Hacker News Recap

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 18, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Slack has raised our charges by $195k per yearOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45283887&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:51): Nvidia buys $5B in IntelOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45288161&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:12): KDE is now my favorite desktopOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45288690&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:33): Meta Ray-Ban DisplayOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45283306&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:55): Show HN: The text disappears when you screenshot itOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45284311&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:16): Meta’s live demo fails; “AI” recording plays before the actor takes the stepsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45294859&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:37): CERN Animal Shelter for Computer Mice (2011)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45286369&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:58): Grief gets an expiration date, just like usOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45290021&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:20): Apple: SSH and FileVaultOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45294440&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:41): Want to piss off your IT department? Are the links not malicious looking enough?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45295898&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

In a recent discussion, the Apple Photos app faced a serious issue with image corruption. Major advancements like the completion of WebAssembly 3.0 and a nostalgic revival of GNU Midnight Commander also caught attention. Financial concerns arose with Slack raising prices by a staggering $195,000 annually. Additionally, Asus gamers grapple with a firmware bug while Germany’s stance on EU chat-control shifted to undecided. The dialogue also covered urgent security updates for iOS, pressures in media leading to show cancellations, and strategies for overcoming procrastination.

A man finds himself jailed for refusing to decrypt his Tor node, raising critical questions about privacy rights. The discussion highlights a massive malware attack compromising over 40 NPM packages. UN investigators announce a damning report on Israel regarding genocide in Gaza. Explore the resurgence of Linux phones as vital tools for privacy and control. Denmark celebrates near-eradication of cancer-causing HPV strains through vaccination efforts. Meanwhile, Waymo prepares for commercial operations at SFO, stirring excitement in tech circles.

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 15, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Hosting a website on a disposable vapeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45252817&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:52): Hosting a website on a disposable vapeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45249287&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:14): Denmark's Justice Minister calls encrypted messaging a false civil libertyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45248802&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:37): PayPal to support Ethereum and BitcoinOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45249915&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:59): React is winning by default and slowing innovationOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45252715&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:21): The Mac app flea marketOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45246971&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:44): Wanted to spy on my dog, ended up spying on TP-LinkOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45251690&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:06): Language models pack billions of concepts into 12k dimensionsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45245948&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:28): macOS TahoeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45252378&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:51): RustGPT: A pure-Rust transformer LLM built from scratchOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45247890&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 14, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Models of European metro stationsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45238055&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:52): ChatControl update: blocking minority held but Denmark is moving forward anywayOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45242458&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:15): Repetitive negative thinking associated with cognitive decline in older adultsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45239085&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:38): EPA Seeks to Eliminate Critical PFAS Drinking Water ProtectionsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45239803&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:01): Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45243635&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:24): Writing an operating system kernel from scratchOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45240682&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:47): Why We SpiralOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45240146&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:10): Grapevine canes can be converted into plastic-like material that will decomposeOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45243803&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:33): If my kids excel, will they move away?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45236411&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:56): Bank of Thailand freezes 3M accounts, sets daily transfer limits to curb fraudOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45240304&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 13, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Show HN: A store that generates products from anything you type in searchOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45231378&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:52): SkiftOS: A hobby OS built from scratch using C/C++ for ARM, x86, and RISC-VOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45229414&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:14): AI codingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45230677&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:37): Myocardial infarction may be an infectious diseaseOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45235648&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:59): Japan sets record of nearly 100k people aged over 100Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45232052&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:21): Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45229799&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:44): Life, work, death and the peasant: Rent and extractionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45228472&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:06): Four-year wedding crasher mystery solvedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45232562&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:29): Magical systems thinkingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45233266&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:51): ‘Overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AIOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45231239&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 12, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45224967&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:54): The treasury is expanding the Patriot Act to attack Bitcoin self custodyOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45221274&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:18): Qwen3-NextOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45219228&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:42): Many hard LeetCode problems are easy constraint problemsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45222695&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:06): Corporations are trying to hide job openings from US citizensOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45223719&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:30): UTF-8 is a brilliant designOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45225098&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:54): Float ExposedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45217415&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:18): Chat Control faces blocking minority in the EUOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45221580&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:42): QGIS is a free, open-source, cross platform geographical information systemOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45224156&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:06): Debian 13, Postgres, and the US time zonesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45218111&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 11, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Germany is not supporting ChatControl – blocking minority securedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45209366&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:51): Court rejects Verizon claim that selling location data without consent is legalOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45206567&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:12): Behind the scenes of Bun InstallOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45210850&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:33): Top model scores may be skewed by Git history leaks in SWE-benchOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45214670&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:54): Nano Banana image examplesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45215869&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:15): GrapheneOS and forensic extraction of data (2024)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45210910&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:36): Gregg Kellogg has diedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45210564&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:58): Seoul says US must fix its visa system if it wants Korea's investmentsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45206805&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:19): Claude’s memory architecture is the opposite of ChatGPT’sOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45214908&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:40): Reshaped is now open sourceOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45209558&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 10, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): I didn't bring my son to a museum to look at screensOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45199931&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:52): Charlie Kirk killed at event in UtahOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45202200&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:14): I replaced Animal Crossing's dialogue with a live LLM by hacking GameCube memoryOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45192655&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:37): Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone"Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45195520&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:59): ChatGPT Developer Mode: Full MCP client accessOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45199713&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:21): KDE launches its own distributionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45204393&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:44): OrioleDB Patent: now freely available to the Postgres communityOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45196173&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:06): Court rejects Verizon claim that selling location data without consent is legalOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45206567&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:28): We can’t circumvent the work needed to train our mindsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45198420&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:51): TikTok has turned culture into a feedback loop of impulse and machine learningOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45199760&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on September 09, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): New Mexico is first state in US to offer universal child careOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45182372&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:50): iPhone AirOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45186015&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:10): We all dodged a bulletOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45183029&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:30): ICE is using fake cell towers to spy on people's phonesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45184368&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:50): Claude now has access to a server-side container environmentOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45182381&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:10): U.S. added 911k fewer jobs in year through March than reported earlierOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45182111&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:30): Memory Integrity EnforcementOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45186265&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:50): E-paper display reaches the realm of LCD screensOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45185756&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:10): Immunotherapy drug clinical trial results: half of tumors shrink or disappearOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45188945&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:30): US High school students' scores fall in reading and mathOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45182657&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai