Old News Reposts
Comments primarily question the recency of a submitted news article, noting it is old or previously discussed on HN and in media, and debate why it is resurfacing as front-page news.
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Wasn't this news a few weeks ago?
It is notable the article is 4 days old. Not clear why this repost is front page news now.
This isn't new, why is it being reported on now?
based on the article I think this is old news just now being reported
You're right; that's from a few weeks ago. It got some publicity yesterday as if it were newer.
The article is from February 2024, so you probably noticed them going around the time it was published! For some reason people seem to be talking about it again as though it only just happened, I’ve seen this and similar articles/threads posted a couple of other places this week.
Is there anything new here? This article is dated yesterday, but it's citing other news stories from March, which is kinda weird.Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39804437
I'd say it's news. It's a recent article, and those other threads are years old.
Is it related in any way to the recent news ?
This was reported earlier than The Guardian article (and submitted to HN earlier too).