A new California law says all operating systems need to have age verification

A new California law says all operating systems need to have age verification
604 by WalterSobchak | 548 comments on Hacker News.

OpenAI agrees with Dept. of War to deploy models in their classified network

OpenAI agrees with Dept. of War to deploy models in their classified network
642 by eoskx | 325 comments on Hacker News.
https://ift.tt/Etm1jKx https://ift.tt/yvi4sg3...

How do I cancel my ChatGPT subscription?

How do I cancel my ChatGPT subscription?
618 by tobr | 155 comments on Hacker News.

Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
615 by surprisetalk | 208 comments on Hacker News.

What Claude Code chooses

What Claude Code chooses
521 by tin7in | 195 comments on Hacker News.

US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives

US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives
534 by colinhb | 481 comments on Hacker News.

Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model

Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model
552 by davidbarker | 517 comments on Hacker News.

Layoffs at Block

Layoffs at Block
535 by mlex | 556 comments on Hacker News.
https://ift.tt/t1Q4PmO... https://ift.tt/njRVQFd...

Tell HN: YC companies scrape GitHub activity, send spam emails to users

Anthropic ditches its core safety promise

Anthropic ditches its core safety promise
541 by motbus3 | 307 comments on Hacker News.

Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineer

Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineer
588 by tintinnabula | 191 comments on Hacker News.

Google API keys weren't secrets, but then Gemini changed the rules

Google API keys weren't secrets, but then Gemini changed the rules
599 by hiisthisthingon | 121 comments on Hacker News.

I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978

I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978
477 by wordglyph | 174 comments on Hacker News.

Amazon accused of widespread scheme to inflate prices across the economy

Amazon accused of widespread scheme to inflate prices across the economy
472 by toomuchtodo | 153 comments on Hacker News.

Mac mini will be made at a new facility in Houston

Mac mini will be made at a new facility in Houston
494 by haunter | 483 comments on Hacker News.

OpenAI, the US government and Persona built an identity surveillance machine

OpenAI, the US government and Persona built an identity surveillance machine
481 by rzk | 156 comments on Hacker News.
Related ongoing thread: Discord cuts ties with identity verification software, Persona - https://ift.tt/2eiTpBI - Feb 2026 (282 comments)

Terence Tao, at 8 years old (1984) [pdf]

Terence Tao, at 8 years old (1984) [pdf]
458 by gurjeet | 279 comments on Hacker News.

Hetzner (European hosting provider) to increase prices by up to 38%

Hetzner (European hosting provider) to increase prices by up to 38%
454 by doener | 3 comments on Hacker News.

Binance fired employees who found $1.7B in crypto was sent to Iran

Binance fired employees who found $1.7B in crypto was sent to Iran
478 by boplicity | 206 comments on Hacker News.

Pope tells priests to use their brains, not AI, to write homilies

Pope tells priests to use their brains, not AI, to write homilies
436 by josephcsible | 356 comments on Hacker News.

Ladybird Browser adopts Rust

Ladybird Browser adopts Rust
437 by adius | 223 comments on Hacker News.

Show HN: CIA World Factbook Archive (1990–2025), searchable and exportable

Show HN: CIA World Factbook Archive (1990–2025), searchable and exportable
305 by MilkMp | 75 comments on Hacker News.
A structured archive of CIA World Factbook data spanning 1990–2025. It currently includes: 36 editions 281 entities ~1.06M parsed fields full-text + boolean search country/year comparisons map/trend/ranking analysis views CSV/XLSX/PDF export The goal is to preserve long-horizon public-domain government data and make cross-year analysis practical. Live: https://ift.tt/3H26YDZ About/method details: https://ift.tt/ekpPCyB Data source is the CIA World Factbook (public domain). Not affiliated with the CIA or U.S. Government.

Loops is a federated, open-source TikTok

Loops is a federated, open-source TikTok
288 by Gooblebrai | 169 comments on Hacker News.

Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras

Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras
445 by latexr | 264 comments on Hacker News.

How I use Claude Code: Separation of planning and execution

How I use Claude Code: Separation of planning and execution
599 by vinhnx | 366 comments on Hacker News.

