top 20 hacker news stories for 2026-02-15

Show HN: HackerTok – HN with Local Recommendations

https://hackertok.blode.co

8 months ago

WHO slams US-funded newborn vaccine trial as "unethical"

https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/02/who-slams-us-funded-newborn-vaccine-trial-as-unethical/

8 months ago

OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/openclaw-creator-peter-steinberger-joins-openai/

8 months ago

Ancient Mars was warm and wet, not cold and icy

https://theconversation.com/early-mars-was-warm-and-wet-not-icy-suggests-latest-research-275347

8 months ago

I don't think AGI is imminent

https://dlants.me/agi-not-imminent.html

8 months ago

Visualizing the ARM64 Instruction Set (2024)

https://zyedidia.github.io/blog/posts/6-arm64/

8 months ago

Error payloads in Zig

https://srcreigh.ca/posts/error-payloads-in-zig/

8 months ago

Following Discord's suit, OpenAI will scan your usage and ask to confirm your ID

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/following-discords-suit-openai-will-also-predict-your-age-based-on-your-usage-to-know-if-it-should-id-you-at-the-digital-door/

8 months ago

Continuous batching from first principles (2025)

https://huggingface.co/blog/continuous_batching

8 months ago

Peter Thiel: 2,436 emails with Epstein from 2014 to 2019

https://jmail.world/wiki/peter-thiel

8 months ago

Microsoft AI chief confirms plan to ditch OpenAI

https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-confirms-plan-to-ditch-openai-as-the-chatgpt-firm-continues-to-beg-big-tech-for-cash

8 months ago

Magnus Carlsen Wins the Freestyle (Chess960) World Championship

https://www.fide.com/magnus-carlsen-wins-2026-fide-freestyle-world-championship/

8 months ago

The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead)

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/the-great-computer-science-exodus-and-where-students-are-going-instead/

8 months ago

Encyclopedia of people, places, and events from the Epstein

https://jmail.world/wiki

8 months ago

I Was a Director at Amex When They Started Replacing Us with $30K Workers [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5fXrPMGM5E

8 months ago

The Economics of a Super Bowl Ad

https://ro.co/perspectives/super-bowl-economics/

8 months ago

OpenClaw, OpenAI and the Future

https://steipete.me/posts/2026/openclaw

8 months ago

OpenAI Acquires OpenClaw

https://twitter.com/gdb/status/2023151862967632010

8 months ago

Can the shingles vaccine slow ageing? The evidence is surprisingly strong

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/02/13/can-the-shingles-vaccine-slow-ageing

8 months ago

OpenClaw Joins OpenAI

https://twitter.com/sama/status/2023150230905159801

8 months ago