25
Updates on GNU/Hurd progress • Feb 6, 2026 at 11:39 AM • fosdem.org • Lobsters
23
Show HN: Daily-updated database of malicious browser extensions • Feb 6, 2026 at 11:34 AM • github.com/toborrm9 • Hacker News
5
Please don't share our Signal messages with your AI Agent • Feb 6, 2026 at 11:33 AM • touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org • Hacker News
113
Brain network identified for effective treatment of Parkinson's disease: by modulating with deep brain stimulation (DBS) a specific brain network that is mainly active in the fast beta frequency range (20 to 35 Hz) • Feb 6, 2026 at 11:32 AM • uni-koeln.de • r/science
28
Show HN: A password system with no database, no sync, and nothing to breach • Feb 6, 2026 at 11:32 AM • bastion-enclave.vercel.app • Hacker News
10
What Is Z-Angle Memory and Why Is Intel Developing It? • Feb 6, 2026 at 11:28 AM • hpcwire.com • Hacker News
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EU says TikTok faces large fine over "addictive design" • Feb 6, 2026 at 11:26 AM • bleepingcomputer.com • ~tech
28
'Ripping' Clips for YouTube Reaction Videos Can Violate the DMCA, Court Rules • Feb 6, 2026 at 11:25 AM • torrentfreak.com • Hacker News
1814
The Waymo World Model • Feb 6, 2026 at 11:20 AM • waymo.com • Hacker News
24
The first good Raspberry Pi Laptop • Feb 6, 2026 at 11:20 AM • jeffgeerling.com • Hacker News
36
Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder • Feb 6, 2026 at 11:13 AM • theregister.com • Hacker News
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a prescriptivists nightmare • Feb 6, 2026 at 11:08 AM • spice.bearblog.dev • Bear
6
Claude Code Is the Inflection Point • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:57 AM • newsletter.semianalysis.com • Hacker News
10
Show HN: GitClaw – An AI assistant that runs in GitHub Actions • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:56 AM • github.com/SawyerHood • Hacker News
78
macOS No Longer Ships with Emacs • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:53 AM • batsov.com • Hacker News
2726
Most climate studies only look at average temperatures, missing the full picture. A new 70-year analysis reveals 41 US states are warming in hidden ways: the West Coast is seeing extreme heat peaks, while the North is losing its cold winters, proving climate change is far from uniform. • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:49 AM • journals.plos.org • r/science
8
Bytes as Braille • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:48 AM • engrenage.ch • Hacker News
19
My Programming Job Has Become an Intelligence Buying Job • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:47 AM • frederic.vanderessen.com • Hacker News
67
i can't stop thinking about goodreads' top 100 • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:45 AM • woolgathering.bearblog.dev • Bear
54
How much "boilerplate tax" different languages have: a 400M LOC analysis • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:42 AM • boyter.org • Lobsters
576
Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:40 AM • sheldonbrown.com • Hacker News
7
An Update on Heroku • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:38 AM • heroku.com • Lobsters
655P
NIMBYs aren't just shutting down housing • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:34 AM • inpractice.yimbyaction.org • Hacker News
184
Some logins separate the username and password entry into 2 forms. Is there a reason they do this? • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:33 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
51
The incidence of autism is similar in boys and girls, although boys are diagnosed earlier – study conducted on a sample of 2.7 million people in Sweden over a thirty-five year period • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:30 AM • english.elpais.com • ~health.mental
23
Amazon Shares Sink as Company Boosts AI Spending by Nearly 60% • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:28 AM • wsj.com • Hacker News
47
Introducing Axiom Bible - A Bible App That Gets Out of Your Way • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:23 AM • mattlangford.com • Bear
848
An Update on Heroku • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:20 AM • heroku.com • Hacker News
9
Resurrecting Crimsonland -- decompiling and preserving a cult 2003 classic game • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:16 AM • banteg.xyz • r/programming
605
Microsoft open-sources LiteBox, a security-focused library OS • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:13 AM • github.com/microsoft • Hacker News
20
Show HN: Hibana – An Affine MPST Runtime for Rust • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:09 AM • hibanaworks.dev • Hacker News
53
The applied toxicity of pesticides increased globally, particularly for terrestrial insects and soil organisms, thereby threatening the UN reduction targets safeguarding biodiversity. • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:09 AM • doi.org • r/science
22
Show HN: Cheapest Managed OpenClaw hosting – 30s setup (agent37.com) • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:07 AM • agent37.com • Hacker News
14
