DTF:HN for April 11, 2026

Your Daily Tech Feed covering the top 10 stories on Hacker News for April 11, 2026. Featuring: Filing the corners off my MacBooks, Optimal Strategy for Connect 4, BlueHammer abuses Windows Defender's update process to gain SYSTEM access, Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a single HTML file, 1D Chess, and more. Stories covered: 1. Filing the corners off my MacBooks https://kentwalters.com/posts/corners/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47724352 2. Optimal Strategy for Connect 4 https://2swap.github.io/WeakC4/explanation/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47695213 3. BlueHammer abuses Windows Defender's update process to gain SYSTEM access https://hackingpassion.com/bluehammer-windows-defender-zero-day/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47729069 4. Starfling: A one-tap endless orbital slingshot game in a single HTML file https://playstarfling.com HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47698455 5. 1D Chess https://rowan441.github.io/1dchess/chess.html HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47719740 6. Volunteers turn a fan's recordings of 10K concerts into an online treasure trove https://apnews.com/article/aadam-jacobs-collection-concerts-internet-archive-chicago-b1c9c4466a2db409a83523ad84b79d62 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47687443 7. Installing every* Firefox extension https://jack.cab/blog/every-firefox-extension HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47724118 8. Artemis II safely splashes down https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/artemis-ii-splashdown-return/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47725583 9. Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in eight-year 'civil war', say researchers https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr71lkzv49po HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47722333 10. AI assistance when contributing to the Linux kernel https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47721953