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Poland is now among the 20 largest economies

2026-05-08T12:30:05Z

925 points by surprisetalk | 738 comments

Article: https://apnews.com/article/poland-economy-growth-g20-gdp-26fe06e120398410f8d773ba5661e7aa
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48062117

Google broke reCAPTCHA for de-googled Android users

2026-05-08T18:45:58Z

742 points by anonymousiam | 256 comments

Article: https://reclaimthenet.org/google-broke-recaptcha-for-de-googled-android-users
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48067119

Google Cloud Fraud Defence is just WEI repackaged

2026-05-08T13:56:10Z

658 points by ribtoks | 334 comments

Article: https://privatecaptcha.com/blog/google-cloud-fraud-defence-wei/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48063199

A web page that shows you everything the browser told it without asking

2026-05-08T12:37:05Z

540 points by mwheelz | 275 comments

Article: https://sinceyouarrived.world/taken
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48062178

David Attenborough's 100th Birthday

2026-05-08T12:03:26Z

496 points by defrost | 98 comments

Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3pww9g0p5o
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48061884

An Introduction to Meshtastic

2026-05-08T11:22:11Z

384 points by ColinWright | 152 comments

Article: https://meshtastic.org/docs/introduction/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48061566

Ask HN: We just had an actual UUID v4 collision...

2026-05-08T07:57:14Z

323 points by mittermayr | 265 comments

Article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48060054
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48060054

Cartoon Network Flash Games

2026-05-08T16:29:52Z

300 points by willmeyers | 99 comments

Article: https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/flash-game-exhibitions/cartoon-network-flash-games
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48065360

AI is breaking two vulnerability cultures

2026-05-08T17:55:08Z

277 points by speckx | 118 comments

Article: https://www.jefftk.com/p/ai-is-breaking-two-vulnerability-cultures
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48066524

ClojureScript Gets Async/Await

2026-05-08T07:04:24Z

264 points by Borkdude | 68 comments

Article: https://clojurescript.org/news/2026-05-07-release
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48059662

US Government releases first batch of UAP documents and videos

2026-05-08T12:10:25Z

245 points by david-gpu | 395 comments

Article: https://www.war.gov/UFO/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48061938

Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2

2026-05-08T06:56:13Z

229 points by razorbeamz | 227 comments

Article: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/en/2026/260508.html
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48059606

Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off

2026-05-08T13:58:32Z

201 points by droidjj | 254 comments

Article: https://www.theverge.com/transportation/926741/tesla-cybertruck-cheaper-recall
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48063240

Serving a website on a Raspberry Pi Zero running in RAM

2026-05-08T15:10:35Z

200 points by xngbuilds | 84 comments

Article: https://btxx.org/posts/memory/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48064312

Apple, Intel have reached preliminary chip-making deal

2026-05-08T17:25:21Z

197 points by scrlk | 133 comments

Article: https://www.reuters.com/business/apple-intel-have-reached-preliminary-chip-making-deal-wsj-reports-2026-05-08/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48066169

Just Use Go

2026-05-08T13:40:22Z

189 points by xngbuilds | 162 comments

Article: https://blainsmith.com/articles/just-fucking-use-go/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48062997

Meta Shuts Down End-to-End Encryption for Instagram Messaging

2026-05-08T21:47:47Z

189 points by tcp_handshaker | 126 comments

Article: https://www.pcmag.com/news/meta-shuts-down-end-to-end-encryption-for-instagram-dms-messaging
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48069192

You gave me a u32. I gave you root. (io_uring ZCRX freelist LPE)

2026-05-08T19:40:39Z

152 points by MrBruh | 90 comments

Article: https://ze3tar.github.io/post-zcrx.html
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48067734

GeoJSON

2026-05-08T09:55:37Z

149 points by tosh | 71 comments

Article: https://geojson.org/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48060918

Let’s Encrypt: Stopping Issuance for Potential Incident – Resolved

2026-05-08T19:45:28Z

136 points by rbaudibert | 79 comments

Article: https://letsencrypt.status.io/pages/incident/55957a99e800baa4470002da/69fe2d6698ca07050eb4b1b3
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48067790

PC Engine CPU

2026-05-08T14:14:31Z

129 points by ibobev | 57 comments

Article: https://jsgroth.dev/blog/posts/pc-engine-cpu/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48063521

Podman rootless containers and the Copy Fail exploit

2026-05-08T13:22:33Z

119 points by ggpsv | 23 comments

Article: https://garrido.io/notes/podman-rootless-containers-copy-fail/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48062745

What we lost the last time code got cheap

2026-05-08T18:53:08Z

111 points by speckx | 107 comments

Article: https://www.poppastring.com/blog/what-we-lost-the-last-time-code-got-cheap
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48067197

Teaching Claude Why

2026-05-08T17:59:41Z

109 points by pretext | 41 comments

Article: https://www.anthropic.com/research/teaching-claude-why
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48066592

Hackers breach JDownloader's website to serve malware-laced downloads

2026-05-08T12:20:01Z

108 points by bundie | 29 comments

Article: https://www.neowin.net/news/if-you-downloaded-this-popular-software-recently-you-might-have-installed-malware/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48062035

People Hate AI Art

2026-05-09T00:39:58Z

99 points by 3dedb728-3f77 | 106 comments

Article: https://mccue.dev/pages/5-8-26-ai-art
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48070548

