Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (December 18, 2023)
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<h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
<p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for December 18, 2023 :</p>
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Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger
Summary: Figma and Adobe have decided to abandon their proposed merger after 15 months of regulatory review, citing no clear path to approval. Despite the setback, both companies are excited to explore potential partnerships to benefit their users. Figma will continue to focus on its founding vision of bridging the gap between imagination and reality.
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Wasm3 entering a minimal maintenance phase
Summary: Wasm3 is a fast WebAssembly interpreter and universal WASM runtime. It passes the WebAssembly spec testsuite and runs on various architectures and platforms, including embedded devices. Wasm3 focuses on runtime executable size, memory usage, startup latency, portability, and security. It can be used as a library for multiple programming languages and is suitable for edge computing, scripting, plugin systems, IoT rules, and smart contracts.