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1.
There is no WhatsApp 'backdoor' (whispersystems.org)
1018 points by stablemap on Jan 13, 2017 | 408 comments
2.
VR (blog.ycombinator.com)
1008 points by craigcannon on Jan 13, 2017 | 550 comments
3.
WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages (theguardian.com)
1332 points by katpas on Jan 13, 2017 | 321 comments
4.
Affordable Care (samaltman.com)
720 points by mattkrisiloff on Jan 13, 2017 | 1014 comments
5.
Feeling safer online with Firefox (astithas.com)
378 points by nachtigall on Jan 13, 2017 | 97 comments
6.
The Sound of Silence (foundersatwork.posthaven.com)
344 points by oskarth on Jan 13, 2017 | 158 comments
7.
How Antarctic bases went from wooden huts to sci-fi chic (bbc.com)
225 points by misotaur on Jan 13, 2017 | 67 comments
8.
#define CTO OpenAI (gregbrockman.com)
253 points by sama on Jan 13, 2017 | 42 comments
9.
Regaining control of your attention (backchannel.com)
223 points by cmod on Jan 13, 2017 | 125 comments
10.
Portal for Apple II (deater.net)
229 points by pavel_lishin on Jan 13, 2017 | 36 comments
11.
Five big mysteries about CRISPR’s origins (nature.com)
204 points by bcaulfield on Jan 13, 2017 | 33 comments
12.
App.net is shutting down (app.net)
339 points by antinanco on Jan 13, 2017 | 187 comments
13.
Rasa: Extremely modular text editor built in Haskell (github.com/chrispenner)
189 points by poiuz on Jan 13, 2017 | 59 comments
14.
Testing LLVM (regehr.org)
87 points by awalGarg on Jan 13, 2017 | 34 comments
15.
Google Infrastructure Security Design Overview (cloud.google.com)
317 points by emilburzo on Jan 13, 2017 | 52 comments
16.
Microsoft acquires deep learning startup Maluuba (blogs.microsoft.com)
182 points by damvigilante on Jan 13, 2017 | 27 comments
17.
Nintendo Switch (nintendo.co.jp)
375 points by electic on Jan 13, 2017 | 416 comments
18.
Pandora is laying off 7% of its US workforce (techcrunch.com)
160 points by doppp on Jan 13, 2017 | 170 comments
19.
Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out (eff.org)
589 points by doener on Jan 13, 2017 | 294 comments
20.
Buffalo – MVC Web Framework for Go (gobuffalo.io)
167 points by sjellis on Jan 12, 2017 | 43 comments
21.
Neanderthals were people too (nytimes.com)
155 points by em3rgent0rdr on Jan 13, 2017 | 107 comments
22.
Study finds association between eating hot peppers and decreased mortality (sciencebulletin.org)
120 points by upen on Jan 13, 2017 | 89 comments
23.
Disassembling Jak and Daxter (codersnotes.com)
180 points by kayamon on Jan 12, 2017 | 32 comments
24.
How Lever (YC S12) Got to 50–50 Women and Men (medium.com/initialized-capital)
76 points by tzar on Jan 13, 2017 | 209 comments
25.
Brain activity 'key in stress link to heart disease' (bbc.co.uk)
119 points by robinwarren on Jan 12, 2017 | 30 comments
26.
Adobe angers Chrome users by bundling browser plugin with security update (arstechnica.com)
224 points by ckrailo on Jan 13, 2017 | 40 comments
27.
Cartography Comparison: Google Maps and Apple Maps (justinobeirne.com)
209 points by manuelmagic on Jan 12, 2017 | 90 comments
28.
StumpWM 1.0 Released (stumpwm.github.io)
125 points by ghostDancer on Jan 13, 2017 | 83 comments
29.
Lasers activate killer instinct in mice (nature.com)
98 points by stichers on Jan 13, 2017 | 39 comments
30.
Compiling a Mac OS 8 Application on MacOS Sierra (cocoawithlove.com)
139 points by ingve on Jan 13, 2017 | 44 comments

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