4.21.26 | John Ternus to become Apple CEO, EU mandates replaceable batteries in phones by 2027, Qwen3.6-Max-Preview: Smarter, Sharper, Evolving

Hacker News Highlights · Apr 21, 2026 · 13m

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

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:20) - John Ternus to become Apple CEO

(01:46) - All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027

(03:15) - Qwen3.6-Max-Preview: Smarter, Sharper, Still Evolving

(04:26) - ggsql: A Grammar of Graphics for SQL

(05:38) - Kimi vendor verifier – verify accuracy of inference providers

(06:51) - WebUSB Extension for Firefox

(08:17) - Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers took 2 minutes to break it…