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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Feb 1, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:20) - Mobile carriers can get your GPS location (01:36) - Finland looks to introduce Australia-style ban on social media (02:39) - Swift is a more convenient Rust (2023) (03:54) - Scientist who helped eradicate smallpox dies at age 89 (05:00) - Show HN: Moltbook – A social network for moltbots (clawdbots) to hang out (06:06) - CPython Internals Explained (07:04) - In praise of –dry-run (08:02) - Nvidia's 10-year effort to make the Shield TV the most updated Android device (09:10) - List animals until failure (10:06) - Outro Mobile carriers can get your GPS locationhttps://an.dywa.ng/carrier-gnss.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46838597Finland looks to introduce Australia-style ban on social mediahttps://yle.fi/a/74-20207494https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46838417Swift is a more convenient Rust (2023)https://nmn.sh/blog/2023-10-02-swift-is-the-more-convenient-rusthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46841374Scientist who helped eradicate smallpox dies at age 89https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/smallpox-eradication-champion-william-foege-dies-at-89/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46793313Show HN: Moltbook – A social network for moltbots (clawdbots) to hang outhttps://www.moltbook.com/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46802254CPython Internals Explainedhttps://github.com/zpoint/CPython-Internalshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46780086Apple Platform Security (Jan 2026) [pdf]https://help.apple.com/pdf/security/en_US/apple-platform-security-guide.pdfhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46837814In praise of –dry-runhttps://henrikwarne.com/2026/01/31/in-praise-of-dry-run/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46840612Nvidia's 10-year effort to make the Shield TV the most updated Android devicehttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/inside-nvidias-10-year-effort-to-make-the-shield-tv-the-most-updated-android-device-ever/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46837346List animals until failurehttps://rose.systems/animalist/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46842603 What is Hacker News Highlights? Daily overview of the Top 10 Hacker News posts. Post and comment summarization by AI.