Hacker News with Generative AI: Postal Service

Even the Densest Metal Doesn't Exceed USPS Shipping Weight Limit (nerdist.com)
Twitter can be a terrible place, but it’s also full of fun facts. Here’s one for today: it’s impossible to exceed the 70 pound weight limit of the US Postal Service’s (USPS) small flat rate box.

Science, Twitter, Postal Service, Weight Limits

6 points by ZeljkoS 3 days ago | 1 comments

Hong Kong suspends mail service for all packages to the US (info.gov.hk)
Hongkong Post suspends the postal service for items containing goods to the United States

Hong Kong, Postal Service, United States

11 points by pogue 10 days ago | 2 comments

Royal Mail trials postbox with parcel hatch, solar panels and barcode scanner (theguardian.com)
Royal Mail has unveiled a solar-powered “postbox of the future” with a built-in barcode reader and a hatch to accept parcels larger than letterbox size.

Technology, Innovation, Logistics, Postal Service, Sustainability

9 points by thunderbong 15 days ago | 0 comments

Royal Mail trials solar-powered postboxes with barcode scanners (theiet.org)
Royal Mail has unveiled a solar-powered postbox equipped with a barcode reader designed to make it easier for customers to drop off their parcels.

Technology, Sustainability, Logistics, Postal Service

27 points by OJFord 16 days ago | 12 comments

Wells Fargo Is Plotting to Privatize the Post Office (jacobin.com)
A newly released memo from the banking giant Wells Fargo outlines a predatory scheme to dismantle the USPS: sell off profitable parts, slash union jobs, and raise prices by up to 140 percent.

Politics, Business, Labor Unions, Postal Service

15 points by moneycantbuy 33 days ago | 6 comments

Ex-PO operator is first Horizon IT victim to launch legal action against (theguardian.com)
The former post office operator Lee Castleton, one of the highest-profile victims of the Horizon IT scandal, has become the first individual to launch legal action against the Post Office and Fujitsu.

Legal Action, Technology, Postal Service, Business

11 points by chrisjj 38 days ago | 3 comments

Elon Musk Wants to Privatize the Postal Service and Amtrak (cnn.com)

Elon Musk, Postal Service, Amtrak, Privatization, Transportation

33 points by teleforce 49 days ago | 5 comments

Denmark postal service to stop delivering letters (bbc.com)
Denmark's state-run postal service, PostNord, is to end all letter deliveries at the end of 2025, citing a 90% decline in letter volumes since the start of the century.

Denmark, Postal Service

74 points by sixhobbits 51 days ago | 69 comments

Post Office senior executive suspended over allegations of destroying evidence (computerweekly.com)
The Post Office is investigating allegations that a senior executive instructed staff to destroy or conceal documents that could be of interest to the Post Office scandal public inquiry.

Government, Investigations, Corruption, Evidence Tampering, Postal Service

5 points by chrisjj 199 days ago | 1 comments

USPS plans rural slowdown after election to cut costs (washingtonpost.com)

Politics, Postal Service, Economics

24 points by howard941 246 days ago | 19 comments

USPS text scammers duped his wife, so he hacked their operation (smithsecurity.biz)

Cybersecurity, Scams, Hacking, Postal Service

460 points by wglb 260 days ago | 301 comments

Engineer insists Post Office software did a 'good job' (thetimes.com)

Software, Engineering, Postal Service

46 points by pelagicAustral 305 days ago | 50 comments

Post Office betrays postmasters yet again: 'horrific' potential data breach (dailymail.co.uk)

Data Breaches, Security, Government, Postal Service

36 points by chrisjj 311 days ago | 10 comments

Ex-Post Office chair says senior executives misled board over Horizon issues (theguardian.com)

Misconduct, Business, Postal Service, Government

10 points by chrisjj 325 days ago | 0 comments

Post Office Horizon IT Scandal: Alan Bates threatens legal action against govt (postofficescandal.uk)