Hacker News Weekly

Weekly Hacker News for the 7 days ending 2021-06-05

The 20 highest-rated articles on Hacker News in the 7 days ending June 05, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Hacker News Weekly are:

• Google made it nearly impossible for users to keep their location private
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• Trials begin on lozenge that rebuilds tooth enamel
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• Amazon refused to refund $7k after shipping an empty box instead of a Sony A1
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• Drunk Post: Things I've Learned as a Sr Engineer
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• Amazon Prime inflates prices, using the false promise of ‘free shipping’
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• Overkill objects for everyday life
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• It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cryptocurrency
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• Wikipedia is swimming in money–why is it begging people to donate?
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• Employees are quitting instead of giving up working from home
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• YouTube-dl can no longer download age-restricted videos
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• Helix: a post-modern modal text editor
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• Stack Overflow sold to Prosus for $1.8B
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• Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starting in early September
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• United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic
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• U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrorism, official says
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• The lab-leak theory: inside the fight to uncover Covid-19’s origins
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• An Unbelievable Demo
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• There are no results for tank man
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• LOL just got kicked out of @ycombinator
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• G7: Rich nations back deal to tax multinationals
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