HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

511.

AI's real superpower: consuming, not creating (msanroman.io)

253 points by firefoxd 4 weeks ago | 177 comments

512.

Show HN: TinyPDF – 3kb pdf library (70x smaller than jsPDF) (github.com)

253 points by lulzx 4 weeks ago | 32 comments

513.

Swapping SIM cards used to be easy, and then came eSIM (arstechnica.com)

252 points by Brajeshwar 2 weeks ago | 282 comments

514.

Google is 'gradually rolling out' option to change your gmail.com address (9to5google.com)

252 points by geox 3 weeks ago | 234 comments

515.

Meta created 'playbook' to fend off pressure to crack down on scammers (reuters.com)

252 points by lossolo 2 weeks ago | 118 comments

516.

Slowness is a virtue (blog.jakobschwichtenberg.com)

252 points by jakobgreenfeld 4 weeks ago | 86 comments

517.

HSBC blocks its app due to F-Droid-installed Bitwarden (mastodon.neilzone.co.uk)

251 points by _____k 2 weeks ago | 227 comments

518.

Claude CLI deleted my home directory and wiped my Mac (old.reddit.com)

251 points by tamnd 1 month ago | 214 comments

519.

Microsoft please get your tab to autocomplete shit together (ivanca.github.io)

251 points by AmbroseBierce 3 weeks ago | 150 comments

520.

An Interactive Guide to the Fourier Transform (betterexplained.com)

251 points by pykello 1 month ago | 60 comments

521.

He set out to walk around the world. After 27 years, his quest is nearly over (washingtonpost.com)

250 points by wallflower 1 month ago | 280 comments

522.

A Cozy Mk IV light aircraft crashed after 3D-printed part was weakened by heat (bbc.com)

250 points by toss1 1 month ago | 207 comments

523.

Show HN: I made a spreadsheet where formulas also update backwards (victorpoughon.github.io)

250 points by fouronnes3 1 month ago | 113 comments

524.

Staying ahead of censors in 2025 (forum.torproject.org)

249 points by ggeorgovassilis 2 weeks ago | 319 comments

525.

Wall Street ruined the Roomba and then blamed Lina Khan (thebignewsletter.com)

248 points by connor11528 3 weeks ago | 197 comments

526.

Stewart Cheifet, creator of The Computer Chronicles, has died (obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com)

248 points by spankibalt 2 weeks ago | 78 comments

527.

TurboDiffusion: 100–200× Acceleration for Video Diffusion Models (github.com)

248 points by meander_water 3 weeks ago | 46 comments

528.

Archivists posted the 60 minutes CECOT segment Bari Weiss killed (404media.co)

247 points by m-hodges 3 weeks ago | 11 comments

529.

Measuring AI Ability to Complete Long Tasks (metr.org)

246 points by spicypete 3 weeks ago | 193 comments

530.

CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them? (2021) (newstatesman.com)

245 points by nis0s 2 weeks ago | 311 comments

531.

Things I want to say to my boss (ithoughtaboutthatalot.com)

245 points by casca 1 month ago | 221 comments

532.

An off-grid, flat-packable washing machine (positive.news)

245 points by ohjeez 1 month ago | 120 comments

533.

A compact camera built using an optical mouse (petapixel.com)

245 points by PaulHoule 1 month ago | 49 comments

534.

2025 was a disaster for Windows 11 (windowscentral.com)

244 points by speckx 2 weeks ago | 317 comments

535.

Google's year in review: areas with research breakthroughs in 2025 (blog.google)

244 points by Anon84 3 weeks ago | 168 comments

536.

When compilers surprise you (xania.org)

244 points by brewmarche 3 weeks ago | 104 comments

537.

NYC Mayoral Inauguration bans Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero alongside explosives (blog.adafruit.com)