top 20 hacker news stories for 2026-03-03

The Xkcd thing, now interactive

https://editor.p5js.org/isohedral/full/vJa5RiZWs

5 months ago

I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online services

https://neilzone.co.uk/2026/03/im-struggling-to-think-of-any-online-services-for-which-id-be-willing-to-verify-my-identity-or-age/

5 months ago

Apple Introduces MacBook Pro with All‑New M5 Pro and M5 Max

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-introduces-macbook-pro-with-all-new-m5-pro-and-m5-max/

5 months ago

Claude's Cycles: Claude Opus 4.6 solves a problem posed by Don Knuth [pdf]

https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/papers/claude-cycles.pdf

5 months ago

Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ars-technica-fires-reporter-ai-quotes

5 months ago

I'm losing the SEO battle for my own open source project

https://twitter.com/Gavriel_Cohen/status/2028821432759717930

5 months ago

Lenovo's New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability

https://www.ifixit.com/News/115827/new-thinkpads-score-perfect-10-repairability

5 months ago

My first science video in 3 years (Pysics Girl)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3m3AMRlYfc

5 months ago

Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-introduces-the-new-macbook-air-with-m5/

5 months ago

Don't Become an Engineering Manager

https://newsletter.manager.dev/p/dont-become-an-engineering-manager

5 months ago

GPT‑5.3 Instant

https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-3-instant/

5 months ago

India's top court angry after junior judge cites fake AI-generated orders

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c178zzw780xo

5 months ago

Iran War Cost Tracker

https://iran-cost-ticker.com

5 months ago

Mullvad VPN: Banned TV Ad in the Streets of London [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwhznrpgl7k

5 months ago

When AI Writes the Software, Who Verifies It?

https://leodemoura.github.io/blog/2026/02/28/when-ai-writes-the-worlds-software.html

5 months ago

Intel's make-or-break 18A process node debuts for data center with 288-core Xeon

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intels-make-or-break-18a-process-node-debuts-for-data-center-with-288-core-xeon-6-cpu-multi-chip-monster-sports-12-channels-of-ddr5-8000-foveros-direct-3d-packaging-tech

5 months ago

Voxile: A ray-traced game made in its own engine and programming language

https://elbowgreasegames.substack.com/p/voxray-games-pushes-major-update

5 months ago

Arm's Cortex X925: Reaching Desktop Performance

https://chipsandcheese.com/p/arms-cortex-x925-reaching-desktop

5 months ago

Don't Make Me Talk to Your Chatbot

https://raymyers.org/post/dont-make-me-talk-to-your-chatbot/

5 months ago

A US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in Foreign Spy and Criminal Hands

https://www.wired.com/story/coruna-iphone-hacking-toolkit-us-government/

5 months ago