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The month's top story

Amazon refused to refund $7k after shipping an empty box instead of a Sony A1

petapixel.com · 1 sources

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What dominated June

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Technology

    Privacy Update: Third-party Tracking

    7 of 30 days · 9 articles

  2. Technology

    Higher mushroom consumption is associated with a lower risk of cancer

    4 of 30 days · 4 articles

  3. Technology

    Catala: A Programming Language for the Law

    4 of 30 days · 4 articles

Business 43 stories

  1. Amazon refused to refund $7k after shipping an empty box instead of a Sony A1

    petapixel.com · 1 outlets

  2. It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cryptocurrency

    twitter.com · 1 outlets

  3. DarkSide ransomware gang quits after servers, Bitcoin stash seized

    krebsonsecurity.com · 1 outlets

  4. Nvidia cripples cryptocurrency mining on RTX 3080 and 3070 cards

    bleepingcomputer.com · 1 outlets

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  1. Working at a startup is overrated, both financially and emotionally

    every.to · 1 outlets

  2. Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes on $6B in revenue

    businessinsider.com.au · 1 outlets

  3. Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shopping on Amazon or eBay

    chrome.google.com · 1 outlets

  4. CEO behind Japan’s best-performing stock says his secret is raising salaries

    bloomberg.com · 1 outlets

  5. Selling Tiny Internet Projects for Fun and Profit

    tinyprojects.dev · 1 outlets

  6. Tesla has suspended vehicle purchases using Bitcoin

    cnbc.com · 3 outlets

  7. How Big Tech got so big: hundreds of acquisitions

    washingtonpost.com · 1 outlets

  8. Tech giants join call for funding U.S. chip production

    reuters.com · 1 outlets

  9. Starting a crypto project

    twitter.com · 1 outlets

  10. Crypto crash deepens, stocks slip

    reuters.com · 1 outlets

Sports 37 stories

  1. Bob Cassette Rewinder: Hacking Detergent DRM

    github.com · 1 outlets

  2. Amazon Prime inflates prices, using the false promise of ‘free shipping’

    mattstoller.substack.c · 1 outlets

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  1. The Ultimate Guide to Inflation

    lynalden.com · 1 outlets

  2. Before the iPhone, I worked on a few games for what were called "feature phones"

    twitter.com · 1 outlets

  3. Terms and Conditions Game

    termsandconditions.gam · 1 outlets

  4. Show HN: I open sourced a game I just released on Steam, written in Lua

    github.com · 1 outlets

  5. How Tech Loses Out

    berthub.eu · 1 outlets

  6. Wuhan lab staff sought hospital care before Covid-19 outbreak disclosed

    wsj.com · 1 outlets

Technology 635 stories

  1. China lands rover on Mars

    bbc.com · 2 outlets

  2. Belarus diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist

    bbc.co.uk · 2 outlets

  3. Umami – An alternative to Google Analytics

    9to5google.com · 4 outlets

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  1. Hosting SQLite databases on GitHub Pages or any static file hoster

    phiresky.github.io · 1 outlets

  2. Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge

    blog.ethereum.org · 1 outlets

  3. I quit my job to focus on SerenityOS full time

    awesomekling.github.io · 1 outlets

  4. A teenager's guide to avoiding actual work

    madned.substack.com · 1 outlets

  5. Sublime Text 4

    sublimetext.com · 1 outlets

  6. Welcome to Libera Chat

    libera.chat · 1 outlets

  7. Why People Feel Like Victims

    blog.google · 2 outlets

  8. One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks

    columbianewsservice.co · 2 outlets

  9. The Animal Is Tired

    robinhobb.com · 1 outlets

Entertainment 32 stories

  1. Instagram ads Facebook won't show you

    signal.org · 1 outlets

  2. Apple Music Announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio

    apple.com · 1 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Show HN: I Built Multiplayer Deathmatch Joust

    portfolio.zxh.io · 4 outlets

  2. Show HN: Mmm.page – Drag and drop personal website creator

    build.mmm.page · 1 outlets

  3. Show HN: NocoDB – Open-Source Airtable Alternative

    github.com · 2 outlets

  4. Show HN: Find Subreddits for Your Niche

    boze.app · 2 outlets

  5. TSMC looks to double down on U.S. chip factories as talks in Europe falter

    reuters.com · 1 outlets

  6. Show HN: I wrote a book about UI [pdf]

    fifty.user-interface.i · 4 outlets

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