5.15.26 | Removing modem and GPS from 2024 RAV4 hybrid, RTX 5090 and M4 MacBook Air gaming potential, Mullvad exit IPs revealing identities

Hacker News Highlights · May 15, 2026 · 13m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 15, 2026.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:19) - Removing the modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 hybrid

(01:36) - RTX 5090 and M4 MacBook Air: Can It Game?

(03:14) - Mullvad exit IPs are surprisingly identifying

(04:53) - New Nginx Exploit

(06:23) - First public macOS kernel memory corruption exploit on Apple M5

(07:50) - Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app

(08:36) - A few words on DS4

(10:02) - UK government replaces Palantir software with internally-built…