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Top of Year 2018

1. Stephen Hawking has died
   (14 Mar 2018 | 6015 points | Comments)

2. SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
   (6 Feb 2018 | 2968 points | Comments)

3. Paul Allen has died
   (15 Oct 2018 | 2901 points | Comments)

4. Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub
   (3 Jun 2018 | 2873 points | Comments)

5. IBM acquires Red Hat
   (28 Oct 2018 | 2611 points | Comments)

6. Linus Torvalds apologizes for his behavior, takes time off
   (16 Sep 2018 | 2585 points | Comments)

7. The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Amazon and Apple
   (4 Oct 2018 | 2493 points | Comments)

8. Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies
   (25 Sep 2018 | 2364 points | Comments)

9. Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street
   (19 Mar 2018 | 2361 points | Comments)

10. Why I’m done with Chrome
    (23 Sep 2018 | 2357 points | Comments)

11. Reading privileged memory with a side-channel
    (3 Jan 2018 | 2334 points | Comments)

12. Apple open-sources FoundationDB
    (19 Apr 2018 | 2136 points | Comments)

13. Conversations with a six-year-old on functional programming
    (7 May 2018 | 2074 points | Comments)

14. “I'm basically giving myself a permanent vacation from being BDFL”
    (12 Jul 2018 | 2024 points | Comments)

15. Machine Learning Crash Course
    (1 Mar 2018 | 1926 points | Comments)

16. 1.1.1.1: Fast, privacy-first consumer DNS service
    (1 Apr 2018 | 1895 points | Comments)

17. Google Duplex: An AI System for Accomplishing Real World Tasks Over the Phone
    (8 May 2018 | 1875 points | Comments)

18. Linus Torvalds: “Somebody is pushing complete garbage for unclear reasons.”
    (22 Jan 2018 | 1854 points | Comments)

19. EU copyright law proposal rejected
    (5 Jul 2018 | 1847 points | Comments)

20. Google Tried to Patent My Work After a Job Interview
    (30 Nov 2018 | 1798 points | Comments)

21. Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself
    (28 Feb 2018 | 1767 points | Comments)

22. Paper Airplane Designs
    (18 Oct 2018 | 1753 points | Comments)

23. Farewell, Google Maps
    (19 Jul 2018 | 1747 points | Comments)

24. EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ and ‘upload filter’
    (12 Sep 2018 | 1737 points | Comments)

25. GitLab sees huge spike in project imports
    (3 Jun 2018 | 1736 points | Comments)

26. Ask HN: How to self-learn electronics?
    (6 Apr 2018 | 1681 points | Comments)

27. Facebook Network Breach Impacts Up to 50M Users
    (28 Sep 2018 | 1677 points | Comments)

28. Ask HN: What are the best MOOCs you've taken?
    (3 Apr 2018 | 1665 points | Comments)

29. We are Google employees – Google must drop Dragonfly
    (27 Nov 2018 | 1652 points | Comments)

30. How to be a Manager – A step-by-step guide to leading a team
    (5 Jun 2018 | 1631 points | Comments)

31. US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone location data
    (16 May 2018 | 1630 points | Comments)

32. Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store
    (20 Aug 2018 | 1620 points | Comments)

33. Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers
    (8 Oct 2018 | 1613 points | Comments)

34. Why Raspberry Pi Isn't Vulnerable to Spectre or Meltdown
    (5 Jan 2018 | 1603 points | Comments)

35. Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL
    (6 Sep 2018 | 1572 points | Comments)

36. Bye Bye Mongo, Hello Postgres
    (19 Dec 2018 | 1562 points | Comments)

37. Firefox is back. It's time to give it a try
    (21 Jun 2018 | 1558 points | Comments)

38. Please do not attempt to simplify this code
    (27 Dec 2018 | 1552 points | Comments)

39. Congrats Dropbox
    (23 Mar 2018 | 1543 points | Comments)

40. Let's Encrypt Root Trusted by All Major Root Programs
    (6 Aug 2018 | 1532 points | Comments)

41. It's time to head back to RSS?
    (31 Mar 2018 | 1501 points | Comments)

42. Hello, GitHub
    (4 Jun 2018 | 1498 points | Comments)

43. The Stuxnet worm may be the most sophisticated software ever written
    (18 May 2018 | 1493 points | Comments)

44. John Perry Barlow has died
    (7 Feb 2018 | 1485 points | Comments)

45. Blender is testing PeerTube after YouTube blocks their videos worldwide
    (19 Jun 2018 | 1473 points | Comments)

46. The Machine Fired Me
    (19 Jun 2018 | 1471 points | Comments)

47. Twitter ‘smytes’ customers
    (22 Jun 2018 | 1422 points | Comments)

48. Two Photographers Unknowingly Shot the Same Millisecond in Time
    (8 Mar 2018 | 1397 points | Comments)

49. Elon Musk Deletes Own, SpaceX and Tesla Facebook Pages After #deletefacebook
    (23 Mar 2018 | 1390 points | Comments)

50. Google Memory Loss
    (15 Jan 2018 | 1377 points | Comments)

51. Thank you HN
    (12 Aug 2018 | 1370 points | Comments)

52. Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. Project
    (4 Apr 2018 | 1368 points | Comments)