Blaise – A modern self-hosting zero-legacy Object Pascal compiler targeting QBE

2026-05-08T04:44:02Z

97 points by peter_d_sherman | 50 comments

Article: https://github.com/graemeg/blaise
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48058644

Show HN: Git for AI Agents

2026-05-08T14:15:36Z

96 points by doshay | 46 comments

Article: https://github.com/regent-vcs/re_gent
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48063548

QBE – Compiler Back End

2026-05-08T07:00:25Z

88 points by smartmic | 24 comments

Article: https://c9x.me/compile/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48059633

Discord Incident – Resolved

2026-05-08T19:52:06Z

87 points by moelf | 58 comments

Article: https://discordstatus.com
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48067870

Court to DOGE: Asking ChatGPT 'Is This DEI?' Is Not Proper Legal Process

2026-05-08T17:14:52Z

79 points by hn_acker | 17 comments

Article: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/08/court-to-doge-bros-asking-chatgpt-yo-is-this-dei-is-not-proper-legal-process-also-a-first-amendment-violation/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48066038

How do I deal with memory leaks? (2022)

2026-05-08T17:06:59Z

78 points by theanonymousone | 66 comments

Article: https://www.stroustrup.com/bs_faq2.html#memory-leaks
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48065916

The React2Shell Story

2026-05-08T16:39:48Z

78 points by mufeedvh | 5 comments

Article: https://lachlan.nz/blog/the-react2shell-story/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48065511

UFO Release 1: Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters

2026-05-08T13:06:51Z

62 points by thinkingemote | 2 comments

Article: https://www.war.gov/UFO/#release
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48062530

Tesla Model Y Passes NHTSA's New 'Advanced Driver Assistance System' Tests

2026-05-08T23:37:55Z

56 points by amanaplanacanal | 45 comments

Article: https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/tesla-model-y-first-vehicle-pass-nhtsa-new-advanced-driver-assistance-system-tests
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48070115

Judge rules DOGE cancellation of humanities grants was unconstitutional

2026-05-08T22:06:19Z

54 points by 1659447091 | 8 comments

Article: https://apnews.com/article/trump-doge-humanities-funding-cuts-dda1383436c41be08da3bbf7cc08818e
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48069354

Can LLMs model real-world systems in TLA+?

2026-05-08T16:21:56Z

46 points by mad | 5 comments

Article: https://www.sigops.org/2026/can-llms-model-real-world-systems-in-tla/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48065254

Non-determinism is an issue with patching CVEs

2026-05-08T21:23:07Z

41 points by mathewpregasen | 12 comments

Article: https://flox.dev/blog/achieving-rapid-cve-remediation-in-an-era-of-escalating-vulnerabilities/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48068947

My first in-prod corrupted hard drive problem

2026-05-08T19:35:36Z

39 points by r1chk1t | 27 comments

Article: https://blog.pavementlink.ch/2026/05/07/my-first-corrupted-hard-drive-problem/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48067686

The Tax of Living in a Low-Trust Society: How Collapsed Trust Costs You

2026-05-08T23:46:27Z

38 points by ot | 26 comments

Article: https://yourbrainonmoney.substack.com/p/low-trust-society-cost
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48070161

AWS data center outage hits trading on Fanduel, Coinbase

2026-05-08T21:37:45Z

37 points by bigflern | 3 comments

Article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/08/aws-outage-data-center-fanduel-coinbase.html
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48069088

HantaWatch Real time hantavirus outbreak tracker

2026-05-08T05:24:24Z

32 points by Accher | 41 comments

Article: https://hantawatch.net/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48058917

I didn't think I could get addicted to weed. I was wrong – and I'm not alone

2026-05-08T16:11:05Z

30 points by n1b0m | 35 comments

Article: https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2026/may/08/cannabis-addiction-recovery
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48065138

In Blow to Democrats, Virginia Court Strikes Down House Map

2026-05-08T14:48:53Z

30 points by Amorymeltzer | 5 comments

Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/us/politics/virginia-redistricting-supreme-court.html
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48064051

When is your birthday? The math behind hash collisions

2026-05-08T20:18:39Z

29 points by denismenace | 4 comments

Article: https://0xkrt26.github.io/math_behind_security/2026/05/08/birthday-problem.html
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48068254

Phel v0.36.0 – Lisp on PHP, now with numeric tower and first-class Vars

2026-05-08T07:18:24Z

28 points by Chemaclass | 3 comments

Article: https://github.com/phel-lang/phel-lang/releases/tag/v0.36.0
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48059761

Compound drivers of Antarctic sea ice loss and Southern Ocean destratification

2026-05-08T22:00:22Z

28 points by littlexsparkee | 0 comments

Article: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeb0166
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48069313

Asami: A flexible graph store, written in Clojure

2026-05-08T10:02:07Z

28 points by tosh | 0 comments

Article: https://github.com/quoll/asami
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48060970

Show HN: GETadb.com – every GET request creates a DB

2026-05-08T16:17:37Z

27 points by nezaj | 34 comments

Article: https://www.getadb.com/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48065203

Apple Is Holding My Pictures Hostage Until I Accept Their New Terms of Service

2026-05-08T19:19:15Z

26 points by ibobev | 11 comments

Article: https://probablydance.com/2026/05/01/apple-is-holding-my-pictures-hostage-until-i-accept-their-new-terms-of-service/
Comments: https://hcker.news/?comments=48067496