top 20 hacker news stories for 2026-05-01

The Gay Jailbreak Technique

https://github.com/Exocija/ZetaLib/blob/main/The%20Gay%20Jailbreak/The%20Gay%20Jailbreak.md

3 months ago

★ 697 Roff

DeepSeek V4–almost on the frontier, a fraction of the price

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/24/deepseek-v4/

3 months ago

Ti-84 Evo

https://education.ti.com/en/products/calculators/graphing-calculators/ti-84-evo

3 months ago

Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables

https://github.com/darrylmorley/whatcable

3 months ago

★ 2.1k Swift MIT

City Learns Flock Accessed Cameras in Children's Gymnastics Room as a Sales Demo

https://www.404media.co/city-learns-flock-accessed-cameras-in-childrens-gymnastics-room-as-a-sales-pitch-demo-renews-contract-anyway/

3 months ago

It's Possible to Learn in Our Sleep. Should We?

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/its-possible-to-learn-in-our-sleep-should-we

3 months ago

AI Uses Less Water Than the Public Thinks

https://californiawaterblog.com/2026/04/26/ai-water-use-distractions-and-lessons-for-california/

3 months ago

Grok 4.3

https://docs.x.ai/developers/models/grok-4.3

3 months ago

Uber Torches 2026 AI Budget on Claude Code in Four Months

https://www.briefs.co/news/uber-torches-entire-2026-ai-budget-on-claude-code-in-four-months/

3 months ago

Apple accidentally left Claude.md files Apple Support app

https://xcancel.com/aaronp613/status/2049986504617820551

3 months ago

Show HN: We Rebuilt AppAnne and Created Appkittiedead

https://www.appkittie.com

3 months ago

Using "underdrawings" for accurate text and numbers

https://samcollins.blog/underdrawings/

3 months ago

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2026)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47975571

3 months ago

Spotify adds 'Verified' badges to distinguish human artists from AI

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yerr4m1yno

3 months ago

Police Have Used License Plate Readers at Least 14x to Stalk Romantic Interests

https://ij.org/police-have-reportedly-used-license-plate-readers-to-stalk-romantic-interests-at-least-14-times-in-recent-years/

3 months ago

Your Website Is Not for You

https://websmith.studio/blog/your-website-is-not-for-you/

3 months ago

An open letter asking NHS England to keep its code open

https://keepthingsopen.com

3 months ago

Apocalypse Early Warning System

https://ews.kylemcdonald.net/

3 months ago

Credit Cards Are Vulnerable to Brute Force Kind Attacks

https://metin.nextc.org/posts/Credit_Cards_Are_Vulnerable_To_Brute_Force_Kind_Attacks.html

3 months ago

US–Indian space mission maps extreme subsidence in Mexico City

https://phys.org/news/2026-04-usindian-space-mission-extreme-subsidence.html

3 months ago