HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

1591.

Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insects (msn.com)

1194 points by Shivetya on Aug 6, 2020 | 469 comments

1592.

Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted a backdoor in all of them (anchor.host)

1194 points by speckx 4 months ago | 340 comments

1593.

My Current HTML Boilerplate (matuzo.at)

1194 points by adrian_mrd on Apr 27, 2021 | 276 comments

1594.

Apple's Software Quality Crisis (eliseomartelli.it)

1193 points by ajdude on Mar 3, 2025 | 1195 comments

1595.

I refuse to let Amazon define Rust (twitter.com)

1193 points by formalsystem on Sep 13, 2021 | 339 comments

1596.

Tell HN: You are not alone this Christmas

1193 points by Jaruzel on Dec 25, 2021 | 313 comments

1597.

Qwen 3.6 27B is the sweet spot for local development (quesma.com)

1192 points by stared 2 months ago | 759 comments

1598.

Show HN: Lofi.cafe (lofi.cafe)

1192 points by linuz90 on Apr 14, 2021 | 230 comments

1599.

LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices (notebookcheck.net)

1192 points by chris_overseas 2 days ago | 3 comments

1600.

California suspends Cruise's autonomous vehicle deployment (reuters.com)

1191 points by ra7 on Oct 24, 2023 | 1241 comments

1601.

Reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles (mitadmissions.org)

1191 points by razin on Mar 28, 2022 | 1100 comments

1602.

David Lynch has died (variety.com)

1189 points by wut42 on Jan 16, 2025 | 378 comments

1603.

Trials begin on lozenge that rebuilds tooth enamel (dental.washington.edu)

1189 points by beefman on May 29, 2021 | 347 comments

1604.

How to do hard things (drmaciver.com)

1189 points by necrodome on May 19, 2019 | 116 comments

1605.

Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit (techcrunch.com)

1188 points by dkasper on Mar 16, 2014 | 1057 comments

1606.

Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe Sexual Harassment (nytimes.com)

1188 points by coloneltcb on Jun 30, 2017 | 730 comments

1607.

From where I left (antirez.com)

1188 points by tilt on Dec 10, 2024 | 455 comments

1608.

Ubuntu Edge (indiegogo.com)

1188 points by ergo14 on Jul 22, 2013 | 378 comments

1609.

Difftastic, a structural diff tool that understands syntax (difftastic.wilfred.me.uk)

1188 points by jiripospisil on Mar 21, 2024 | 200 comments

1610.

Why did moving the mouse cursor cause Windows 95 to run more quickly? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

1188 points by folli on Jul 3, 2019 | 196 comments

1611.

Mario Meets Pareto (mayerowitz.io)

1188 points by theanonymousone 1 month ago | 169 comments

1612.

Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs (axios.com)

1187 points by bsilvereagle on Jan 10, 2025 | 1744 comments

1613.

Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn (theocharis.dev)

1187 points by JeremyTheo 8 months ago | 1031 comments

1614.

An Open Letter Against Apple's Privacy-Invasive Content Scanning Technology (appleprivacyletter.com)

1187 points by nomoretime on Aug 6, 2021 | 670 comments

1615.

Carbon Removal Technologies (carbon.ycombinator.com)

1187 points by sama on Oct 23, 2018 | 660 comments

1616.

Chrome breaks the Web (tonsky.me)

1187 points by bloomca on Nov 6, 2017 | 458 comments

1617.

Mozilla Acquires Pocket (blog.mozilla.org)

1187 points by qdot76367 on Feb 27, 2017 | 445 comments

1618.

Planet Found in Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star (eso.org)

1187 points by Thorondor on Aug 24, 2016 | 427 comments

1619.

Facebook Secretly Saved Videos Users Deleted (nymag.com)

1187 points by walterbell on Mar 31, 2018 | 387 comments

1620.

How We Saved Dot Org (eff.org)

1187 points by thomasahle on Dec 23, 2020 | 151 comments