7.3.25 | Exploiting IKKO Activebuds, US climate report websites down, gene therapy restored hearing

Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 3, 2025.

Exploiting the IKKO Activebuds “AI powered” earbuds (2024)
https://blog.mgdproductions.com/ikko-activebuds/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44443919

Websites hosting major US climate reports taken down
https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-national-assessment-nasa-white-house-057cec699caef90832d8b10f21a6ffe8
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44448868

Gene therapy restored hearing in deaf patients
https://news.ki.se/gene-therapy-restored-hearing-in-deaf-patients
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44444626

Show HN: CSS generator for a high-def glass effect
https://glass3d.dev/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44445238

ASCIIMoon: The moon's phase live in ASCII art
https://asciimoon.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44432571

Couchers is officially out of beta
https://couchers.org/blog/2025/07/01/releasing-couchers-v1
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44446917

Writing Code Was Never the Bottleneck
https://ordep.dev/posts/writing-code-was-never-the-bottleneck
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44429789

AI note takers are flooding Zoom calls as workers opt to skip meetings
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/07/02/ai-note-takers-meetings-bots/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44446916

What to build instead of AI agents
https://decodingml.substack.com/p/stop-building-ai-agents
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44450160

I scanned all of GitHub's "oops commits" for leaked secrets
https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/guest-post-how-i-scanned-all-of-github-s-oops-commits-for-leaked-secrets
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44452317