top 10 hacker news stories for 2026-08-31

Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO

https://webiterate.dev/google-removed-extensions-ublock-origin-108/

1 month ago

Apple caught off guard by AI demand for Mac Mini and Mac Studio

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/30/apple-unexpected-mac-mini-and-studio-demand/

1 month ago

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Evidence of Fraud in an Influential Study About Procrastination

https://datacolada.org/138

1 month ago

Since it was stripped of planetary status, Pluto’s defenders have been fighting

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/31/forbidden-planet-was-plutos-2006-demotion-a-big-mistake

1 month ago

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I think the military commissary's freezers were hacked

https://signalandsilence.substack.com/p/i-think-someone-hacked-the-commissary

1 month ago

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Playa Phone

https://playaphone.com/

1 month ago

The safest job from AI may be writing

http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-safest-job-from-ai-may-be-writing.html

1 month ago

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Understanding ChatGPT Work

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/30/understanding-chatgpt-work/

1 month ago

Transfer files over an Ethernet patch cable

https://maurycyz.com/misc/etherfiles/

1 month ago

Internet centralization and the original sin of NAT

https://dreamstation.systems/personal/ntppost.html

1 month ago