Hacker News for Jan 1, 2026
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Today's Hacker News Topics
- 01
PS5 boot keys leak
— PS5 boot keys leak - 02
ACM goes full open access
— ACM goes full open access - 03
Self-hosted Cloudflare Workers alternative
— Self-hosted Cloudflare Workers alternative - 04
Bluetooth earbuds as attack path
— Bluetooth earbuds as attack path - 05
FFmpeg EXIF heap overflow fix
— FFmpeg EXIF heap overflow fix - 06
Apple allows non-WebKit engines Japan
— Apple allows non-WebKit engines Japan - 07
Python performance numbers reference
— Python performance numbers reference - 08
HNSW vector search in PHP
— HNSW vector search in PHP - 09
Common Lisp SDK for Datastar
— Common Lisp SDK for Datastar - 10
Dan Wang on AI and power
— Dan Wang on AI and power