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Corning Invented a New Fiber-Optic Cable for AI and Landed a $6B Meta Deal [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3KLbc5DlRs
1•ksec•37s ago•0 comments

Show HN: XAPIs.dev – Twitter API Alternative at 90% Lower Cost

https://xapis.dev
1•nmfccodes•1m ago•0 comments

Near-Instantly Aborting the Worst Pain Imaginable with Psychedelics

https://psychotechnology.substack.com/p/near-instantly-aborting-the-worst
1•eatitraw•7m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Nginx-defender – realtime abuse blocking for Nginx

https://github.com/Anipaleja/nginx-defender
2•anipaleja•7m ago•0 comments

The Super Sharp Blade

https://netzhansa.com/the-super-sharp-blade/
1•robin_reala•8m ago•0 comments

Smart Homes Are Terrible

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/smart-homes-technology/685867/
1•tusslewake•10m ago•0 comments

What I haven't figured out

https://macwright.com/2026/01/29/what-i-havent-figured-out
1•stevekrouse•11m ago•0 comments

KPMG pressed its auditor to pass on AI cost savings

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/02/06/kpmg-pressed-its-auditor-to-pass-on-ai-cost-savings/
1•cainxinth•11m ago•0 comments

Open-source Claude skill that optimizes Hinge profiles. Pretty well.

https://twitter.com/b1rdmania/status/2020155122181869666
2•birdmania•11m ago•1 comments

First Proof

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05192
2•samasblack•13m ago•1 comments

I squeezed a BERT sentiment analyzer into 1GB RAM on a $5 VPS

https://mohammedeabdelaziz.github.io/articles/trendscope-market-scanner
1•mohammede•14m ago•0 comments

Kagi Translate

https://translate.kagi.com
2•microflash•15m ago•0 comments

Building Interactive C/C++ workflows in Jupyter through Clang-REPL [video]

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/QX3RPH-building_interactive_cc_workflows_in_jupyter_throug...
1•stabbles•16m ago•0 comments

Tactical tornado is the new default

https://olano.dev/blog/tactical-tornado/
2•facundo_olano•18m ago•0 comments

Full-Circle Test-Driven Firmware Development with OpenClaw

https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/07/full-circle-test-driven-firmware-development-with-openclaw/
1•ptorrone•18m ago•0 comments

Automating Myself Out of My Job – Part 2

https://blog.dsa.club/automation-series/automating-myself-out-of-my-job-part-2/
1•funnyfoobar•18m ago•0 comments

Dependency Resolution Methods

https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/06/dependency-resolution-methods.html
1•zdw•19m ago•0 comments

Crypto firm apologises for sending Bitcoin users $40B by mistake

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/other/crypto-firm-apologises-for-sending-bitcoin-users-40-billion...
1•Someone•19m ago•0 comments

Show HN: iPlotCSV: CSV Data, Visualized Beautifully for Free

https://www.iplotcsv.com/demo
2•maxmoq•20m ago•0 comments

There's no such thing as "tech" (Ten years later)

https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/06/no-such-thing-as-tech/
1•headalgorithm•21m ago•0 comments

List of unproven and disproven cancer treatments

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unproven_and_disproven_cancer_treatments
1•brightbeige•21m ago•0 comments

Me/CFS: The blind spot in proactive medicine (Open Letter)

https://github.com/debugmeplease/debug-ME
1•debugmeplease•22m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: What are the word games do you play everyday?

1•gogo61•25m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Paper Arena – A social trading feed where only AI agents can post

https://paperinvest.io/arena
1•andrenorman•26m ago•0 comments

TOSTracker – The AI Training Asymmetry

https://tostracker.app/analysis/ai-training
1•tldrthelaw•30m ago•0 comments

The Devil Inside GitHub

https://blog.melashri.net/micro/github-devil/
2•elashri•30m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Distill – Migrate LLM agents from expensive to cheap models

https://github.com/ricardomoratomateos/distill
1•ricardomorato•30m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Sigma Runtime – Maintaining 100% Fact Integrity over 120 LLM Cycles

https://github.com/sigmastratum/documentation/tree/main/sigma-runtime/SR-053
1•teugent•31m ago•0 comments

Make a local open-source AI chatbot with access to Fedora documentation

https://fedoramagazine.org/how-to-make-a-local-open-source-ai-chatbot-who-has-access-to-fedora-do...
1•jadedtuna•32m ago•0 comments

Introduce the Vouch/Denouncement Contribution Model by Mitchellh

https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/pull/10559
1•samtrack2019•33m ago•0 comments
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Ask HN: Do FAANG recruiters look at your personal data when hiring someone?

2•shadowjones•1w ago
When applying to big tech companies(FAANG or similar, or even smaller multibillion dollar companies), would they check any accounts and the private data you may have on personal accounts on their platform when you apply or interview with them?(for example emails account at gmail or outlook, social media accounts private data, LLMs conversations etc...)

As some kind of additional background check.

Is this something that a recruiter may be able to do during, before or after some hiring process?

My gut feeling is that it wouldn't be legal in most places, but do some of them do it anyway?

Has any of you been part of hiring decisions at those type of companies and saw it happen or did it yourselves?

Comments

dekhn•1w ago
No, FAANG does not look at your private data.
8organicbits•1w ago
Check the privacy policy to see how they handle different types of data. Something you consider personal and private may not actually be handled as you expect.