Hackernews posts about Theranos

Theranos is a former biotech company that developed and marketed a proprietary blood-testing technology that was touted to revolutionize healthcare by providing rapid and accurate diagnoses from a tiny drop of blood, but ultimately collapsed under allegations of fraud and deceit.

1. Gemma 4 QAT models: Optimizing compression for mobile and laptop efficiency (blog.google)
   394 points by theanonymousone 1 day ago | 122 comments
2. Tracking Starbucks' 'widely recyclable' cups: none ended up at recycling (www.beyondplastics.org)
   213 points by theanonymousone 17 days ago | 154 comments
3. KVarN: Native vLLM backend for KV-cache quantization by Huawei (github.com)
   143 points by theanonymousone 2 days ago | 16 comments
4. GitHub Copilot App (github.com)
   124 points by theanonymousone 4 days ago | 76 comments
5. Running Python code in a sandbox with MicroPython and WASM (simonwillison.net)
   81 points by theanonymousone about 12 hours ago | 25 comments
6. The British university is dying, and it seems that almost nobody cares (newleftreview.org)
   25 points by theanonymousone 1 day ago | 16 comments
7. I was a Theranos whistleblower. Here's what I think Elizabeth Holmes is up to (www.statnews.com)
   132 points by iancmceachern about 1 year ago | 91 comments
8. US court upholds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes's conviction (www.theguardian.com)
   79 points by stevekemp over 1 year ago | 107 comments
9. Grady Booch claims Open AI Is Another Theranos (twitter.com)
   8 points by ZuckMusk over 1 year ago | 1 comments
10. Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' prison sentence keeps getting shorter (qz.com)
    7 points by SilverElfin 6 months ago | 2 comments
11. Theranos 2.0 (sergeiai.substack.com)
    6 points by wslh 7 months ago | 3 comments
12. The Companies Realizing Theranos's Failed Dream (www.wsj.com)
    4 points by bookofjoe almost 2 years ago | 1 comments
13. Ex-WSJ reporter who exposed Theranos fraud sues AI giants (nypost.com)
    3 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 5 months ago | 1 comments
14. Theranos Fraudster's Boyfriend Starts New Blood-Testing Company (www.thedailybeast.com)
    3 points by jnord about 1 year ago | discuss
15. The Inventors – Blue Magic by Theranos (theranoslabs.com)
    2 points by sizzle 9 months ago | 2 comments
16. The Companies Realizing Theranos's Failed Dream (www.wsj.com)
    2 points by voisin almost 2 years ago | discuss
17. CHM Revolutionaries: Theranos Founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes (www.youtube.com)
    1 points by anotherhue over 1 year ago | discuss
18. Behind an innovative new blood testing technology that, unlike Theranos, is real (www.fastcompany.com)
    1 points by bookofjoe almost 2 years ago | discuss
19. Show HN: I used Claude Code to discover connections between 100 books (trails.pieterma.es)
    524 points by pmaze 5 months ago | 146 comments
20. Ask HN: My boss wants us to vibe code and I feel in danger
    5 points by throwaway37262 4 months ago | 5 comments
21. Show HN: Syntopic reading with Claude Code – connections across 100 books (trails.pieterma.es)
    3 points by pmaze 5 months ago | discuss
22. Elizabeth Holmes' partner raises millions for new biotech testing startup (www.npr.org)
    29 points by sseagull about 1 year ago | 14 comments
23. MAHA Is Embracing Elizabeth Holmes. Here's Why. (www.politico.com)
    25 points by voxadam 7 months ago | 11 comments
24. Elizabeth Holmes asks President Donald Trump to let her out of prison early (www.cnn.com)
    23 points by g-b-r 5 months ago | 10 comments
25. Disgraced fraudster Elizabeth Holmes caught a break; prosecutors aren't happy (nypost.com)
    5 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 2 months ago | discuss
26. NoLongerEvil-Thermostat – Nest Generation 1 and 2 Firmware (github.com)
    385 points by mukti 7 months ago | 141 comments
27. LLMs should not replace therapists (arxiv.org)
    303 points by layer8 11 months ago | 417 comments
28. Nest 1st gen and 2nd gen thermostats no longer supported from Oct 25 (community.hubitat.com)
    283 points by RyanShook 9 months ago | 281 comments
29. Finding a therapist who takes your insurance can be nearly impossible (www.npr.org)
    183 points by rntn almost 2 years ago | 187 comments
30. Over 8M Thermos jars and bottles recalled after 3 people lost vision (www.goodmorningamerica.com)
    114 points by taubek about 1 month ago | 110 comments
31. First and 2nd gen Nest Thermostats will lose support in Oct 2025 (arstechnica.com)
    82 points by xattt about 1 year ago | 72 comments
32. No Longer Evil – new life for dead/outdated Nest Generation 1 and 2 thermostats (nolongerevil.com)
    80 points by pabs3 5 months ago | 8 comments
33. What is it like to be a thermostat? (1996) (annakaharris.com)
    72 points by optimalsolver over 1 year ago | 80 comments
34. My dream thermostat (2024) (leontrolski.github.io)
    48 points by leontrolski about 1 year ago | 68 comments
35. Google is collecting troves of data from downgraded Nest thermostats (www.theverge.com)
    39 points by sdoering 7 months ago | 23 comments
36. The Therapist in the Machine (thebaffler.com)
    26 points by Caiero over 1 year ago | 38 comments