top 20 hacker news stories for today

Copyright does not protect AI-generated content in EU

https://mathstodon.xyz/@maxpool/117128107757895678

2 hours ago

128 upvotes – 105 comments

It is a sign of the times that Amazon gets to call this fair use

http://observationalepidemiology.blogspot.com/2026/08/it-is-sign-of-times-that-amazon-gets-to.html

1 hour ago

62 upvotes – 26 comments

There's no such thing as a small software team anymore

https://jacob.gold/posts/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-small-software-team/

2 hours ago

27 upvotes – 33 comments

As workplace surveillance grows, it's good to know the ways employers watch you

https://apnews.com/article/employer-surveillance-bossware-tracking-workplace-7d61e74242b872457bbfcf2223f9ebd5

1 hour ago

10 upvotes – 0 comments

The University as We Know It Is Finished

https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-multiversity-is-finished

2 hours ago

9 upvotes – 4 comments

Darth Vader speaks out on Flock cameras at City Council meeting [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5d5knDpb5s

1 hour ago

9 upvotes – 0 comments

If You Weren't Worried About A.I., You Should Be

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/opinion/ai-danger-openai-anthropic-models.html

2 hours ago

7 upvotes – 3 comments

Show HN: ParqDB – Vector search in the browser from Parquet over HTTP"

https://search.parqdb.io/

2 hours ago

6 upvotes – 0 comments

Berkeley Law prohibits AI use in classes (by default)

https://www.law.berkeley.edu/academics/registrar/academic-rules/artificial-intelligence-policy/

53 minutes ago

6 upvotes – 1 comments

ChatGPT Can Now Control iMessage, Potentially Raising Apple Privacy Concerns

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/chatgpt-now-control-imessage-potentially-205633657.html

2 hours ago

5 upvotes – 1 comments

Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence

https://blog.curiousquail.com/im-upset-again-about-a-co-creator-of-rss-being-prosecuted-for-something-meta-is-doing-with-little-consequence/

6 hours ago

1044 upvotes – 232 comments

Don't paste the AI, please

https://dontpastetheai.com/

18 hours ago

1 change
991 upvotes – 542 comments

AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint

https://blog.laserphile.com/2026/08/aliexpress-webpage-keeping-multipoint.html

16 hours ago

902 upvotes – 294 comments

Show HN: I trained a 125M model to autocomplete piano on-device

https://simedw.com/2026/08/20/midi-autocomplete/

14 hours ago

517 upvotes – 108 comments

Malicious Rust crate Arrayref runs a build-time payload

https://safedep.io/arrayref-proc-macro1-rust-build-time-malware/

13 hours ago

2 changes
404 upvotes – 365 comments

CIA funding helped keep NeXT afloat in the 80s

https://www.wsj.com/tech/steve-jobs-apple-next-cia-161b65f9?st=NWWds1&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

1 day ago

3 changes
344 upvotes – 210 comments

The August 17 outage, and the work ahead

https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/the-august-17-outage-and-the-work-ahead/

7 hours ago

340 upvotes – 380 comments

Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003)

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20030825-00/?p=42803

20 hours ago

1 change
339 upvotes – 132 comments

Turns are Better than Radians (2022)

https://www.computerenhance.com/p/turns-are-better-than-radians

1 day ago

1 change
334 upvotes – 199 comments

Watching TikTok and Instagram deactivates the cognitive control network: Study

https://www.rathbiotaclan.com/tiktok-videos-deactivate-key-cognitive-brain-regions/

7 hours ago

1 change
307 upvotes – 114 comments
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