top 20 hacker news stories for today

The brain may be about to have its Ozempic moment

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/08/11/the-brain-may-be-about-to-have-its-ozempic-moment

1 hour ago

Queryable Executables

https://fzakaria.com/2026/08/24/actually-queryable-executables

2 hours ago

Hacker News now has an active (official) X account

https://twitter.com/hackernews/status/2092359322433191997

2 hours ago

Letter from Dolly Parton to Eminem

https://twitter.com/Eminem/status/2092367272891310482

27 minutes ago

Big Tech's Frantic Race to Quell the Growing Backlash to AI

https://www.wsj.com/tech/inside-big-techs-frantic-race-to-quell-the-growing-backlash-to-ai-2a717339

26 minutes ago

Engineers laid off at Apple headquarters

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/apple-engineers-layoff-22403206.php

1 hour ago

Dolly Parton has died

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/25/dolly-parton-country-singer-dead

8 hours ago

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Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/08/apple-introduces-m6-and-m5-ultra-for-a-big-leap-in-performance-and-ai-compute/

13 hours ago

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New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/08/apple-introduces-new-mac-studio-with-m5-max-and-m5-ultra/

13 hours ago

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Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/1442

9 hours ago

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My Friend Aaron

https://rorz.io/writing/my-friend-aaron

9 hours ago

New Mac mini, featuring M6 and M5 Pro

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/08/apple-unveils-a-more-powerful-mac-mini-featuring-the-all-new-m6-and-m5-pro/

13 hours ago

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OpenAI Jalapeño: Better than Nvidia Blackwell

https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/openai-jalapeno-better-than-nvidia

12 hours ago

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Don't Wordle

https://dontwordle.com/

14 hours ago

Qwen 3.8-Flash-Next releasing tomorrow (125B a6B)

https://modelscope.cn/models/Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

14 hours ago

FDA authorizes first wearable device that monitors ketone and blood sugar levels

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-authorizes-first-wearable-device-continuously-monitors-both-ketone-levels-and-blood-sugar

7 hours ago

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Firefox 157 will include JPEG XL by default on all platforms

https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-platform/c/3YMV4MS34KA?pli=1

8 hours ago

Bomb fishing is wreaking havoc on Indonesia's coral reefs

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/bomb-fishing-coral-reefs

12 hours ago

1 change

Building a backyard office, the build and cost breakdown

https://www.imkylelambert.com/articles/building-a-backyard-office-the-build-and-cost-breakdown

12 hours ago

How much of HN is AI?

https://blog.coredump.cx/p/how-much-of-hn-is-ai

11 hours ago

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