Looking Glass: Run a Windows VM on Linux in a window with native performance — and Leak uncovers global abuse of cyber-surveillance weapon

Issue #468 — July 19, 2021

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Looking Glass: Run a Windows VM on Linux in a window with native performance looking-glass.io \| points: 755 \| comments: 267

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Leak uncovers global abuse of cyber-surveillance weapon theguardian.com \| points: 442 \| comments: 108

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An app for M1 Macs that plays the sound of a fan as CPU usage goes up fanfan.rambo.codes \| points: 408 \| comments: 189

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Inserting One Billion Rows in SQLite Under a Minute avi.im \| points: 394 \| comments: 107

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Private Israeli spyware used to hack cellphones of journalists, activists washingtonpost.com \| points: 394 \| comments: 93

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Right or left, you should be worried about big tech censorship eff.org \| points: 347 \| comments: 233

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I’m a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Days a Week vice.com \| points: 298 \| comments: 222

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A Solarpunk Manifesto re-des.org \| points: 263 \| comments: 186

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Zig cc: A drop-in replacement for GCC/Clang (2020) andrewkelley.me \| points: 255 \| comments: 104

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Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD checkyourlist.app \| points: 245 \| comments: 163

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Piped: A privacy-friendly YouTube front end which is efficient by design github.com \| points: 244 \| comments: 211

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Mysterious DNA sequences, known as ‘Borgs,’ recovered from California mud sciencemag.org \| points: 218 \| comments: 61

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Greenland bans all oil exploration cbc.ca \| points: 210 \| comments: 49

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The Perils of M1 Ownership eclecticlight.co \| points: 205 \| comments: 160

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Don’t Let Police Arm Autonomous or Remote-Controlled Robots and Drones eff.org \| points: 183 \| comments: 81

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BANCStar (2000) web.archive.org \| points: 172 \| comments: 64

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ToyDB: Distributed SQL Database in Rust github.com \| points: 168 \| comments: 31

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How NSO’s Pegasus Is Used to Spy on Journalists haaretz.com \| points: 158 \| comments: 16

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The new ProtonMail has passed its independent security audit protonmail.com \| points: 157 \| comments: 56

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What happens in an IPO? – A Beginner’s Guide (Part 2/2) simplanations.in \| points: 138 \| comments: 13

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