top 10 hacker news stories for today

A recent experience with ChatGPT 5.5 Pro

https://gowers.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/a-recent-experience-with-chatgpt-5-5-pro/

8 hours ago

329 upvotes – 184 comments

EU calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing" in age verification push

https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/

5 hours ago

233 upvotes – 168 comments

Using Claude Code: The unreasonable effectiveness of HTML

https://twitter.com/trq212/status/2052809885763747935

5 hours ago

160 upvotes – 88 comments

Over 97% of the 'Linux' Foundation's Budget Goes Not to Linux

https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/08/Over_97_of_the_Linux_Foundation_s_Budget_Goes_Not_to_Linux.shtml

7 hours ago

142 upvotes – 83 comments

People Hate AI Art

https://mccue.dev/pages/5-8-26-ai-art

10 hours ago

118 upvotes – 131 comments

All my clients wanted a carousel, now it's an AI chatbot

https://adele.pages.casa/md/blog/all-my-clients-wanted-a-carousel-now-it-s-an-ai-chatbot.md

3 hours ago

100 upvotes – 46 comments

I Will Never Use AI to Code

https://antman-does-software.com/i-will-never-use-ai-to-code-or-write

4 hours ago

47 upvotes – 54 comments

Archive.today Reverts to Monero-Only Donations

https://archive.fo

10 hours ago

29 upvotes – 2 comments

GNUtrition 0.33.0rc1 Now Available

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnutrition/2026-05/msg00000.html

7 hours ago

25 upvotes – 0 comments

Hondurasgate: US, Israeli Plot to Destabilize Mexico, Latin America

https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-07/hondurasgate-the-alleged-us-and-israeli-interference-plot-to-destabilize-mexico-and-other-progressive-governments.html

2 hours ago

20 upvotes – 3 comments
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