TILens Daily Edition 2026-10-22 Filters: topic=general, github=hidden Stats: 201 articles, 11 sources Top topics: General, AI, AWS ## News - Mark Zuckerberg’s creative plan to pay California’s proposed billionaire tax without losing control of Meta Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/mark-zuckerbergs-creative-plan-to-pay-californias-proposed-billionaire-tax-without-losing-control-of-meta/ - Warhound raises $200M to engineer war dogs and arm them with Anduril gear Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/ben-lamm-raises-200m-for-warhound-to-engineer-war-dogs-and-arm-them-with-anduril-gear/ - As blockchain investing falls out of vogue, a16z Crypto rebrands as a16z Frontier Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/as-blockchain-investing-falls-out-of-vogue-a16z-crypto-rebrands-as-a16z-frontier/ - Switch 2 security takes a hit as hackers unlock homebrew access Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/10/switch-2-jailbreak-gives-hackers-new-ways-to-run-homebrew-and-mod-games/ - Moderna and Merck say their mRNA cancer vaccine cut death, recurrence by 42% Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/10/personalized-mrna-cancer-vaccine-cut-melanoma-death-recurrence-by-42/ - OpenAI working on new $30B raise at $1.25T valuation ahead of IPO Source: techcrunch Topic: General (+AI) URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/openai-working-on-new-30b-raise-at-1-25t-valuation-ahead-of-ipo/ - Latest estimate for Starship launches required to support a Moon landing? 22. Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/10/latest-estimate-for-starship-launches-required-to-support-a-moon-landing-22/ - Comcast loses more customers, claims other ISPs' cheap prices are "irrational" Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/comcast-loses-more-customers-claims-other-isps-cheap-prices-are-irrational/ - Rivian buys world model startup to accelerate self-driving ambitions Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/rivian-buys-world-model-startup-to-accelerate-self-driving-ambitions/ - PHP2Shell exploit bypasses protections designed to stop remote code execution Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/22/php2shell-exploit-bypasses-protections-designed-to-stop-remote-code-execution/5304883 - Human receives AI-designed virus for the first time Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/10/22/human-receives-ai-designed-virus-for-the-first-time/5304874 - Disgraced eMudhra drops out of TLS business after using cert private key of 4 Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/disgraced-emudhra-drops-out-of-tls-business-following-certificate-debacle/ - Arc browser sunsets December 22 as The Browser Company doubles down on Dia Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/arc-browser-sunsets-december-22-as-the-browser-company-doubles-down-on-dia/ - The secret to fast startup growth isn’t early sales, top names in tech say Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/the-secret-to-fast-startup-growth-isnt-early-sales-top-names-in-tech-say/ - Leaked Mass Effect: Universe trailer gives a taste of what we're all missing Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/10/leaked-mass-effect-universe-trailer-gives-a-taste-of-what-were-all-missing/ - Backdoored robot tries its hand at finger chopping and cat cooking Source: theregister Topic: General (+AI) URL: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/22/backdoored-robot-tries-its-hand-at-finger-chopping-and-cat-cooking/5304870 - Ink droplets in motion snag top prize in Nikon Small World contest Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/meet-the-2026-winner-of-nikons-small-world-photomicrography-contest/ - 1Password launches a way for AI agents to log in on your behalf without seeing your password Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/1password-launches-a-way-for-ai-agents-to-log-in-on-your-behalf-without-seeing-your-password/ - "Disillusioned" MAHA leader quits as Trump admin's food agenda spoils: Report Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/10/disillusioned-maha-leader-quits-as-trump-admins-food-agenda-spoils-report/ - Electric or gas? BMW goes both ways with new 2027 X5 and iX5. Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/10/electric-or-gas-bmw-goes-both-ways-with-new-2027-x5-and-ix5/ - OpenAI makes its Jev competitor widely available as decision model competition heats up Source: techcrunch Topic: General (+AI) URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/openai-makes-its-jev-competitor-widely-available-as-decision-model-competition-heats-up/ - Canva releases its first image generation model Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/canva-releases-its-first-image-generation-model/ - Samsung all but confirms iPhone Duo is goosing Galaxy Z8 sales Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/samsung-all-but-confirms-iphone-duo-is-goosing-galaxy-z8-sales/ - Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman says its AI outperforms doctors on hard cases