Top news for December 21, 2008

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Podcast Industry Under Siege as AI Bots Flood Airways with Thousands of Programs

Denmark takes a Viking swing at VPN-enabled piracy

Google To Retire ‘Dark Web Report’ Tool That Scanned for Leaked User Data

Lidar-maker Luminar files for bankruptcy

China, Iran are having a field day with React2Shell, Google warns

'Slop' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year

Ask HN: Was HN just down for anyone else?

Modern SID chip substitutes [video]

Rollstack (YC W23) is hiring multiple software engineers (TypeScript) US/Canada

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