Seltani: an online, shared, text-based, open-source fan project based on the Myst series of games (2013) • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:04 AM • eblong.com • Lobsters
4221
Research suggests that emotional intelligence improves romantic relationships primarily through a single, specific behavior: making a partner feel valued and appreciated. Study implies that the key to a happier partnership may be as simple as regularly expressing that one’s partner is special. • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:02 AM • psypost.org • r/science
91
Everyone should play more games offline • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM • gabrielcornish.com • Bear
44
Everyone should play more games offline • Feb 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM • gabrielcornish.bearblog.dev • Bear
17
How good is a world rank 17 table tennis player actually? | Rank a Pro • Feb 6, 2026 at 9:49 AM • youtube.com • ~sports
585
Lessons you will learn living in a snowy place • Feb 6, 2026 at 9:49 AM • eukaryotewritesblog.com • Hacker News
431
AI model can read and diagnose a brain MRI in seconds • Feb 6, 2026 at 9:42 AM • eurekalert.org • r/science
51
You can't know why people like you. • Feb 6, 2026 at 9:34 AM • inchwyrm.bearblog.dev • Bear
177
Amazon plunge continues $1T wipeout as AI bubble fears ignite sell-off • Feb 6, 2026 at 9:33 AM • cnbc.com • Hacker News
84
How virtual textures work • Feb 6, 2026 at 9:32 AM • shlom.dev • Hacker News
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Europe Accuses TikTok of 'Addictive Design' and Pushes for Change • Feb 6, 2026 at 9:31 AM • nytimes.com • Slashdot
679
Our Agile coach's answer to every technical problem was let's break it into smaller stories • Feb 6, 2026 at 9:28 AM • agilelie.com • r/programming
113
Wall Street just lost $285B because of 13 Markdown files • Feb 6, 2026 at 9:24 AM • martinalderson.com • Hacker News
18
Switzerland's Extraordinary Medieval Library • Feb 6, 2026 at 9:14 AM • bbc.com • Hacker News
67
Stories From 25 Years of Software Development • Feb 6, 2026 at 9:11 AM • susam.net • r/programming
106P
FORTH? Really!? • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:54 AM • rescrv.net • Hacker News
891
Hackers (1995) Animated Experience • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:49 AM • hackers-1995.vercel.app • Hacker News
270
LLMs could be, but shouldn't be compilers • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:48 AM • alperenkeles.com • Hacker News
5
Latest VirtualBox Code Begins Supporting KVM Back End • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:47 AM • phoronix.com • Hacker News
7P
US Accuses China of Secret Nuclear Explosive Tests • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:43 AM • newsweek.com • Hacker News
10P
The EU's Secret Assault on Your Free Speech • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:40 AM • wsj.com • Hacker News
38
Show HN: Gigacode – Use OpenCode's UI with Claude Code/Codex/Amp • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:38 AM • github.com/rivet-dev • Hacker News
9
Using Microvm.nix to Sandbox OpenClaw • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:36 AM • buduroiu.com • Hacker News
23
Sysadmin In The LLM Age • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:33 AM • nullrouted.space • Lobsters
85P
U.S. asks American citizens to 'leave Iran now' • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:25 AM • cnbc.com • Hacker News
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Experimental pill dramatically reduces ‘bad’ cholesterol: Patients taking a daily pill called enlicitide that binds to the PCSK9 protein in the bloodstream reduced their LDL cholesterol levels by about 60% compared with a placebo. • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:01 AM • utsouthwestern.edu • r/science
1712
Vegan toddlers can grow at the same rate as omnivores. Two-year-olds raised in vegan or vegetarian households don't necessarily have restricted growth, according to a study of 1.2 million children. • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:00 AM • newscientist.com • r/science
53
Why and how to write things on the Internet • Feb 6, 2026 at 8:00 AM • paco.bearblog.dev • Bear
11
Redis/Valkey Replication Internals: The Architecture Behind Zero-Copy Command Propagation • Feb 6, 2026 at 7:56 AM • frostzt.com • r/programming
33
The CSS Selection - The state of real-world CSS usage, 2026 edition. • Feb 6, 2026 at 7:49 AM • projectwallace.com • r/webdev
54
Hackers (1995) Animated Experience • Feb 6, 2026 at 7:48 AM • hackers-1995.vercel.app • Lobsters
6
Show HN: Disavow Generator – Open-source tool to defend against negative SEO • Feb 6, 2026 at 7:45 AM • github.com/BansheeTech • Hacker News
3
Bounty program for an open source project • Feb 6, 2026 at 7:42 AM • superplane.com • r/programming
71
Token Smuggling:How Non-Standard Encoding Bypass AI Security • Feb 6, 2026 at 7:36 AM • instatunnel.my • r/programming
13P
Trump says will revoke church tax exempt status if leaders don't comply with him • Feb 6, 2026 at 7:31 AM • pbs.org • Hacker News
284P
Canada Unveils Auto Industry Plan in Latest Pivot Away From US • Feb 6, 2026 at 7:30 AM • bbc.com • Slashdot
60
