Hacker News Recap

Topics discussed include Google's Gemini AI scanning Google Drive files without permission, breakthrough in enabling unmodified CUDA on AMD GPUs, cancer immunotherapy advancements, Firefox 128 privacy features, historical impact of cameras on privacy, Samsung semiconductor workers striking, and pharmaceutical pricing mafia

Topics discussed include fitting an elephant with parameters, knowing when to leave a job, being wealthy in 2021, creating a BIOS bootloader from scratch, Notion's data lake, dumb ideas in computer security, patch requests over SSH, GPS data processing, hobby OS in Nim, and California's grid success with batteries.

Topics discussed include Disney's internal Slack breach by NullBulge, Firefox's ad tracking controversy, Houston-area power outages, Google location data privacy concerns, Apple approving a PC emulator for iOS, and technical discussions on power line vulnerabilities, AlphaFold 3 architecture, browser privacy solutions, Apple's restrictions, EU regulations, and the performance of Disruptor R library.

Topics discussed in the podcast include AT&T's data breach, self-hosted cloud computing frameworks, CPython's transition, async-await in Python, running Windows NT on Power Macintosh, red team exercises in a federal agency, and code optimization strategies.

Topics discussed include surviving three years in North Korea, Microsoft cutting link to Gaza, dark patterns in marketing, Shelley Duvall's passing, Binance's logging transformation, and the typographic design of Wall-E.

Topics discussed in the podcast include AMD's acquisition of Silo AI for $665M, a breakthrough in lupus research, Europe's new heavy-lift rocket, insights on x86 emulator, ML code exercises, railway signaling simulations, and the closure of Girls in Tech after 17 years.

This podcast discusses reverse engineering Ticketmaster's rotating barcodes, the Chrome API accessible only from *.google.com, the importance of distinguishing between persistence and obstinacy, Wi-Fi security, data privacy, low-latency applications in trading, and legal challenges in web scraping and intellectual property.

Topics discussed include Google Chrome's restricted API, insecure Wi-Fi on flights, plaintext Wi-Fi passwords sent to US servers by Linksys Velop routers, on-device language models, GDPR rights granted by Xandr at 0%, fast search on object storage with Turbopuffer, DMCA claim dismissal in GitHub Copilot lawsuit, executive accountability at Boeing, and the response to an AI company reaching out.

The podcast discusses reducing YouTube embed weights for better performance, funding Ladybird browser, MongoDB-like operations on Postgres, the decline of cilantro in Italian cuisine, AI reasoning capabilities, Intel's Pentium processor design, and encrypted radio transmissions for secure communication.

Topics discussed in the podcast include anode-free sodium solid-state battery, the importance of teaching math over general problem-solving skills, writing clarity, privacy concerns, testing concurrent data structures, the Fabric AI framework, ethical dilemmas of AI, impact of social media on youth, historical propaganda, media control, and Python updates.