SantaCon organiser charged with stealing $1m from charity pub crawl

Prosecutors say Stefan Pildes spent hundreds of thousands of $2.7m raised for charity on personal expenses.

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New top story on Hacker News: Kalshi CEO expects US DOJ to prosecute insider trading cases

Kalshi CEO expects US DOJ to prosecute insider trading cases
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Palantir defends its record as MPs demand more scrutiny of data use

NHS guidance that all hospitals should be using Palantir software from this month has sparked a backlash.

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New top story on Hacker News: Turn your best AI prompts into one-click tools in Chrome

Turn your best AI prompts into one-click tools in Chrome
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US blockade of Iranian ports explained in two minutes

The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner explains how the US blockade of Iranian ports will work.

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New top story on Hacker News: Someone Bought 30 WordPress Plugins and Planted a Backdoor in All of Them

Someone Bought 30 WordPress Plugins and Planted a Backdoor in All of Them
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New top story on Hacker News: Mark's Magic Multiply

Mark's Magic Multiply
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