HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent (thatprivacyguy.com)

1203 points by john-doe 16 hours ago | 816 comments

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Zig → Rust porting guide (github.com)

697 points by SergeAx 22 hours ago | 515 comments

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AI didn't delete your database, you did (idiallo.com)

484 points by Brajeshwar 9 hours ago | 266 comments

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.de TLD offline due to DNSSEC? (dnssec-analyzer.verisignlabs.com)

482 points by warpspin 3 hours ago | 211 comments

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Async Rust never left the MVP state (tweedegolf.nl)

421 points by pjmlp 16 hours ago | 228 comments

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Train Your Own LLM from Scratch (github.com)

419 points by kristianpaul 19 hours ago | 49 comments

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Accelerating Gemma 4: faster inference with multi-token prediction drafters (blog.google)

413 points by amrrs 7 hours ago | 185 comments

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iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet (walletwallet.alen.ro)

370 points by alentodorov 11 hours ago | 281 comments

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Y Combinator's Stake in OpenAI (0.6%?) (daringfireball.net)

370 points by gyomu 23 hours ago | 67 comments

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Three Inverse Laws of AI (susam.net)

335 points by blenderob 8 hours ago | 237 comments

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Empty Screenings – Finds AMC movie screenings with few or no tickets sold (walzr.com)

309 points by MrBuddyCasino 19 hours ago | 257 comments

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When everyone has AI and the company still learns nothing (robert-glaser.de)

301 points by youngbrioche 14 hours ago | 210 comments

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The fun has been optimized out of the Internet (muddy.jprs.me)

297 points by jprs 9 hours ago | 257 comments

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Computer Use is 45x more expensive than structured APIs (reflex.dev)

281 points by palashawas 7 hours ago | 141 comments

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IBM didn't want Microsoft to use the Tab key to move between dialog fields (devblogs.microsoft.com)

279 points by SeenNotHeard 6 hours ago | 163 comments

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AI Product Graveyard (tooldirectory.ai)

244 points by StriverGuy 10 hours ago | 86 comments

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Kids can bypass some age checks with a drawn-on mustache (theregister.com)

237 points by dreadsword 19 hours ago | 165 comments

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California farmers to destroy 420k peach trees following Del Monte bankruptcy (sfgate.com)

235 points by littlexsparkee 5 hours ago | 295 comments

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Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14% (twitter.com)

235 points by adrianmsmith 11 hours ago | 292 comments

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Lessons for Agentic Coding: What should we do when code is cheap? (dbreunig.com)

226 points by ingve 16 hours ago | 222 comments

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Zuckerberg 'Personally Authorized and Encouraged' Meta's Copyright Infringement (variety.com)

215 points by spankibalt 5 hours ago | 157 comments

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What I'm Hearing About Cognitive Debt (So Far) (margaretstorey.com)

215 points by raphaelcosta 21 hours ago | 138 comments

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EEVblog: The 555 Timer is 55 years old [video] (youtube.com)

200 points by brudgers 8 hours ago | 45 comments

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Hand Drawn QR Codes (2025) (sethmlarson.dev)

200 points by jollyjerry 19 hours ago | 42 comments

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Agents for financial services and insurance (anthropic.com)

188 points by louiereederson 8 hours ago | 131 comments

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CVE-2026-31431: Copy Fail vs. rootless containers (dragonsreach.it)

184 points by averi 20 hours ago | 109 comments

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Clarification on the Notepad++ Trademark Issue (notepad-plus-plus.org)

162 points by minimaxir 5 hours ago | 74 comments

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Two millionth electric car registered as market rebounds from tax changes (smmt.co.uk)