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Today’s Hacker News top list is dominated by a major security alert and significant shifts in how we manage our digital lives. The community is buzzing about a massive supply-chain attack where thirty WordPress plugins were compromised with backdoors, serving as a stark reminder of the risks inherent in open-source ecosystems. Meanwhile, Backblaze’s decision to stop backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders has sparked a heated debate about data ownership and the evolving limitations of cloud storage services.

Beyond security, developer productivity and the future of artificial intelligence remain front and center. GitHub’s new "Stacked PRs" feature is gaining significant traction among engineers looking to streamline complex workflows, while a fascinating analysis of Apple’s "accidental moat" suggests that being a late mover in the AI race might actually be a winning strategy. From breakthrough math involving elementary functions to a surprising legal victory for home distillers in the US, the current trends reflect a mix of deep technical curiosity and a desire for more control over our digital and physical worlds.

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1Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted a backdoor in all of themanchor.host1136speckx1 day ago317
2DaVinci Resolve – Photoblackmagicdesign.com1021thebiblelover719 hours ago256
3Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe othersrareese.com867rrreese13 hours ago529
4GitHub Stacked PRsgithub.github.com861ezekg1 day ago490
5All elementary functions from a single binary operatorarxiv.org831pizza1 day ago272
6A new spam policy for “back button hijacking”developers.google.com796zdw18 hours ago455
7Servo is now available on crates.ioservo.org468ffin1 day ago148
8Nothing Ever Happens: Polymarket bot that always buys No on non-sports marketsgithub.com/sterlingcrispin459m-hodges1 day ago261
9jj – the CLI for Jujutsusteveklabnik.github.io457tigerlily11 hours ago394
10US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutionalnypost.com443t-31 day ago327
11Rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archivetechcrunch.com433jrm-veris8 hours ago128
12Apple's accidental moat: How the "AI Loser" may end up winningadlrocha.substack.com426walterbell1 day ago376
13Make tmux pretty and usable (2024)hamvocke.com425speckx1 day ago264
14The economics of software teams: Why most engineering orgs are flying blindviktorcessan.com407kiyanwang1 day ago280
15I wrote to Flock's privacy contact to opt out of their domestic spying programhoneypot.net406speckx4 hours ago172
16Android now stops you sharing your location in photosshkspr.mobi404edent1 day ago313
17Spain to expand internet blocks to tennis, golf, movies broadcasting timesbandaancha.eu390akyuu4 hours ago375
18Lean proved this program correct; then I found a bugkirancodes.me372bumbledraven21 hours ago166
19Microsoft isn't removing Copilot from Windows 11, it's just renaming itneowin.net366bundie1 day ago276
20This year’s insane timeline of hacksringmast4r.substack.com330laurex1 day ago192
21Building a CLI for all of Cloudflarecloudflare.com324soheilpro1 day ago106
22The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Safetyaphyr.com317aphyr1 day ago178
23Claude Code Routinesclaude.com269matthieu_bl4 hours ago163
24Taking on CUDA with ROCm: 'One Step After Another'eetimes.com261mindcrime1 day ago196
25Sometimes powerful people just do dumb shitjoanwestenberg.com253zdw18 hours ago150
26Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyonetechcrunch.com253ZeidJ1 day ago388
27WiiFin – Jellyfin Client for Nintendo Wiigithub.com/fabienmillet235throwawayk7h22 hours ago115
28The future of everything is lies, I guess: Workaphyr.com231aphyr6 hours ago194
29Michigan 'digital age' bills pulled after privacy concerns raisedthecentersquare.com222iamnothere1 day ago129
30Introspective Diffusion Language Modelsintrospective-diffusion.github.io212zagwdt13 hours ago41