Apr 18, 2025 | Gemini 2.5 Flash release, Google monopolizes online advertising, DeepSeek's distributed file system introduction

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 18, 2025.Gemini 2.5 Flashhttps://developers.googleblog.com/en/start-building-with-gemini-25-flash/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43720845Google is illegally monopolizing online advertising tech, judge ruleshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/technology/google-ad-tech-antitrust-ruling.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43717705An intro to DeepSeek's distributed file systemhttps://maknee.github.io/blog/2025/3FS-Performance-Journal-1/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43716058Potatoes in the Mailhttps://facts.usps.com/mailing-potatoes/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43722486HDR‑Infused Emojihttps://sharpletters.net/2025/04/16/hdr-emoji/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43717606Decreased CO2 during breathwork: emergence of altered states of consciousnesshttps://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00247-0https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43695093Discord's face scanning age checks 'start of a bigger shift'https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr75wypg0vohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43715884Kagi Assistant is now available to all usershttps://blog.kagi.com/assistant-for-allhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43724941Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in Erlang/OTP SSHhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32433https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43716526Milwaukee M18 Battery Reverse Engineeringhttps://quagmirerepair.com/milwaukee-m18-battery-reverse-engineeringhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43718809