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Hacker News (20 Aug 2026)

  1. Don't paste the AI, please

    980 points • 530 comments • aug 20, 2026

  2. AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint

    805 points • 272 comments • aug 20, 2026

  3. Show HN: I trained a 125M model to autocomplete piano on-device

    456 points • 102 comments • aug 20, 2026

  4. Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence

    394 points • 67 comments • aug 20, 2026

  5. Malicious Rust crate Arrayref runs a build-time payload

    341 points • 336 comments • aug 20, 2026

  6. Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003)

    334 points • 127 comments • aug 20, 2026

  7. Turns are Better than Radians (2022)

    329 points • 197 comments • aug 20, 2026

  8. CIA funding helped keep NeXT afloat in the 80s

    290 points • 185 comments • aug 20, 2026

  9. Watching TikTok and Instagram deactivates the cognitive control network: Study

    270 points • 102 comments • aug 20, 2026

  10. Bun 1.4

    214 points • 131 comments • aug 20, 2026