DTF:HN for July 16, 2026

Your Daily Tech Feed covering the top 10 stories on Hacker News for July 16, 2026. Featuring: The lost joy of music piracy, Where are YC founders now? OpenAI and Anthropic, mostly, Inkling: Our Open-Weights Model, If you want to create a button from scratch, you must first create the universe, Teardown: A Generic 7-Port USB 3.0 Hub That Wasn't, and more. Stories covered: 1. The lost joy of music piracy https://www.pigeonsandplanes.com/read/music-piracy-what-cd-oink-nine-inch-nails-streaming HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48930454 2. Where are YC founders now? OpenAI and Anthropic, mostly https://joinedanthropic.com HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48931588 3. Inkling: Our Open-Weights Model https://thinkingmachines.ai/news/introducing-inkling/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48924912 4. If you want to create a button from scratch, you must first create the universe https://madcampos.dev/blog/2026/07/accessibility-from-scratch/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48930136 5. Teardown: A Generic 7-Port USB 3.0 Hub That Wasn't https://goughlui.com/2026/07/09/teardown-a-generic-7-port-usb-3-0-hub-that-wasnt/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48883036 6. 1,300 Beautiful Wildlife Illustrations from the 19th Century Now Restored https://www.openculture.com/2026/07/explore-1300-beautiful-wildlife-illustrations-from-the-19th-century.html HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48929945 7. Grok Build is open source https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926590 8. Governments, companies, nonprofits should invest in free, open source AI [pdf] https://www.siegelendowment.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/fortune-david-siegel-open-source-ai.pdf HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48927095 9. SQLite should have (Rust-style) editions https://mort.coffee/home/sqlite-editions/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928135 10. Stripe and Advent have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal – sources https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/stripe-advent-offer-buy-paypal-more-than-53-billion-sources-say-2026-07-15/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48915953