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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Apr 21, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:20) - John Ternus to become Apple CEO (01:46) - All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027 (03:15) - Qwen3.6-Max-Preview: Smarter, Sharper, Still Evolving (04:26) - ggsql: A Grammar of Graphics for SQL (05:38) - Kimi vendor verifier – verify accuracy of inference providers (06:51) - WebUSB Extension for Firefox (08:17) - Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers took 2 minutes to break it (09:26) - Jujutsu megamerges for fun and profit (10:44) - Quantum Computers Are Not a Threat to 128-Bit Symmetric Keys (12:03) - Anthropic says OpenClaw-style Claude CLI usage is allowed again (13:19) - Outro John Ternus to become Apple CEOhttps://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/04/tim-cook-to-become-apple-executive-chairman-john-ternus-to-become-apple-ceo/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47840219All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/04/20/eu-to-force-replaceable-batteries-in-phones-and-tablets-from-2027/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47834195Qwen3.6-Max-Preview: Smarter, Sharper, Still Evolvinghttps://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.6-max-previewhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47834565ggsql: A Grammar of Graphics for SQLhttps://opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-04-20_ggsql_alpha_release/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47833558Kimi vendor verifier – verify accuracy of inference providershttps://www.kimi.com/blog/kimi-vendor-verifierhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838703WebUSB Extension for Firefoxhttps://github.com/ArcaneNibble/awawausbhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47832969Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers took 2 minutes to break ithttps://www.politico.eu/article/eu-brussels-launched-age-checking-app-hackers-say-took-them-2-minutes-break-it/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47831742Jujutsu megamerges for fun and profithttps://isaaccorbrey.com/notes/jujutsu-megamerges-for-fun-and-profithttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47841129Quantum Computers Are Not a Threat to 128-Bit Symmetric Keyshttps://words.filippo.io/128-bits/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47836784Anthropic says OpenClaw-style Claude CLI usage is allowed againhttps://docs.openclaw.ai/providers/anthropichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47844269 What is Hacker News Highlights? Daily overview of the Top 10 Hacker News posts. Post and comment summarization by AI.