This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 28, 2025.

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• (00:00) - Intro

Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46065955

Same-day upstream Linux support for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/blog/2025/10/same-day-snapdragon-8-elite-gen-5-upstream-linux-support
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46070668

TPUs vs. GPUs and why Google is positioned to win AI race in the long term
https://www.uncoveralpha.com/p/the-chip-made-for-the-ai-inference
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46069048

Pocketbase – open-source realtime back end in 1 file
https://pocketbase.io/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46075320

250MWh 'Sand Battery' to start construction in Finland
https://www.energy-storage.news/250mwh-sand-battery-to-start-construction-in-finland-for-both-heating-and-ancillary-services/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46073855

Quake Engine Indicators
https://fabiensanglard.net/quake_indicators/index.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46031552

Mixpanel Security Breach
https://mixpanel.com/blog/sms-security-incident/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46066522

GitLab discovers widespread NPM supply chain attack
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-discovers-widespread-npm-supply-chain-attack/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46070203

Show HN: Glasses to detect smart-glasses that have cameras
https://github.com/NullPxl/banrays
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46075882