Hacker News Highlights

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 8, 2025.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:15) - Qualcomm to acquire Arduino
• (01:22) - German government comes out against Chat Control
• (02:24) - Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model
• (03:42) - Show HN: Timelinize – Privately organize your own data from everywhere, locally
• (04:52) - Canadian bill would strip internet access from 'specified persons', no warrant
• (05:50) - Nobel Prize in Physics 2025
• (07:06) - IKEA Catalogs 1951-2021
• (08:12) - An illustrated introduction to linear algebra
• (09:19) - Vibe engineering
• (10:41) - Show HN: I'm building a browser for reverse engineers
• (11:44) - Outro

Qualcomm to acquire Arduino
https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2025/10/qualcomm-to-acquire-arduino-accelerating-developers--access-to-i
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45502541

German government comes out against Chat Control
https://xcancel.com/paddi_hansen/status/1975595307800142205
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45506143

Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model
https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/gemini-computer-use-model/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45507936

Show HN: Timelinize – Privately organize your own data from everywhere, locally
https://timelinize.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45504973

Canadian bill would strip internet access from 'specified persons', no warrant
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/canadian-bill-would-strip-internet-access-from-specified-persons
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45502216

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2025/popular-information/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45501189

IKEA Catalogs 1951-2021
https://ikeamuseum.com/en/explore/ikea-catalogue/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45504470

An illustrated introduction to linear algebra
https://www.ducktyped.org/p/an-illustrated-introduction-to-linear
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45490713

Vibe engineering
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/7/vibe-engineering/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45503867

Show HN: I'm building a browser for reverse engineers
https://nullpt.rs/reverse-engineering-browser
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45492489