as he chases ‘medical superintelligence’ Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/microsofts-mustafa-suleyman-says-its-ai-outperforms-doctors-on-hard-cases-as-he-chases-medical-superintelligence/ - Former OpenAI science lead launches Warp Science to automate wet labs with robots Source: techcrunch Topic: General (+AI) URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/former-openai-science-lead-launches-warp-science-to-automate-wet-labs-with-robots/ - US official: Russia's stalker satellite sure looks like an orbital weapon Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/10/russia-claims-its-stalker-satellite-is-purely-peaceful-in-character/ - Elon Musk made a $1B investment in Skydance, report says Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/elon-musk-made-a-1-billion-investment-in-skydance-report-says/ - Max-severity GitLab bug allows remote code execution over 12 years of releases Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/22/max-severity-gitlab-bug-allows-remote-code-execution-over-12-years-of-releases/5304854 - Meta shocked by $25B fine after N.M. refused to join multistate settlement Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/meta-whines-new-mexico-is-impossible-to-please-after-historic-25-billion-fine/ - Disgraced Indian cert issuer leaves the cert issuing business Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/22/disgraced-indian-cert-issuer-leaves-the-cert-issuing-business/5304848 - Chinese hackers spied on thousands of companies after breaching IT giant ConnectWise Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/chinese-hackers-spied-on-thousands-of-companies-after-breaching-it-giant-connectwise/ - US-backed vaccine trial on babies canceled after international outcry Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/10/unethical-vaccine-trial-on-babies-backed-by-rfk-jr-is-formally-canceled/ - PHP2Shell puts dozens of UK government services out of service Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/22/php2shell-puts-dozens-of-uk-government-services-out-of-service/5304840 - TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Startup Battlefield 200: Celebrating outstanding achievements Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/techcrunch-disrupt-2026-startup-battlefield-200-celebrating-outstanding-achievements/ - Uber puts all 30,000 employees on ChatGPT Work Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/uber-puts-all-30000-employees-on-chatgpt-work/ - This emulator reimagines Nintendo’s Virtual Boy with a full color display Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/10/this-emulator-reimagines-nintendos-virtual-boy-with-a-full-color-display/ - Tesla is prepping a Cybercab onslaught Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/tesla-is-prepping-a-cybercab-onslaught/ - Hackers got a four-day head start on epic PHP2Shell vulnerability Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/hackers-got-a-four-day-head-start-on-epic-php2shell-vulnerability/ - Spotify confirms Family Plan crackdown, but calls it a ‘routine improvement’ Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/spotify-confirms-family-plan-crackdown-but-calls-it-a-routine-improvement/ - Investors break down how founders can raise a Series A today Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/investors-break-down-how-founders-can-raise-a-series-a-today/ - Spotify’s current AI bet is about being the music service that agents choose Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/spotifys-current-ai-bet-is-about-being-the-music-service-that-agents-choose/ - Apple App Store review process hits a traffic jam Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/applications/2026/10/22/apple-app-store-review-process-hits-a-traffic-jam/5304802 - When the attacker becomes the user: Rethinking account takeover Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/22/sponsored-when-the-attacker-becomes-the-user-rethinking-account-takeover/5303913 - Fusion startup Helion is developing new semiconductors that could double output of its power plants Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/fusion-startup-helion-is-developing-new-semiconductors-that-could-double-output-of-its-power-plants/ - Sauron recruits his future Ringwraiths in Rings of Power S3 trailer Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/10/sauron-recruits-his-future-ringwraiths-in-rings-of-power-s3-trailer/ - Singapore boffins weave a GUI into fabric, and it's machine washable too Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/10/22/singapore-boffins-weave-a-gui-into-fabric-and-its-machine-washable-too/5304785 - Developer platform Railway urges ‘all users’ to revoke secret keys after cyberattack Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/developer-platform-railway-urges-all-users-to-revoke-secret-keys-after-cyberattack/ - Claude Duet app is Anthropic’s bet on agents Source: techcrunch Topic: General (+AI) URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/claude-duet-app-is-anthropics-bet-on-agents/ - Nirva raises $33M for a pendant that only listens to you Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/nirva-raises-33m-for-a-pendant-that-only-listens-to-you/ - DeepSeek reportedly raises $15B days after US restrictions Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/deepseek-reportedly-raises-15b-days-after-us-restrictions/ - Forget "Malaise 2.0," GM says it's still all-in on EVs and autonomy Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/10/forget-malaise-2-0-gm-says-its-still-all-in-on-evs-and-autonomy/ - Nvidia's Huang: Don't mention the AI-pocalypse Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/22/nvidias-huang-dont-mention-the-ai-pocalypse/5304743 - Localizing compliance at scale: Achieving South Korea’s ISMS certification Source: cloudflare-blog Topic: General URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/k-isms/ - Hackers pile on PHP2Shell as AWS reveals attacks began before disclosure Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/10/22/hackers-pile-on-php2shell-as-aws-reveals-attacks-began-before-disclosure/5304749 - 333 Tor exit nodes hijacked to intercept SSH traffic and retrieve plaintext email Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/10/300-tor-exit-nodes-hijacked-to-intercept-ssh-traffic-and-retrieve-plaintext-email/ - Microsoft says ConnectWise breach let Chinese spies loose on 2,250 cloud tenants Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/22/microsoft-says-connectwise-breach-let-chinese-spies-loose-on-2250-cloud-tenants/5304687 - UN says we're going to blow past 1.5º warming, offers a "now what?" answer Source: ars-technica Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/un-accepts-the-obvious-were-not-going-to-avoid-a-1-5o-c-warming/ - Veteran ESA probe rolls out welcome mat for Japan's Phobos mission Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/10/22/veteran-esa-probe-rolls-out-welcome-mat-for-japans-phobos-mission/5304684 - IT department and auditors at major pharmacy chain got into a rip-roaring fight about using 'password' on Cisco firewall Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/22/it-department-and-auditors-at-major-pharmacy-chain-got-into-a-rip-roaring-fight-about-using-password-on-cisco-firewall/5304592 - UK government hasn't the foggiest how much it's spending on digital transformation Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/10/22/uk-government-hasnt-the-foggiest-how-much-its-spending-on-digital-transformation/5304662 - Vendors asking forward deployed engineers to make good on trillion-dollar AI bet Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/22/vendors-asking-forward-deployed-engineers-to-make-good-on-trillion-dollar-ai-bet/5304366 - Why the immediate future of liquid cooling is hybrid Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/22/partner-content-why-the-immediate-future-of-liquid-cooling-is-hybrid/5303795 - Certification authority eMudhra defends its laughably weak private keys Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/22/certification-authority-emudhra-defends-its-laughably-weak-private-keys/5304647 - IBM CEO says open weight models are now irresistibly good and cheap on-prem Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/22/ibm-ceo-says-open-weight-models-are-now-irresistibly-good-and-cheap-on-prem/5304640 - Philippine government suspends top tech official for alleged misconduct Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/10/22/philippine-government-suspends-top-tech-official-for-alleged-misconduct/5304633 - To help world gorge on GPUs, Nvidia brings cash bucket to fatten wafer-thin supply chain Source: theregister Topic: General URL: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/22/to-help-world-gorge-on-gpus-nvidia-brings-cash-bucket-to-fatten-wafer-thin-supply-chain/5304623 - Tesla says it will start selling Cybercabs by end of year Source: techcrunch Topic: General URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/21/tesla-says-it-will-start-selling-cybercabs-by-end-of-year/ - Anthropic's AI agent 🤖, Elon's merger 💰, internet security meltdown 👨‍💻 Source: tldr-tech Topic: General (+AI) URL: https://tldr.tech/tech/2026-10-22 ## Community - Mapping the Northern Sky Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.maps.com/star-map-charts-stars-and-constellations-of-northern-hemisphere/ - Jank – The native Clojure dialect with seamless C++ interop Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://jank-lang.org/ - Show HN: Impossible Machines: declaratively program the physical world Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.impossiblemachines.xyz - Docker is weird Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://codeandcake.dev/posts/2026-10-22-docker-is-weird - AI compute is the new oil–and needs a new market Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/10/22/ai-compute-is-the-new-oil-and-needs-a-new-market - UN says breaching 1.5C warming limit is 'imminent and unavoidable' Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/21/climate/cop31-un-climate-report-emissions-gap - The Many Many