HN Digest

Utah brings felony charges against Kalshi and its founders while federal regulators sue the state, Postman quietly wires itself into coding agents, and a new estimate finds CTE in most NFL players who died from 2008 to 2023. Plus a Renault clock that took a root exploit to fix, and a datacenter full of MacBook Pros.

• Kalshi and its co-founders face felony charges for violating Utah gambling laws (HN discussion)
• Postman silently auto-installs AI plugins and attempts to share all API data (HN discussion)
• Study estimates 75% of NFL players who died over 15-year span had CTE (HN discussion)
• Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time (HN discussion)
• Mac at Any Scale (HN discussion)

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:41) 1. Kalshi and its co-founders face felony charges for violating Utah gambling laws
(01:48) 1. Kalshi and its co-founders face felony charges for violating Utah gambling laws: HN comments
(03:25) 2. Postman silently auto-installs AI plugins and attempts to share all API data
(04:26) 2. Postman silently auto-installs AI plugins and attempts to share all API data: HN comments
(05:34) 3. Study estimates 75% of NFL players who died over 15-year span had CTE
(06:35) 3. Study estimates 75% of NFL players who died over 15-year span had CTE: HN comments
(07:41) 4. Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time
(08:58) 4. Jailbreaking my car's navigation system just so I can change the time: HN comments
(09:52) 5. Mac at Any Scale
(10:54) 5. Mac at Any Scale: HN comments
(11:55) Wrap-up

A modern chess engine ported to a 1996 Pentium Pro would likely have beaten Kasparov without Deep Blue. Also: an AI customer-service reply, Google tying school search to its AI, a profile of a man with Down syndrome, and Fujifilm's fivefold tape expansion.

• Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Kasparov in 1996? (HN discussion)
• Just a little AI resistance, as a treat (HN discussion)
• Schools that block Google's AI will lose student access to its search engine (HN discussion)
• Life with Down Syndrome (HN discussion)
• Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand (HN discussion)

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:47) 1. Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Kasparov in 1996?
(01:59) 1. Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Kasparov in 1996?: HN comments
(03:14) 2. Just a little AI resistance, as a treat
(04:21) 2. Just a little AI resistance, as a treat: HN comments
(05:10) 3. Schools that block Google's AI will lose student access to its search engine
(05:55) 3. Schools that block Google's AI will lose student access to its search engine: HN comments
(06:39) 4. Life with Down Syndrome
(07:52) 4. Life with Down Syndrome: HN comments
(08:43) 5. Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand
(09:32) 5. Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand: HN comments
(10:23) Wrap-up

Three guest authors on Terence Tao's blog argue mathematicians should let go of credit in the AI era. Plus a programmer resisting cognitive surrender to coding agents, Revolut's switch to a self-hosted open model, a one-person European RISC-V initiative, and NIST's security guide for solo businesses.

• Egoless Mathematics in the AI Era (HN discussion)
• Resisting Cognitive Surrender (HN discussion)
• Revolut moves to self-hosted GLM (HN discussion)
• European RISC-V Industrial Computing Initiative (HN discussion)
• Self-Employed? Solopreneur? NIST Has a Cybersecurity Guide Just for You (HN discussion)

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:46) 1. Egoless Mathematics in the AI Era
(01:49) 1. Egoless Mathematics in the AI Era: HN comments
(02:58) 2. Resisting Cognitive Surrender
(04:04) 2. Resisting Cognitive Surrender: HN comments
(05:09) 3. Revolut moves to self-hosted GLM
(05:59) 3. Revolut moves to self-hosted GLM: HN comments
(06:53) 4. European RISC-V Industrial Computing Initiative
(08:01) 4. European RISC-V Industrial Computing Initiative: HN comments
(08:39) 5. Self-Employed? Solopreneur? NIST Has a Cybersecurity Guide Just for You
(09:43) 5. Self-Employed? Solopreneur? NIST Has a Cybersecurity Guide Just for You: HN comments
(10:39) Wrap-up

One writer's monthly math says Anthropic barely grew over the summer, and Apple posts a record quarter helped by tariff refunds. Also OpenAI's agent-built Git backend, Cloudflare's leaner DNS builds, and late rural mail ballots on election day.