Anna's Archive Loses .PM Domain, Adds Greenland (.GL) Backup • Feb 6, 2026 at 7:26 AM • torrentfreak.com • Hacker News
20
Ask HN: Why LLM providers sell access instead of consulting services? • Feb 6, 2026 at 7:18 AM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
19
bliss music analyzer library • Feb 6, 2026 at 7:18 AM • lelele.io • Lobsters
1702
I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams • Feb 6, 2026 at 7:16 AM • kirkville.com • Hacker News
95
Show HN: Agent Arena – Test How Manipulation-Proof Your AI Agent Is • Feb 6, 2026 at 7:12 AM • wiz.jock.pl • Hacker News
1200P
TikTok's 'addictive design' found to be illegal in Europe • Feb 6, 2026 at 7:11 AM • nytimes.com • Hacker News
35
Text classification with Python 3.14's zstd module • Feb 6, 2026 at 7:11 AM • maxhalford.github.io • Lobsters
12
Free Bespoke Sewing Patterns – FreeSewing • Feb 6, 2026 at 7:05 AM • freesewing.eu • Hacker News
7
Blinc: A declarative, reactive UI system with first-class state machines, spring physics animations, and GPU-accelerated rendering • Feb 6, 2026 at 6:54 AM • github.com/project-blinc • Lobsters
6214
Discovery of Mammoth Ivory Tools Resets Human Timeline in North America. Human-made ivory and stone tools have been found in a 14,000-year-old layer of Alaskan earth, providing evidence of some of the first people to inhabit the Americas. • Feb 6, 2026 at 6:46 AM • sciencealert.com • r/science
73P
Tactical tornado is the new default • Feb 6, 2026 at 6:36 AM • olano.dev • Lobsters
65
Signy: Signed URLs for Small Devices • Feb 6, 2026 at 6:25 AM • github.com/golioth • Hacker News
708
Almost all side-effects listed for statins are not caused by them, according to world’s most comprehensive review. Other than muscle pain and diabetes, only 4 of 66 side-effects listed – liver test changes, minor liver abnormalities, urine changes and tissue swelling – are supported by evidence. • Feb 6, 2026 at 6:14 AM • theguardian.com • r/science
485
A lifetime study on mice found no link between mobile phone radiation and cancer, confirming that current radiation limits are safe for use • Feb 6, 2026 at 6:09 AM • zmescience.com • r/science
595P
Ending global poverty would cost far less than you'd think • Feb 6, 2026 at 6:05 AM • news.stanford.edu • r/science
247P
US Immigration on the Easiest Setting • Feb 6, 2026 at 6:03 AM • pluralistic.net • Hacker News
53
$300B Evaporated. The SaaS -Pocalypse Has Begun • Feb 6, 2026 at 5:43 AM • forbes.com • Hacker News
132
Why This Is the Worst Crypto Winter Ever • Feb 6, 2026 at 5:30 AM • bloomberg.com • Slashdot
22
SAS Airbus A320 initiates take-off roll on taxiway at Brussels Airport • Feb 6, 2026 at 5:27 AM • aviation24.be • Hacker News
247
Invention of DNA "page numbers" opens up possibilities for the bioeconomy • Feb 6, 2026 at 5:26 AM • caltech.edu • Hacker News
4
Claude Opus 4.6 drops assistant message prefilling -- breaking change if you use the API • Feb 6, 2026 at 5:24 AM • platform.claude.com • r/programming
32
AI bot gives customer 80% discount, supplier can't deliver • Feb 6, 2026 at 5:20 AM • reddit.com • Hacker News
174
When I was a kid I was obsessed with Hackers ( 1995 ) movie, 20 years later I recreated one of it's iconic scenes of entering the mainframe • Feb 6, 2026 at 5:12 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
9
I'm tired of trying to make vibe coding work for me • Feb 6, 2026 at 5:11 AM • youtube.com • Hacker News
823P
A new bill in New York would require disclaimers on AI-generated news content • Feb 6, 2026 at 4:56 AM • niemanlab.org • Hacker News
1476P
Analysis of 11 major political subreddits over 16 years reveals minimal overlaps in user bases, cross-posting, and commenting, challenging the framing of r/politics as a "town square" for cross-ideological deliberation • Feb 6, 2026 at 4:50 AM • tandfonline.com • r/science
13
Show HN: Purple Word – A new word puzzle game • Feb 6, 2026 at 4:27 AM • purpleword.com • Hacker News
13
nix-run: run nix derivations without nix3 or flakes • Feb 6, 2026 at 4:25 AM • tangled.org • Lobsters
142P
It's not finance, it's your pensions • Feb 6, 2026 at 4:16 AM • theloop.ecpr.eu • Hacker News
61
Desktop: 99 performance. Mobile: 49. What am I missing? • Feb 6, 2026 at 4:11 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
51
How OpenTelemetry Baggage Enables Global Context for Distributed Systems • Feb 6, 2026 at 4:03 AM • signoz.io • r/programming
10
UUP dump – download UUP files from Windows Update servers with ease • Feb 6, 2026 at 3:54 AM • uupdump.net • Hacker News
1258
I'm tired of trying to make vibe coding work for me • Feb 6, 2026 at 3:54 AM • youtu.be • r/programming
35
Pandoc for the people: Convert documents without leaving the browser • Feb 6, 2026 at 3:44 AM • pandoc.org • Hacker News
106
No, Really, Bash Is Not Enough: Why Large-Scale CI Needs an Orchestrator • Feb 6, 2026 at 3:41 AM • iankduncan.com • Lobsters
627
People with a relatively neurotic personality report having more frequent sexual fantasies. As well as offering a source of escape from general negative emotions, sexual fantasising may allow them to experience more positive and satisfying sexual relationality, albeit in the realm of fantasy • Feb 6, 2026 at 3:37 AM • eurekalert.org • r/science
16
