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HACKER NEWS

Altermagnets: The first new type of magnet in nearly a century | comment
Shipping WebGPU on Windows in Firefox 141 | comment
Why random selection is necessary to create stable meritocratic institutions | comment
Tilck: A Tiny Linux-Compatible Kernel | comment
Show HN: OffChess – Offline chess puzzles app | comment
LLM Inevitabilism | comment
Kiro: A new agentic IDE | comment
Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it exists | comment
Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA | comment
Local-first software (2019) | comment
Oakland cops gave ICE license plate data; SFPD also illegally shared with feds | comment
Measuring the impact of AI on experienced open-source developer productivity | comment
Let me pay for Firefox | comment
Data brokers are selling flight information to CBP and ICE | comment
Supreme Court's ruling practically wipes out free speech for sex writing online | comment
Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update | comment
SVGs that feel like GIFs | comment
Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 Incident on July 14, 2025 | comment
OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google | comment
MacPaint Art from the Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today | comment
Show HN: Shoggoth Mini – A soft tentacle robot powered by GPT-4o and RL | comment
Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf | comment
Reflections on OpenAI | comment
Ukrainian hackers destroyed the IT infrastructure of Russian drone manufacturer | comment
Apple's Browser Engine Ban Persists, Even Under the DMA | comment
How does a screen work? | comment
AI slows down open source developers. Peter Naur can teach us why | comment
ETH Zurich and EPFL to release a LLM developed on public infrastructure | comment
Grok 4 Launch [video] | comment
Upgrading an M4 Pro Mac mini's storage for half the price | comment

HACKER NEWS WEEKLY

LLM Inevitabilism | comment
My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated] | comment
Kiro: A new agentic IDE | comment
Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it exists | comment
Local-first software (2019) | comment
Introducing tmux-rs | comment
Oakland cops gave ICE license plate data; SFPD also illegally shared with feds | comment
Supabase MCP can leak your entire SQL database | comment
Measuring the impact of AI on experienced open-source developer productivity | comment
Are we the baddies? | comment
Open letter accuses BBC board member of having a conflict of interest on Gaza | comment
The Rise of Whatever | comment
Let me pay for Firefox | comment
Data brokers are selling flight information to CBP and ICE | comment
Google can now read your WhatsApp messages | comment
Supreme Court's ruling practically wipes out free speech for sex writing online | comment
Major reversal in ocean circulation detected in the Southern Ocean | comment
Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update | comment
SVGs that feel like GIFs | comment
OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google | comment
MacPaint Art from the Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today | comment
Show HN: Shoggoth Mini – A soft tentacle robot powered by GPT-4o and RL | comment
Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf | comment
Nvidia Is Full of Shit | comment
Reflections on OpenAI | comment
Hannah Cairo: 17-year-old teen refutes a math conjecture proposed 40 years ago | comment
Apple's Browser Engine Ban Persists, Even Under the DMA | comment
German court rules Meta tracking technology violates European privacy laws | comment
How does a screen work? | comment
AI slows down open source developers. Peter Naur can teach us why | comment
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