DTF:HN for May 8, 2026

Your Daily Tech Feed covering the top 10 stories on Hacker News for May 8, 2026. Featuring: Canvas is down as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data, Cloudflare to cut about 20% workforce, Maybe you shouldn't install new software for a bit, Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2, ClojureScript Gets Async/Await, and more. Stories covered: 1. Canvas is down as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data https://www.theverge.com/tech/926458/canvas-shinyhunters-breach HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48055913 2. Cloudflare to cut about 20% workforce https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/cloudflare-cut-over-1100-jobs-2026-05-07/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48054423 3. Maybe you shouldn't install new software for a bit https://xeiaso.net/blog/2026/abstain-from-install/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48056227 4. Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2 https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/en/2026/260508.html HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48059606 5. ClojureScript Gets Async/Await https://clojurescript.org/news/2026-05-07-release HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48059662 6. Dirtyfrag: Universal Linux LPE https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/07/8 HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48053623 7. The map that keeps Burning Man honest https://www.not-ship.com/burning-man-moop/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48049653 8. The surprisingly complex journey to text-selectable client-side generated PDFs https://sdocs.dev/blogs/journey-to-pdf-generation HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48045778 9. Pinocchio is weirder than you remembered https://storica.club/blog/pinocchio-in-italian/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48035420 10. Dithering with CSS https://ikesau.co/blog/dithering-with-css/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48009879