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Oct 6, 2025 • 15min
October 5th, 2025 | Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system, no backups available
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 05, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system, no backups availableOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45483386&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:54): Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for societyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45478749&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:18): Social Cooling (2017)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45479165&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:42): Personal data storage is an idea whose time has comeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45480106&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:06): The deadline isn't when AI outsmarts us – it's when we stop using our own mindsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45480622&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:30): Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45479103&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:54): Beginner Guide to VPS Hetzner and CoolifyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45480506&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:18): Ambigr.amOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45478780&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:42): Retiring Test-Ipv6.comOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45481609&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:06): NIST's DeepSeek "evaluation" is a hit pieceOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45482106&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

Oct 5, 2025 • 14min
October 4th, 2025 | The UK is still trying to backdoor encryption for Apple users
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 04, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): The UK is still trying to backdoor encryption for Apple usersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45476273&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:52): Flock's gunshot detection microphones will start listening for human voicesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45473698&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:14): How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineerOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45473852&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:37): Alibaba cloud FPGA: the $200 Kintex UltraScale+Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45471136&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:59): Paged Out Issue #7 [pdf]Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45472319&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:21): ProofOfThought: LLM-based reasoning using Z3 theorem provingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45475529&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:44): Circular Financing: Does Nvidia's $110B Bet Echo the Telecom Bubble?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45473033&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:06): A comparison of Ada and Rust, using solutions to the Advent of CodeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45473861&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:29): Self-hosting email like it's 1984Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45473730&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:51): New antibiotic targets IBD and AI predicted how it would workOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45469579&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

Oct 4, 2025 • 15min
October 3rd, 2025 | Apple takes down ICE tracking apps after pressure from DOJ
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 03, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Apple takes down ICE tracking apps after pressure from DOJOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45457333&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:54): Germany must stand firmly against client-side scanning in Chat Control [pdf]Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45464921&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:19): Niri – A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositorOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45461500&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:44): I spent the day teaching seniors how to use an iPhoneOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45457670&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:09): In Praise of RSS and Controlled Feeds of InformationOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45459233&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:33): Fp8 runs ~100 tflops faster when the kernel name has "cutlass" in itOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45458948&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:58): Offline card payments should be possible no later than 1 July 2026Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45467500&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:23): PEP 810 – Explicit lazy importsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45466086&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:48): FyneDesk: A full desktop environment for Linux written in GoOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45458122&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:12): I turned the Lego Game Boy into a working Game BoyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45463319&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

Oct 3, 2025 • 15min
October 2nd, 2025 | How Israeli actions caused famine in Gaza, visualized
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 02, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): How Israeli actions caused famine in Gaza, visualizedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45447699&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:54): Signal Protocol and Post-Quantum RatchetsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45451527&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:18): Immich v2.0.0 – First stable releaseOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45446834&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:42): OpenAI's H1 2025: $4.3B in income, $13.5B in lossOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45453586&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:06): Potential issues in curl found using AI assisted toolsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45449348&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:30): Apple takes down ICE tracking apps after pressure from DOJOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45457333&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:54): NL Judge: Meta must respect user's choice of recommendation systemOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45448326&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:18): Playball – Watch MLB games from a terminalOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45451577&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:42): Two Amazon delivery drones crash into crane in commercial area of Tolleson, AZOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45450449&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:06): Red Hat confirms security incident after hackers breach GitLab instanceOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45448772&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

Oct 2, 2025 • 15min
October 1st, 2025 | Jane Goodall has died
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 01, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Jane Goodall has diedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45441069&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:54): Show HN: Autism SimulatorOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45438346&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:18): CDC File TransferOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45433768&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:42): Don't avoid workplace politicsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45440571&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:06): I only use Google SheetsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45435463&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:30): Building the heap: racking 30 petabytes of hard drives for pretrainingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45438496&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:54): TigerBeetle is a most interesting databaseOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45436534&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:18): Our efforts, in part, define usOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45435825&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:42): Unix philosophy and filesystem access makes Claude Code amazingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45437893&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:06): Solar leads EU electricity generation as renewables hit 54%Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45440387&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

Oct 1, 2025 • 14min
September 30th, 2025 | Kagi News
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 30, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Kagi NewsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45426490&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:50): Sora 2Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45427982&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:11): I’ve removed Disqus. It was making my blog worseOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45423268&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:32): Comprehension debt: A ticking time bomb of LLM-generated codeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45423917&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:53): Inflammation now predicts heart disease more strongly than cholesterolOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45430498&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:14): Imgur pulls out of UK as data watchdog threatens fineOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45424888&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:35): Sora 2Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45428122&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:55): Leaked Apple M5 9 core Geekbench scoresOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45427197&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:16): Bcachefs removed from the mainline kernelOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45423004&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:37): Boeing has started working on a 737 MAX replacementOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45428482&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

Sep 30, 2025 • 15min
September 29th, 2025 | F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 29, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decreeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45409794&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:53): Claude Sonnet 4.5Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45415962&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:16): What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45412419&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:40): Claude Code 2.0Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45416228&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:03): Meta-analysis of 2.2M people: Loneliness increases mortality risk by 32%Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45413481&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:27): What is “good taste” in software engineering?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45410940&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:50): Loadmo.re: design inspiration for unconventional webOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45415207&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:14): DeepSeek-v3.2-ExpOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45412098&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:37): California governor signs AI transparency bill into lawOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45418428&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:01): EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity PartnersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45413083&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

Sep 29, 2025 • 15min
September 28th, 2025 | Privacy Badger is a free browser extension made by EFF to stop spying
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 28, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Privacy Badger is a free browser extension made by EFF to stop spyingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45404021&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:52): The AI coding trapOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45405177&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:15): Play snake in the URL address barOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45408021&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:38): When I say “alphabetical order”, I mean “alphabetical order”Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45404022&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:00): UK Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cardsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45406442&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:23): Why I gave the world wide web away for freeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45403501&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:46): Bayesian Data Analysis, Third edition (2013) [pdf]Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45406109&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:09): EPA tells some scientists to stop publishing studiesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45403656&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:31): Farewell friendsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45408229&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:54): Show HN: Toolbrew – Free little tools without signups or adsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45404667&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

Sep 28, 2025 • 14min
September 27th, 2025 | A WebGL game where you deliver messages on a tiny planet
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 27, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): A WebGL game where you deliver messages on a tiny planetOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45396441&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:51): Typst: A Possible LaTeX ReplacementOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45393842&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:13): Greenland is a beautiful nightmareOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45396754&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:35): SSH3: Faster and rich secure shell using HTTP/3Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45395991&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:57): Ishkur's Guide to Electronic MusicOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45394642&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:19): A Postmark backdoor that’s downloading emailsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45395957&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:41): Samsung now owns Denon, Bowers and Wilkins, Marantz, Polk, and more audio brandsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45395396&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:03): Scientists say X has lost its professional edge and Bluesky is taking its placeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45396377&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:25): I made a public living room and the internet keeps putting weirder stuff in itOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45398005&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:47): A lifetime of social ties adds up to healthy agingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45393501&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

Sep 27, 2025 • 15min
September 26th, 2025 | Open Social
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 26, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Open SocialOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45388021&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:53): Britain to introduce compulsory digital ID for workersOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45381810&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:16): Pop OS 24.04 LTS BetaOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45384481&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:39): Evanston orders Flock to remove reinstalled camerasOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45382434&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:02): No reachable chess position with more than 218 movesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45382755&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:25): Fast UDP I/O for Firefox in RustOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45387462&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:48): SimpleFold: Folding proteins is simpler than you thinkOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45389267&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:11): Investigating a Forged PDFOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45381010&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:34): My Deus Ex lipsyncing fix modOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45382397&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:57): Translating a Fortran F-16 Simulator to Unity3DOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45383637&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai


