top 20 hacker news stories for 2025-07-31

Canada tariff to 35% as US announces new levies for dozens of countries

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cpqvdxzwv22t

1 year ago

Bup: It Backs Things Up

https://bup.github.io/

1 year ago

British man claims he's unable to watch porn as tattoos confuse age check system

https://needtoknow.co.uk/2025/07/30/britains-most-tattooed-man-claims-he-is-unable-to-watch-prn-as-new-age-check-system-mistakes-his-ink-for-a-mask/

1 year ago

Google loses US appeal over app store reforms in Epic Games case

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/google-loses-us-appeal-over-app-store-reforms-epic-games-case-2025-07-31/

1 year ago

Canada plans to recognize a Palestinian state, the prime minister says

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/canada-will-recognize-palestinian-state-september-rcna222093

1 year ago

Understanding the Complete Identity Management Ecosystem

https://guptadeepak.com/understanding-the-complete-identity-management-ecosystem/

1 year ago

'Kick Door Challenge' on TikTok dangerous, Atlanta police warn parents

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/south-fulton-police-warning-parents-tiktok-trend-door-kick-challenge

1 year ago

Freenet / Hyphanet build 1503: fix vulnerability, WebP, convenience, optimized

https://www.hyphanet.org/freenet-hyphanet-build-15021503-fix-vulnerability-and-visibility-add-animated-webp-convenience-and-optimization.html

1 year ago

The era of ghosting job candidates is slowly ending

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-31/the-era-of-ghosting-job-candidates-is-slowly-ending

1 year ago

Surprise in the plant family: The potato is the daughter of the tomato

https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-07-31/surprise-in-the-plant-family-the-potato-is-the-daughter-of-the-tomato.html

1 year ago

Crafting your own Static Site Generator using Phoenix (2023)

https://fly.io/phoenix-files/crafting-your-own-static-site-generator-using-phoenix/

1 year ago

Show HN: Zero Waste Cloud – Finds 20-40% savings in AWS/GCP bills and CO2 impact

https://zerowastecloud.io/

1 year ago

We Replaced ETL with MCP

https://rashidazarang.com/c/how-were-making-business-software-talk-to-each-other-10x-faster

1 year ago

Show HN: Demitter – Distributed Node.js Event Emitter (Pub/Sub)

https://github.com/pmbanugo/demitter

1 year ago

World Athletics introduces SRY gene test for athletes in the female category

https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/sry-gene-test-athletes-female-category

1 year ago

People stuck using ancient Windows computers

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250516-the-people-stuck-using-ancient-windows-computers

1 year ago

Hawaiian petroglyphs reemerge on Oahu's shores after years of being hidden

https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/hawaiian-petroglyphs-reemerge-on-oahu/

1 year ago

Medium

https://schappi.com/medium.html

1 year ago

Age verification doesn't need to be a privacy footgun

https://soatok.blog/2025/07/31/age-verification-doesnt-need-to-be-a-privacy-footgun/

1 year ago

Proton Authenticator – secure 2FA, your way

https://proton.me/blog/authenticator-app

1 year ago