HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

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Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service (theregister.com)

853 points by Brajeshwar 12 hours ago | 483 comments

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Accepting US car standards would risk European lives (etsc.eu)

801 points by saubeidl 12 hours ago | 673 comments

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"Captain Gains" on Capitol Hill (nber.org)

724 points by mhb 6 hours ago | 433 comments

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Paged Out (pagedout.institute)

556 points by varjag 23 hours ago | 58 comments

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The "Mad Men" in 4K on HBO Max Debacle (fxrant.blogspot.com)

345 points by tosh 8 hours ago | 150 comments

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Helldivers 2 devs slash install size from 154GB to 23GB (tomshardware.com)

315 points by doener 6 hours ago | 211 comments

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Japanese game devs face font dilemma as license increases from $380 to $20k (gamesindustry.biz)

311 points by zdw 16 hours ago | 175 comments

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MinIO is now in maintenance-mode (github.com)

287 points by hajtom 4 hours ago | 167 comments

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Steam Deck lead reveals Valve is funding ARM compatibility of Windows games (frvr.com)

286 points by OsrsNeedsf2P 3 hours ago | 10 comments

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Interview with RollerCoaster Tycoon's Creator, Chris Sawyer (2024) (medium.com)

252 points by areoform 15 hours ago | 44 comments

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Reverse engineering a $1B Legal AI tool exposed 100k+ confidential files (alexschapiro.com)

243 points by bearsyankees 2 hours ago | 66 comments

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Ghostty is now non-profit (mitchellh.com)

231 points by vrnvu 1 hour ago | 32 comments

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Kohler Can Access Pictures from "End-to-End Encrypted" Toilet Camera (varlogsimon.leaflet.pub)

213 points by TimDotC 18 hours ago | 210 comments

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You can't fool the optimizer (xania.org)

205 points by HeliumHydride 7 hours ago | 112 comments

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RCE Vulnerability in React and Next.js (github.com)

196 points by rayhaanj 4 hours ago | 63 comments

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Anthropic reportedly preparing for $300B IPO (vechron.com)

195 points by GeorgeWoff25 10 hours ago | 156 comments

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Free static site generator for small restaurants and cafes (lite.localcafe.org)

180 points by fullstacking 23 hours ago | 93 comments

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India scraps order to pre-install state-run cyber safety app on smartphones (bbc.com)

173 points by wolpoli 9 hours ago | 42 comments

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1D Conway's Life glider found, 3.7B cells long (conwaylife.com)

170 points by nooks 2 hours ago | 53 comments

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EmacsConf 2025 (emacsconf.org)

163 points by birdculture 22 hours ago | 15 comments

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Mapping the US healthcare system’s financial flows (healthisotherpeople.substack.com)

127 points by brandonb 5 hours ago | 129 comments

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Critical RCE Vulnerabilities in React and Next.js (wiz.io)

125 points by gonepivoting 4 hours ago | 64 comments

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Ecosia: The greenest AI is here (blog.ecosia.org)

118 points by doener 22 hours ago | 73 comments

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Are we repeating the telecoms crash with AI datacenters? (martinalderson.com)

113 points by davedx 8 hours ago | 73 comments

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DOOM could have had PC Speaker Music (lenowo.org)

112 points by minki_the_avali 20 hours ago | 72 comments

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AI Is Breaking the Moral Foundation of Modern Society (eyeofthesquid.com)

104 points by TinyBig 13 hours ago | 167 comments

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Microsoft lowers AI software growth targets (finance.yahoo.com)

94 points by ramoz 4 hours ago | 79 comments

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Quad9 DOH HTTP/1.1 Retirement, December 15, 2025 (quad9.net)

91 points by pickledoyster 14 hours ago | 46 comments

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Researchers Find Microbe Capable of Producing Oxygen from Martian Soil (scienceclock.com)

91 points by ashishgupta2209 13 hours ago | 35 comments

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AI generated font using Nano Banana (constanttime.notion.site)

90 points by ebaad96 22 hours ago | 32 comments