8.22.26 | Kagi adds setting for paywalled links, citizen faces felony charges for deleting phone data at US Border, Felony Bench

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 22, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:16) - Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results
• (01:35) - Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
• (02:50) - Felony Bench
• (04:07) - I accidentally logged hundreds of thousands of phone calls to military bases
• (05:58) - Kobo can run apps now
• (07:25) - I'm becoming AI-blind
• (09:02) - AI boosted homework scores, then exam scores dropped: study
• (10:19) - There's no reason for software to be slow anymore
• (11:32) - Claudette: Make Claude stop talking like a BuzzFeed article
• (12:58) - New Worlds: We are living in the future of J.G. Ballard or William Gibson
• (14:27) - Outro

Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results
https://kagi.com/changelog#11296
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49388154

Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/samuel-tunick-deleted-phone-felony.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49386895

Felony Bench
https://www.felonybench.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49389430

I accidentally logged hundreds of thousands of phone calls to military bases
https://lina.sh/blog/hijacking-e164-arpa
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49387570

Kobo can run apps now
https://bandarlabs.github.io/Cobalt/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49390427

I'm becoming AI-blind
https://cymerys.com/w/im-becoming-ai-blind
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49386699

AI boosted homework scores, then exam scores dropped: study
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/08/18/does-ai-stop-children-from-learning
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49357530

There's no reason for software to be slow anymore
https://danluu.com/perf-opt/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49395628

Claudette: Make Claude stop talking like a BuzzFeed article
https://github.com/adnanakil/nobuzz/blob/main/README.md
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49388752

New Worlds: We are living in the future of J.G. Ballard or William Gibson
https://precastreinforced.co.uk/2026/08/16/new-worlds/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49387525