top 20 hacker news stories for 2026-05-23

Texas woman arrested for Facebook post about town water quality

https://reclaimthenet.org/texas-woman-arrested-for-facebook-post-about-town-water-quality

5 months ago

It's time to talk about my writerdeck

https://veronicaexplains.net/my-first-writerdeck/

5 months ago

On The <dl>

https://benmyers.dev/blog/on-the-dl/

5 months ago

The Art of Money Getting

https://kk.org/cooltools/book-freak-210-the-art-of-money-getting/

5 months ago

BambuStudio has been violating PrusaSlicer AGPL license since their fork

https://xcancel.com/josefprusa/status/2054602354851254330

5 months ago

Didgeridoo playing as alternative treatment for obstructive sleep apnea(2006)

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1360393/

5 months ago

Oura says it gets government demands for user data. Will it share how many?

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/oura-says-it-gets-government-demands-for-user-data-will-it-share-how-many/

5 months ago

Italy Cancels Boeing Pegasus Order, Shifting to Airbus A330 MRTT

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/21/italy-moves-to-airbus-a330-tankers-in-major-nato-aligned-shift

5 months ago

80386 Microcode Disassembled

https://www.reenigne.org/blog/80386-microcode-disassembled/

5 months ago

Is AI Profitable Yet?

https://isaiprofitable.com/

5 months ago

Experience: We found a baby on the subway – now he's our 26-year-old son

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/22/experience-found-baby-subway-now-26-year-old-son

5 months ago

I Miss Terry Pratchett

https://www.mahl.me/blog/the-spell-that-wouldnt-leave/

5 months ago

Microsoft reports AI is more expensive than paying human employees

https://fortune.com/2026/05/22/microsoft-ai-cost-problem-tokens-agents/

5 months ago

Spanish Court Declines to Fine NordVPN over LaLiga Piracy Blocking Order

https://torrentfreak.com/spanish-court-declines-to-fine-nordvpn-over-laliga-piracy-blocking-order/

5 months ago

US tech firms share Dutch regulator officials' names with Senate

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/05/us-tech-firms-share-dutch-regulator-officials-names-with-senate/

5 months ago

The FBI Wants 'Near Real-Time' Access to US License Plate Readers

https://www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-fbi-license-plate-reader-real-time-access/

5 months ago

White Rabbit – sub-nanosecond synchronization for large distributed systems

https://ohwr.org/projects/white-rabbit/

5 months ago

- -dangerously-skip-reading-code – olano.dev

https://olano.dev/blog/dangerously-skip/

5 months ago

Making Deep Learning Go Brrrr from First Principles

https://horace.io/brrr_intro.html

5 months ago

FBI director's Based Apparel site has been spotted hosting a 'ClickFix' attack

https://www.pcmag.com/news/kash-patels-apparel-site-is-trying-to-trick-visitors-into-installing-malware

5 months ago