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9.9.25 | NPM packages compromised, Signal backups secured, iPhone as a dumbphone


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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 9, 2025.

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:18) - NPM debug and chalk packages compromised
  • (01:31) - Signal Secure Backups
  • (02:35) - iPhone dumbphone
  • (03:44) - No adblocker detected
  • (04:54) - Experimenting with Local LLMs on macOS
  • (06:07) - Liquid Glass in the Browser: Refraction with CSS and SVG
  • (07:11) - Mistral AI raises 1.7B€, enters strategic partnership with ASML
  • (08:16) - Will Amazon S3 Vectors kill vector databases or save them?
  • (09:32) - Clankers Die on Christmas
  • (10:46) - The Storm Hits the Art Market
  • (12:04) - Outro

  • NPM debug and chalk packages compromised
    https://www.aikido.dev/blog/npm-debug-and-chalk-packages-compromised
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45169657

    Signal Secure Backups
    https://signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45170515

    iPhone dumbphone
    https://stopa.io/post/297
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45171200

    No adblocker detected
    https://maurycyz.com/misc/ads/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45176206

    Experimenting with Local LLMs on macOS
    https://blog.6nok.org/experimenting-with-local-llms-on-macos/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45168953

    Liquid Glass in the Browser: Refraction with CSS and SVG
    https://kube.io/blog/liquid-glass-css-svg/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45174297

    Mistral AI raises 1.7B€, enters strategic partnership with ASML
    https://mistral.ai/news/mistral-ai-raises-1-7-b-to-accelerate-technological-progress-with-ai
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45178041

    Will Amazon S3 Vectors kill vector databases or save them?
    https://zilliz.com/blog/will-amazon-s3-vectors-kill-vector-databases-or-save-them
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45169624

    Clankers Die on Christmas
    https://remyhax.xyz/posts/clankers-die-on-christmas/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45169275

    The Storm Hits the Art Market
    https://news.artnet.com/market/intelligence-report-storm-2025-2684512
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45175628

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