Hackernews posts about Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports is an independent, non-profit organization that tests and evaluates products and services to help consumers make informed purchasing decisions.

1. Consumers lost $2.1B to social media scams in 2025, FTC reports (techcrunch.com)
   3 points by yakkomajuri 14 days ago | discuss
2. Show HN: Sentient OS – On-device intelligence layer for your entire digital life (sentient-os.ai)
   3 points by TechExpert2910 10 days ago | 2 comments
3. Show HN: Inspection Credit – read your inspection, draft the negotiation (www.inspectioncredit.com)
   3 points by scarsam 1 day ago | discuss
4. Show HN: I built a 2nd-order PyTorch optimizer for LLMs that runs on 16GB GPUs
   2 points by dnosoz 13 days ago | 4 comments
5. Show HN: RipStop – Git guardrails to reduce impact if your code agent goes wild (github.com)
   2 points by Jonverrier about 14 hours ago | 1 comments
6. Tell me why this UUID pattern is stupid
   4 points by yakkasean 1 day ago | 3 comments
7. Show HN: BrowserCode – Run Claude Code in the Browser via WebAssembly (github.com)
   3 points by multimillion 1 day ago | discuss
8. Credit Bureaus Are Leaving More Mistakes on Frustrated Consumers' Reports (www.propublica.org)
   19 points by hn_acker 2 months ago | 3 comments
9. New FTC Data Show Skyrocketing Consumer Reports About Game-Like Online Job Scams (www.ftc.gov)
   7 points by impish9208 over 1 year ago | discuss
10. Consumer Reports calls on Microsoft to extend support for Windows 10 (advocacy.consumerreports.org)
    5 points by speckx 8 months ago | 2 comments
11. Consumer Reports calls on Microsoft to extend support for Windows 10 (advocacy.consumerreports.org)
    5 points by giardini 8 months ago | discuss
12. Consumer Reports asks Microsoft to keep supporting Windows 10 (www.theverge.com)
    4 points by cebert 8 months ago | discuss
13. Consumer Reports calls out slapdash AI voice-cloning safeguards (www.theregister.com)
    4 points by rntn about 1 year ago | discuss
14. FTC Payments to Consumers Harmed by Vivint's Misuse of Consumer Credit Reports (www.ftc.gov)
    4 points by impish9208 over 1 year ago | discuss
15. Toyota and Lexus no longer most reliable carmakers, says Consumer Reports (newatlas.com)
    3 points by belter 11 months ago | 5 comments
16. Consumer Reports: 24 of the Worst Products of 2024–and What to Buy Instead (www.consumerreports.org)
    3 points by mikequinlan over 1 year ago | 1 comments
17. EVs 80% Worse Consumer Reports Lied – ICE Cars Are Failing at Record Levels (www.youtube.com)
    2 points by xbmcuser 5 months ago | discuss
18. Who Can See What You Do on Venmo? – Consumer Reports (www.consumerreports.org)
    1 points by ohjeez over 1 year ago | discuss
19. Norwegian Consumer Council: Report on virtual currencies in gaming [pdf] (storage02.forbrukerradet.no)
    1 points by murphyslab over 1 year ago | discuss
20. Ask HN: Are failure stats available for consumer LED bulbs?
    4 points by bariumbitmap 7 months ago | 9 comments
21. Show HN: Laboratory.love – Crowdfund plastic chemical testing for food and drink (laboratory.love)
    4 points by cjflog 11 months ago | 1 comments
22. Upload 23andMe,myHeritage, Myancestry, get 1,200 GRS score and a longevity prot
    1 points by HelixSequencing 2 months ago | 1 comments
23. What is going on with all this radioactive shrimp? (www.consumerreports.org)
    129 points by riffraff 7 months ago | 28 comments
24. Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead (www.consumerreports.org)
    75 points by raybb 7 months ago | 16 comments
25. Instacart's AI-enabled pricing experiments may be inflating your grocery bill (www.consumerreports.org)
    22 points by bookofjoe 5 months ago | 5 comments
26. Instacart's AI-enabled pricing experiments may be inflating your grocery bill (www.consumerreports.org)
    16 points by pseudalopex 5 months ago | 8 comments
27. Dangerous chemicals were detected in 100% of the braiding hair we tested (www.consumerreports.org)
    15 points by pessimizer about 1 year ago | 4 comments
28. Anyone Could Forget a Kid in a Hot Car, Research Shows (www.consumerreports.org)
    13 points by mhb 10 months ago | 22 comments
29. Kroger's Shopper Profiles: Why You May Be Paying More Than Your Neighbors (www.consumerreports.org)
    12 points by johnshades 12 months ago | 9 comments
30. Why Rocket Fuel Has Been Contaminating Our Food and Water for Years (www.consumerreports.org)
    11 points by RadixDLT almost 2 years ago | 1 comments
31. Lexus and Toyota are the most reliable used-car brands, Tesla third from bottom (www.cbsnews.com)
    11 points by teleforce over 1 year ago | discuss
32. How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot (www.consumerreports.org)
    10 points by ohjeez 5 months ago | discuss
33. 'Why You Should Use Your TV's Filmmaker Mode' (www.consumerreports.org)
    9 points by m463 almost 2 years ago | 5 comments
34. Should You Use Nitrogen in Your Car Tires? (www.consumerreports.org)
    8 points by reaperducer 11 months ago | 7 comments
35. Stop Using Dangerous Faucets, Regulator Warns (www.consumerreports.org)
    5 points by perihelions 11 months ago | 1 comments
36. How to Protect Your Car from Rodents (www.consumerreports.org)
    5 points by thunderbong over 1 year ago | 1 comments
37. Groups call on FTC to develop clear guidance for use of 'software tethering' (advocacy.consumerreports.org)
    5 points by rntn over 1 year ago | 1 comments