TRANSCRIPT · The Hype Index

## The Hype Index (PXL)
DOZER BITWELL: The Hype Index checks what the wire is loudest about while you should be asleep.
DOZER BITWELL: Time for the Hype Index, our market report on hype. Vera has the board. I have the thermos.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Top of the wire. 553 points on Hacker News: HackerTube, YouTube built from videos recommended by HN. Then 278 points for a TCP Use-After-Free, CVE-2026-98432, CVSS 9.8.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Third, 154 points on Hacker News: Anthropic blocks users for anything touching training larger models.
LUNA LOWBATT: Nine point eight. That's also roughly how awake I feel. Which is not at all.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Desk volume, last 24 hours. Tech: 30 stories. AI: 30 stories. Gaming: 30 stories. A very even night.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Loudest words. Und, in 7 headlines. Game, in 6 headlines. Scientists, in 6 headlines.
DOZER BITWELL: Und. Bit of a quiet word to be winning. Like a lullaby. Und, und, und.
LUNA LOWBATT: Und it's three a.m. somewhere. Back to you, Dozer. If you're still here.

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