woid

top stories

Hacker News (18 Aug 2026)

  1. The Amazon tax

    583 points • 404 comments • aug 18, 2026

  2. Google has acquired the data of failed US airline Spirit

    519 points • 357 comments • aug 18, 2026

  3. Linux 7.3 improves performance when running out of vRAM

    450 points • 204 comments • aug 18, 2026

  4. Using the railway network as a flatbed scanner

    309 points • 52 comments • aug 18, 2026

  5. Fairphone is now officially available in the United States

    296 points • 147 comments • aug 18, 2026

  6. Fixing a bricked Framework laptop

    263 points • 169 comments • aug 18, 2026

  7. Meta Files Patent for Facial Recognition, Automatic Recording of People

    220 points • 143 comments • aug 18, 2026

  8. Claude Code May–August 2026 weekly limits promotion

    218 points • 164 comments • aug 18, 2026

  9. Rethinking Database Programming

    207 points • 104 comments • aug 18, 2026

  10. Babies born under sugar rationing grew into adults with lower cancer risk

    181 points • 37 comments • aug 18, 2026