Not to Protect Children From Predatory AI (futurism.com)

2025-12-14 | by Joe Wilkins | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: kids, order, rights

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Disney has accused Google of copyright infringement on a 'massive scale' (engadget.com)

2025-12-11 | get Google → | tags: ai tools, copyrights, disney

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Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI and License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2025-12-11 | get ChatGPT → | tags: accused, accused google, characters

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Ron DeSantis Proposes AI Bill of Rights as Trump Says He’ll Kill State AI Laws (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-08 | get AI Bill of Rights → | tags: ai laws, ai rights, desantis

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The unexpected history of those oh-so annoying internet popup ads (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2025-12-07 | get Display Ad → | tags: approach, approach external, bbc responsible

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The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library (slashdot.org)

2025-12-03 | get Library DVD → | tags: access, access titles, altogether

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Apple again sued over alleged conflict mineral issues in Congo and Rwanda (9to5mac.com)

2025-11-26 | by Marcus Mendes | get Conflict minerals → | tags: apple, illegal, iradvocates

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Warner signs AI music licensing deal with Udio (engadget.com)

2025-11-19 | get Music licensing → | tags: artists, creation, music

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A New ‘Star Trek’ Comic Gives Uhura the Full Spotlight (gizmodo.com)

2025-11-17 | get Communication Device → | tags: black, black history, civil

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Opinion | AI Is a Tool, Not a Soul (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2025-11-13 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: beings, beings rights, chatbots