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New top story on Hacker News: Ambient Co-Presence

New top story on Hacker News: Tracking and technology in cars is being weaponized by abusive partners

Dave Chappelle Assumes We’re Already Offended in His New Netflix Special

New top story on Hacker News: Biggest Boutique Fitness Company Turns Suburban Moms into Bankrupt Franchisees

New top story on Hacker News: The history of MSX computers [video]

72 of Our Favorite Facts of 2023

New top story on Hacker News: Chemicals of "Concern" Found in Philips Breathing Machines

Las claves de los intentos por retirar a Trump de las boletas en 2024

Crews Demolish Site of Idaho Murders as Some Families Object

Plagiarism Allegations Against Claudine Gay

Powerful Realtors Group Loses Its Grip on the Industry

New top story on Hacker News: Adventures in reverse engineering Broadcom NIC firmware

Clever Recipes for Your Kitchen Toys

Southern Gaza’s biggest hospital may be in peril if fighting gets any nearer, a U.N. official says.

The Covenant Parents Aren’t Going to Keep Quiet on Guns

New top story on Hacker News: Ruby AOT Compiler – Keynote by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto [video]

New top story on Hacker News: A further short history of the SI prefixes (2022)

‘Ferrari’ Review: Michael Mann Puts You in the Driver’s Seat

New top story on Hacker News: In 2023 Organic Maps got its first million users

Opera and Classical Music to Experience in Europe This Winter

Ian Falconer, Creator of ‘Olivia’, Surprised Even Himself

DeSantis Says Trump’s Indictments ‘Sucked Out All the Oxygen’ From Primary

California Storm Brings Flooding to Ventura County

‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ Review: Back With a Trident and Dad Jokes

N.Y. Health Dept. Is Looking Into Bellevue’s Weight-Loss Surgery Program

U.S. Regulators Propose New Online Privacy Safeguards for Children

3 Great Specials to Stream Over the Holidays

Un volcán en Islandia entra en erupción tras semanas de alertas

Prosecutors Try to Nudge Trump Election Case Ahead Despite Freeze on the Case

Farfetch to Be Acquired by Coupang for $500 Million

New top story on Hacker News: Don't wake me up too soon

New top story on Hacker News: The Ballad of Hank McCain

Guy Stern, Who Fled Germany and Then Interrogated Nazis, Dies at 101

New top story on Hacker News: NASA study finds life-sparking energy source and molecule at Enceladus

Killing of Israeli hostages by Israeli’s military alarms families of the abducted.

The Best of Late Night This Week

Finland Closes Border With Russia Again

Justices to Decide Scope of Obstruction Charge Central to Trump’s Jan. 6 Case

To Lure FIFA, France Floats the Promise of a Tax-Free Home

YSL Defendant Shannon Stillwell Is Stabbed, Delaying Young Thug Trial

Blinken says only ‘emergency’ arms for Israel will bypass Congress’s ‘very important’ role.

The Fallout From the College Presidents’ Antisemitism Testimony

Mistral, French A.I. Start-Up, Is Valued at $2 Billion in Funding Round

Rick Ahearn, Advance Man for Candidates and Presidents, Dies at 74

New top story on Hacker News: Ava is now open source

Artificial Intelligence Is an Unreliable Narrator

A prominent Gazan professor has been killed in a strike.

One After Another, Russia Blocks Candidates to Host Next Climate Summit

Texas Judge Grants Woman’s Request for Abortion

How Studying the Humanities Helps Humanity

E.U. Relaxes Trade Rules on Electric Cars From Britain

William P. Murphy Jr., an Inventor of the Modern Blood Bag, Dies at 100

‘Worse by the hour’: The W.H.O. warns of the likelihood of a humanitarian disaster in the south.

Supreme Court Dismisses Disability Activist’s Case as Moot

E.U. Official Cites ‘Huge’ Risk of Terror Attacks in Europe Because of Gaza War

What We Know About Sexual Violence During the Oct. 7 Attacks on Israel

New top story on Hacker News: Concurrent Pascal and SuperPascal programming languages, and more

U.S. Is Pressing Israel and Hamas to Resume Talks, White House Official Says

New top story on Hacker News: The Evolution of Tunnel Boring Machines

George Santos Reveals One Truth: It’s Easy to Abuse Campaign Finance Laws

Appeals Court Rules That Jan. 6 Suits Against Trump Can Proceed for Now

Three Great Documentaries to Stream

Trump’s Georgia Lawyer Has Been Quiet. That May Soon Change.

The funeral included scripture readings by the Carters’ great-grandchildren.

Scottish Country Music Venue Ends Display of Confederate Flag