• Anthropic's growth just flattened (HN discussion)
• Apple reports fourth quarter results (HN discussion)
• Scaling Git at OpenAI (HN discussion)
• We halved DNS build delay and cut memory use by 85% (HN discussion)
• Ballot Rejections Have Soared in Rural Counties as USPS Reduces Mail Service (HN discussion)

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:44) 1. Anthropic's growth just flattened
(01:54) 1. Anthropic's growth just flattened: HN comments
(03:30) 2. Apple reports fourth quarter results
(04:18) 2. Apple reports fourth quarter results: HN comments
(05:19) 3. Scaling Git at OpenAI
(06:29) 3. Scaling Git at OpenAI: HN comments
(07:36) 4. We halved DNS build delay and cut memory use by 85%
(08:41) 4. We halved DNS build delay and cut memory use by 85%: HN comments
(09:26) 5. Ballot Rejections Have Soared in Rural Counties as USPS Reduces Mail Service
(10:33) 5. Ballot Rejections Have Soared in Rural Counties as USPS Reduces Mail Service: HN comments
(11:13) Wrap-up

A policy researcher urges the SEC to block Anthropic's IPO, and Intel's slide deepens as the chip selloff spreads. Plus battery self-tests that make power grids dip every minute, Momentic's bug-hunting agents, and China's first draft export controls on frontier AI.

• The SEC Should Block Anthropic's IPO to Protect the Public (HN discussion)
• Intel stock collapse worsens as $3.5T chip rout spreads (HN discussion)
• Mystery of 60-Second Fluctuations in Power Grids Solved (HN discussion)
• Launch HN: Momentic (YC W24) – Agents that catch bugs by using your app (HN discussion)
• China's First Frontier AI Export Controls: Mofcom Announcement No. 48 (HN discussion)

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:44) 1. The SEC Should Block Anthropic's IPO to Protect the Public
(01:58) 1. The SEC Should Block Anthropic's IPO to Protect the Public: HN comments
(03:41) 2. Intel stock collapse worsens as $3.5T chip rout spreads
(04:38) 2. Intel stock collapse worsens as $3.5T chip rout spreads: HN comments
(05:52) 3. Mystery of 60-Second Fluctuations in Power Grids Solved
(06:58) 3. Mystery of 60-Second Fluctuations in Power Grids Solved: HN comments
(08:16) 4. Launch HN: Momentic (YC W24) – Agents that catch bugs by using your app
(09:22) 4. Launch HN: Momentic (YC W24) – Agents that catch bugs by using your app: HN comments
(10:07) 5. China's First Frontier AI Export Controls: Mofcom Announcement No. 48
(11:21) 5. China's First Frontier AI Export Controls: Mofcom Announcement No. 48: HN comments
(12:04) Wrap-up

BYD sold more battery EVs in October than the whole US did in the third quarter. Also: jobless engineers in San Francisco's AI boom, Oracle's $20 billion raise, a beloved 2015 ThinkPad, and why you should back up the websites you love.

• BYD sold more EVs last month than the US did all quarter (HN discussion)
• Jobless tech workers are being left out of San Francisco's AI boom (HN discussion)
• Oracle files to sell $20B in new stock, bonds to finance AI buildout (HN discussion)
• My Favourite Laptop (HN discussion)
• If you love a website, back it up (HN discussion)

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:48) 1. BYD sold more EVs last month than the US did all quarter
(01:29) 1. BYD sold more EVs last month than the US did all quarter: HN comments
(03:15) 2. Jobless tech workers are being left out of San Francisco's AI boom
(04:06) 2. Jobless tech workers are being left out of San Francisco's AI boom: HN comments
(05:49) 3. Oracle files to sell $20B in new stock, bonds to finance AI buildout
(06:52) 3. Oracle files to sell $20B in new stock, bonds to finance AI buildout: HN comments
(08:08) 4. My Favourite Laptop
(09:02) 4. My Favourite Laptop: HN comments
(09:56) 5. If you love a website, back it up
(11:00) 5. If you love a website, back it up: HN comments
(11:45) Wrap-up

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra fixes a small Qwen model by editing its weights directly, and Anthropic's filing values its staff's Claude use above payroll. Plus glasses that read silently mouthed words, how baby names switch sexes, and why PostHog is leaving DuckDB.

• Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen (HN discussion)
• Anthropic's internal AI use, at retail prices, now exceeds its employee pay (HN discussion)
• Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making noise (HN discussion)
• US boy names that became girl names and vice versa (HN discussion)
• Moving our warehouse off DuckDB (HN discussion)

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:46) 1. Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen
(02:15) 1. Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen: HN comments
(03:53) 2. Anthropic's internal AI use, at retail prices, now exceeds its employee pay
(04:44) 2. Anthropic's internal AI use, at retail prices, now exceeds its employee pay: HN comments
(06:16) 3. Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making noise
(07:31) 3. Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making noise: HN comments
(08:38) 4. US boy names that became girl names and vice versa
(09:35) 4. US boy names that became girl names and vice versa: HN comments
(10:57) 5. Moving our warehouse off DuckDB
(12:07) 5. Moving our warehouse off DuckDB: HN comments
(12:41) Wrap-up

A blogger takes his Ubuntu servers offline over a kernel fix Debian shipped weeks ago, and hacked supermarket freezers spread to seven European countries. Plus Anthropic's slowing third-quarter growth, why Soviet textbooks were so hard, and an AI agent that injected a therapy into a mouse's brain.

• WTF Ubuntu? (HN discussion)
• Supermarket freezers across Europe hit by second suspected cyber-attack (HN discussion)
• Anthropic reports $17B in Q3 revenue, commitments of $895B in revised S-1 (HN discussion)
• Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison to US textbooks? (HN discussion)
• Last night an AI agent performed brain surgery on a mouse (HN discussion)

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:47) 1. WTF Ubuntu?
(01:50) 1. WTF Ubuntu?: HN comments
(03:45) 2. Supermarket freezers across Europe hit by second suspected cyber-attack
(04:49) 2. Supermarket freezers across Europe hit by second suspected cyber-attack: HN comments
(06:26) 3. Anthropic reports $17B in Q3 revenue, commitments of $895B in revised S-1
(07:28) 3. Anthropic reports $17B in Q3 revenue, commitments of $895B in revised S-1: HN comments
(09:17) 4. Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison to US textbooks?
(10:20) 4. Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison to US textbooks?: HN comments
(11:36) 5. Last night an AI agent performed brain surgery on a mouse
(12:58) 5. Last night an AI agent performed brain surgery on a mouse: HN comments
(13:38) Wrap-up

One developer's twenty-year, minimalist replacement for C, a second wave of supermarket freezer attacks across Europe, exposed customer environment variables at Trigger.dev, a crowd-sourced world radiation map, and mice that lived longer when their bones were squeezed.

• Copper, a minimal low-level language with OOP and generics (HN discussion)
• Supermarket freezers hit by suspected cyber-attack (HN discussion)
• Trigger.dev customer environment variables exposed (HN discussion)
• Radiaverse, a radiation map of the world (HN discussion)
• Bones may release proteins that slow aging (HN discussion)

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:38) 1. Copper, a minimal low-level language with OOP and generics
(01:44) 1. Copper, a minimal low-level language with OOP and generics: HN comments
(03:05) 2. Supermarket freezers hit by suspected cyber-attack
(04:19) 2. Supermarket freezers hit by suspected cyber-attack: HN comments
(05:18) 3. Trigger.dev customer environment variables exposed
(06:07) 3. Trigger.dev customer environment variables exposed: HN comments
(07:01) 4. Radiaverse, a radiation map of the world
(07:50) 4. Radiaverse, a radiation map of the world: HN comments
(08:51) 5. Bones may release proteins that slow aging
(10:13) 5. Bones may release proteins that slow aging: HN comments
(11:10) Wrap-up

Fake AI-built fan wikis are outranking real ones for indie games. Also: Yann LeCun's proof that text and image models converge, a Git diff tool built from 2,000 hand-solved diffs, a once-a-minute dip in power grids worldwide, and Vox on what Captain Picard taught about power.