A 2.5x faster Postgres parser with Claude Code • Feb 6, 2026 at 3:37 AM • multigres.com • Hacker News
31
Best website builder for a new small business? • Feb 6, 2026 at 3:37 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
6
Tesla likely can't escape 'Blade Runner 2049' lawsuit • Feb 6, 2026 at 3:34 AM • reuters.com • Hacker News
17
Should I include my publications in a different field in my CV? • Feb 6, 2026 at 3:33 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
20
i built this interaction in Framer & Unicorn Studio • Feb 6, 2026 at 3:16 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
13
HarfBuzz at 20! • Feb 6, 2026 at 3:08 AM • docs.google.com • r/programming
81P
In the end: Is AI useful or just an excuse to fire people? • Feb 6, 2026 at 3:08 AM • reddit.com • r/webdev
106P
CIA Has Killed Off The World Factbook After Six Decades • Feb 6, 2026 at 3:01 AM • cia.gov • Slashdot
12P
Jeffrey Epstein Interview [video] • Feb 6, 2026 at 2:58 AM • youtube.com • Hacker News
1528
Vibe Coder productivity goals. • Feb 6, 2026 at 2:21 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
16P
The mystery of the mole playing rough (2019) [video] • Feb 6, 2026 at 2:12 AM • youtube.com • Hacker News
34
MoltDJ – Music by Machines, for Machines • Feb 6, 2026 at 1:12 AM • moltdj.com • Hacker News
38
Whatever happened to the Uber bezzle? • Feb 6, 2026 at 1:04 AM • changinglanesnewsletter.com • ~transport
6
Show HN: Hacker Backlinks – HN Stories Most Linked To By HN Comments • Feb 6, 2026 at 1:01 AM • hacker-backlinks.browserbox.io • Hacker News
347
Things Unix can do atomically (2010) • Feb 6, 2026 at 12:29 AM • rcrowley.org • Hacker News
396
Systems Thinking • Feb 6, 2026 at 12:24 AM • theprogrammersparadox.blogspot.com • Hacker News
837P
This is getting out of hand • Feb 6, 2026 at 12:07 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
8
elfconv: AOT binary translator of Linux/ELF -> WebAssembly • Feb 6, 2026 at 12:04 AM • github.com/yomaytk • Lobsters
394P
It's all a blur • Feb 5, 2026 at 11:50 PM • lcamtuf.substack.com • Hacker News
19
TOS Tracker • Feb 5, 2026 at 11:44 PM • tostracker.app • ~tech
6
k-sat solver based on 2 sat reduction and tarjan algorithm resolution • Feb 5, 2026 at 11:35 PM • doi.org • r/programming
58
Generative Pen-Trained Transformer • Feb 5, 2026 at 11:28 PM • theodore.net • Hacker News
67
Ask HN: 10 months since the Llama-4 release: what happened to Meta AI? • Feb 5, 2026 at 11:18 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
234
Show HN: Artifact Keeper – Open-Source Artifactory/Nexus Alternative in Rust • Feb 5, 2026 at 11:12 PM • github.com/artifact-keeper • Hacker News
130
Volkswagen overtook Tesla as Europe's top EV seller in 2025 • Feb 5, 2026 at 11:12 PM • reuters.com • Hacker News
92
Waiting for Postgres 19: Better planner hints with path generation strategies [video] • Feb 5, 2026 at 10:25 PM • youtube.com • Hacker News
160
I reversed Tower of Fantasy's anti-cheat driver: a BYOVD toolkit never loaded • Feb 5, 2026 at 10:22 PM • vespalec.com • Hacker News
46
What's at the Other End of 8.8.8.8? • Feb 5, 2026 at 10:21 PM • blog.nono.io • Hacker News
46
Solving Shrinkwrap: New Experimental Technique • Feb 5, 2026 at 10:19 PM • kizu.dev • Hacker News
22P
The $921M Special Interest Machine That Controls California • Feb 5, 2026 at 10:03 PM • garryslist.org • Hacker News
585
GitHub Actions is slowly killing engineering teams • Feb 5, 2026 at 9:58 PM • iankduncan.com • Hacker News
25
Monty: A minimal, secure Python interpreter written in Rust for use by AI • Feb 5, 2026 at 9:53 PM • github.com/pydantic • Hacker News
6
College Board Banning Students from Using Smart Glasses During SATs • Feb 5, 2026 at 9:33 PM • gizmodo.com • Hacker News
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U.S. Automakers' Foreign Troubles Now Extend to Canada • Feb 5, 2026 at 9:24 PM • nytimes.com • Hacker News
101
The RCE that AMD won't fix • Feb 5, 2026 at 9:22 PM • mrbruh.com • Lobsters
40
GitHub Actions Is Slowly Killing Your Engineering Team • Feb 5, 2026 at 9:19 PM • iankduncan.com • r/programming
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The End of the Beginning: Has US Dollar Decline Entered Its Terminal Phase? • Feb 5, 2026 at 9:01 PM • multipolaritypod.substack.com • Hacker News
88
We had sex in a Chinese hotel, then found we had been broadcast to thousands • Feb 5, 2026 at 9:01 PM • bbc.com • Hacker News
69
The European Commission Is Testing an Open Source Alternative To Microsoft Teams • Feb 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM • euractiv.com • Slashdot
38
BMW Commits to Subscriptions Even After Heated Seat Debacle • Feb 5, 2026 at 8:34 PM • thedrive.com • Hacker News
10
CISA gives federal agencies one year to rip out end-of-life devices • Feb 5, 2026 at 8:19 PM • therecord.media • Hacker News
120
Bitcoin gets a zero price target in wake of Burry warning • Feb 5, 2026 at 8:19 PM • seekingalpha.com • Hacker News
85
Consume, Consume, Consume, Create • Feb 5, 2026 at 8:13 PM • gabrielcornish.com • Bear
59
Consume, Consume, Consume, Create • Feb 5, 2026 at 8:13 PM • gabrielcornish.bearblog.dev • Bear
13
Collapse OS – Why Forth? • Feb 5, 2026 at 8:03 PM • collapseos.org • Hacker News
44
