Hacker News

Hacker News

Top Stories from Hacker News in your Newtab.

Hacker News
What is Hacker News?
Hacker News is a community-driven news website focusing on technology and entrepreneurship. The Hacker News Chrome extension brings the most upvoted articles from Y Combinator's active community directly to your Newtab, ensuring you are always up to date.
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Stats
Users: 2
Rating: 5.00 (1)
Version: 1.7 (Last updated: 2020-03-22)
Creation date: 2020-03-18
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
  • storage
  • alarms
Size: 350.21K
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Summary

Get the most upvoted articles from Y Combinator's Hacker News in your Newtab. Refreshed every 15minutes in the background. This extension makes sure you are seeing the latest stories from Y Combinator's most active community.

User reviews
Fastest HN client ever!
by Liyas Thomas Liyas Thomas, 2020-02-05
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Safety
Risk impact

Hacker News is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Hacker News has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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