• AI fan wikis riddled with errors are muddying the waters of games culture (HN discussion)
• Proving and improving the Platonic Representation Hypothesis with JEPAs (HN discussion)
• Show HN: OmniDiff, an open-source, content-aware Git difftool in Rust (HN discussion)
• One-minute frequency disturbances from synchronization in power systems (HN discussion)
• Patrick Stewart taught us what good men do with power (HN discussion)

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:46) 1. AI fan wikis riddled with errors are muddying the waters of games culture
(02:08) 1. AI fan wikis riddled with errors are muddying the waters of games culture: HN comments
(03:01) 2. Proving and improving the Platonic Representation Hypothesis with JEPAs
(04:36) 2. Proving and improving the Platonic Representation Hypothesis with JEPAs: HN comments
(05:24) 3. Show HN: OmniDiff, an open-source, content-aware Git difftool in Rust
(06:30) 3. Show HN: OmniDiff, an open-source, content-aware Git difftool in Rust: HN comments
(07:31) 4. One-minute frequency disturbances from synchronization in power systems
(08:51) 4. One-minute frequency disturbances from synchronization in power systems: HN comments
(09:31) 5. Patrick Stewart taught us what good men do with power
(10:39) 5. Patrick Stewart taught us what good men do with power: HN comments
(11:52) Wrap-up

A Postgres committer explains how a flood of AI-found bugs pushed back Postgres 19. Also: laid-off engineers cloning SaaS with AI, Zamzar at twenty, novellas typeset in groff, and a rare-earth-free white micro-LED.

• Postgres 19 is late because so many more bugs are being found now (HN discussion)
• OccupySaaS (HN discussion)
• Running a bootstrapped SaaS for 20 years with my brother (HN discussion)
• Novellas with groff (HN discussion)
• Seoul Viosys begins production of rare-earth-free white light emitter (HN discussion)

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:47) 1. Postgres 19 is late because so many more bugs are being found now
(02:06) 1. Postgres 19 is late because so many more bugs are being found now: HN comments
(03:24) 2. OccupySaaS
(04:37) 2. OccupySaaS: HN comments
(05:27) 3. Running a bootstrapped SaaS for 20 years with my brother
(06:24) 3. Running a bootstrapped SaaS for 20 years with my brother: HN comments
(07:16) 4. Novellas with groff
(08:36) 4. Novellas with groff: HN comments
(09:28) 5. Seoul Viosys begins production of rare-earth-free white light emitter
(10:30) 5. Seoul Viosys begins production of rare-earth-free white light emitter: HN comments
(11:30) Wrap-up

Hacker News readers trade tactics for buying a big TV that doesn't spy, from unplugging its Wi-Fi radio to buying commercial displays. Plus a Claude-built shelf of books HN keeps mentioning, a security researcher who refuses AI, labor's record-low share of US output, and scam emails quoting real Frontier Airlines bookings.

• Ask HN: Which TV do you recommend for privacy? (HN discussion)
• HackerBooks: HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN (HN discussion)
• So I guess everyone uses LLMs to think now (HN discussion)
• U.S. workers took home their smallest share since 1947 (HN discussion)
• Frontier Airlines likely breached (HN discussion)