Show HN: Horizons – OSS agent execution engine • Feb 5, 2026 at 7:58 PM • github.com/synth-laboratories • Hacker News
9
How to program computers (kOS) (2015) • Feb 5, 2026 at 7:49 PM • fall.tr • Lobsters
17
Portable pulley blower • Feb 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM • youtube.com • ~hobbies
151
Hair loss open discussion • Feb 5, 2026 at 7:46 PM • tildes.net • ~talk
10
Datacenter capex gravy train is over • Feb 5, 2026 at 7:46 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
791
Apes can "pretend" just like human children. New research shows Kanzi the bonobo could track invisible juice being poured in a make-believe game, suggesting that the cognitive machinery for imagination evolved 6 to 9 million years ago and isn't unique to the human species. • Feb 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM • science.org • r/science
13P
Incarcerated activists from Oscar-nominated documentary sent to solitary • Feb 5, 2026 at 7:39 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
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Very special hummingbird visit • Feb 5, 2026 at 7:31 PM • v.redd.it • r/MadeMeSmile
34P
'The EU runs on Microsoft' – and Uncle Sam could turn it off • Feb 5, 2026 at 7:31 PM • theregister.com • Hacker News
183
‘Part of our biological toolkit’: newborn babies can anticipate rhythm in music, researchers find. Newborn babies can anticipate rhythm in pieces of music, researchers have discovered, offering insights into a fundamental human trait. • Feb 5, 2026 at 7:23 PM • theguardian.com • r/science
14
Commodore, IBM, OS/2, ARexx: Deal or No Deal? • Feb 5, 2026 at 7:23 PM • datagubbe.se • Hacker News
5
Zig Programming Language For Systems Development • Feb 5, 2026 at 7:17 PM • techyall.com • r/programming
307
C isn't a programming language anymore (2022) • Feb 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM • faultlore.com • Hacker News
8
Ask HN: Does global decoupling from the USA signal comeback of the desktop app? • Feb 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
466
Daily peaks in mental sharpness provide a productivity boost equivalent to 40 minutes of extra work. A 12-week study shows that our goal success depends more on these daily cognitive fluctuations than on our personality, meaning even the most disciplined people struggle during "off days." • Feb 5, 2026 at 7:06 PM • science.org • r/science
15P
CIA World Factbook Ends Publication After 6 Decades • Feb 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM • nytimes.com • Hacker News
96
Show HN: Total Recall – write-gated memory for Claude Code • Feb 5, 2026 at 6:56 PM • github.com/davegoldblatt • Hacker News
15P
Homeland Security is trying to force tech to hand over data about Trump critics • Feb 5, 2026 at 6:55 PM • yahoo.com • Hacker News
17
Ask HN: How does ChatGPT decide which websites to recommend? • Feb 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
29
Fairphone 6: cheaper, repairable and longer-lasting • Feb 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
90
Ask HN: Anyone Using a Mac Studio for Local AI/LLM? • Feb 5, 2026 at 6:34 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
28
Show HN: Local task classifier and dispatcher on RTX 3080 • Feb 5, 2026 at 6:31 PM • github.com/resilientworkflowsentinel • Hacker News
10
Amazon Falls After Vowing to Spend $200B on AI This Year • Feb 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM • bloomberg.com • Hacker News
86
Court Rules That Ripping YouTube Clips Can Violate the DMCA • Feb 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM • torrentfreak.com • Slashdot
534
The RCE that AMD won't fix • Feb 5, 2026 at 6:29 PM • mrbruh.com • Hacker News
35
cforge C build system tooling + safe_c.h • Feb 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM • hwisnu.bearblog.dev • Bear
77
Please stop using OpenClaw, formerly known as Moltbot • Feb 5, 2026 at 6:22 PM • xda-developers.com • Hacker News
12P
The Melania coin is down 98% since its launch • Feb 5, 2026 at 6:21 PM • xcancel.com • Hacker News
15
Show HN: Calfkit – an SDK to build distributed, event-driven AI agents on Kafka • Feb 5, 2026 at 6:10 PM • github.com/calf-ai • Hacker News
165P
Cubans rendered powerless as outages persist and tensions with US escalate • Feb 5, 2026 at 6:01 PM • apnews.com • Hacker News
336P
India's female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI • Feb 5, 2026 at 5:55 PM • theguardian.com • Hacker News
17
NASA Will Let Its Astronauts Bring iPhones to the Moon • Feb 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM • twitter.com/NASAAdmin • Hacker News
10P
If you invested $100k in ETH when Eric Trump told you to buy, you have $1,245 • Feb 5, 2026 at 5:42 PM • xcancel.com • Hacker News
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Anthropic built a C compiler using a "team of parallel agents", has problems compiling hello world. • Feb 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM • anthropic.com • r/programming
12
The occasional state of feeling like a failure • Feb 5, 2026 at 5:33 PM • stephdsecond.bearblog.dev • Bear
12
An Oral History of Unix (Thompson/Ritchie/12-More Interview Transcripts) • Feb 5, 2026 at 5:31 PM • tuhs.org • Hacker News
47P
