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1. The Baseline Interpreter: A Faster JavaScript Interpreter in Firefox 70 (hacks.mozilla.org)
735 points by edmorley on Aug 30, 2019 | 267 comments
2. A deep dive into iOS Exploit chains found in the wild (googleprojectzero.blogspot.com)
804 points by troydavis on Aug 30, 2019 | 182 comments
3. On-Device, Real-Time Hand Tracking with MediaPipe (googleblog.com)
306 points by neversaydie on Aug 30, 2019 | 67 comments
4. Dqlite – High-Availability SQLite (dqlite.io)
463 points by stubish on Aug 30, 2019 | 115 comments
5. Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech (knightcolumbia.org)
235 points by pwg on Aug 30, 2019 | 67 comments
6. NPM Bans Terminal Ads (zdnet.com)
424 points by slovenlyrobot on Aug 30, 2019 | 353 comments
7. Linux kernel drivers in Rust might become an option in the future (lwn.net)
372 points by jobstijl on Aug 29, 2019 | 254 comments
8. BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack (dezeen.com)
224 points by telotortium on Aug 30, 2019 | 182 comments
9. Facebook scans system libraries on Android and uploads them to their server (twitter.com/wongmjane)
425 points by akalin on Aug 30, 2019 | 174 comments
10. Go Module Mirror and Checksum Database Launched (golang.org)
254 points by ingve on Aug 30, 2019 | 120 comments
11. Verified by Twilio (twilio.com)
291 points by HugoHobling on Aug 30, 2019 | 239 comments
12. Sugar: Open-source software learning platform for children (sugarlabs.org)
185 points by geogra4 on Aug 30, 2019 | 105 comments
13. Children of a Thailand tribe who see with clarity beneath the waves (2016) (bbc.com)
175 points by Stratoscope on Aug 29, 2019 | 67 comments
14. Anna Karenina Principle (wikipedia.org)
299 points by mgh2 on Aug 30, 2019 | 126 comments
15. BPF port-based firewall for systemd services (kailueke.gitlab.io)
103 points by Klasiaster on Aug 30, 2019 | 43 comments
16. Live Avatars with face-api.js (pragli.com)
128 points by dsaffy on Aug 29, 2019 | 41 comments
17. Natural Language Processing: The Age of Transformers (scaleway.com)
200 points by ilnmtlbnm on Aug 28, 2019 | 24 comments
18. Boeing's Crashes Expose Systemic Failings (spiegel.de)
195 points by CaptainZapp on Aug 30, 2019 | 129 comments
19. Robotic thread is designed to slip through the brain's blood vessels (techxplore.com)
82 points by dnetesn on Aug 29, 2019 | 11 comments
20. The Portuguese Bank Note Crisis of 1925 (wikipedia.org)
200 points by MrBuddyCasino on Aug 30, 2019 | 74 comments
21. How to Build a Pyramid (analog-antiquarian.net)
108 points by aarestad on Aug 30, 2019 | 34 comments
22. How to Teach an Iris Scanner That the Eye It’s Looking at Is Dead (ieee.org)
108 points by sohkamyung on Aug 30, 2019 | 47 comments
23. Engineers develop bone-like metal foam that can be 'healed' at room temperature (phys.org)
64 points by respinal on Aug 29, 2019 | 16 comments
24. Sipeed Longan Nano – RISC-V Development Board (seeedstudio.com)
110 points by childintime on Aug 30, 2019 | 95 comments
25. In praise of xlogo (simont.dreamwidth.org)
78 points by Tomte on Aug 30, 2019 | 25 comments
26. Ceramics enter a new era with laser-welded joints (arstechnica.com)
149 points by joshlegs on Aug 30, 2019 | 22 comments
27. A deep dive into Linux namespaces, part 4 (ifeanyi.co)
158 points by iffyio on Aug 29, 2019 | 9 comments
28. Crispr now cuts and splices whole chromosomes (sciencemag.org)
155 points by pseudolus on Aug 30, 2019 | 50 comments
29. Google begins penalising domain leasing (seroundtable.com)
130 points by LewisMCYoutube on Aug 30, 2019 | 47 comments
30. GM Is Now Detroit’s Smallest Auto-Making Employer (bloomberg.com)
84 points by danans on Aug 30, 2019 | 120 comments

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