Hacker News in the Media

4 mentions across press, blogs, and newsletters

May 2026

The Hacker News Launches 'Cybersecurity Stars Awards 2026' — Submissions Now Open

For nearly 20 years, we at The Hacker News have mostly told scary stories about cyberspace — big hacks, broken systems, and new threats. But behind every headline, there’s a quieter, better story. It’s the story of leaders making tough calls under pressure, teams building smarter defenses, and secur

May 6, 2026

March 2026

Simon Willison's Weblog

Profiling Hacker News users based on their comments

Here's a mildly dystopian prompt I've been experimenting with recently: "Profile this user", accompanied by a copy of their last 1,000 comments on Hacker News. Obtaining those comments is easy. The Algolia Hacker News API supports listing comments s

Mar 21, 2026

Cybernews

Hacker News bans AI-touched comments: broken English is better than slop - Cybernews

Hacker News bans AI-touched comments: broken

Mar 12, 2026

programming.dev - privacy

LLMs can unmask anonymous internet users for $1–4 each, matching 67% of pseudonymous Hacker News accounts to real LinkedIn profiles at 90% precision

submitted by Innerworld to privacy 1 points | 0 comments <a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/03/llms-can-unmask-pseudonymous-users-a

Mar 6, 2026

Toolradar Research

See Hacker News in context: The SaaS Press Index 2026

We analyzed 6,704 press mentions across 290 outlets to rank which SaaS tools win coverage. Find Hacker News's position relative to the 488 most-covered tools.

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