Increasing applied pesticide toxicity trends counteract the global reduction target to safeguard biodiversity • Feb 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM • science.org • r/science
371
Analysis: In Utero Cannabis Exposure Not Associated With Later Developmental Delays • Feb 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM • norml.org • r/science
11
The dark side of camera phones: When innovation invades privacy • Feb 5, 2026 at 5:18 PM • forbes.com • ~tech
10
Ask HN: Will crypto currencies survive past this market downturn? • Feb 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
14
I'm again excited to be on the internet • Feb 5, 2026 at 5:10 PM • balssh.bearblog.dev • Bear
9
AI coding gap: Why senior devs are getting faster and juniors spin their wheels • Feb 5, 2026 at 5:09 PM • zdnet.com • Hacker News
13
How do you deal with SEO nowadays? • Feb 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
91
Tabnine just cancelled my Pro account • Feb 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
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What if writing tests was a joyful experience? (2023) • Feb 5, 2026 at 4:51 PM • blog.janestreet.com • Hacker News
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What Every Programmer Should Know About Memory [pdf] (2007) • Feb 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM • people.freebsd.org • Hacker News
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Everyone has been lying about cats • Feb 5, 2026 at 4:45 PM • tadaima.bearblog.dev • Bear
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Review of 1984 by Isaac Asimov (1980) • Feb 5, 2026 at 4:39 PM • newworker.org • Hacker News
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Show HN: Slack CLI for Agents • Feb 5, 2026 at 4:38 PM • github.com/stablyai • Hacker News
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I hate the gym • Feb 5, 2026 at 4:38 PM • balssh.bearblog.dev • Bear
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NASA Will Finally Let Its Astronauts Bring iPhones To the Moon • Feb 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM • x.com/NASAAdmin • science.slashdot
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Elon Musk is getting serious about orbital data centers • Feb 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM • techcrunch.com • Hacker News
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It's 2026, Just Use Postgres • Feb 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM • tigerdata.com • Hacker News
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Epstein Graph Visualization • Feb 5, 2026 at 4:23 PM • epsteinsecrets.com • Hacker News
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Restrictive zoning regulations are a key contributor to racial segregation – Neighborhoods zoned for single-family use are less diverse, wealthier, and have more homeowners than neighborhoods that allow for more housing supply. • Feb 5, 2026 at 4:22 PM • cambridge.org • r/science
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This Is for Everyone by Tim Berners-Lee • Feb 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM • panmacmillan.com • r/webdev
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Live agent face-off in CivBench: Claude Opus 4.6 vs. GPT-5.2 • Feb 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM • clashai.live • Hacker News
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Ask HN: Is it just me or are most businesses insane? • Feb 5, 2026 at 4:17 PM • news.ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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We are QA Engineers now • Feb 5, 2026 at 3:53 PM • serce.me • r/programming
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US FBI stymied by Apple’s Lockdown Mode after seizing journalist’s iPhone • Feb 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM • arstechnica.com • ~tech
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How Industrial Robot Safety Was Written In Blood • Feb 5, 2026 at 3:42 PM • hackaday.com • Hacker News
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Is there a plugin / extension / tool for live-reloading CSS file without reloading the page? • Feb 5, 2026 at 3:34 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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There Is No One Left on Debian's Data Protection Team • Feb 5, 2026 at 3:30 PM • phoronix.com • Hacker News
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High ultra-processed food diets linked to a 47% higher cardiovascular disease risk, according to a new NHANES-based study of 4,787 U.S. adults. UPFs—now ~60% of adult diets—are tied to inflammation, metabolic syndrome, heart attacks and strokes, raising urgent public-health concerns. • Feb 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM • amjmed.com • r/science
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Computer Chronicles: AI (1984-1998) • Feb 5, 2026 at 3:24 PM • computerchronicles.tv • Hacker News
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IRS taps HR, IT staff to handle returns amidst hiring crunch • Feb 5, 2026 at 3:23 PM • govexec.com • Hacker News
