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  1. Ask HN: How do free (illegitimate) streaming apps cover running costs?

    I've recently been exposed to some of the technical and financial minutia involved in hosting a legal video on demand and live streaming service, and it's left me wondering how some of these illegitimate free apps work.…

    3 points 2
  2. Virus Alert: "This content is no longer available."

    Tired of trying to remember how to spell the full EICAR test string? For some reason, creating a text file with the contents "This content is no longer available." gets flagged on Windows as as a virus; specifically…

    1 points 1
  3. A chain cuts through a capsized cargo ship filled with cars (jalopnik.com)
    354 points 135
  4. SpaceX Abort Demonstration: 8am Saturday (large explosion expected) (nasa.gov)
    4 points 2
  5. Ask HN: Intel Kernel Vulnerability fix: why software not microcode

    Could someone please explain why the mitigations for the Intel CPU bug are having to be implemented in the OS rather than Microcode? As it only seems to effect Intel and not AMD processors, and as the issue seems to be…

    1 points 3
  6. NASA's peer-reviewed EM Drive paper published – and the drive appears to work (sciencealert.com)
    18 points 3
  7. You might want to change your DropBox pass -6,937,081 accounts alegedly hacked (pastebin.com)
    6 points 0
  8. More Boeing 787 issues – Generator controls shut off after 248 days (theguardian.com)
    10 points 2