top 10 hacker news stories for 2026-09-02

Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber

https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/3-8-flash-and-3-8-flash-cyber/

1 month ago

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1159 upvotes – 667 comments

A note on subscription prices from LWN

https://lwn.net/Articles/1090585/

1 month ago

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732 upvotes – 151 comments

Muse Spark 1.3

https://developer.meta.com/ai/models/muse-spark/

1 month ago

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690 upvotes – 454 comments

Three sites made 215,128 “best software” pages for AI. Perplexity cites them

https://trellner.com/reports/manufactured-sources-behind-ai-recommendations/

1 month ago

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517 upvotes – 251 comments

Can I opt out of my input or output data being used for training?

https://help.mistral.ai/en/articles/455207-can-i-opt-out-of-my-input-or-output-data-being-used-for-training

1 month ago

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497 upvotes – 245 comments

Google avoids a breakup of its ad tech business

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/technology/google-ad-tech-remedies.html

1 month ago

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473 upvotes – 361 comments

Music Theory for Programmers

https://runjs.app/blog/music-theory-for-programmers

1 month ago

401 upvotes – 247 comments

Commodore 64 released September 1, 1982

https://dfarq.homeip.net/commodore-64-released-september-1-1982/

1 month ago

359 upvotes – 182 comments

Aging brains blend memories together instead of just forgetting them

https://studyfinds.com/aging-brains-blend-memories-together-instead-of-forgetting-them-study-finds/

1 month ago

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352 upvotes – 154 comments

Biggest dark matter detector spots a single weird particle

https://www.science.org/content/article/world-s-biggest-dark-matter-detector-spots-single-weird-particle

1 month ago

346 upvotes – 149 comments
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