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TOP STORIES FROM HACKER NEWS

grossHopper's international desk (an editor with Wi-Fi) brings you the latest from the frontlines of tech. Even we can't make this stuff up.

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.name Grandfathered

308 points by p4bl0 • 53 comments • neil.fraser.name • 2h ago

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Smart home devices should work without the internet

208 points by skittleson • 95 comments • docodethatmatters.com • 3h ago

3.
AlphaProof Code

476 points by ilreb • 154 comments • deepmind.google • 6h ago

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Synaptics patent claims stop work on DisplayLink drivers

23 points by speckx • 4 comments • lwn.net • 40m ago

5.
Val Town is winding down

67 points by tosh • 17 comments • blog.val.town • 1h ago

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AMD's Zen 6 Family: Feeding the Beast

57 points by pixelpoet • 16 comments • chipsandcheese.com • 1h ago

7.
Blender 5.3 released with Gaussian Splat support

266 points by amlib • 36 comments • blender.org • 2h ago

8.
Ableton Live 13

180 points by phaser • 213 comments • ableton.com • 5h ago

9.
The Hardest Tarball?

121 points by thatslast • 15 comments • stoppels.ch • 3h ago

10.
Work at the Frontier: AI's effect on freelance work

11 points by swolpers • 5 comments • openai.com • 40m ago

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I deleted all my SSH keys

91 points by speckx • 25 comments • blog.infected.systems • 5d ago

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Show HN: Get your coding agent off ~2019 JavaScript, onto modern web primitives

19 points by paulirish • 4 comments • github.com • 41m ago

13.
Process Explorer for macOS

22 points by ingve • 9 comments • github.com • 20h ago

14.
Amazon saves millions by replacing Sonnet 4.6 with Strands Decider

627 points by aloukissas • 219 comments • strandsagents.com • 12h ago

15.
Show HN: Valencia, Spain in Sim City/Isometric View

74 points by leugim • 25 comments • tinyvalencia.com • 3h ago

16.
What's new in the .NET 11 runtime

147 points by stevefan1999 • 99 comments • learn.microsoft.com • 6h ago

17.
NetBSD 11 desktop on a Raspberry Pi 4

97 points by jaypatelani • 55 comments • neongd.com • 2d ago

18.
Taking another shot at the cheap IP camera, part 2

88 points by ericswpark • 33 comments • ericswpark.com • 1d ago

19.
Queens Public Library under ransomware attack

163 points by rustyhancock • 103 comments • connect.queenslibrary.org • 9h ago

20.
What constant surveillance is doing to children and parents

125 points by FinnLobsien • 109 comments • theatlantic.com • 7h ago

21.
AI usage generates a fragile codebase

167 points by plun9 • 210 comments • evanxmerz.com • 8h ago

22.
Variable-width Bézier curves (2025)

7 points by leduyquang753 • 0 comments • luthert.web.illinois.edu • 1d ago

23.
M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker

70 points by sorokod • 62 comments • theguardian.com • 11h ago

24.
Fossil CO2 emissions decrease in 2026

134 points by giuliomagnifico • 162 comments • news.exeter.ac.uk • 9h ago

25.
The death knell of digital search

41 points by bookofjoe • 56 comments • newyorker.com • 4h ago

26.
Tailscale's DNS IPv6 spells out "Tailscale"

77 points by theanonymousone • 21 comments • reddit.com • 2h ago

27.
Billion Watts in the Speaker [video]

84 points by Element_ • 46 comments • youtube.com • 2d ago

28.
A failed experiment in laptop cooling (2025)

44 points by andsoitis • 55 comments • kevinboone.me • 3d ago

29.
Show HN: Ghanaian street games you can play in the browser

93 points by samuelaidoo45 • 18 comments • ghanastreetgames.com • 2d ago

30.
Let over Lambda–50 Years of Lisp (2008)

59 points by theanonymousone • 15 comments • letoverlambda.com • 6h ago


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