top 20 hacker news stories for 2026-09-01

Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1

https://www.anthropic.com/claude-fable-and-mythos-5-1

1 month ago

5 changes

How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been?

https://danluu.com/zitron/

1 month ago

Fastpotify

https://fastpotify.rocks/

1 month ago

Hang on to Your Firefox

https://www.newsonaut.com/articles/hang-on-to-your-firefox

1 month ago

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2026)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49522896

1 month ago

The largest electric aircraft just flew [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM86DBOqgPM

1 month ago

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2026)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49522897

1 month ago

Whistleblower warns Postal Service mail ballot system has catastrophic problems

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whistleblower-postal-service-new-mail-ballot-system/

1 month ago

FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-probes-service-selling-153m-drivers-licenses/

1 month ago

GPU World

https://www.gpuworld.org/

1 month ago

AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective donation link

https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/issues/21656

1 month ago

★ 11.7k Kotlin GPL-3.0

Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users

https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore/-/work_items/1566

1 month ago

★ 2.2k GPL-3.0+

The creator of Jujutsu has joined ERSC

https://ersc.io/blog/martin-joins-ersc

1 month ago

Fine, I'll build my own text editor

https://dbushell.com/2026/09/01/text-editor/

1 month ago

The ChatGPT/Codex app bundles a full copy of LibreOffice

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/1/codex-libreoffice/

1 month ago

Dwarf Fortress' creator says the industry's in shambles over AI

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/dwarf-fortress-creator-says-the-industrys-in-shambles-over-ai-and-layoff-happy-ceos-everyone-i-know-their-bosses-are-slowly-getting-psychosis/

1 month ago

Tim Cook Sold Out Steve Jobs (2025)

https://www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/how-tim-cook-sold-out-steve-jobs/

1 month ago

1 change

Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ad-blocker-on-ios/

1 month ago

My local model setup on an M4 Pro Mac Mini

https://lws.io/blog/my-local-model-setup/

1 month ago

Apple reveals 'shocking evidence' from ex-employee's MacBook in OpenAI suit

https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/31/apple-openai-forensic-macbook-evidence/

1 month ago