top 20 hacker news stories for today

216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA

23 hours ago

1 change
455 upvotes – 702 comments

Switzerland's Federal Government Is Replacing Microsoft on 3k Computers

https://itsfoss.com/news/switzerland-replace-microssoft-pilot/

18 hours ago

335 upvotes – 262 comments

'You Can See Everything' Review: Nathan Fielder's Doc About Elizabeth Holmes

https://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/nathan-fielder-surprise-film-telluride-elizabeth-holmes-1236853513/

14 hours ago

301 upvotes – 255 comments

Keep Our Servers Running

https://blog.archive.org/2026/09/01/keep-our-servers-running-your-recurring-donation-goes-3x-this-september/

20 hours ago

1 change
940 upvotes – 244 comments

Bill Gates tries to install MovieMaker (2003)

https://www.techemails.com/p/bill-gates-tries-to-install-movie-maker

8 hours ago

1 change
342 upvotes – 227 comments

Tiny $70 Xteink X3 e-reader

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/09/xteink-e-reader-best-technology-years/688539/

13 hours ago

1 change
189 upvotes – 191 comments

De-Brainrot Vacations

https://devz.cl/posts/i-spent-my-vacations-de-brainrotting/

11 hours ago

461 upvotes – 187 comments

Programming is Art

https://orchidfiles.com/programming-is-art/

16 hours ago

183 upvotes – 185 comments

No constitutional right to clean water, federal court finds

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/09/07/court-constitution-right-clean-water/91649488007/

6 hours ago

118 upvotes – 149 comments

Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairability requirements

https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/09/07/smartphone-makers-dont-bother-to-comply-with-eu-repairability-requirements/5294532

12 hours ago

270 upvotes – 148 comments

Tell HN: OpenAI brings back 5 hour limit for plus and business standard users

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49600233

7 hours ago

120 upvotes – 133 comments

It's time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2026/sep/04/mark-zuckerberg-resign-meta

16 hours ago

102 upvotes – 130 comments

Splash-free urinals (2025)

https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/4/4/pgaf087/8098745?login=false

11 hours ago

1 change
218 upvotes – 120 comments

Tesla killing Solar Roof is leaving installers with six-figure losses

https://electrek.co/2026/09/01/tesla-solar-roof-exit-installers-losses/

5 hours ago

112 upvotes – 116 comments

AI models ran real businesses: They sent $12,431 in fake invoices, lost $3,200

https://www.bottlenecklabs.com/blog/benchmarking-7-autonomous-businesses

5 hours ago

96 upvotes – 114 comments

I refused to train the AI that could replace me

https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-training-jobs-expert-replacement/

19 hours ago

93 upvotes – 107 comments

bzip3

https://github.com/iczelia/bzip3

10 hours ago

★ 1.4k C LGPL-3.0
365 upvotes – 104 comments

TiVo to charge money for skipping commercials in your own recordings

https://cordcuttersnews.com/tivo-plans-to-end-free-automatic-commercial-skipping-in-november-tests-paid-premium-replacement-service/

19 hours ago

167 upvotes – 96 comments

Initial effects of AI technology on employment look positive

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/09/04/the-jobs-apocalypse-is-postponed-an-ai-jobs-boom-is-here

13 hours ago

2 changes
66 upvotes – 96 comments

Nvidia's Jensen Huang says 'AGI has arrived' and congratulates OpenAI

https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-jensen-huang-agi-openai-astra-ai-2026-9

18 hours ago

37 upvotes – 95 comments
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