124: 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
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 0:21)
2. Amsterdam bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 4:01)
3. Trademark violation: Fake Notepad++ for Mac
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 7:30)
4. Using “underdrawings” for accurate text and numbers
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 10:46)
5. Debunking the CIA's “magic” heartbeat sensor [video]
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 14:29)
6. Texico: Learn the principles of programming without even touching a computer
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 17:38)
7. BYOMesh – New LoRa mesh radio offers 100x the bandwidth
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 20:54)
8. DeepClaude – Claude Code agent loop with DeepSeek V4 Pro
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 23:56)
9. Over 8M Thermos jars and bottles recalled after 3 people lost vision
   (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 26:55)
10. Discovering hard disk physical geometry through microbenchmarking (2019)
    (Article | HN Discussion | 🎧 30:12)