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Animated Engines • Feb 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM • animatedengines.com • Hacker News
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Stocks tumble for a third day, pushing the S&P 500 into the red for 2026 • Feb 5, 2026 at 3:18 PM • cnbc.com • Hacker News
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Discomfort with making eye contact is not exclusive to individuals with autism diagnosis but scales with autistic traits found in the population. While this social unease is common among those with higher autistic traits, it is not the direct cause of difficulties in recognizing facial expressions. • Feb 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM • psypost.org • r/science
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Claude Opus 4.6 extra usage promo • Feb 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM • support.claude.com • Hacker News
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LinkedIn checks for 2953 browser extensions • Feb 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM • github.com/mdp • Hacker News
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Musk Predicts SpaceX Will Launch More AI Compute Per Year Than the Cumulative Total on Earth • Feb 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM • cheekypint.substack.com • science.slashdot
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Neocities founder stuck in chatbot hell after Bing blocked 1.5M sites • Feb 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
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Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’ • Feb 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM • nytimes.com • r/science
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Building a C compiler with a team of parallel Claudes • Feb 5, 2026 at 2:48 PM • anthropic.com • ~comp
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Bitcoin drops below $67,000 as selloff heats up and pessimism grows about crypto • Feb 5, 2026 at 2:47 PM • cnbc.com • Hacker News
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Sleep disturbance drives intestinal stem cell damage from increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated by heightened 5-HT4 receptor activation via a brain–gut vagal circuit. The effects were rescued by N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and 5-HT4 receptor blockade. • Feb 5, 2026 at 2:44 PM • cell.com • r/science
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Game Dev Is Replacing AI Art After a Negative Review • Feb 5, 2026 at 2:34 PM • syls.blog • Bear
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The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein • Feb 5, 2026 at 2:29 PM • scottaaronson.blog • Hacker News
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Vibe Coding Kills Open Source • Feb 5, 2026 at 2:27 PM • arxiv.org • Lobsters
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A guide to understanding AI as normal technology • Feb 5, 2026 at 2:23 PM • normaltech.ai • ~tech
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Show HN: Accept-md – One command to make Next.js sites LLM-scraping friendly • Feb 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM • accept.md • Hacker News
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Satya Nadella decides Microsoft needs an engineering quality czar • Feb 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM • theregister.com • Hacker News
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OpenAI is hoppin' mad about Anthropic's new Super Bowl TV ads • Feb 5, 2026 at 2:11 PM • arstechnica.com • Hacker News
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The math behind making mismatched brand logos look visually balanced (and a React library that does it for you) • Feb 5, 2026 at 2:11 PM • sanity.io • r/webdev
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We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler • Feb 5, 2026 at 2:07 PM • anthropic.com • Hacker News
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Apes Can Pretend, an Ability Once Thought Unique to Humans, New Study Suggests • Feb 5, 2026 at 2:07 PM • wsj.com • r/science
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Need a clean backoffice Design to moderate contributions • Feb 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM • reddit.com • r/webdev
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My AI Adoption Journey • Feb 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM • mitchellh.com • Hacker News
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Flock CEO calls Deflock a “terrorist organization” (2025) [video] • Feb 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM • youtube.com • Hacker News
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My AI Adoption Journey • Feb 5, 2026 at 1:58 PM • mitchellh.com • Lobsters
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Bethesda X Nintendo Switch 2 | Reveal trailer • Feb 5, 2026 at 1:53 PM • youtube.com • ~games
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‘House burping’ is a cold reality in Germany. Americans are warming to it. • Feb 5, 2026 at 1:50 PM • washingtonpost.com • ~life
