Oh look, Meta's trying to shove "privacy" into their #AI tools on #WhatsApp like fitting a giraffe into a clown car . Because nothing screams "secure" like a company famous for its *air-tight* data practices .
https://engineering.fb.com/2025/04/29/security/whatsapp-private-processing-ai-tools/ #Meta #Privacy #DataSecurity #ClownCar #HackerNews #ngated

We identified a North Korean hacker who tried to get a job at Kraken

https://blog.kraken.com/news/how-we-identified-a-north-korean-hacker

In a shocking twist worthy of a flat-earth convention, RFK Jr. has bravely decided that the cornerstone of modern health science – germ theory – is merely a figment of our collective imagination. Clearly, he's got a PhD in #Ignorance, specializing in "Things Scientists Figured Out Centuries Ago."
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/04/rfk-jr-s-anti-vaccine-stance-is-rooted-in-a-disbelief-in-germ-theory/ #RFKJr #GermTheory #FlatEarth #HealthScience #HackerNews #ngated

International Workers' Day

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day

A competing theory to 'dark energy' suggests universe has different time zones

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/dark-energy-time-zones-1.7465116

Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi is free after judge orders his release

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-orders-columbia-student-mohsen-mahdawi-released-rcna203675

️ Breaking news: Yet another GitHub project bites the dust as The Homebrew Channel repository gets archived. Apparently, the AI overlords couldn't save this one. Better luck next time, Copilot!
https://github.com/fail0verflow/hbc #BreakingNews #HomebrewChannel #GitHubArchive #CopilotAI #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated

LibreLingo – FOSS Alternative to Duolingo

https://librelingo.app

New Material Gives Copper Superalloy-Like Strength - https://news.lehigh.edu/new-material-gives-copper-superalloy-like-strength-0

"Congratulations! You've discovered the world's most extensive collection of microscopic emulators , perfect for all your retro-computing needs on a pinhead. Just remember, these tiny emus won't help you relive your childhood, but they will remind you how old you've become. "
https://floooh.github.io/tiny8bit-preview/ #microscopicemulators #retrocomputing #tinytech #nostalgia #humor #HackerNews #ngated

Walmart plans EV Charging network which will blanket the US within a few years

https://evchargingstations.com/chargingnews/exclusive-walmart-ev-charging-network/

BREAKING: NSF grants terminated because apparently, science doesn't need money now that the director's gone! Meanwhile, Nature suggests you update your browser because CSS is the real victim here.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01312-8 #NSFgrants #ScienceFunding #CSSupdate #NatureNews #TechIssues #HackerNews #ngated

Do you want kaiju? Because that's how you get kaiju.

https://mastodon.social/@h4ckernews/114336813319678272
h4ckernews@mastodon.social - A 42,600-ton Chinese ship will drill 7 miles (ca. 11 km) under the ocean floor

https://farmingdale-observer.com/2025/04/12/weighing-42600-tons-this-new-chinese-monster-was-built-for-one-purpose-to-break-the-world-record-for-the-deepest-drill-at-7-miles/

Wow, someone's been busy reinventing the wheel—sorry, "cloth"—with a Verlet simulation test! Because what the world really needed was another over-engineered way to model your grandma's #knitting. Bravo, #cloudofoz, you've truly pushed the boundaries of unnecessary complexity.
https://www.cloudofoz.com/verlet-test/ #VerletSimulation #OverEngineering #TechInnovation #HackerNews #HackerNews #ngated

So, Hegseth's brilliant #cybersecurity strategy involved setting up an unsecured internet line in the #Pentagon for #Signal. Because who needs national security when you have the #convenience of unsecured #messaging, right?
https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-signal-chat-dirty-internet-line-6a64707f10ca553eb905e5a70e10bd9d #nationalsecurity #HackerNews #ngated

Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office to connect to Signal

https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-signal-chat-dirty-internet-line-6a64707f10ca553eb905e5a70e10bd9d

California overtakes Japan to become the world's fourth largest economy

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/25/business/california-japan-economy-tariffs-intl-hnk/index.html

Moose – OSS framework to build analytical back ends with ClickHouse

https://docs.fiveonefour.com/moose

Another thrilling exposé on #geocoding APIs—because who needs excitement in #tech journalism? Discover the cheapest way to convert your #house into numbers, unless of course, this outdated guide misleads you first.
https://www.bitoff.org/geocoding-apis-comparison/ #APIs #journalism #conversion #data #accuracy #HackerNews #ngated

Android 16 lets the Linux Terminal use your phone's entire storage - https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-terminal-disk-resize-3546144/