Hackernews posts about Omicron

Omicron is a novel variant of SARS-CoV-2 that was first detected in November 2021 and has been classified as a Variant of Concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) due to its rapid global spread and potential impact on public health.

1. Omacon keynote talk with DHH [video] (www.youtube.com)
   3 points by nodesocket 1 day ago | 1 comments
2. Launching OmniConnect – Authentication for Computer Use Agents (anchorbrowser.io)
   2 points by aviramha 16 days ago | discuss
3. Microsoft terminated the account VeraCrypt used to sign Windows drivers (sourceforge.net)
   1297 points by super256 15 days ago | 501 comments
4. Microsoft: Copilot is for entertainment purposes only (www.microsoft.com)
   606 points by lpcvoid 23 days ago | 210 comments
5. WireGuard makes new Windows release following Microsoft signing resolution (lists.zx2c4.com)
   549 points by zx2c4 13 days ago | 166 comments
6. Swiss authorities want to reduce dependency on Microsoft (www.swissinfo.ch)
   236 points by doener 4 days ago | 93 comments
7. SPEAKE(a)R: Turn Speakers to Microphones for Fun and Profit [pdf] (2017) (www.usenix.org)
   186 points by Eridanus2 4 days ago | 70 comments
8. Advancing human gut microbiota research by considering gut transit time (2023) (gut.bmj.com)
   101 points by mikhael 3 days ago | 79 comments
9. Contact Lens Uses Microfluidics to Monitor and Treat Glaucoma (spectrum.ieee.org)
   98 points by pseudolus 4 days ago | 2 comments
10. Microsoft exec suggests AI agents will need to buy licenses, just like employees (www.businessinsider.com)
    32 points by maxloh 9 days ago | 16 comments
11. Show HN: Run coding agents in microVM sandboxes instead of your host machine (github.com)
    15 points by phoenixranger 28 minutes ago | 1 comments
12. Glass bottles found to contain more microplastics than plastic bottles (2025) (phys.org)
    9 points by vinni2 about 21 hours ago | 1 comments
13. Contact Lens Uses Microfluidics to Monitor and Treat Glaucoma (spectrum.ieee.org)
    7 points by zdw 3 days ago | discuss
14. Microsoft Moving All GitHub Copilot Subscribers to Token-Based Billing in June (www.wheresyoured.at)
    5 points by brandrick about 23 hours ago | 1 comments
15. Microsoft now offering chance to win $1M or a car if you switch to Edge (www.neowin.net)
    3 points by croes 3 days ago | 4 comments
16. Microsoft Offers Voluntary Retirement to About 7% of US Workers (www.bloomberg.com)
    3 points by helsinkiandrew about 1 hour ago | 3 comments
17. Microsoft launches 'vibe working' in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (www.theverge.com)
    3 points by Brajeshwar 21 minutes ago | discuss
18. Microsoft issues emergency update for macOS and Linux ASP.NET threat (arstechnica.com)
    3 points by joozio about 10 hours ago | discuss
19. Microsoft plans first voluntary employee buyout in company's 51-year history (www.cnbc.com)
    2 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 about 1 hour ago | 3 comments
20. Ask HN: Is Microsoft copilot good or garbage?
    2 points by wasimsk about 9 hours ago | 1 comments
21. Microsoft freezes hiring in major cloud, sales groups (www.reuters.com)
    2 points by akyuu 13 minutes ago | discuss
22. Microsoft Vibing – capturing screenshots and voice samples without governance (doublepulsar.com)
    2 points by el_duderino 42 minutes ago | discuss
23. Reconstructing Microsoft's SDE Career Ladder from Leaks, Filings and Salary Data (shiftmag.dev)
    2 points by choochilla4 about 6 hours ago | discuss
24. Microsoft looked at buying Cursor before SpaceX deal (www.cnbc.com)
    2 points by mfiguiere about 15 hours ago | discuss
25. Microsoft offers voluntary retirement to long-serving employees (www.theverge.com)
    1 points by saikatsg 17 minutes ago | discuss
26. Show HN: Open-source database CLI that doubles as an MCP server for agents (github.com)
    3 points by modelorona about 3 hours ago | discuss
27. Decisions that eroded trust in Azure – by a former Azure Core engineer (isolveproblems.substack.com)
    1297 points by axelriet 21 days ago | 648 comments
28. XOR'ing a register with itself is the idiom for zeroing it out. Why not sub? (devblogs.microsoft.com)
    218 points by ingve 1 day ago | 212 comments
29. Sudo for Windows (2024) (github.com)
    79 points by luispa 4 days ago | 96 comments
30. Bring Your Agent to Teams (microsoft.github.io)
    72 points by umangsehgal93 about 19 hours ago | 73 comments