Episode Details

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 LG Smart TV Problem [video]
• (01:39) - Mistral raises €3B
• (03:03) - Jellyfin 12.0
• (04:25) - I've factored the RSA keys of a Certificate Authority from the 90s
• (05:51) - WeatherNext 3
• (07:12) - Watch Los Angeles get built, one building at a time (1880–2026)
• (08:22) - Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf]
• (10:38) - We have a year to fix security everywhere
• (11:59) - TALA Is Open-Source
• (13:21) - Scientists observe Einstein's gravity in the quantum world
• (14:35) - Outro

216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49592375

Mistral raises €3B
https://mistral.ai/news/mistral-makes-sovereign-open-weight-ai-to-frontier/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49605767

Jellyfin 12.0
https://jellyfin.org/posts/jellyfin-release-12.0/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49604861

I've factored the RSA keys of a Certificate Authority from the 90s
https://mcpherrin.ca/2026/09/07/rsa.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49604637

WeatherNext 3
https://deepmind.google/science/weathernext/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49552299

Watch Los Angeles get built, one building at a time (1880–2026)
https://lax-skyline.parcelscope.net/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49601655

Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf]
https://cims.nyu.edu/~tristanb/statement.pdf
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49605915

We have a year to fix security everywhere
https://jyn.dev/a-year-to-fix-security/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49605691

TALA Is Open-Source
https://d2lang.com/blog/tala-is-open-source/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49604150

Scientists observe Einstein's gravity in the quantum world
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-08-28-scientists-observe-einsteins-gravity-in-the-quantum-world
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569838