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11.25.25 | Pebble Watch software open source, Claude Opus 4.5 released, over 300 infected NPM packages


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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 25, 2025.

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  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:20) - Pebble Watch software is now open source
  • (01:28) - Claude Opus 4.5
  • (02:41) - Shai-Hulud Returns: Over 300 NPM Packages Infected
  • (03:52) - Claude Advanced Tool Use
  • (05:04) - Unpowered SSDs slowly lose data
  • (06:16) - PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory. RAM jumps to $600 due to shortage
  • (07:36) - Show HN: I built an interactive HN Simulator
  • (08:26) - Three Years from GPT-3 to Gemini 3
  • (09:34) - We stopped roadmap work for a week and fixed bugs
  • (10:52) - Chrome Jpegxl Issue Reopened
  • (12:00) - Outro

  • Pebble Watch software is now open source
    https://ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-watch-software-is-now-100percent-open-source
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46037626

    Claude Opus 4.5
    https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-5
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46037637

    Shai-Hulud Returns: Over 300 NPM Packages Infected
    https://helixguard.ai/blog/malicious-sha1hulud-2025-11-24
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46032539

    Claude Advanced Tool Use
    https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/advanced-tool-use
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46038047

    Unpowered SSDs slowly lose data
    https://www.xda-developers.com/your-unpowered-ssd-is-slowly-losing-your-data/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46038099

    PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory. RAM jumps to $600 due to shortage
    https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/64gb-of-ddr5-memory-now-costs-more-than-an-entire-ps5-even-after-a-discount-trident-z5-neo-kit-jumps-to-usd600-due-to-dram-shortage-and-its-expected-to-get-worse-into-2026
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46038143

    Show HN: I built an interactive HN Simulator
    https://news.ysimulator.run/news
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46036908

    Three Years from GPT-3 to Gemini 3
    https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/three-years-from-gpt-3-to-gemini
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46019898

    We stopped roadmap work for a week and fixed bugs
    https://lalitm.com/fixits-are-good-for-the-soul/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46024541

    Chrome Jpegxl Issue Reopened
    https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40168998
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46033330

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