DTF:HN for May 4, 2026

Your Daily Tech Feed covering the top 10 stories on Hacker News for May 4, 2026. Featuring: GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay, Amsterdam bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels, Trademark violation: Fake Notepad++ for Mac, Using “underdrawings” for accurate text and numbers, Debunking the CIA's “magic” heartbeat sensor [video], and more. Stories covered: 1. GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0p8yled1do HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48006402 2. Amsterdam bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wejdekpwyo HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48006832 3. Trademark violation: Fake Notepad++ for Mac https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/npp-trademark-infringement/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48006445 4. Using “underdrawings” for accurate text and numbers https://samcollins.blog/underdrawings/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47977990 5. Debunking the CIA's “magic” heartbeat sensor [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVTPv4sI_Jc HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48002839 6. Texico: Learn the principles of programming without even touching a computer https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/texico/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47983333 7. BYOMesh – New LoRa mesh radio offers 100x the bandwidth https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/116499715071759135 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47999636 8. DeepClaude – Claude Code agent loop with DeepSeek V4 Pro https://github.com/aattaran/deepclaude HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48002136 9. Over 8M Thermos jars and bottles recalled after 3 people lost vision https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/8-million-thermos-jars-bottles-recalled-after-3-132568152 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48006123 10. Discovering hard disk physical geometry through microbenchmarking (2019) https://blog.stuffedcow.net/2019/09/hard-disk-geometry-microbenchmarking/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47968187