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12.16.25 | Kenyan writer contrasts style with ChatGPT, 8M users' AI chats exploited by extensions, Pepsi and Walmart colluded on food prices
This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 16, 2025.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
- (00:00) - Intro
I'm Kenyan. I don't write like ChatGPT, ChatGPT writes like me
https://marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-i-dont-write-like-chatgpt
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46273466
8M users' AI conversations sold for profit by "privacy" extensions
https://www.koi.ai/blog/urban-vpn-browser-extension-ai-conversations-data-collection
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46284266
Secret Documents Show Pepsi and Walmart Colluded to Raise Food Prices
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/secret-documents-show-pepsi-and-walmart
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46280887
Ford kills the All-Electric F-150
https://www.wired.com/story/ford-kills-electric-f-150-lightning-for-hybrid/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46281182
“Are you the one?” is free money
https://blog.owenlacey.dev/posts/are-you-the-one-is-free-money/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46241500
SHARP, an approach to photorealistic view synthesis from a single image
https://apple.github.io/ml-sharp/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46284658
Quill OS: An open-source OS for Kobo's eReaders
https://quill-os.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46283016
JetBlue flight averts mid-air collision with US Air Force jet
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/jetblue-flight-averts-mid-air-collision-with-us-air-force-jet-2025-12-15/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46281944
Children with cancer scammed out of millions fundraised for their treatment
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgz318y8elo
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46285376
Umbrel – Personal Cloud
https://umbrel.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46279187
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By Hacker News HighlightsThis is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Dec 16, 2025.
Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights
- (00:00) - Intro
I'm Kenyan. I don't write like ChatGPT, ChatGPT writes like me
https://marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-i-dont-write-like-chatgpt
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46273466
8M users' AI conversations sold for profit by "privacy" extensions
https://www.koi.ai/blog/urban-vpn-browser-extension-ai-conversations-data-collection
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46284266
Secret Documents Show Pepsi and Walmart Colluded to Raise Food Prices
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/secret-documents-show-pepsi-and-walmart
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46280887
Ford kills the All-Electric F-150
https://www.wired.com/story/ford-kills-electric-f-150-lightning-for-hybrid/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46281182
“Are you the one?” is free money
https://blog.owenlacey.dev/posts/are-you-the-one-is-free-money/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46241500
SHARP, an approach to photorealistic view synthesis from a single image
https://apple.github.io/ml-sharp/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46284658
Quill OS: An open-source OS for Kobo's eReaders
https://quill-os.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46283016
JetBlue flight averts mid-air collision with US Air Force jet
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/jetblue-flight-averts-mid-air-collision-with-us-air-force-jet-2025-12-15/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46281944
Children with cancer scammed out of millions fundraised for their treatment
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgz318y8elo
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46285376
Umbrel – Personal Cloud
https://umbrel.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46279187