Wikipedia deprecates Archive.today, starts removing archive links

Wikipedia deprecates Archive.today, starts removing archive links
583 by nobody9999 | 354 comments on Hacker News.
Related: Archive.today is directing a DDoS attack against my blog - https://ift.tt/4bCawqf - Feb 2026 (168 comments) Ask HN: Weird archive.today behavior? - https://ift.tt/xJqZaH9 - Jan 2026 (69 comments)

Turn Dependabot off

Turn Dependabot off
601 by todsacerdoti | 177 comments on Hacker News.

I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Handed Over

I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Handed Over
730 by ColinWright | 269 comments on Hacker News.

I found a Vulnerability. They found a Lawyer

I found a Vulnerability. They found a Lawyer
646 by toomuchtodo | 299 comments on Hacker News.

I found a useful Git one liner buried in leaked CIA developer docs

I found a useful Git one liner buried in leaked CIA developer docs
629 by spencerldixon | 216 comments on Hacker News.

We're no longer attracting top talent: the brain drain killing American science

We're no longer attracting top talent: the brain drain killing American science
452 by mitchbob | 411 comments on Hacker News.

Cosmologically Unique IDs

Cosmologically Unique IDs
454 by jfantl | 150 comments on Hacker News.

Show HN: Micasa – track your house from the terminal

Show HN: Micasa – track your house from the terminal
472 by cpcloud | 152 comments on Hacker News.
micasa is a terminal UI that helps you track home stuff, in a single SQLite file. No cloud, no account, no subscription. Backup with cp. I built it because I was tired of losing track of everything in notes apps, and "I'll remember that"s. When do I need to clean the dishwasher filter? What's the best quote for a complete overhaul of the backyard. Oops, found some mold behind the trim, need to address that ASAP. That sort of stuff. Another reason I made micasa was to build a (hopefully useful) low-stakes personal project where the code was written entirely by AI. I still review the code and click the merge button, but 99% of the programming was done with an agent. Here are some things I think make it worth checking out: - Vim-style modal UI. Nav mode to browse, edit mode to change. Multicolumn sort, fuzzy-jump to columns, pin-and-filter rows, hide columns you don't need, drill into related records (like quotes for a project). Much of the spirit of the design and some of the actual design choices is and are inspired by VisiData. You should check that out too. - Local LLM chat. Definitely a gimmick, but I am trying preempt "Yeah, but does it AI?"-style conversations. This is an optional feature and you can simply pretend it doesn't exist. All features work without it. - Single-file SQLite-based architecture. Document attachments (manuals, receipts, photos) are stored as BLOBs in the same SQLite database. One file is the whole app state. If you think this won't scale, you're right. It's pretty damn easy to work with though. - Pure Go, zero CGO. Built on Charmbracelet for the TUI and GORM + go-sqlite for the database. Charm makes pretty nice TUIs, and this was my first time using it. Try it with sample data: go install github.com/cpcloud/micasa/cmd/micasa@latest && micasa --demo If you're insane you can also run micasa --demo --years 1000 to generate 1000 years worth of demo data. Not sure what house would last that long, but hey, you do you.

Show HN: AsteroidOS 2.0 – Nobody asked, we shipped anyway

Show HN: AsteroidOS 2.0 – Nobody asked, we shipped anyway
462 by moWerk | 68 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN, After roughly 8 years of silently rolling 1.1 nightlies, we finally tagged a proper stable 2.0 release. We built this because wrist-sized Linux is genuinely fun to hack on, and because a handful of us think it's worth keeping capable hardware alive long after manufacturers move on. Smartwatches don't really get old — the silicon is basically the same as it was a decade ago. We just keep making it useful for us. No usage stats, no tracking, no illusions of mass adoption. The only real signal we get is the occasional person who appears in our Matrix chat going "hey, it booted on my watch from 2014 and now it's usable again" — and that's plenty. Privacy is non-negotiable: zero telemetry, no cloud, full local control. Longevity is the other half: we refuse to let good hardware become e-waste just because support ended. On the learning side, it's been one of the best playgrounds: instant feedback on your wrist makes QML/Qt, JavaScript watchfaces and embedded Linux feel tangible. The community is small and kind — perfect for people who want to learn open-source dev without gatekeeping. Technically we're still pragmatic: libhybris + older kernels on most devices since it just works, but we've already mainlined rinato (Samsung Gear 2) and sparrow (ASUS ZenWatch 2) — rinato even boots with a usable UI. That's the direction we're pushing toward. Repo: https://ift.tt/mDgOc1P Install images & docs: https://asteroidos.org 2.0 demo video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6FiQz0yACc Announcement post: https://ift.tt/eH0aUAu Questions, port requests, mentoring offers, criticism, weird ideas — all welcome. We do this because shaping a tiny, open wearable UX and infrastructure is oddly satisfying, and because Linux on the wrist still feels like a playground worth playing in. Cheers, the AsteroidOS Team

Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use

Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use
490 by theahura | 588 comments on Hacker News.

Terminals should generate the 256-color palette

Terminals should generate the 256-color palette
474 by tosh | 197 comments on Hacker News.

Sizing chaos

Sizing chaos
546 by zdw | 297 comments on Hacker News.

15 years later, Microsoft morged my diagram

15 years later, Microsoft morged my diagram
494 by cheeaun | 199 comments on Hacker News.

Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on employment or productivity

Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on employment or productivity
459 by virgildotcodes | 349 comments on Hacker News.

Is Show HN dead? No, but it's drowning

Is Show HN dead? No, but it's drowning
461 by acnops | 384 comments on Hacker News.

Show HN: Jemini – Gemini for the Epstein Files

Show HN: Jemini – Gemini for the Epstein Files
438 by dvrp | 84 comments on Hacker News.
Related: Show HN: JeffTube - https://ift.tt/IuZnlht

GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple

GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple
460 by to3k | 294 comments on Hacker News.

Dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl from abuse

Dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl from abuse
447 by colinprince | 242 comments on Hacker News.

What your Bluetooth devices reveal

What your Bluetooth devices reveal
422 by ssgodderidge | 156 comments on Hacker News.

Hideki Sato, designer of all Sega's consoles, has died

Hideki Sato, designer of all Sega's consoles, has died
422 by magoghm | 46 comments on Hacker News.

Oat – Ultra-lightweight, zero dependency, semantic HTML, CSS, JS UI library

Oat – Ultra-lightweight, zero dependency, semantic HTML, CSS, JS UI library
511 by twapi | 131 comments on Hacker News.
https://ift.tt/ocfys3m Related: https://ift.tt/AN2SCHn...

Modern CSS Code Snippets: Stop writing CSS like it's 2015

Modern CSS Code Snippets: Stop writing CSS like it's 2015
566 by eustoria | 215 comments on Hacker News.

I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?

I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?
519 by novemp | 363 comments on Hacker News.

My smart sleep mask broadcasts users' brainwaves to an open MQTT broker

My smart sleep mask broadcasts users' brainwaves to an open MQTT broker
525 by minimalthinker | 229 comments on Hacker News.

I love the work of the ArchWiki maintainers

I love the work of the ArchWiki maintainers
532 by panic | 96 comments on Hacker News.

News publishers limit Internet Archive access due to AI scraping concerns

News publishers limit Internet Archive access due to AI scraping concerns
498 by ninjagoo | 308 comments on Hacker News.

Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you

Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you
491 by hisamafahri | 126 comments on Hacker News.

OpenAI has deleted the word 'safely' from its mission

OpenAI has deleted the word 'safely' from its mission
543 by DamnInteresting | 273 comments on Hacker News.
See also: https://ift.tt/o24kNC3...

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
576 by c420 | 311 comments on Hacker News.

The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling

The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling
611 by danso | 633 comments on Hacker News.

Major European payment processor can't send email to Google Workspace users

Major European payment processor can't send email to Google Workspace users
597 by thatha7777 | 406 comments on Hacker News.

Monosketch

Monosketch
686 by penguin_booze | 126 comments on Hacker News.

Apple, fix my keyboard before the timer ends or I'm leaving iPhone

Apple, fix my keyboard before the timer ends or I'm leaving iPhone
807 by ozzyphantom | 410 comments on Hacker News.

Resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – the saga continues

Resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – the saga continues
657 by erickhill | 291 comments on Hacker News.

GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark

GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark
585 by meetpateltech | 243 comments on Hacker News.

AI agent opens a PR write a blogpost to shames the maintainer who closes it

AI agent opens a PR write a blogpost to shames the maintainer who closes it
548 by wrxd | 457 comments on Hacker News.

Warcraft III Peon Voice Notifications for Claude Code

Warcraft III Peon Voice Notifications for Claude Code
585 by doppp | 195 comments on Hacker News.

Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass

Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass
553 by JustSkyfall | 227 comments on Hacker News.

Amazon Ring's lost dog ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance

Amazon Ring's lost dog ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance
487 by jedberg | 262 comments on Hacker News.

Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down

Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down
568 by WXLCKNO | 396 comments on Hacker News.

The Day the Telnet Died

The Day the Telnet Died
475 by pjf | 352 comments on Hacker News.

Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
562 by riffraff | 341 comments on Hacker News.

Ex-GitHub CEO launches a new developer platform for AI agents

Ex-GitHub CEO launches a new developer platform for AI agents
531 by meetpateltech | 494 comments on Hacker News.

Sandboxels

Sandboxels
362 by 2sf5 | 44 comments on Hacker News.

Discord Alternatives, Ranked

Discord Alternatives, Ranked
407 by pseudalopex | 238 comments on Hacker News.

Another GitHub outage in the same day

Another GitHub outage in the same day
347 by Nezteb | 262 comments on Hacker News.

Show HN: LocalGPT – A local-first AI assistant in Rust with persistent memory

Show HN: LocalGPT – A local-first AI assistant in Rust with persistent memory
323 by yi_wang | 150 comments on Hacker News.
I built LocalGPT over 4 nights as a Rust reimagining of the OpenClaw assistant pattern (markdown-based persistent memory, autonomous heartbeat tasks, skills system). It compiles to a single ~27MB binary — no Node.js, Docker, or Python required. Key features: - Persistent memory via markdown files (MEMORY, HEARTBEAT, SOUL markdown files) — compatible with OpenClaw's format - Full-text search (SQLite FTS5) + semantic search (local embeddings, no API key needed) - Autonomous heartbeat runner that checks tasks on a configurable interval - CLI + web interface + desktop GUI - Multi-provider: Anthropic, OpenAI, Ollama etc - Apache 2.0 Install: `cargo install localgpt` I use it daily as a knowledge accumulator, research assistant, and autonomous task runner for my side projects. The memory compounds — every session makes the next one better. GitHub: https://ift.tt/xlW5OtL Website: https://localgpt.app Would love feedback on the architecture or feature ideas.

AI makes the easy part easier and the hard part harder

AI makes the easy part easier and the hard part harder
383 by weaksauce | 278 comments on Hacker News.

Art of Roads in Games

Art of Roads in Games
372 by linolevan | 118 comments on Hacker News.

Slop Terrifies Me

Slop Terrifies Me
357 by Ezhik | 311 comments on Hacker News.

How to effectively write quality code with AI

How to effectively write quality code with AI
343 by i5heu | 301 comments on Hacker News.

Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use

Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use
379 by vecti | 174 comments on Hacker News.
Hello everyone! I'm a solo developer who's been doing UI/UX work since 2007. Over the years, I watched design tools evolve from lightweight products into bloated feature-heavy platforms. I kept finding myself using a small amount of the features while the rest just mostly got in the way. So a few years ago I set out to build a design tool just like I wanted. So I built Vecti with what I actually need: pixel-perfect grid snapping, a performant canvas renderer, shared asset libraries, and export/presentation features. No collaborative whiteboarding. No plugin ecosystem. No enterprise features. Just the design loop. Four years later, I can proudly show it off. Built and hosted in the EU with European privacy regulations. Free tier available (no credit card, one editor forever). On privacy: I use some basic analytics (page views, referrers) but zero tracking inside the app itself. No session recordings, no behavior analytics, no third-party scripts beyond the essentials. If you're a solo designer or small team who wants a tool that stays out of your way, I'd genuinely appreciate your feedback: https://vecti.com Happy to answer questions about the tech stack, architecture decisions, why certain features didn't make the cut, or what's next.

