Hacker News Highlights20 Nov 2025

11.20.25 | Europe relaxes GDPR and AI laws, Meta Segment Anything Model 3, patent office to protect bad patents

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 20, 2025.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro
(00:18) - Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws
(01:29) - Meta Segment Anything Model 3
(02:42) - The patent office is about to make bad patents untouchable
(04:02) - Gaming on Linux has never been more approachable
(05:06) - Building more with GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
(06:08) - AI is a front for consolidation of resources and power
(07:16) - Loose wire leads to blackout, contact with Francis Scott Key bridge
(08:22) - Researchers discover security vulnerability in WhatsApp
(09:33) - How to stay sane in a world that rewards insanity
(10:42) - Precise geolocation via Wi-Fi Positioning System
(11:42) - Outro

Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws
https://www.theverge.com/news/823750/european-union-ai-act-gdpr-changes
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45980117

Meta Segment Anything Model 3
https://ai.meta.com/sam3/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45982073

The patent office is about to make bad patents untouchable
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/patent-office-about-make-bad-patents-untouchable
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45985890

Gaming on Linux has never been more approachable
https://www.theverge.com/tech/823337/switching-linux-gaming-desktop-cachyos
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45985506

Building more with GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-1-codex-max/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45982649

AI is a front for consolidation of resources and power
https://www.chrbutler.com/what-ai-is-really-for
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45983700

Loose wire leads to blackout, contact with Francis Scott Key bridge
https://www.ntsb.gov:443/news/press-releases/Pages/NR20251118.aspx
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45984659

Researchers discover security vulnerability in WhatsApp
https://www.univie.ac.at/en/news/detail/forscherinnen-entdecken-grosse-sicherheitsluecke-in-whatsapp
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45985036

How to stay sane in a world that rewards insanity
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/how-to-stay-sane-in-a-world-that-rewards-insanity
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45980106

Precise geolocation via Wi-Fi Positioning System
https://www.amoses.dev/blog/wifi-location/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45985867

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9.10.26 | iPhone Duo, Shopify acquires Tailwind, Visa and Mastercard card networks

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 10, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:16) - iPhone Duo (01:55) ...

10 Sep 13min

9.9.26 | Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem, AlphaGenome Atlas human DNA map, house built for LAN parties 2024

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 9, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:14) - On the Navier–Stokes...

9 Sep 12min

9.8.26 | LG Spy TVs problem, Mistral raises €3B, Jellyfin 12.0

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 8, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:16) - 216M Spy TVs – The L...

8 Sep 14min

9.7.26 | Nitter and XCancel resume service, Keep Our Servers Running, Asahi Linux on M3

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 7, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Nitter and XCancel r...

7 Sep 13min

9.6.26 | Nitter has more instances, German rocket reaches orbit from Europe, Chrome exempts Google from data settings

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 6, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:15) - Nitter has more work...

6 Sep 13min

9.5.26 | OpenAI agent message board, Fermat's Last Theorem formalized, Chromium sandbox RCE exploited

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 5, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:18) - Discovery of a new O...

5 Sep 13min

9.4.26 | .name Termination, GPT-6 Astra, Any Human Ever life selection

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 4, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - .name Termination (0...

4 Sep 14min

9.3.26 | Gemini 3.8 Flash and Cyber, Muse Spark 1.3, opt out of training data

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 3, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Gemini 3.8 Flash and...

3 Sep 13min