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Ardour 9.0 • Feb 5, 2026 at 1:30 PM • ardour.org • Hacker News
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An actually safer open-source alternative to OpenClaw • Feb 5, 2026 at 1:28 PM • memu.bot • r/programming
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LLatte: Scalable Transformers for Ads at Meta • Feb 5, 2026 at 1:27 PM • twitter.com/fb_engineering • Hacker News
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Building a C compiler with a team of parallel Claudes • Feb 5, 2026 at 1:27 PM • anthropic.com • Lobsters
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Opus 4.6 uncovers 500 zero-day flaws in open-source code • Feb 5, 2026 at 1:25 PM • axios.com • Hacker News
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Psychometric Jailbreaks Reveal Internal Conflict in Frontier Models • Feb 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM • arxiv.org • Hacker News
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"You're Not Going to Investigate a Federal Officer" • Feb 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM • propublica.org • Hacker News
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PsiACE/Skills – A small, shared skill library • Feb 5, 2026 at 1:17 PM • github.com/PsiACE • Hacker News
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The Wyden Siren: Senator's Cryptic CIA Letter Pattern Has Never Been Wrong • Feb 5, 2026 at 1:14 PM • techdirt.com • Hacker News
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Sudo's maintainer needs resources to keep utility updated • Feb 5, 2026 at 1:14 PM • theregister.com • r/programming
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US job cuts surge to highest January total since 2009 • Feb 5, 2026 at 1:09 PM • ft.com • Hacker News
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GPT-5.3-Codex • Feb 5, 2026 at 1:08 PM • openai.com • Hacker News
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Unsealed court documents show teen addiction was big tech's "top priority" • Feb 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM • techoversight.org • Hacker News
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Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 4.6 as Its AI Tools Rattle Software Markets • Feb 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM • anthropic.com • Slashdot
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Evaluating and mitigating the growing risk of LLM-discovered 0-days • Feb 5, 2026 at 12:50 PM • red.anthropic.com • Hacker News
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Orchestrate teams of Claude Code sessions • Feb 5, 2026 at 12:49 PM • code.claude.com • Hacker News
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Agentic Proof-Oriented Programming • Feb 5, 2026 at 12:46 PM • risemsr.github.io • Lobsters
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A Steam Deck can be a Bluetooth speaker • Feb 5, 2026 at 12:44 PM • xeiaso.net • Hacker News
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Advancing finance with Claude Opus 4.6 • Feb 5, 2026 at 12:42 PM • claude.com • Hacker News
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Claude Opus 4.6 • Feb 5, 2026 at 12:38 PM • anthropic.com • Hacker News
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The Worst Programmer I Know • Feb 5, 2026 at 12:25 PM • dannorth.net • Hacker News
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Elon Musk – "In 36 months, the cheapest place to put AI will be space" • Feb 5, 2026 at 12:25 PM • dwarkesh.com • Hacker News
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A thought about monstrous rich men online • Feb 5, 2026 at 12:23 PM • blog.lauramichet.com • Bear
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Menstrual blood can detect HPV, hinting at broader uses • Feb 5, 2026 at 12:21 PM • scientificamerican.com • r/science
131
Everyone Is Stealing TV • Feb 5, 2026 at 12:18 PM • theverge.com • Hacker News
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Pinterest fires two engineers for building layoff-tracking tool • Feb 5, 2026 at 12:02 PM • leaddev.com • r/programming
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Adding Canada Back to Our List of Accepted Countries of Incorporation • Feb 5, 2026 at 12:02 PM • ycombinator.com • Hacker News
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Things I learned building a Chrome extension with storage.sync (and the gotchas) • Feb 5, 2026 at 11:59 AM • i.redd.it • r/webdev
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Hypernetworks: Neural Networks for Hierarchical Data • Feb 5, 2026 at 11:55 AM • blog.sturdystatistics.com • Hacker News
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Where did the tips go? Restaurants say thousands missing from Everyday Payments • Feb 5, 2026 at 11:53 AM • globalnews.ca • Hacker News
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Western Digital Plots a Path To 140 TB Hard Drives Using Vertical Lasers and 14-Platter Designs • Feb 5, 2026 at 11:45 AM • tomshardware.com • Slashdot
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Stop using icons in data tables • Feb 5, 2026 at 11:42 AM • medium.com/@codythistleward • Hacker News