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself
383 by jesperordrup | 123 comments on Hacker News.

Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer?

Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer?
383 by eljojo | 219 comments on Hacker News.
Due to bike-induced concussions, I've been worried for a while about losing my memory and not being able to log back in. I combined shamir secret sharing (hashicorp vault's implementation) with age-encryption, and packaged it using WASM for a neat in-browser offline UX. The idea is that if something happens to me, my friends and family would help me get back access to the data that matters most to me. 5 out of 7 friends need to agree for the vault to unlock. Try out the demo in the website, it runs entirely in your browser!

An Update on Heroku

An Update on Heroku
476 by lstoll | 321 comments on Hacker News.

France's homegrown open source online office suite

France's homegrown open source online office suite
555 by nar001 | 255 comments on Hacker News.

Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

Hackers (1995) Animated Experience
549 by todsacerdoti | 266 comments on Hacker News.

OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization III

OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization III
542 by klaussilveira | 151 comments on Hacker News.

I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams

I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams
551 by cdrnsf | 262 comments on Hacker News.

My AI Adoption Journey

My AI Adoption Journey
490 by anurag | 153 comments on Hacker News.

It's 2026, Just Use Postgres

It's 2026, Just Use Postgres
470 by turtles3 | 284 comments on Hacker News.

A case study in PDF forensics: The Epstein PDFs

A case study in PDF forensics: The Epstein PDFs
378 by DuffJohnson | 220 comments on Hacker News.

Don't rent the cloud, own instead

Don't rent the cloud, own instead
500 by Torq_boi | 214 comments on Hacker News.

Claude is a space to think

Claude is a space to think
461 by meetpateltech | 243 comments on Hacker News.

Deno Sandbox

Deno Sandbox
519 by johnspurlock | 166 comments on Hacker News.

I miss thinking hard

I miss thinking hard
497 by jernestomg | 287 comments on Hacker News.

Agent Skills

Agent Skills
404 by mooreds | 217 comments on Hacker News.

Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft

Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft
394 by Anon84 | 514 comments on Hacker News.

Court orders restart of all US offshore wind power construction

Court orders restart of all US offshore wind power construction
423 by ck2 | 295 comments on Hacker News.

Anki ownership transferred to AnkiHub

Anki ownership transferred to AnkiHub
424 by trms | 152 comments on Hacker News.

The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal

The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal
420 by donohoe | 474 comments on Hacker News.

Todd C. Miller – Sudo maintainer for over 30 years

Todd C. Miller – Sudo maintainer for over 30 years
413 by wodniok | 209 comments on Hacker News.

My iPhone 16 Pro Max produces garbage output when running MLX LLMs

My iPhone 16 Pro Max produces garbage output when running MLX LLMs
343 by rafaelcosta | 152 comments on Hacker News.

Show HN: NanoClaw – “Clawdbot” in 500 lines of TS with Apple container isolation

Show HN: NanoClaw – “Clawdbot” in 500 lines of TS with Apple container isolation
319 by jimminyx | 96 comments on Hacker News.
I’ve been running Clawdbot for the last couple weeks and have genuinely found it useful but running it scares the crap out of me. OpenClaw has 52+ modules and runs agents with near-unlimited permissions in a single Node process. NanoClaw is ~500 lines of core code, agents run in actual Apple containers with filesystem isolation. Each chat gets its own sandboxed context. This is not a swiss army knife. It’s built to match my exact needs. Fork it and make it yours.

Defeating a 40-year-old copy protection dongle

Defeating a 40-year-old copy protection dongle
319 by zdw | 90 comments on Hacker News.

Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors

Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors
285 by mysterydip | 123 comments on Hacker News.

Kimi K2.5 Technical Report [pdf]

Kimi K2.5 Technical Report [pdf]
372 by vinhnx | 135 comments on Hacker News.

Microsoft 365 now tracks you in real time?

Microsoft 365 now tracks you in real time?
375 by imalerba | 287 comments on Hacker News.