top 10 hacker news stories for 2026-08-07

What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers

https://www.noemamag.com/why-is-everyone-in-tech-so-sad/

2 months ago

2 changes
1107 upvotes – 1334 comments

US strikes $1.2B deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e1vg0gjl5o

2 months ago

909 upvotes – 887 comments

New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children’s mental health

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/06/new-mexico-court-meta

2 months ago

4 changes
814 upvotes – 433 comments

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731

https://arcprize.org/results/deepseek-v4-flash-0731

2 months ago

795 upvotes – 476 comments

Oracle bans AI-generated code from OpenJDK

https://app.dealroom.co/news/feed/oracle-bans-ai-generated-code-from-openjdk-despite-ellison-s-claim-oracle-isn-t-writing-its-own-code

2 months ago

535 upvotes – 382 comments

2027 memory capacity is reportedly sold out

https://www.ign.com/articles/ramageddon-continues-another-year-as-2027-memory-capacity-is-reportedly-sold-out

2 months ago

1 change
516 upvotes – 497 comments

A year of fighting scrapers on my 1.5 million-page website

https://patronview.com/news/99-percent-of-my-website-traffic-is-bots/

2 months ago

1 change
461 upvotes – 438 comments

Stowaway – Take the window seat on any plane or satellite overhead

https://stowaway.live/

2 months ago

1 change
437 upvotes – 69 comments

Assembly Hall of Shame

https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/asm-hall-of-shame

2 months ago

★ 877 C MIT
434 upvotes – 112 comments

Sonic Pi v5

https://www.patreon.com/samaaron/posts/sonic-pi-v5-166001392

2 months ago

1 change
429 upvotes – 104 comments
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