Hacker News with Generative AI: Theft

Stamp fanatic professor stole 3k items from Scotland's national archive (theguardian.com)
Scotland’s national archive has traced the mysterious disappearance of more than 3,000 historical documents over a period of 30 years to a history professor with an all-consuming interest in stamps.

Scotland, History, Archives, Theft, Crime

7 points by bookofjoe 7 days ago | 0 comments

The theft and recovery of a grisaille by Anthony Van Dyck (1599–1641) (britishartjournal.co.uk)
In July 1951 Anthony van Dyck’s Portrait of Wolfgang Wilhelm of Pfalz-Neuburg (Pl 1) was stolen from Boughton House, Northamptonshire.

Art, History, Theft, Museums

9 points by PaulHoule 7 days ago | 1 comments

An iPad dug up from the Thames solved museum thieves' murder plot (bbc.com)
A Ming vase stolen from a Swiss museum. A shooting at a comedian's house in Woodford, east London. The robbery of a luxury apartment in Sevenoaks, Kent.

Crime, History, Museums, London, Theft

10 points by vinni2 8 days ago | 2 comments

Porch Pirates Steal So Many Packages That Now You Can Get Insurance (msn.com)

Insurance, Crime, Theft

3 points by jnord 98 days ago | 4 comments

Story of the two thousand stolen Playdate handhelds (play.date)
Earlier this year, our Financial Controller, Jen, realized our Playdate inventory was 2,000 units short. How did that eventually lead us to a Circle K in North Las Vegas, and just how much should you tip for a roofing consultation, anyway?

Theft, Gaming, Handhelds, Business

178 points by textadventure 132 days ago | 96 comments

Apple courier (Uber Eats) stole 2 MacBooks - Apple will not help (macrumors.com)
Apple courier (UberEats) stole 2 MacBooks I ordered. Apple will not help.

Apple, Theft, Customer Service, Delivery Services

15 points by johnmaguire 132 days ago | 6 comments

Apple courier may have stolen 2 MacBooks, ... Apple is not going to help (macrumors.com)
Ordered 2 Macbooks for $2500 from Apple (Canada). Paid for their same day delivery service which they use Uber for and it says delivered but it wasn't. Driver stole them or he delivered to the wrong person that stole them.

Theft, Apple, Customer Service, Delivery

146 points by Toutouxc 143 days ago | 117 comments

The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece (historytoday.com)

Art, History, Theft, Belgium

48 points by benbreen 291 days ago | 1 comments

Silicon Valley's Fanciest Stolen Bikes Are Getting Trafficked by One Mastermind (wired.com)

Silicon Valley, Crime, Theft, Bikes

33 points by nowandlater 294 days ago | 4 comments

Llama3V is suspected to have been stolen from the MiniCPM-Llama3-v2.5 project (github.com/OpenBMB)

AI, Open Source, Research, Theft

30 points by zinccat 304 days ago | 7 comments

Carpenter's AirTags help uncover 'massive' case of stolen tools in Maryland (washingtonpost.com)

Crime, Technology, Security, Theft

283 points by williamsmj 306 days ago | 321 comments