Hacker News - Newest: ""Facebook" "Instagram" "WhatsApp" "Onavo" "Zuckerberg""https://news.ycombinator.com/newestHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:50:16 +0000<![CDATA[Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Decision to Pull the Trigger on Meta’s A.I. Agent]]>Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/technology/inside-mark-zuckerbergs-decision-to-pull-the-trigger-on-metas-ai-agent.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50025131

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]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:55:49 +0000https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/technology/inside-mark-zuckerbergs-decision-to-pull-the-trigger-on-metas-ai-agent.htmlthmhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50025131https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50025131<![CDATA[Scientists Spotted a Giant New Species in the Background of an Instagram Selfie]]>Article URL: https://gizmodo.com/someone-posted-an-instagram-selfie-scientists-spotted-a-giant-new-species-in-the-background-2000823673

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50016136

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]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:54:18 +0000https://gizmodo.com/someone-posted-an-instagram-selfie-scientists-spotted-a-giant-new-species-in-the-background-2000823673gumbyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50016136https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50016136<![CDATA[Anger as man sentenced to death for Facebook comment]]>Article URL: https://www.themirror.com/news/world-news/anger-man-sentenced-death-facebook-2060304

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50015486

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]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:03:54 +0000https://www.themirror.com/news/world-news/anger-man-sentenced-death-facebook-2060304bcaulfieldhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50015486https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50015486<![CDATA[Instagram is sorry it gave users too much Creed]]>Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/entertainment/creed-instagram-suggested-music-cec

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50015231

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]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:26:16 +0000https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/entertainment/creed-instagram-suggested-music-cec1659447091https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50015231https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50015231<![CDATA[Instagram is sorry it gave users too much Creed]]>Article URL: https://abc17news.com/entertainment/cnn-entertainment/2026/10/08/instagram-is-sorry-it-gave-users-too-much-creed/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50011093

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]]>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:48:59 +0000https://abc17news.com/entertainment/cnn-entertainment/2026/10/08/instagram-is-sorry-it-gave-users-too-much-creed/cdrnsfhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50011093https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50011093<![CDATA[Facebook fbclid URL parameters contain extractable info, including timestamps]]>Article URL: https://hindsig.ht/blog/decoding-facebook-fbclid/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50006211

Points: 7

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]]>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:25:26 +0000https://hindsig.ht/blog/decoding-facebook-fbclid/RyanDFIRhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50006211https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50006211<![CDATA[I reported crypto scammers on WhatsApp – They got my account suspended]]>Article URL: https://brothke.medium.com/i-reported-crypto-scammers-on-whatsapp-they-got-my-account-suspended-33ed5ebd0284

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50005346

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]]>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:03:41 +0000https://brothke.medium.com/i-reported-crypto-scammers-on-whatsapp-they-got-my-account-suspended-33ed5ebd0284benrothkehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50005346https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50005346<![CDATA[I built an Instagram dashboard for vetting influencers before paying them]]>Article URL: https://hikerapi.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50004440

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]]>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:17:19 +0000https://hikerapi.com/irtazapentahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50004440https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50004440<![CDATA[Molly Russell's father to tell UK cinemagoers: Instagram helped kill my daughter]]>Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/08/molly-russell-father-uk-cinemas-the-social-reckoning

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50003463

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]]>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:58:15 +0000https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/08/molly-russell-father-uk-cinemas-the-social-reckoningbeardywhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50003463https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50003463<![CDATA[Zuckerberg bought Waterford castle for more than €51M]]>Article URL: https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2026/1007/1594475-strancally-castle-waterford/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49999001

Points: 4

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]]>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:26:26 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2026/1007/1594475-strancally-castle-waterford/austinallegrohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49999001https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49999001<![CDATA[Will Zuckerberg, Musk and Altman movies make a dent on tech giant evangelism?]]>Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/07/the-social-reckoning-musk-and-artificial-zuckerberg-musk-and-altman-movies-tech

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49996655

Points: 9

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]]>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:15:51 +0000https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/07/the-social-reckoning-musk-and-artificial-zuckerberg-musk-and-altman-movies-techdevonnullhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49996655https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49996655<![CDATA[An Interesting Long Profile Of Mark Zuckerberg]]>Article URL: https://colossus.com/article/mark-zuckerberg-profile/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49992197

Points: 3

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]]>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:03:32 +0000https://colossus.com/article/mark-zuckerberg-profile/karakoramhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49992197https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49992197<![CDATA[Fraudsters using AI on WhatsApp calls fool bank chair in €95M scam]]>Article URL: https://www.amlintelligence.com/2026/09/news-ai-messaging-scam-costs-italys-top-bank-intesa-millions-sources-say/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49981724

Points: 4

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]]>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:43:36 +0000https://www.amlintelligence.com/2026/09/news-ai-messaging-scam-costs-italys-top-bank-intesa-millions-sources-say/taubekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49981724https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49981724<![CDATA[The Programming Language That Helped Build WhatsApp]]>Article URL: https://hackernoon.com/the-strange-programming-language-that-helped-build-whatsapp

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49981711

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]]>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:42:26 +0000https://hackernoon.com/the-strange-programming-language-that-helped-build-whatsappsmookehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49981711https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49981711<![CDATA[Tennessee Emergency Alerts Redirect to a Facebook Page]]>Article URL: https://sk500.online/tech/tennessee-emergency-alerts-redirect-to-a-facebook-page/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49977387

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]]>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:24:23 +0000https://sk500.online/tech/tennessee-emergency-alerts-redirect-to-a-facebook-page/airhangerf15https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49977387https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49977387<![CDATA[Saudi Arabia urged to spare man sentenced to death over Facebook post]]>Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq14d438vx24o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49974305

Points: 9

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]]>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:46:12 +0000https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq14d438vx24ovinni2https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49974305https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49974305<![CDATA[Technical Analysis of an NSO Group WhatsApp Exploit]]>Article URL: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16395340/741/45/whatsapp-inc-v-nso-group-technologies-limited/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49968703

Points: 3

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]]>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:37:27 +0000https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16395340/741/45/whatsapp-inc-v-nso-group-technologies-limited/l0kihardthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49968703https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49968703<![CDATA[I turned Facebook into a video game]]>Article URL: https://domdefense.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49965317

Points: 1

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]]>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:24:20 +0000https://domdefense.comskellertorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49965317https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49965317<![CDATA[Show HN : How I am talking to my agents from my WhatsApp]]>I recently built this repo : agent-bridge which allows you to reach your agents like claude-code, codex, opencode, etc.. from your WhatsApp self-chat.

This is fully open-sourced and comes with a npm package as well (@mayurathavale18/agent-bridge)

Do check this out and any improvement suggestions, contributions are greatly appreciated !

https://github.com/mayurathavale18/agent-bridge

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49957202

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]]>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 19:50:14 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49957202mayurathavalehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49957202https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49957202<![CDATA[Teens Who Can't Put Down TikTok and Instagram Are Losing Their Sense of Time]]>Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/tiktok-instgram-reels-youtube-shorts-future-time-perspective-395d055a

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49956598

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]]>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 18:39:21 +0000https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/tiktok-instgram-reels-youtube-shorts-future-time-perspective-395d055apseudolushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49956598https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49956598