We Put Flock Under Surveillance: Go Make Them Behave Differently [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W420BOqga_s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W420BOqga_s
YouTube
We put Flock under surveillance: go make them behave differently 😈
https://alpr.watch/
https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Common_Questions,_Arguments,_%26_Responses_when_discussing_Flock_Surveillance
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkVbIsAWN2luf9g9Ix9UVarHqQPp7T-kq
https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Common_Questions,_Arguments,_%26_Responses_when_discussing_Flock_Surveillance
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkVbIsAWN2luf9g9Ix9UVarHqQPp7T-kq
Ask HN: Is building a calm, non-gamified learning app a mistake?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46276019
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46276019
$50 PlanetScale Metal Is GA for Postgres
https://planetscale.com/blog/50-dollar-planetscale-metal-is-ga-for-postgres
https://planetscale.com/blog/50-dollar-planetscale-metal-is-ga-for-postgres
Planetscale
$50 PlanetScale Metal is GA for Postgres — PlanetScale
We've lowered the entry price for using PlanetScale Metal to $50 and added more flexibility in storage-to-compute ratios.
Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp844kjj37vo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp844kjj37vo
Bbc
Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong tycoon found guilty in high-profile national security case
The 78-year-old UK citizen was convicted of lobbying foreign governments to impose sanctions on HK and China.
Show HN: 100 Million splats, a whole town, rendered in M2 MacBook Air
https://twitter.com/AKurian001/status/1986979144014701026
https://twitter.com/AKurian001/status/1986979144014701026
X (formerly Twitter)
Arun Kurian (@AKurian001) on X
100 Million splats , a whole town, rendered in real time without any preprocessing in M2 MacBook Air.
Scan by : @AndriiShramko.
Rendered by: AirVis engine.
Scan by : @AndriiShramko.
Rendered by: AirVis engine.
Australia's Social Media Ban Was Pushed by Gambling Ad Agency
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/15/australias-social-media-ban-was-pushed-by-ad-agency-focused-on-gambling-ads-it-didnt-want-banned/
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/15/australias-social-media-ban-was-pushed-by-ad-agency-focused-on-gambling-ads-it-didnt-want-banned/
Techdirt
Australia’s Social Media Ban Was Pushed By Ad Agency Focused On Gambling Ads It Didn’t Want Banned
We’ve talked about the Australian social media ban that went into effect last week, how dumb it is, and why it’s already a mess. But late last week, some additional news broke that makes the whole …
Google discontinuing their dark web report
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/16767242?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/16767242?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid
Google
Learn about updates to dark web report - Android - Google Search Help
We are discontinuing the dark web report, which was meant to scan the dark web for your personal information. The key dates are: January 15, 2026: The scans for new dark web breaches stop. Febru
The appropriate amount of effort is zero
https://expandingawareness.org/blog/the-appropriate-amount-of-effort-is-zero/
https://expandingawareness.org/blog/the-appropriate-amount-of-effort-is-zero/
Expanding Awareness
The appropriate amount of effort is zero
Most people put too much effort into everything they do. Here’s a good example from Kristijan around tension in his hands when touching and holding things:
Something clicked about inhibition and non-doing (in Alexander Technique), and the strongest effect…
Something clicked about inhibition and non-doing (in Alexander Technique), and the strongest effect…
A kernel bug froze my machine: Debugging an async-profiler deadlock
https://questdb.com/blog/async-profiler-kernel-bug/
https://questdb.com/blog/async-profiler-kernel-bug/
QuestDB
How a Kernel Bug Froze My Machine: Debugging an Async-profiler Deadlock | QuestDB
How I investigated and worked around a kernel bug that caused async-profiler to freeze my machine whenever I tried to use a profiler.
Ford kills the All-Electric F-150
https://www.wired.com/story/ford-kills-electric-f-150-lightning-for-hybrid/
https://www.wired.com/story/ford-kills-electric-f-150-lightning-for-hybrid/
WIRED
Ford Kills the All-Electric F-150 as It Rethinks Its EV Ambitions
The move comes as a response to the Trump administration’s waning support for electrification and a weakening consumer market.
JetBlue flight averts mid-air collision with US Air Force jet
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/jetblue-flight-averts-mid-air-collision-with-us-air-force-jet-2025-12-15/
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/jetblue-flight-averts-mid-air-collision-with-us-air-force-jet-2025-12-15/
Reuters
JetBlue flight averts mid-air collision with US Air Force jet
A JetBlue passenger jet bound for New York took evasive action on Friday to avoid a mid-air collision with a U.S. Air Force tanker plane near Venezuela, a pilot said in an air traffic control recording.
Instacart director says she was fired for Democratic congressional campaign
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/15/instacart-congress-campaign-democrat/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/15/instacart-congress-campaign-democrat/
The Washington Post
Instacart director says she was fired for Democratic congressional campaign
Lisa Vedernikova Khanna, a candidate in Virginia, says in a lawsuit that the mobile shopping giant cited concerns her bid could hurt the company with President Donald Trump.
Bondi lie peddled by Grok chatbot shows future of AI-poisoned info ecosystem
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/16/elon-musk-ai-chatbot-grok-bondi-shooting-ahmed-al-ahmed/
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/16/elon-musk-ai-chatbot-grok-bondi-shooting-ahmed-al-ahmed/
Crikey
Bondi lie peddled by Elon Musk's AI chatbot shows the future of our AI-poisoned information ecosystem
In the hours after the Bondi Beach mass shooting, AI misinformation began to eat its own tail, with Musk's X bot absorbing and regurgitating AI-generated lies in record time.
SoundCloud confirms breach after member data stolen, VPN access disrupted
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/soundcloud-confirms-breach-after-member-data-stolen-vpn-access-disrupted/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/soundcloud-confirms-breach-after-member-data-stolen-vpn-access-disrupted/
BleepingComputer
SoundCloud confirms breach after member data stolen, VPN access disrupted
Audio streaming platform SoundCloud has confirmed that outages and VPN connection issues over the past few days were caused by a security breach in which threat actors stole a database exposing users' email addresses and profile information.
Rollstack (YC W23) Is Hiring Multiple Software Engineers (TypeScript) US/Canada
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/rollstack-2/jobs/QPqpb1n-software-engineer-typescript-us-canada
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/rollstack-2/jobs/QPqpb1n-software-engineer-typescript-us-canada
Y Combinator
Software Engineer (TypeScript) - US/Canada at Rollstack | Y Combinator
The Company
At Rollstack, we are revolutionizing the way businesses share and communicate data and insights. Organizations worldwide rely on slide decks and documents to make informed decisions, whether for leadership, clients, or partners. Yet, preparing…
At Rollstack, we are revolutionizing the way businesses share and communicate data and insights. Organizations worldwide rely on slide decks and documents to make informed decisions, whether for leadership, clients, or partners. Yet, preparing…
8M Users' AI Conversations Sold for Profit by "Privacy" Extensions
https://www.koi.ai/blog/urban-vpn-browser-extension-ai-conversations-data-collection
https://www.koi.ai/blog/urban-vpn-browser-extension-ai-conversations-data-collection
www.koi.ai
8 Million Users' AI Conversations Sold for Profit by "Privacy" Extensions
Privacy browser extensions misled users and sold 8 million AI chat logs, exposing sensitive conversations for profit without consent.