5.21.26 | OpenAI disproves a discrete geometry conjecture, GitHub reports breach of 3,800 repos via malicious VSCode extension, and analysis questions N tokens per second speed

Hacker News Highlights · May 21, 2026 · 13m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 21, 2026.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:18) - An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry

(01:34) - GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 repos via malicious VSCode extension

(03:11) - How fast is N tokens per second really?

(04:15) - Flipper One Tech Specs

(05:39) - Saying goodbye to asm.js

(07:08) - Google’s AI is being manipulated. The search giant is quietly fighting back

(08:31) - Show HN: I reverse engineered Apple's video…