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:40) 1. Ask HN: Which TV do you recommend for privacy?
(01:08) 1. Ask HN: Which TV do you recommend for privacy?: HN comments
(03:02) 2. HackerBooks: HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN
(03:47) 2. HackerBooks: HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN: HN comments
(05:00) 3. So I guess everyone uses LLMs to think now
(06:09) 3. So I guess everyone uses LLMs to think now: HN comments
(07:00) 4. U.S. workers took home their smallest share since 1947
(07:55) 4. U.S. workers took home their smallest share since 1947: HN comments
(08:41) 5. Frontier Airlines likely breached
(09:27) 5. Frontier Airlines likely breached: HN comments
(10:22) Wrap-up

A Minnesota police chief unplugs Flock's cameras after the company ignores a cancellation, a mathematician tells colleagues to stop mourning AI proofs, and gig nursing apps lobby states. Plus why few electric cars can recharge from solar in a blackout, and Britain's copper landlines switching off.

• Police chief unplugs cameras after Flock ignores contract cancellation (HN discussion)
• Mathematics has changed. Let's act like it (HN discussion)
• Nurses sound alarm as 'Uber for nursing' apps push to deregulate healthcare (HN discussion)
• Bidirectional charging during grid outages (HN discussion)
• Landline phones will switch off across Britain in 100 days (HN discussion)

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:46) 1. Police chief unplugs cameras after Flock ignores contract cancellation
(01:52) 1. Police chief unplugs cameras after Flock ignores contract cancellation: HN comments
(03:25) 2. Mathematics has changed. Let's act like it
(04:50) 2. Mathematics has changed. Let's act like it: HN comments
(06:23) 3. Nurses sound alarm as 'Uber for nursing' apps push to deregulate healthcare
(07:32) 3. Nurses sound alarm as 'Uber for nursing' apps push to deregulate healthcare: HN comments
(08:43) 4. Bidirectional charging during grid outages
(09:54) 4. Bidirectional charging during grid outages: HN comments
(10:54) 5. Landline phones will switch off across Britain in 100 days
(12:02) 5. Landline phones will switch off across Britain in 100 days: HN comments
(12:54) Wrap-up

Norway's tourism site shows off its architect-designed roadside toilets under a headline borrowed from Trump's slogan. Also: a no-AI livecode of Linux file tools, a Lenovo fingerprint stick with no encryption inside, the zinc failure behind Arecibo's collapse, and Dustin Hoffman on surviving The Graduate.

• Restrooms along the Norwegian Scenic Routes (HN discussion)
• No AI, 52 min. Build all Linux Files utils in C by Hand (HN discussion)
• Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB is just an unencrypted SD card in a case (HN discussion)
• Zinc creep in cable spelter sockets brought down the Arecibo telescope in 2020 (HN discussion)
• Surviving "The Graduate" (HN discussion)

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:50) 1. Restrooms along the Norwegian Scenic Routes
(02:01) 1. Restrooms along the Norwegian Scenic Routes: HN comments
(03:36) 2. No AI, 52 min. Build all Linux Files utils in C by Hand
(04:12) 2. No AI, 52 min. Build all Linux Files utils in C by Hand: HN comments
(05:18) 3. Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB is just an unencrypted SD card in a case
(06:28) 3. Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB is just an unencrypted SD card in a case: HN comments
(07:14) 4. Zinc creep in cable spelter sockets brought down the Arecibo telescope in 2020
(08:22) 4. Zinc creep in cable spelter sockets brought down the Arecibo telescope in 2020: HN comments
(09:06) 5. Surviving "The Graduate"
(10:06) 5. Surviving "The Graduate": HN comments
(10:45) Wrap-up

OpenAI merges ChatGPT and Codex usage limits, agents price out JavaScript frameworks, a Brazilian court fines lawyers for a hidden AI prompt, memory chips leak secrets by radio, and the case that electrification halves energy use.

• ChatGPT and Codex usage limits merging (HN discussion)
• The AI cost of JavaScript frameworks (HN discussion)
• Brazilian Court Sanctions Lawyers for Prompt Injection in Court Filing (HN discussion)
• Leaking Secrets from Air-Gap Computers by Spelling Radio Signals from RAM (HN discussion)
• Electrification Could Cut Global Energy Use in Half (HN discussion)

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:53) 1. ChatGPT and Codex usage limits merging
(01:44) 1. ChatGPT and Codex usage limits merging: HN comments
(02:48) 2. The AI cost of JavaScript frameworks
(03:57) 2. The AI cost of JavaScript frameworks: HN comments
(04:42) 3. Brazilian Court Sanctions Lawyers for Prompt Injection in Court Filing
(05:53) 3. Brazilian Court Sanctions Lawyers for Prompt Injection in Court Filing: HN comments
(06:51) 4. Leaking Secrets from Air-Gap Computers by Spelling Radio Signals from RAM
(07:53) 4. Leaking Secrets from Air-Gap Computers by Spelling Radio Signals from RAM: HN comments
(08:38) 5. Electrification Could Cut Global Energy Use in Half
(09:24) 5. Electrification Could Cut Global Energy Use in Half: HN comments
(10:24) Wrap-up

Claude now turns away game modding and decompiling, a fan ports NES Contra to C and the browser, electric cars sold to women, Lean's creator on AI and specifications, and a father's open-source story box.

• Anthropic takes steps to block Claude from reverse-engineering video games (HN discussion)
• Show HN: NES Contra (1987) port (ASM –> C and then C –> WebAssembly) (HN discussion)
• When electric cars were for women (HN discussion)
• AI, Lean, and the Future of Formal Verification, with Lean Creator Leo de Moura (HN discussion)
• Show HN: Marelleo, an open-source story box I built for my kids using ESP32 (HN discussion)

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:43) 1. Anthropic takes steps to block Claude from reverse-engineering video games
(01:43) 1. Anthropic takes steps to block Claude from reverse-engineering video games: HN comments
(02:55) 2. Show HN: NES Contra (1987) port (ASM –> C and then C –> WebAssembly)
(03:58) 2. Show HN: NES Contra (1987) port (ASM –> C and then C –> WebAssembly): HN comments
(04:48) 3. When electric cars were for women
(05:58) 3. When electric cars were for women: HN comments
(06:59) 4. AI, Lean, and the Future of Formal Verification, with Lean Creator Leo de Moura
(08:13) 4. AI, Lean, and the Future of Formal Verification, with Lean Creator Leo de Moura: HN comments
(08:57) 5. Show HN: Marelleo, an open-source story box I built for my kids using ESP32
(10:08) 5. Show HN: Marelleo, an open-source story box I built for my kids using ESP32: HN comments
(10:44) Wrap-up

An AI researcher says Claude now blocks or downgrades him whenever his work touches model training. Plus a team of small Qwen models taking on Fable 5, an ancient wheat from an Italian attic, why knowing most anime words is not enough, and the cost of waiting on memory.

• Anthropic blocks users for anything touching training larger models (HN discussion)
• Memdoor: A team of 5 Qwen3.8-27B models beats Fable 5 on LiveCodeBench Hard (HN discussion)
• An Italian farmer found some unknown seeds in his attic and planted them (HN discussion)
• With 86% of the words, you might understand only 38% of an anime's lines (HN discussion)
• It's the memory latency, stupid (HN discussion)

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:44) 1. Anthropic blocks users for anything touching training larger models
(01:30) 1. Anthropic blocks users for anything touching training larger models: HN comments
(02:57) 2. Memdoor: A team of 5 Qwen3.8-27B models beats Fable 5 on LiveCodeBench Hard
(04:06) 2. Memdoor: A team of 5 Qwen3.8-27B models beats Fable 5 on LiveCodeBench Hard: HN comments
(04:50) 3. An Italian farmer found some unknown seeds in his attic and planted them
(06:04) 3. An Italian farmer found some unknown seeds in his attic and planted them: HN comments
(06:50) 4. With 86% of the words, you might understand only 38% of an anime's lines
(07:50) 4. With 86% of the words, you might understand only 38% of an anime's lines: HN comments
(08:37) 5. It's the memory latency, stupid
(09:37) 5. It's the memory latency, stupid: HN comments
(10:33) Wrap-up

Andrej Karpathy has an AI build a YouTube made of Hacker News picks, GPT-5.6 Sol beats Factorio by hand-carrying parts, and Claude writes an exploit for an unpatched Linux bug.

• HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN (HN discussion)
• GPT-5.6 Sol can beat Factorio on peaceful mode (HN discussion)
• TCP Use-After-Free: CVE-2026-98432 / CVSS 9.8 (HN discussion)
• Hackers hijack Egypt highway billboard and Malaysian screens to show porn (HN discussion)
• Simple circuits can create complex behaviors (HN discussion)

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:48) 1. HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN
(01:52) 1. HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN: HN comments
(03:07) 2. GPT-5.6 Sol can beat Factorio on peaceful mode
(04:21) 2. GPT-5.6 Sol can beat Factorio on peaceful mode: HN comments
(06:00) 3. TCP Use-After-Free: CVE-2026-98432 / CVSS 9.8
(07:14) 3. TCP Use-After-Free: CVE-2026-98432 / CVSS 9.8: HN comments
(08:18) 4. Hackers hijack Egypt highway billboard and Malaysian screens to show porn
(09:25) 4. Hackers hijack Egypt highway billboard and Malaysian screens to show porn: HN comments
(10:06) 5. Simple circuits can create complex behaviors
(11:13) 5. Simple circuits can create complex behaviors: HN comments
(11:55) Wrap-up

The Green party of England and Wales stops opposing nuclear power outright, malware asks an AI model to price its victims, and Jepsen tells ParticleDB users to stop deploying. Plus a former Meta researcher's Books3 testimony and Casio's watches of the 1980s.

• UK Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power (HN discussion)
• Malware uses LLMs to rank victims by how much they're worth (HN discussion)
• Jepsen: ParticleDB 1.1.4 (HN discussion)
• Ex-Meta researcher torrented pirated books, deleted it 'due to litigation' (HN discussion)
• Casio watches of the 1980s (HN discussion)

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:48) 1. UK Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power
(02:07) 1. UK Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power: HN comments
(03:52) 2. Malware uses LLMs to rank victims by how much they're worth
(05:10) 2. Malware uses LLMs to rank victims by how much they're worth: HN comments
(06:23) 3. Jepsen: ParticleDB 1.1.4
(07:39) 3. Jepsen: ParticleDB 1.1.4: HN comments
(08:28) 4. Ex-Meta researcher torrented pirated books, deleted it 'due to litigation'
(09:45) 4. Ex-Meta researcher torrented pirated books, deleted it 'due to litigation': HN comments
(10:34) 5. Casio watches of the 1980s
(11:41) 5. Casio watches of the 1980s: HN comments
(12:17) Wrap-up

Vitalik Buterin makes the case for digital minimalism, a stalled Signal fork misses a call bug fix, and a ChatGPT share link becomes an account takeover. Plus a retired professor arrested for blocking delivery robots, and a lean native coding harness.

• Digital minimalism (HN discussion)
• Molly (Signal fork) has not been updated in 3 months (HN discussion)
• We took over ChatGPT accounts (HN discussion)
• Retired professor arrested for blocking delivery robot (HN discussion)
• Prospero: a new coding harness for a more civilized age (HN discussion)

Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:46) 1. Digital minimalism
(02:02) 1. Digital minimalism: HN comments
(03:12) 2. Molly (Signal fork) has not been updated in 3 months
(04:03) 2. Molly (Signal fork) has not been updated in 3 months: HN comments
(05:50) 3. We took over ChatGPT accounts
(06:58) 3. We took over ChatGPT accounts: HN comments
(07:38) 4. Retired professor arrested for blocking delivery robot
(08:42) 4. Retired professor arrested for blocking delivery robot: HN comments
(09:47) 5. Prospero: a new coding harness for a more civilized age
(10:48) 5. Prospero: a new coding harness for a more civilized age: HN comments
(11:29) Wrap-up