IBM’s Watson Health is sold off in parts — and WordPress themes, plugins backdoored in supply chain attack

Issue #657 — January 24, 2022

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IBM’s Watson Health is sold off in parts statnews.com \| points: 499 \| comments: 523

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WordPress themes, plugins backdoored in supply chain attack bleepingcomputer.com \| points: 445 \| comments: 223

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22-year-old builds chips in his parents’ garage wired.com \| points: 426 \| comments: 268

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Charm – tools to make the command line glamorous charm.sh \| points: 420 \| comments: 66

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Shell’s carbon capture plant is emitting more than it’s capturing vice.com \| points: 263 \| comments: 92

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Why skyscrapers are so short worksinprogress.co \| points: 262 \| comments: 230

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Ask HN: Am I being instructed to do something illegal? (DEI hiring practices) news.ycombinator.com \| points: 215 \| comments: 173

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Myths about cooking steak that need to go away (2013) seriouseats.com \| points: 208 \| comments: 278

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Yuzu: Nintendo Switch Emulator github.com \| points: 204 \| comments: 81

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Go is about to get faster dominictobias.medium.com \| points: 202 \| comments: 140

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The implementation of the UK Covid-19 dashboard techcommunity.microsoft.com \| points: 182 \| comments: 98

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I moved this blog from Medium, here giuliomagnifico.blog \| points: 170 \| comments: 129

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Bell Labs Org Chart (1980) neil.computer \| points: 163 \| comments: 66

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Faster CPython (2021) [pdf] github.com \| points: 161 \| comments: 135

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Show HN: Marginalia – Exploration Mode search.marginalia.nu \| points: 160 \| comments: 39

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The FSF’s relationship with firmware is harmful to free software users ariadne.space \| points: 158 \| comments: 180

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Show HN: Bulk convert images online without sending to server webutils.app \| points: 138 \| comments: 71

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Quarto: A scientific and technical publishing system built on Pandoc quarto.org \| points: 130 \| comments: 13

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Strict Python function parameters sethmlarson.dev \| points: 120 \| comments: 106

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Diamond hauled from deep inside Earth holds never-before-seen mineral livescience.com \| points: 115 \| comments: 31

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