53. EU to stop changing the clocks in 2019
    (17 Sep 2018 | 1367 points | Comments)

54. Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US
    (30 May 2018 | 1361 points | Comments)

55. Mozilla Files Suit Against FCC to Protect Net Neutrality
    (16 Jan 2018 | 1360 points | Comments)

56. Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access To Your Shadow Contact Information
    (27 Sep 2018 | 1359 points | Comments)

57. Blocklist Facebook domains
    (20 Mar 2018 | 1349 points | Comments)

58. The Importance of Deep Work and the 30-Hour Method for Learning a New Skill
    (26 May 2018 | 1331 points | Comments)

59. Sandspiel – A falling sand game built in Rust and WebGL
    (17 Dec 2018 | 1323 points | Comments)

60. Ask HN: What are your “brain hacks” that help you manage everyday situations?
    (3 Dec 2018 | 1322 points | Comments)

61. Intel Publishes Microcode Patches, No Benchmarking or Comparison Allowed
    (23 Aug 2018 | 1318 points | Comments)

62. Signal Foundation
    (21 Feb 2018 | 1314 points | Comments)

63. Amazon device recorded private conversation, sent it out to random contact
    (24 May 2018 | 1314 points | Comments)

64. Google YOLO clickjacking
    (11 May 2018 | 1304 points | Comments)

65. Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Replacing Intel
    (2 Apr 2018 | 1302 points | Comments)

66. Supreme Court Rules Police Need Warrant to Track Your Cellphone
    (22 Jun 2018 | 1301 points | Comments)

67. iPhones are allergic to helium
    (30 Oct 2018 | 1289 points | Comments)

68. Goodbye Microservices: From 100s of problem children to 1 superstar
    (10 Jul 2018 | 1277 points | Comments)

69. Facebook Container for Firefox
    (17 Apr 2018 | 1274 points | Comments)

70. Learn how to design large-scale systems
    (13 Jul 2018 | 1273 points | Comments)

71. Productivity
    (10 Apr 2018 | 1264 points | Comments)

72. Quora User Data Compromised
    (4 Dec 2018 | 1254 points | Comments)

73. Apple's New Map
    (1 Nov 2018 | 1250 points | Comments)

74. Email is your electronic memory
    (14 Feb 2018 | 1248 points | Comments)

75. Life in the Spanish city that banned cars
    (18 Sep 2018 | 1240 points | Comments)

76. Microsoft intercepting Firefox, Chrome installation on Windows 10 Insider build
    (12 Sep 2018 | 1232 points | Comments)

77. Montana becomes first state to implement net neutrality after FCC repeal
    (22 Jan 2018 | 1224 points | Comments)

78. Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over censorship circumvention
    (1 May 2018 | 1224 points | Comments)

79. Facebook exodus: Nearly half of young users have deleted the app
    (29 Oct 2018 | 1213 points | Comments)

80. Theranos, CEO Holmes, and Former President Balwani Charged with Fraud
    (14 Mar 2018 | 1211 points | Comments)

81. LocationSmart Leaked Location Data for All Major U.S. Carriers in Real Time
    (17 May 2018 | 1209 points | Comments)

82. Founder to CEO: How to build a great company from the ground up
    (3 Jul 2018 | 1207 points | Comments)

83. Facebook Secretly Saved Videos Users Deleted
    (31 Mar 2018 | 1187 points | Comments)

84. Carbon Removal Technologies
    (23 Oct 2018 | 1187 points | Comments)

85. Every Byte of a TLS Connection Explained and Reproduced
    (12 Oct 2018 | 1185 points | Comments)

86. Apple Engineers Its Own Downfall with the Macbook Pro Keyboard
    (28 Jun 2018 | 1183 points | Comments)

87. Goodbye, EdgeHTML
    (6 Dec 2018 | 1178 points | Comments)

88. Show HN: Six Degrees of Wikipedia
    (26 Feb 2018 | 1176 points | Comments)

89. Alternatives to Google Products
    (10 Jun 2018 | 1169 points | Comments)

90. How to Get Things Done When You Don't Feel Like It
    (9 Oct 2018 | 1165 points | Comments)

91. Microsoft acquires Github
    (4 Jun 2018 | 1161 points | Comments)

92. “Pinterest needs to be removed from Google IMO”
    (18 Mar 2018 | 1155 points | Comments)

93. AMP for email is a terrible idea
    (14 Feb 2018 | 1151 points | Comments)

94. Fred's ImageMagick Scripts
    (24 Mar 2018 | 1149 points | Comments)

95. Tell HN: Slack decides to close down IRC and XMPP gateways
    (7 Mar 2018 | 1148 points | Comments)

96. Story of a failed pentest
    (17 Nov 2018 | 1147 points | Comments)

97. DuckDuckGo Traffic
    (29 Sep 2018 | 1145 points | Comments)

98. Ask HN: Pros and cons of working at a startup in 2018?
    (11 Jun 2018 | 1139 points | Comments)

99. Congress votes to make open government data the default in the United States
    (23 Dec 2018 | 1130 points | Comments)

100. YouTube’s Piracy Filter Blocks MIT Courses, Blender Videos, and More
     (18 Jun 2018 | 1129 points | Comments)