The Mez Ledger
Menu
2024-12-06
Weekly Close

Weekly Close

The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close November 29 – December 6, 2024 183 stories · Vol. 24 · Catalogue 49 · Issue 341 Get it by email ↓
The week's top story

American Students’ Math Skills Slide Down World Rankings

Global test scores show U.S. students are still struggling after the pandemic.

1Outlets
1Articles

Business 8 stories

  1. Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals

  2. Federal Court Says Dismantling a Phone to Install Firmware Isn't a 'Search'

  3. Gitlab names Bill Staples as new CEO

Show 4 more
  1. AI helps researchers dig through old maps to find lost oil and gas wells

  2. UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in midtown Manhattan

  3. Americans React to UnitedHealthcare CEO's Murder: 'My Empathy Is Out of Network'

  4. Bitcoin is over $100k

Sports 11 stories

  1. My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback

Show 3 more
  1. Every board game rulebook is awful [pdf]

  2. OpenTTD is an open source simulation game based upon Transport Tycoon Deluxe

  3. Skia Canvas: Browserless implementation of the HTML Canvas drawing API for node

Technology 145 stories

  1. Intel Launches Arc B-Series Graphics Cards

  2. IMG_0001

Show 5 more
  1. Advent of Code 2024

  2. Genie 2: A large-scale foundation world model

  3. Intel announces retirement of Pat Gelsinger

  4. Egoless Engineering

  5. The correct amount of ads is zero

Entertainment 12 stories

  1. Show HN: Book and change flights with one email

Show 3 more
  1. Show HN: Banan-OS, an Unix-like operating system written from scratch

  2. Show HN: My C compiler compiled itself

  3. Show HN: Hacker Herald – like HN but with crowdsourced pics and subtitles

the Weekly Close

You just read a week of news in ninety seconds.

Every Monday we rank what the world actually covered — by how many outlets ran it and how many days it stayed up — and send you the top of the pile. No takes, no ads.

One email a week. We confirm your address first. Unsubscribe in one click. We never sell the list.