top 10 hacker news stories for 2026-08-29

Creepy Crawlies

https://people.kernel.org/monsieuricon/creepy-crawlies

1 month ago

1385 upvotes – 708 comments

Our decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX

https://openai.com/index/our-decision-on-cursor-following-its-acquisition-by-spacex/

1 month ago

852 upvotes – 544 comments

Debian votes to allow "responsible use of generative AI"

https://lwn.net/Articles/1091231/

1 month ago

517 upvotes – 486 comments

Good Culture Is the Biggest Productivity Hack, Not AI

https://newsletter.eng-leadership.com/p/good-culture-is-the-biggest-productivity

1 month ago

480 upvotes – 123 comments

The internet is kind of a predatory cesspit now

https://www.stephendiehl.com/posts/internet_predatory_cesspit/

1 month ago

1 change
464 upvotes – 319 comments

DHS is using obscure law to snoop on journalists, non-profits, unions

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/29/trump-dhs-1509-summons-records-journalists-nonprofits

1 month ago

464 upvotes – 105 comments

Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/28/texas-flock-cameras-auto-insurance-fee-mvcpa-grants/

1 month ago

445 upvotes – 349 comments

Hy4 preview

https://www.tencent.com/tencent-releases-and-open-sources-tencent-hy4-preview/

1 month ago

1 change
386 upvotes – 257 comments

American Airlines mechanic Azriel “Al” Blackman has died

https://simpleflying.com/american-airlines-mechanic-passes-away-100-record-80-years/

1 month ago

2 changes
385 upvotes – 163 comments

Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn45vdxyvvlo

1 month ago

340 upvotes – 489 comments
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