9.19.26 | Android 17 adds new APIs without AOSP, Cloudflare Quick Tunnels, OpenJev

Hacker News Highlights · Sep 19, 2026 · 14m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 19, 2026.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:16) - Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP

(01:34) - Cloudflare Quick Tunnels

(03:05) - OpenJev

(04:37) - Saving another 100TB of RAM

(05:51) - Inside ZCode: Silently uploading your Git history to the cloud

(07:50) - Minimal Phone 2

(09:01) - The first new cat species discovered in 100 years

(10:08) - Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds…