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Backing up Spotify

Hacker News front page now, but the titles are honest

Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on what you watch

Beginning January 2026, all ACM publications will be made open access

AWS CEO says replacing junior devs with AI is 'one of the dumbest ideas'

Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed

Docs: <a href="https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/gemini-3" rel="nofollow">https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/gemini-3</a><p>Developer Blog: <a href="https://blog.google/technology/developers/build-with-gemini-3-flash/" rel="nofollow">https://blog.google/technology/developers/build-with-gemini-...</a><p>Model Card [pdf]: <a href="https://deepmind.google/models/model-cards/gemini-3-flash/" rel="nofollow">https://deepmind.google/models/model-cards/gemini-3-flash/</a><p>Gemini 3 Flash in Search AI mode: <a href="https://blog.google/products/search/google-ai-mode-update-gemini-3-flash/" rel="nofollow">https://blog.google/products/search/google-ai-mode-update-ge...</a><p>Deepmind Page: <a href="https://deepmind.google/models/gemini/flash/" rel="nofollow">https://deepmind.google/models/gemini/flash/</a>

Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?

Pricing Changes for GitHub Actions

If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?

Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)

What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?

Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)

What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?

Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help

GPT-5.2

<a href="https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/latest-model" rel="nofollow">https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/latest-model</a><p>System card: <a href="https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/3a4153c8-c748-4b71-8e31-aecbde944f8d/oai_5_2_system-card.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/3a4153c8-c748-4b71-8e31-aecbde944...</a>

Valve: HDMI Forum Continues to Block HDMI 2.1 for Linux

Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental

Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban

<a href="https://archive.md/i0VxX" rel="nofollow">https://archive.md/i0VxX</a><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy54q80gy9t" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy54q80gy9t</a><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/world/asia/australia-social-media-ban-under-16.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/world/asia/australia-soci...</a> (<a href="https://archive.ph/Ba2JR" rel="nofollow">https://archive.ph/Ba2JR</a>)

Size of Life

If you're going to vibe code, why not do it in C?

Show HN: Gemini Pro 3 imagines the HN front page 10 years from now

Dollar-stores overcharge customers while promising low prices