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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close September 16 – October 16, 2015 842 stories · Vol. 15 · Catalogue 42 · Issue 289 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

How is NSA breaking so much crypto?

1Outlets
1Articles

What dominated October

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Technology

    Volkswagen and Cheating Software

    4 of 30 days · 4 articles

  2. Technology

    Artificial Neural Networks for Beginners

    3 of 30 days · 4 articles

  3. Technology

    Someone bought 'Google.com' from Google for one minute

    3 of 30 days · 3 articles

Business 46 stories

  1. How is NSA breaking so much crypto?

  2. When Your Former Boss Sues You for Starting a Startup

  3. Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Is Reached

  4. Guide to Your Equity

Show 10 more
  1. I created a fake business and bought it an online reputation

  2. Amazon Building a Tech Business for the Long Haul

  3. Square files for IPO

  4. Startup NASA

  5. Bitcoin Is Officially a Commodity, According to U.S. Regulator

  6. One founder, zero staff, making $1.2M in monthly recurring revenue

  7. Texas Student Is Under Police Investigation for Building a Clock

  8. How We Uncovered the Real Identity Behind “Startup L. Jackson”

  9. Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'Privacy Is a Fundamental Human Right'

  10. Google, Microsoft, Qualcomm and Baidu Announce Joint Investment in CloudFlare

Sports 29 stories

  1. New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

  2. Blowing the Whistle on the UC Berkeley Mathematics Department

Show 6 more
  1. Show HN: %%30%30: A Game

  2. Windows 7 Update appears to be compromised?

  3. Gene patents probably dead worldwide following Australian court decision

  4. Show HN: Download any song without knowing its name

  5. Kilogram conflict resolved at last

  6. A critical Windows component expires in 25 hours

Technology 660 stories

  1. 14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to School

  2. YC Research

  3. Free Lossless Image Format

Show 9 more
  1. Signs of Liquid Water Found on Surface of Mars, Study Says

  2. 'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules

  3. Drug Goes from $13.50 a Tablet to $750, Overnight

  4. Larry Wall Unveils Perl 6.0.0

  5. Otto, the successor to Vagrant

  6. Mercury Spill

  7. Dropbox has open-sourced Zulip

  8. What Happens Next Will Amaze You

  9. Two HN Announcements

Entertainment 33 stories

  1. Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Devices

  2. Show HN: I spent a year making an electro-mechanical prototype of a liquid clock

Show 6 more
  1. Show HN: Hacker News Simulator

  2. Show HN: Wriber – Idea Generator

  3. Netflix Switch – dim lights, turn on the TV, order food, and silence your phone

  4. Show HN: Cancel your Comcast in 5 minutes

  5. Show HN: Turn a Google Spreadsheet into an API

  6. John Carmack on Developing the Netflix App for Oculus

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