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1. California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law

   719 points • 348 comments • aug 30, 2026

2. Omarchy: Any User Process Can Escalate to Root

   468 points • 442 comments • aug 30, 2026

3. “I just chose words carefully”

   440 points • 109 comments • aug 30, 2026

4. Bug Blindness

   386 points • 257 comments • aug 30, 2026

5. European Commission Revives Push for Encryption Backdoors in ProtectEU Strategy

   378 points • 161 comments • aug 30, 2026

6. Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private

   323 points • 257 comments • aug 30, 2026

7. Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertification is a growing threat

   278 points • 323 comments • aug 30, 2026

8. Hacking IKEA Furniture

   277 points • 191 comments • aug 30, 2026

9. Haiku R1/beta6 has been released

   271 points • 83 comments • aug 30, 2026

10. No AI Fridays

    259 points • 171 comments • aug 30, 2026