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. Microsoft only lets you opt out of AI photo scanning 3x a year (hardware.slashdot.org)
   828 points by dmitrygr 2 days ago | 328 comments
2. Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without MS account (www.theverge.com)
   624 points by josephcsible 7 days ago | 1351 comments
3. Microsoft Amplifier (github.com)
   256 points by JDEW 2 days ago | 148 comments
4. Google, Meta and Microsoft to stop showing political ads in the EU (www.politico.eu)
   225 points by martinohansen 3 days ago | 192 comments
5. Microsoft 365 Copilot's commercial failure (www.perspectives.plus)
   197 points by jukkan 9 days ago | 169 comments
6. Microsoft CTO says he wants to swap most AMD and Nvidia GPUs for homemade chips (www.cnbc.com)
   192 points by fork-bomber 10 days ago | 129 comments
7. NFS at 40 – Remembering the Sun Microsystems Network File System (nfs40.online)
   178 points by signa11 8 days ago | 151 comments
8. MicroPythonOS – An Android-like OS for microcontrollers (micropythonos.com)
   168 points by alefnula 5 days ago | 61 comments
9. Microsoft lets bosses spot teams that are dodging Copilot (www.theregister.com)
   105 points by mikece 3 days ago | 93 comments
10. German state replaces Microsoft Exchange and Outlook with open-source email (www.zdnet.com)
    43 points by CrankyBear about 6 hours ago | 10 comments
11. Russinovich: From Blue Screens to Orange Crabs: Microsoft's Rusty Revolution [video] (www.youtube.com)
    8 points by mustache_kimono 10 days ago | 1 comments
12. Microsoft Excel turns 40 today (www.msn.com)
    6 points by alexandrehtrb 13 days ago | 1 comments
13. Synthetic microplastics in hot and cold beverages from the UK market (www.sciencedirect.com)
    6 points by PaulHoule about 13 hours ago | discuss
14. Scientists 'reawaken' ancient microbes from permafrost (www.livescience.com)
    5 points by Brajeshwar about 10 hours ago | discuss
15. Microwave technique allows energy-efficient chemical reactions (phys.org)
    5 points by rolph 3 days ago | discuss
16. Microsoft's OneDrive spots your mates, remembers their faces, and won't forget (www.theregister.com)
    4 points by rntn about 5 hours ago | 1 comments
17. Launch HN: LlamaFarm (YC W22) – Open-source framework for distributed AI (github.com)
    106 points by mhamann 6 days ago | 71 comments
18. Show HN: Aidlab – Health Data for Devs
    52 points by guzik 2 days ago | 16 comments
19. Show HN: A professional decibel meter that runs in the browser (www.decibelmeter.org)
    2 points by Oscar_Hall 2 days ago | discuss
20. Show HN: Detect visitor emotions from mouse movements (emotional inference)
    1 points by sentientiq about 5 hours ago | discuss
21. Edge AI for Beginners (github.com)
    177 points by bakigul 1 day ago | 63 comments
22. IP over Lasers (www.mikekohn.net)
    121 points by xtoilette 14 days ago | 80 comments
23. The biggest sign of an AI bubble is starting to appear – debt (www.axios.com)
    90 points by zerosizedweasle 11 days ago | 121 comments
24. Word will now save new documents to OneDrive by default (www.windowscentral.com)
    25 points by 01-_- 4 days ago | 8 comments
25. Magic Mushrooms. LSD. Ketamine. The Drugs That Power Silicon Valley (www.wsj.com)
    14 points by youngtaff about 7 hours ago | 6 comments
26. Billions of bacteria lurk in your shower (www.bbc.com)
    5 points by vinni2 about 17 hours ago | 2 comments
27. Billions of bacteria lurk in your shower – should you be worried? (www.bbc.com)
    5 points by billybuckwheat 1 day ago | 2 comments
28. More on Mu (micro.mu)
    2 points by asim about 14 hours ago | discuss
29. Three big myths about Covid Omicron (www.theguardian.com)
    4 points by fanf2 about 1 year ago | 1 comments
30. Evolution of the human immune system in the post-omicron era (medicalxpress.com)
    3 points by wglb over 1 year ago | discuss
31. Differential protection against SARS-CoV-2 reinfection pre- and post-Omicron (www.nature.com)
    2 points by Luc 8 months ago | discuss
32. Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pre-Delta, Delta, and Omicron Eras (www.nejm.org)
    2 points by bookofjoe about 1 year ago | discuss
33. The SeL4 Microkernel: An Introduction [pdf] (sel4.systems)
    264 points by snvzz 7 months ago | 188 comments
34. Launch HN: Tinfoil (YC X25): Verifiable Privacy for Cloud AI
    146 points by FrasiertheLion 5 months ago | 100 comments
35. Helion begins work on Washington nuclear fusion plant (www.nucnet.org)
    83 points by mpweiher 2 months ago | 70 comments