top 10 hacker news stories for today

CFTC declares market emergency, orders Kalshi to continue to operate in New York

https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9281-26

1 hour ago

117 upvotes – 93 comments

DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flight

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/08/def-con-crowd-suspected-in-fake-hotspot-attack-on-delta-flight/

1 hour ago

18 upvotes – 4 comments

Xinjiang Internment Camps

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_internment_camps

2 hours ago

11 upvotes – 0 comments

Gen Z has rediscovered the joy of going to the movies

https://www.economist.com/culture/2026/08/11/gen-z-has-rediscovered-the-joy-of-going-to-the-movies

33 minutes ago

8 upvotes – 2 comments

New Bedford police officer accused of using Flock cameras to track ex-partner

https://newbedfordlight.org/new-bedford-police-officer-accused-of-using-flock-cameras-to-track-and-follow-ex-romantic-partner/

30 minutes ago

6 upvotes – 3 comments

Jellyfish force shutdown of three reactors at French nuclear plant

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/08/11/jellyfish-force-shutdown-of-three-reactors-at-french-nuclear-plant_6756372_7.html

1 hour ago

5 upvotes – 3 comments

France to ban unsolicited telemarketing calls

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/08/06/france-to-ban-unsolicited-telemarketing-calls-from-august-11_6756208_7.html

17 hours ago

987 upvotes – 478 comments

Stealing Reasoning Traces from Proprietary LLM APIs

https://stolen-thoughts.com/

12 hours ago

499 upvotes – 209 comments

England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c75gk620r22o

13 hours ago

492 upvotes – 355 comments

H3-metal – Native MiniMax-H3 inference for Apple Silicon

https://github.com/antirez/h3.c

1 day ago

★ 1.2k C MIT2 changes
426 upvotes – 94 comments
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