7.27.26 | Kill The Cookie Banner, US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during airport search, PGSimCity How PostgreSQL Works

Hacker News Highlights · Jul 27, 2026 · 12m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 27, 2026.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:16) - Kill The Cookie Banner

(01:33) - US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during airport search

(02:45) - PGSimCity - How PostgreSQL Works

(03:40) - Htmx 4.0, the first JavaScript library to release exclusively on the Game Boy

(05:03) - French firefighters face 'pyrocumulonimbus' for first time

(06:01) - Decker, a platform that builds on the legacy of Hypercard and classic macOS

(07:19) - Show HN…