Missed Opportunities of Sonic 06 Source: lobsters Topic: General URL: https://isaacmarovitz.com/posts/sonic-06/ - We have traits at home Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.axelmagn.com/blog/202610-zig-traits/ - The Hibernate Origin Story (Outsider Edition) Source: lobsters Topic: General (+Databases, Java) URL: https://fishbowl.pastiche.org/2026/10/23/hibernate-origin-story - Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://edjefferson.com/localwiki/ - LLMs are making formal software verification feasible at a much larger scale Source: hacker-news Topic: General (+AI) URL: https://www.anthropic.com/research/formal-verification - Canadians are running out of time to oppose Bill C-22 Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/canadians-are-running-out-time-oppose-dangerous-c-22-surveillance-bill - Cyberpunk 2077 in WebGPU Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://twitter.com/omonkeyzz/status/2113389957968785510 - Show HN: CATT 0.2.1: Test agents/services against a Muse/Instinct-alike, in CI Source: hacker-news Topic: General (+AI) URL: https://github.com/Coverage-Cat/consumer-agent-testing-tool - Rule 30: one black cell Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.wolframcollatzmahler.com/rule30/index.html - Sony Exits UHD Blu-ray Player Market as Pull Back from Physical Media Continues Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/10/sony-exits-uhd-blu-ray-player-market-as-pull-back-from-physical-media-continues - US banks are blocking third-party AI agents access to customer accounts Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-banks-detect-unauthorized-ai-agents-customer-accounts-axios-reports-2026-10-22/ - Meta to Pay Zuckerberg's CA Wealth Tax Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://seekingalpha.com/news/4655678-meta-approves-class-c-share-structure-strikes-deal-to-retain-ceo-zuckerberg-in-california - How does Fable 5.1 hide messages in images? Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/WHEQps5PK8LrrcTAb/how-does-fable-5-1-hide-messages-in-images - Railpass Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://train.samismith.com/ - Canadian Officers Don't Want to Serve in the U.S. Anymore Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/10/military-cooperation-canada-trump/689057/ - Jared Kushner Hacked Phone Reveals Secret Negotiations, Millions in Transactions Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-kushner-hacked-phone-secret-negotiations - Ask HN: If the models are so good, why doesn't OpenAI just start 100 companies? Source: hacker-news Topic: General (+AI) URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50200997 - Iron Age salt-mining complex found beneath Hallstatt in Austria Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/iron-age-salt-mining-complex-beneath-hallstatt/ - Most Americans Say AI Is Bad for Society, Oppose More Data Centers Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://abcnews.com/Politics/americans-ai-bad-society-oppose-data-centers-abcpostipsos/story?id=137414085 - Portal Texas Used to 'Rubber Stamp' Data Centers Down After 404 Media Reporting Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.404media.co/texas-commission-on-environmental-quality-portal-down/ - UUIDv7 doesn't have the properties you think it does Source: lobsters Topic: General (+Python) URL: https://alexsci.com/blog/uuidv7-is-weird/ - The HTML-in-Canvas API origin trial Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://developer.chrome.com/blog/html-in-canvas-origin-trial - Blaise Pascal invented fixed route public transport (2024) Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://humantransit.org/2024/12/one-of-the-greatest-inventions-in-the-history-of-human-transport.html - Please don't mess with links Source: lobsters Topic: General (+Web) URL: https://maurycyz.com/misc/real_links/ - A complete bypass of eMudhra’s 1FA OTP login system Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://mastodon.catgirl.cloud/@49016/117475976434068995 - LISP Comes of Age (1980) Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://microship.com/lisp-comes-of-age/ - How to spot AI science slop Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://labmuffin.com/how-to-spot-ai-science-slop/ - Hedra is a 3D open world game I wrote from scratch while in highschool Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://github.com/maxilevi/project-hedra/tree/pre-ai - Show HN: Build a world on your phone, explore it in XR on Vision Pro and Quest Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://3d.camilleworld.com/play/ - Show HN: UI micro interactions prompts for AI Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.typeui.sh/micro-interactions - Mark Zuckerberg Threatened to Leave California. Meta's Board Cut Him a Deal Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.wsj.com/business/mark-zuckerberg-discussed-leaving-california-over-wealth-tax-21b0b522 - Radio Days Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://oldster.substack.com/p/radio-days - Award-winning