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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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2026672 stories
Changes at Google DeepMind: Demis Hassabis from CEO to Chair, Jeff Dean departs↗ blog.google · HN · 933 comments · 867 points · Aug 05, 2026
The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party↗ det.social · HN · 1588 comments · 695 points · Jun 29, 2026
EFF is leaving X↗ eff.org · HN · 1316 comments · 1427 points · Apr 09, 2026
Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies↗ sytse.com · HN · 255 comments · 1404 points · Mar 28, 2026
Scott Adams has died↗ youtube.com · HN · 1794 comments · 1069 points · Jan 13, 2026
2025890 stories
Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO after six decades↗ latimes.com · HN · 588 comments · 724 points · Dec 31, 2025
GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder↗ gog.com · HN · 559 comments · 871 points · Dec 29, 2025
Greg Newby, CEO of Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, has died↗ pgdp.net · HN · 105 comments · 652 points · Oct 22, 2025
OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google↗ theverge.com · HN · 685 comments · 1055 points · Jul 11, 2025
Resigning as Asahi Linux project lead↗ marcan.st · HN · 997 comments · 1116 points · Feb 13, 2025
20241,096 stories
OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment↗ mercurynews.com · HN · 432 comments · 1041 points · Dec 13, 2024
OpenAI departures: Why can’t former employees talk?↗ vox.com · HN · 961 comments · 1254 points · May 17, 2024
Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI↗ twitter.com · HN · 782 comments · 1124 points · May 14, 2024
Daniel Kahneman has died↗ washingtonpost.com · HN · 309 comments · 1002 points · Mar 27, 2024
John Walker, founder of Autodesk, has died↗ scanalyst.fourmilab.ch · HN · 227 comments · 1072 points · Feb 08, 2024
20231,250 stories
550 of 700 Employees OpenAI tell the board to resign↗ twitter.com · HN · 57 comments · 161 points · Nov 20, 2023
OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns↗ wired.com · HN · 161 comments · 258 points · Nov 20, 2023
OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO↗ theverge.com · HN · 177 comments · 273 points · Nov 18, 2023
Greg Brockman quits OpenAI↗ twitter.com · HN · 66 comments · 202 points · Nov 18, 2023
Microsoft was blindsided by OpenAI's ouster of CEO Sam Altman↗ axios.com · HN · 44 comments · 147 points · Nov 17, 2023
2022955 stories
Patagonia founder gives away the company↗ nytimes.com · HN · 454 comments · 955 points · Sep 14, 2022
On my resignation as regulator of the Dutch intelligence and security services↗ berthub.eu · HN · 230 comments · 566 points · Sep 10, 2022
Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring↗ theverge.com · HN · 934 comments · 1032 points · May 12, 2022
Zain Nadella, Satya Nadella's son, dies at 26↗ ibtimes.com · HN · 121 comments · 577 points · Mar 01, 2022
New Year, New CEO↗ signal.org · HN · 322 comments · 939 points · Jan 10, 2022
20211,061 stories
Boards are dangerous to founder/CEOs↗ reactionwheel.net · HN · 326 comments · 718 points · Nov 23, 2021
LOL just got kicked out of @ycombinator↗ twitter.com · HN · 588 comments · 1041 points · Jun 04, 2021
Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF↗ techrights.org · HN · 856 comments · 844 points · Mar 21, 2021
Brad Cox has died↗ legacy.com · HN · 190 comments · 884 points · Jan 22, 2021
Anthony Levandowski Pardoned↗ trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov · HN · 942 comments · 574 points · Jan 20, 2021
20201,091 stories
Tony Hsieh has died↗ yahoo.com · HN · 298 comments · 1598 points · Nov 28, 2020
My Resignation from the Intercept↗ greenwald.substack.com · HN · 1603 comments · 1441 points · Oct 29, 2020
Chuck Feeney Is Now Officially Broke↗ forbes.com · HN · 836 comments · 1336 points · Sep 15, 2020
Tell HN: Triplebyte reverses, emails apology↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 649 comments · 1030 points · May 25, 2020
Larry Tesler Has Died↗ gizmodo.com · HN · 149 comments · 1346 points · Feb 18, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Warren Buffett Steps Down as Berkshire Chairman, Names Son to Replace Him↗ nytimes.com · HN · 221 comments · 323 points · Sep 18, 2026
Automattic has a new board after failed attempt to put CEO on leave↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 193 comments · 148 points · Sep 26, 2026
Automattic's board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 375 comments · 458 points · Sep 09, 2026
Mullenweg has returned as CEO after attempted board ouster↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 385 comments · 274 points · Sep 13, 2026
Matt Mullenweg put on 'leave of absence'↗ 404media.co · HN · 1 comments · 181 points · Sep 09, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Automattic's board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 375 comments · 458 points · Sep 09, 2026
Warren Buffett Steps Down as Berkshire Chairman, Names Son to Replace Him↗ nytimes.com · HN · 221 comments · 323 points · Sep 18, 2026
Mullenweg has returned as CEO after attempted board ouster↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 385 comments · 274 points · Sep 13, 2026
Matt Mullenweg put on 'leave of absence'↗ 404media.co · HN · 1 comments · 181 points · Sep 09, 2026
Matt Mullenweg tells Automattic staff in Slack he's back in control after ouster↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 146 comments · 149 points · Sep 11, 2026
Automattic has a new board after failed attempt to put CEO on leave↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 193 comments · 148 points · Sep 26, 2026
Flock Safety's controversial CEO just got a taste of his own medicine↗ neowin.net · HN · 56 comments · 78 points · Aug 31, 2026
I resigned from Anthropic today (Jacob Coxon)↗ xcancel.com · HN · 25 comments · 59 points · Sep 09, 2026
Matt Mullenweg reportedly returns as Automattic CEO 2 days after getting booted↗ theverge.com · HN · 1 comments · 42 points · Sep 13, 2026
Anthropic CEOs wife once asked Epstein to fund porn venture – now steers Claude↗ nypost.com · HN · 2 comments · 40 points · Sep 10, 2026

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