Hacker News Highlights9 Sep 2025

9.9.25 | NPM packages compromised, Signal backups secured, iPhone as a dumbphone

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 9, 2025.

(00:00) - Intro
(00:18) - NPM debug and chalk packages compromised
(01:31) - Signal Secure Backups
(02:35) - iPhone dumbphone
(03:44) - No adblocker detected
(04:54) - Experimenting with Local LLMs on macOS
(06:07) - Liquid Glass in the Browser: Refraction with CSS and SVG
(07:11) - Mistral AI raises 1.7B€, enters strategic partnership with ASML
(08:16) - Will Amazon S3 Vectors kill vector databases or save them?
(09:32) - Clankers Die on Christmas
(10:46) - The Storm Hits the Art Market
(12:04) - Outro

NPM debug and chalk packages compromised
https://www.aikido.dev/blog/npm-debug-and-chalk-packages-compromised
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45169657

Signal Secure Backups
https://signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45170515

iPhone dumbphone
https://stopa.io/post/297
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45171200

No adblocker detected
https://maurycyz.com/misc/ads/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45176206

Experimenting with Local LLMs on macOS
https://blog.6nok.org/experimenting-with-local-llms-on-macos/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45168953

Liquid Glass in the Browser: Refraction with CSS and SVG
https://kube.io/blog/liquid-glass-css-svg/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45174297

Mistral AI raises 1.7B€, enters strategic partnership with ASML
https://mistral.ai/news/mistral-ai-raises-1-7-b-to-accelerate-technological-progress-with-ai
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45178041

Will Amazon S3 Vectors kill vector databases or save them?
https://zilliz.com/blog/will-amazon-s3-vectors-kill-vector-databases-or-save-them
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45169624

Clankers Die on Christmas
https://remyhax.xyz/posts/clankers-die-on-christmas/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45169275

The Storm Hits the Art Market
https://news.artnet.com/market/intelligence-report-storm-2025-2684512
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45175628

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 28, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Saving 100 terabyte...

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 27, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Nvidia agrees to ac...

27 Aug 14min

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 26, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:20) - Dolly Parton has di...

26 Aug 14min

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 25, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:19) - How Europe is killi...

25 Aug 13min

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24 Aug 13min

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 23, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights(00:00) - Intro (00:16) - Canada will match U...

23 Aug 12min

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22 Aug 14min

8.21.26 | Aaron Swartz prosecution, AliExpress WebAudio fingerprinting, HTML capabilities

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21 Aug 14min