woid

top stories

Hacker News (18 Aug 2026)

  1. The Amazon tax

    981 points • 567 comments • aug 18, 2026

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

    570 points • 388 comments • aug 18, 2026

  3. Linux 7.3 improves performance when running out of vRAM

    511 points • 276 comments • aug 18, 2026

  4. Beware Management Consultants

    459 points • 125 comments • aug 18, 2026

  5. Using the railway network as a flatbed scanner

    411 points • 68 comments • aug 18, 2026

  6. Fixing a bricked Framework laptop

    371 points • 257 comments • aug 18, 2026

  7. Fairphone is now officially available in the United States

    352 points • 180 comments • aug 18, 2026

  8. Field measurements of neighborhood-scale air temperature impacts of data centers

    288 points • 426 comments • aug 18, 2026

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

    268 points • 55 comments • aug 18, 2026

  10. Claude Code May–August 2026 weekly limits promotion

    263 points • 238 comments • aug 18, 2026