This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on February 23, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protectionOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47122715&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:55): Ladybird adopts Rust, with help from AIOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47120899&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:21): Americans are destroying Flock surveillance camerasOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47127081&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:47): Elsevier shuts down its finance journal citation cartelOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47119530&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:12): Pope tells priests to use their brains, not AI, to write homiliesOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47119210&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:38): Binance fired employees who found $1.7B in crypto was sent to IranOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47127396&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:04): Hetzner (European hosting provider) to increase prices by up to 38%Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47121029&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:29): Magical Mushroom – Europe's first industrial-scale mycelium packaging producerOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47119274&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:55): FreeBSD doesn't have Wi-Fi driver for my old MacBook, so AI built one for meOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47129361&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:21): ASML unveils EUV light source advance that could yield 50% more chips by 2030Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47125349&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: [email protected]