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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 22, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:16) - Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results (01:35) - Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border (02:50) - Felony Bench (04:07) - I accidentally logged hundreds of thousands of phone calls to military bases (05:58) - Kobo can run apps now (07:25) - I'm becoming AI-blind (09:02) - AI boosted homework scores, then exam scores dropped: study (10:19) - There's no reason for software to be slow anymore (11:32) - Claudette: Make Claude stop talking like a BuzzFeed article (12:58) - New Worlds: We are living in the future of J.G. Ballard or William Gibson (14:27) - Outro Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search resultshttps://kagi.com/changelog#11296https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49388154Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Borderhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/samuel-tunick-deleted-phone-felony.htmlhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49386895Felony Benchhttps://www.felonybench.com/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49389430I accidentally logged hundreds of thousands of phone calls to military baseshttps://lina.sh/blog/hijacking-e164-arpahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49387570Kobo can run apps nowhttps://bandarlabs.github.io/Cobalt/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49390427I'm becoming AI-blindhttps://cymerys.com/w/im-becoming-ai-blindhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49386699AI boosted homework scores, then exam scores dropped: studyhttps://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/08/18/does-ai-stop-children-from-learninghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49357530There's no reason for software to be slow anymorehttps://danluu.com/perf-opt/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49395628Claudette: Make Claude stop talking like a BuzzFeed articlehttps://github.com/adnanakil/nobuzz/blob/main/README.mdhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49388752New Worlds: We are living in the future of J.G. Ballard or William Gibsonhttps://precastreinforced.co.uk/2026/08/16/new-worlds/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49387525 What is Hacker News Highlights? Daily overview of the Top 10 Hacker News posts. Post and comment summarization by AI.