top 10 hacker news stories for 2025-08-20

Show HN: I was curious about spherical helix, ended up making this visualization

https://visualrambling.space/moving-objects-in-3d/

1 year ago

Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel?

https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/anubis.html

1 year ago

AGENTS.md – Open format for guiding coding agents

https://agents.md/

1 year ago

Copilot broke audit logs, but Microsoft won't tell customers

https://pistachioapp.com/blog/copilot-broke-your-audit-log

1 year ago

Zedless: Zed fork focused on privacy and being local-first

https://github.com/zedless-editor/zed

1 year ago

Ask HN: Why does the US Visa application website do a port-scan of my network?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44959073

1 year ago

Sequoia backs Zed

https://zed.dev/blog/sequoia-backs-zed

1 year ago

Pixel 10 Phones

https://blog.google/products/pixel/google-pixel-10-pro-xl/

1 year ago

Home Depot sued for 'secretly' using facial recognition at self-checkouts

https://petapixel.com/2025/08/20/home-depot-sued-for-secretly-using-facial-recognition-technology-on-self-checkout-cameras/

1 year ago

Burner Phone 101

https://rebeccawilliams.info/burner-phone-101/

1 year ago