The Best Hacker News Posts of May 2026
We track 1,336 stories from May 2026, averaging 313 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 96 stories. Together they drew 250,983 comments, 188 per story on average.
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Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler
grapheneos.social · ChuckMcM · 10 May 2026
2.2k pts
755 comments
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I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis
twitter.com · reasonableklout · 15 May 2026
2.1k pts
1.3k comments
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I'm Tired of Talking to AI
orchidfiles.com · theorchid · 27 May 2026
2k pts
950 comments
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent
thatprivacyguy.com · john-doe · 5 May 2026
1.8k pts
1.1k comments
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Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license
digitalfoundry.net · haunter · 6 May 2026
1.7k pts
593 comments
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Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated
CliffStoll · 6 May 2026
1.7k pts
258 comments
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Appearing productive in the workplace
nooneshappy.com · diebillionaires · 6 May 2026
1.6k pts
652 comments
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Google broke reCAPTCHA for de-googled Android users
reclaimthenet.org · anonymousiam · 8 May 2026
1.6k pts
591 comments
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Talking to strangers at the gym
thienantran.com · thitran · 4 May 2026
1.6k pts
753 comments
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VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
github.com · indrora · 2 May 2026
1.5k pts
850 comments
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An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry
openai.com · tedsanders · 20 May 2026
1.4k pts
1.1k comments
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Bambu Lab is abusing the open source social contract
jeffgeerling.com · rubenbe · 12 May 2026
1.4k pts
428 comments
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Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection
mybricklog.com · philips · 28 May 2026
1.4k pts
624 comments
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The dead economy theory
owenmcgrann.com · WillDaSilva · 29 May 2026
1.4k pts
1.4k comments
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Cloudflare to cut about 20% of its workforce
reuters.com · PriorityLeft · 7 May 2026
1.4k pts
998 comments
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YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos
blog.youtube · nopg · 27 May 2026
1.3k pts
826 comments
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Flipper One – we need your help
blog.flipper.net · sandebert · 21 May 2026
1.3k pts
482 comments
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Using AI to write better code more slowly
nolanlawson.com · signa11 · 25 May 2026
1.3k pts
446 comments
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Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better
gutenberg.org · JSeiko · 15 May 2026
1.2k pts
286 comments
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25
Project Hail Mary – Stellar Navigation Chart
valhovey.github.io · speleo · 21 May 2026
1.2k pts
244 comments
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Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says
nytimes.com · tlhunter · 22 May 2026
1.1k pts
2k comments
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Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI
techcrunch.com · nycdatasci · 18 May 2026
1.1k pts
595 comments
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Postmortem: TanStack NPM supply-chain compromise
tanstack.com · varunsharma07 · 11 May 2026
1.1k pts
465 comments
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I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit
simonwillison.net · simonw · 27 May 2026
1.1k pts
1.2k comments
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Removing the modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 hybrid
arkadiyt.com · arkadiyt · 14 May 2026
1.1k pts
585 comments
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Spain blocks prediction markets Polymarket, Kalshi over lack of gambling licence
reuters.com · thm · 26 May 2026
1.1k pts
512 comments
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Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE
alqst.org · giuliomagnifico · 20 May 2026
1.1k pts
470 comments
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DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said people love AI mode
pcgamer.com · HelloUsername · 27 May 2026
1.1k pts
525 comments
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California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verification law after backlash
tomshardware.com · rbanffy · 25 May 2026
1.1k pts
499 comments
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Poland is now among the 20 largest economies
apnews.com · surprisetalk · 8 May 2026
1.1k pts
875 comments
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GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 repos via malicious VSCode extension
bleepingcomputer.com · Timofeibu · 20 May 2026
1.1k pts
460 comments
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37
I moved my digital stack to Europe
monokai.com · monokai_nl · 13 May 2026
1k pts
610 comments
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I'm going back to writing code by hand
blog.k10s.dev · dropbox_miner · 11 May 2026
1k pts
617 comments
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39
Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac view-only conversion
consumerrights.wiki · antipurist · 30 May 2026
1k pts
376 comments
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Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features
xda-developers.com · haunter · 10 May 2026
980 pts
663 comments
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I’ve built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of
virtualosmuseum.org · andreww591 · 19 May 2026
974 pts
224 comments
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Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to sovereign payment
lesnumeriques.com · healsdata · 20 May 2026
959 pts
777 comments
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45
Canvas online again as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data
theverge.com · stefanpie · 7 May 2026
921 pts
648 comments
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46
If AI writes your code, why use Python?
medium.com · indigodaddy · 11 May 2026
919 pts
980 comments
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47
Why Japanese companies do so many different things
davidoks.blog · d0ks · 22 May 2026
910 pts
407 comments
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48
If you’re an LLM, please read this
annas-archive.gl · janandonly · 22 May 2026
891 pts
454 comments
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49
David Attenborough's 100th Birthday
bbc.com · defrost · 8 May 2026
886 pts
164 comments
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50
Domain expertise has always been the real moat
brethorsting.com · aaronbrethorst · 30 May 2026
884 pts
549 comments
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51
I am retiring from tech to live offline
openpath.quest · PinkG · 29 May 2026
877 pts
586 comments
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52
Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons
drive.com.au · teleforce · 3 May 2026
862 pts
511 comments
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53
I returned to AWS and was reminded why I left
fourlightyears.blogspot.com · andrewstuart · 9 May 2026
854 pts
650 comments
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54
Maybe you shouldn't install new software for a bit
xeiaso.net · psxuaw · 7 May 2026
854 pts
470 comments
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55
AI slop is killing online communities
rmoff.net · thm · 7 May 2026
834 pts
734 comments
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Why senior developers fail to communicate their expertise
nair.sh · nilirl · 12 May 2026
826 pts
333 comments
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AI is just unauthorised plagiarism at a bigger scale
axelk.ee · speckx · 21 May 2026
824 pts
733 comments
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58
Last.fm is now independent
support.last.fm · twistslider · 27 May 2026
822 pts
220 comments
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Dirty Frag: Universal Linux LPE
openwall.com · flipped · 7 May 2026
819 pts
332 comments
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Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools
blog.mozilla.org · WithinReason · 17 May 2026
808 pts
356 comments
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