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1. The secret inside One Million Checkboxes

   2297 points • 217 comments • aug 29, 2024

2. Air Con: $1697 for an on/off switch

   1991 points • 479 comments • aug 29, 2024

3. Bypassing airport security via SQL injection

   1948 points • 426 comments • aug 29, 2024

4. OpenAI is good at unminifying code

   894 points • 299 comments • aug 29, 2024

5. Elasticsearch is open source, again

   725 points • 416 comments • aug 29, 2024

6. Low Cost Mini PCs

   634 points • 295 comments • aug 29, 2024

7. UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising safety concerns

   513 points • 287 comments • aug 29, 2024

8. Chrome is entrenching third-party cookies that will mislead users

   496 points • 306 comments • aug 29, 2024

9. Judges rule Big Tech's free ride on Section 230 is over

   449 points • 473 comments • aug 29, 2024

10. Judge rules $400M algorithmic system illegally denied Medicaid benefits

    436 points • 118 comments • aug 29, 2024