6.5.25 | OpenAI opposes court order on ChatGPT logs, FFmpeg adds WebRTC support, IRS Direct File available on GitHub

Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 5, 2025.

OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/06/openai-says-court-forcing-it-to-save-all-chatgpt-logs-is-a-privacy-nightmare/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44185913

FFmpeg merges WebRTC support
https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/167e343bbe75515a80db8ee72ffa0c607c944a00
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44182186

IRS Direct File on GitHub
https://chrisgiven.com/2025/05/direct-file-on-github/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44182356

Why I wrote the BEAM book
https://happihacking.com/blog/posts/2025/why_I_wrote_theBEAMBook/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44179257

Cursor 1.0
https://www.cursor.com/en/changelog/1-0
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44185256

A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a users’ local network
https://github.com/explainers-by-googlers/local-network-access
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44183799

Tesla seeks to guard crash data from public disclosure
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/musks-tesla-seeks-guard-crash-data-public-disclosure-2025-06-04/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44186780

The iPhone 15 Pro’s Depth Maps
https://tech.marksblogg.com/apple-iphone-15-pro-depth-map-heic.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44183591

Prompt engineering playbook for programmers
https://addyo.substack.com/p/the-prompt-engineering-playbook-for
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44182188

Apple Notes Expected to Gain Markdown Support in iOS 26
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/06/04/apple-notes-rumored-markdown-support-ios-26/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44183923