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New ask Hacker News story: Tell HN: Scribd Breached

Tell HN: Scribd Breached 16 by x______________ | 0 comments on Hacker News. Not seeing anything posted about this anywhere, received on Monday, 26th of Oct 2026: Subject: Notice of Security Incident This notice is being sent on behalf of Scribd, Inc., the parent company of Scribd, Slideshare, Everand, and Fable, by Epiq, Scribd Inc.’s notification partner. Hello, We are writing to let you know that Scribd, Inc. recently experienced a security incident that may have affected your data. We detected that an unauthorized third party may have gained access to certain user data in one of our systems. After investigating this activity, we found that the third party may have accessed your email address and the following of your information: last 4 digits of your credit card and country, credit card issuer, credit card expiry date, payment history (not including credit card details). We have no evidence that this data has been misused, but we are notifying you out of an abundance of caution ...

New ask Hacker News story: Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not

Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not 2 by stillatit | 1 comments on Hacker News. One year after I posted this last time[0], they're doing it again. My traffic from X has shot way up from people who only ever viewed a full tweet, without pressing the link inside. [0] https://ift.tt/jmsVXIB

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Are most of you using HN Replies? Or what else do you use?

Ask HN: Are most of you using HN Replies? Or what else do you use? 3 by Gooblebrai | 4 comments on Hacker News. To know when someone answers you in a thread

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Is applying to Y Combinator worth it if you aren't an insider?

Ask HN: Is applying to Y Combinator worth it if you aren't an insider? 2 by all2 | 2 comments on Hacker News. I see the application button on the bottom of HN occasionally. I even created an account and started filling out an application. But I'm hesitant. The upside is a potential initial seed round into my business. The downside is... wasted time? In terms of cost/benefit, it seems pretty straight forward. But I get the general impression that applying without knowing someone or being an advantaged class means it will be a complete waste of time to bother applying. These threads come up from time to time, and I see the smattering of responses, "totally worth it" and "not worth it at all". I also see the kinds of companies that get funded and they aren't typically the focused, practical, cashflow positive in short order sorts of companies. I'm torn.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Opus 5.5 suddenly dumb as rocks?

Ask HN: Opus 5.5 suddenly dumb as rocks? 9 by jahala | 8 comments on Hacker News. Is it just me, or has Opus suddenly turned dumb as rocks with 0 attention span over the last half day or so? Noticeably worse output across multiple agents on very different projects.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What's your iPhone Duo experience so far?

Ask HN: What's your iPhone Duo experience so far? 2 by dgellow | 0 comments on Hacker News. I assume some of you bought it on release. What are your thoughts so far? Would you recommend it to casual users? Did you return it, and if yes why? Just interested to learn a bit how people who aren’t pro-reviewers feel about it now that it has been out a few days. Also, what’s the most interesting, creative use of the foldable form factor you’ve seen?