Objective

Hacker News is a social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship. It is run by 📝Paul Graham's investment fund and startup incubator, 📝Y Combinator. In general, content that can be submitted is defined as "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." [1]

The word hacker in "Hacker News" is used in its original meaning and refers to the hacker culture which consists of people who enjoy tinkering with technology.