top 10 hacker news stories for today

Y Combinator's Stake in OpenAI (0.6%)

https://daringfireball.net/2026/05/y_combinators_stake_in_openai

59 minutes ago

7 upvotes – 0 comments

Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym

https://thienantran.com/talking-to-35-strangers-at-the-gym/

13 hours ago

1117 upvotes – 525 comments

GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0p8yled1do

15 hours ago

635 upvotes – 598 comments

Trademark Violation: Fake Notepad++ for Mac

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/npp-trademark-infringement/

15 hours ago

581 upvotes – 259 comments

Removable batteries in smartphones will be mandatory in the EU starting in 2027

https://www.ecopv-eu.com/en/blog-en/replaceable-smartphone-batteries-2027-eu-regulation/

9 hours ago

549 upvotes – 492 comments

GitHub Is Down

https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/72q3n8yxthcy

9 hours ago

419 upvotes – 256 comments

US healthcare marketplaces shared citizenship and race data with ad tech giants

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/04/us-healthcare-marketplaces-shared-citizenship-and-race-data-with-ad-tech-giants/

7 hours ago

407 upvotes – 138 comments

I am worried about Bun

https://wwj.dev/posts/i-am-worried-about-bun/

8 hours ago

395 upvotes – 267 comments

Microsoft Edge stores all passwords in memory in clear text, even when unused

https://twitter.com/L1v1ng0ffTh3L4N/status/2051308329880719730

6 hours ago

392 upvotes – 143 comments

Days Without GitHub Incidents

https://www.dayswithoutgithubincident.com/

7 hours ago

351 upvotes – 149 comments
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