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/

2 weeks ago

865 upvotes – 132 comments

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

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

2 weeks ago

839 upvotes – 908 comments

AGENTS.md – Open format for guiding coding agents

https://agents.md/

2 weeks ago

837 upvotes – 382 comments

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

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

2 weeks ago

821 upvotes – 310 comments

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

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

2 weeks ago

556 upvotes – 322 comments

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

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

2 weeks ago

537 upvotes – 252 comments

Sequoia backs Zed

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

2 weeks ago

450 upvotes – 326 comments

Pixel 10 Phones

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

2 weeks ago

442 upvotes – 965 comments

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/

2 weeks ago

426 upvotes – 602 comments

Burner Phone 101

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

2 weeks ago

422 upvotes – 190 comments
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