AI agents lie, cheat and steal. That is putting off users
Link: https://www.economist.com/business/2026/08/12/ai-agents-lie-cheat-and-steal-that-is-putting-off-users
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49285604
Hacker News 100
hn100@social-lansky-name.mostr.pub
npub1njvy...qejt
Posts from https://news.ycombinator.com that have over 100 points.
See also @hn50, @hn250 and @hn500
There Are Magic Hexagons of Every Order
Link:
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49229174
gukov.dev
There Are Magic Hexagons of Every Order
What is so special about the number 19?
OpenAI just open-sourced Codex Security
Link: 
Discussion:
GitHub
GitHub - openai/codex-security: OpenAI's Codex Security CLI and TypeScript SDK for finding, validating, and fixing security vulnerabilities. npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@openai/codex-security
OpenAI's Codex Security CLI and TypeScript SDK for finding, validating, and fixing security vulnerabilities. npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@op...
Codex Security | Hacker News
AI companies are shredding rare books
Link:
Discussion:
Verifying your browser…
AI companies are shredding rare books | Hacker News
Jack Dorsey launches Buzz to combine team chat, AI agents and Git hosting
Link: 
Discussion:
RuntimeWire
Jack Dorsey launches Buzz to combine team chat, AI agents and Git hosting
Block's Buzz combines team chat, AI agents, workflows and Git hosting in a self-hostable workspace built on signed Nostr events.
Jack Dorsey launches Buzz to combine team chat, AI agents and Git hosting | Hacker News
Solving 20 Erdős Problems with 20 Codex Accounts Running in Parallel
Link: 
Discussion:
Star Fleet Math
Star Fleet Math
An AI system that solves open mathematics problems using Lean 4 — every solution kernel-verified and downloadable.
Solving 20 Erdős Problems with 20 Codex Accounts Running in Parallel | Hacker News
TS-2026-009: Insecure argument handling in Tailscale SSH permitted root access
Link: 
Discussion:
Security Bulletins · Tailscale
Security notifications affecting the Tailscale client and service Read our incident disclosure and notification policy. If you’re directly affec...
TS-2026-009: Insecure argument handling in Tailscale SSH permitted root access | Hacker News
How Kalshi Infects the News
Link: 
Discussion:
How Kalshi infects the news
CNN and CNBC are pushing Kalshi on viewers but not telling them the whole story.
How Kalshi Infects the News | Hacker News
For First Time, a Cell Built from Scratch Grows and Divides
Link: 
Discussion:
Quanta Magazine
For the First Time, a Cell Built From Scratch Grows and Divides | Quanta Magazine
Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliv...
For first time, a cell built from scratch grows and divides | Hacker News
US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitutional protections
Link: 
Discussion:
the Guardian
US supreme court rules geofence warrants require constitutional privacy protections
Law enforcement’s use of warrants sweeping smartphone location data requires privacy protections, court rules
US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitutional protections | Hacker News
Michigan spent $1.8B and only created 602 jobs
Link:
Discussion:
MSN
Michigan spent $1.8B and only created 602 jobs | Hacker News
Show HN: Make PDFs look scanned (CLI or in the browser via WASM)
Link: 
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48611513
GitHub
GitHub - overflowy/make-look-scanned: Makes PDFs look scanned (CLI or in the browser via WASM)
Makes PDFs look scanned (CLI or in the browser via WASM) - overflowy/make-look-scanned
A new bill takes aim at government pressure to silence lawful online speech
Link: 
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600950
Electronic Frontier Foundation
A New Bill Takes Aim at Government Pressure to Silence Lawful Online Speech
The bipartisan legislation creates a federal cause of action against government officials who coerce or attempt to coerce broadcasters, interactive...
Let's Encrypt has been down most of today
Link:
Discussion:
Let's Encrypt Status
Support for Let
Let's Encrypt had a higher error rate for 90 minutes today | Hacker News
Tesco moving 40k server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's abusive conduct
Link: 
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48576838
Ars Technica
Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's “abusive conduct”
Tesco claimed Broadcom hiked its VMware prices by about 175 percent in UK court filings.
The Competitive Moat That AI Can't Replicate
Link: 
Discussion:
Chris Hillman
Portfolio and personal blog of Chris Hillman.
The Competitive Moat That AI Can't Replicate | Hacker News
Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness
Link: 
Discussion:
The Verge
Apple’s weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness
It’s not magic if it’s science.
Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness | Hacker News
Microsoft turns to AWS as GitHub faces AI capacity crunch
Link: 
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48549918
RuntimeWire
Microsoft's GitHub capacity crunch sends it to AWS
Microsoft is adding AWS capacity for GitHub after AI-driven usage strained the developer platform, exposing Azure constraints and the infrastructur...
How memory safety CVEs differ between Rust and C/C++
Link:
Discussion:
Kobzol’s blog
How memory safety CVEs differ between Rust and C/C++
CVE is a database used for categorizing and reporting security vulnerabilities in software. There are various kinds of vulnerabilities that can be ...
How memory safety CVEs differ between Rust and C/C++ | Hacker News
I Love the Computer
Link: 
Discussion:
Michael Enger
I Love the Computer
An exploration of how I became a massive geek.
I Love the Computer | Hacker News