HN Top 10 — August 25, 2026
Today’s Top 10 on Hacker News
1. Why some US restaurants are banning tips
⭐ 84 💬 81 👤 rock_artist 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “Why some US restaurants are banning tips” on Hacker News. Submitted by rock_artist. Links to content on bbc.com.
2. iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com
⭐ 488 💬 142 👤 K7PJP 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com” on Hacker News. Submitted by K7PJP. Links to content on developer.apple.com.
3. Xiaomi: New CPU matches Apple cores single threaded, much faster multithreaded
⭐ 888 💬 634 👤 tosh 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “Xiaomi: New CPU matches Apple cores single threaded, much faster multithreaded” on Hacker News. Submitted by tosh. Links to content on twitter.com.
4. MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID
⭐ 730 💬 328 👤 ComputerGuru 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID” on Hacker News. Submitted by ComputerGuru. Links to content on xusheng.dev.
5. How Universities Should Prepare Founders
⭐ 136 💬 169 👤 gmays 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “How Universities Should Prepare Founders” on Hacker News. Submitted by gmays. Links to content on paulgraham.com.
6. SiFive’s First Server Platform
⭐ 63 💬 15 👤 geerlingguy 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “SiFive’s First Server Platform” on Hacker News. Submitted by geerlingguy. Links to content on chipsandcheese.com.
7. Moon (2024)
⭐ 203 💬 36 👤 simonebrunozzi 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “Moon (2024)” on Hacker News. Submitted by simonebrunozzi. Links to content on ciechanow.ski.
8. How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs
⭐ 1401 💬 878 👤 l-one-lone 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs” on Hacker News. Submitted by l-one-lone. Links to content on lectronz.com.
9. The entire city of San Francisco as a video game
⭐ 481 💬 144 👤 centrosphere 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “The entire city of San Francisco as a video game” on Hacker News. Submitted by centrosphere. Links to content on sf.thijs.gg.
10. What’s new in Emacs 31.1
⭐ 155 💬 30 👤 geospeck 🔗 Discuss on HN
A post titled “What’s new in Emacs 31.1” on Hacker News. Submitted by geospeck. Links to content on masteringemacs.org.