Night update, generated 2026-08-28.
25 new stories since Lunch.
Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters
HN: 282 points, 61 comments (discussion)
Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters
HN: 264 points, 145 comments (discussion)
Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters
HN: 218 points, 56 comments (discussion)
Sources: Hacker News, Lobsters
HN: 42 points, 15 comments (discussion)
Sources: Hacker News
HN: 591 points, 397 comments (discussion)
At this point the barrier for me to install an app is pretty high. If you're going to needlessly gate certain functions behind an app that work on a desktop browser (or could work in-browser), then I just won't use those functions. If by extension that degrades the value I get from your site, then I...
Sources: Lobsters
Sources: Slashdot
Sources: The Register
Sources: Hackaday
Sources: Hacker News
HN: 545 points, 212 comments (discussion)
In 2011 I got a 143€ reimbursement from Dell for an E6420 laptop that I had bought for 910€. Maybe I got lucky but I called the customer service, told the lady I did not agree with the Windows license terms, fully ready to argue my case and she just went "oh, ok, let me just edit a new invoice and w...
Sources: Lobsters
Sources: Slashdot
Sources: The Register
Sources: Hackaday
Sources: Hacker News
HN: 376 points, 136 comments (discussion)
Sources: Lobsters
Sources: Slashdot
Sources: The Register
Sources: Hackaday
Sources: Hacker News
HN: 370 points, 288 comments (discussion)
I think this both overstates and understates the case. The evidence being weak does not invalidate the decision; as the court notes, the government gets substantial deference on matters of national security. The invalidation comes from the fact that this is clearly retaliatory behavior for speech; a...
Sources: Lobsters
Sources: Slashdot
Sources: The Register
Sources: Hackaday
Sources: Hacker News
HN: 326 points, 110 comments (discussion)