AI literature Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://jamesyu.org/award-winning-ai-literature/ - AI and the Enclosure of the Scientific Commons Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.27251 - Retired decorator's Pokémon cards sell for £1.5M Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvp8gy1zwxxwo - Iceye and Nokia partner with Ukraine to develop satcom capability Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.iceye.com/newsroom/press-releases/iceye-and-nokia-partner-with-the-ministry-of-defence-of-ukraine-to-develop-sovereign-satcom-capability - Monoidal computer I: Basic computability by string diagrams (2012) Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1208.5205 - AI analysis of CT scans finds 42.9% of patients have coronary inflammation Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.biograph.com/newsroom/biograph-completes-first-u.s.-study-with-caristo-diagnostics%E2%80%99-ai-powered-coronary-inflammation-detection-finding-risk-in-over-42-of-asymptomatic-patients - Show HN: agent-usage-guard – a Claude Code mod to protect your usage window Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://github.com/rbartoli/agent-usage-guard - Introducing Amutable Foundations Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://amutable.com/blog/introducing-amutable-foundations - Local Democracy's Business Model Is Broken Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://blog.landeconomics.org/p/local-democracys-business-model-is - OpenShell – A safe, private runtime for fleets of autonomous AI agents Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://github.com/NVIDIA/OpenShell - a hacky fucked up way to portably access errno from outside of c Source: lobsters Topic: General URL: https://sebsite.pw/w/20260925-errno.html - Objects, attributes, maps, oh my Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/object-shapes/ - A farewell to Arc browser Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://arc.net/ - Where Wealth Is Moving in America Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://thestatedtruth.com/?p=28732 - Mini brain organoids ‘reading’ Braille key step towards biohybrid computing Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/10/16/mini-brain-organoids-reading-braille-biohybrid-computing-frontiers-artificial-intelligence - Reverse engineer of PC-98 Touhou games retires Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://rec98.nmlgc.net/blog/2026-10-05 - Getting ready to operate GNU Taler in Germany Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.taler.net/en/news/2026-13.html - Every AI model has the same "controversial" take on humans Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.modelcompare.ai/blog/ai-models-controversial-take-on-humans - Overgrown, when plants invade your abandoned tabs Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://charliegerard.dev/blog/overgrown-extension/ - SF Tesla motorist fatally strikes man crossing highway while car was in FSD mode Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/self-driving-tesla-fatally-strikes-man-on-highway-22489051.php - Chemists, Chemical Engineers, and Plant Managers Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.seeingthesystem.com/p/chemists-chemical-engineers-and-plant - Google cleared 300 hectares of Finnish forest Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.techspot.com/news/114100-google-cleared-300-hectares-finnish-forest-data-center.html - Run full iOS 16.5 firmware on Android Devices Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://github.com/oosexgang/hackios-xnu-kernel - The U.S. Power Grid Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://nomagicpill.site/knowledge/powergrid.html - Important updates to AI use on Etsy Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.etsy.com/seller-handbook/article/1522733284810 - New 'Circadian' Subtype of Depression Affecting 1 in 4 Patients Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-identify-new-circadian-subtype-of-depression-affecting-1-in-4-patients - Quad9 DNS Resolver to exit France Source: lobsters Topic: General URL: https://quad9.net/news/blog/au-revoir-france/ - MPs moving to restrict gambling ads in Canada Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/gambling-ads-restrictions-canada-9.7388888 - In-Vivo CRISPR/Base-Editing "One-Shot" Therapies Targeting PCSK9 Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11883-026-01470-8 - Migrate Your 300-Node Redis Cluster to Just 3 Lavik Nodes Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://lavik.dev/en/blog/300-redis-nodes-to-3-lavik-nodes/ - Recreate the Apollo Guidance Computer Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/recreate-the-apollo-guidance-computer/ - Has the Investment Boom Expanded U.S. Productive Capacity? Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.kansascityfed.org/research/economic-bulletin/has-the-investment-boom-expanded-us-productive-capacity/ - What’s getting pwned right now Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://pwn.watch/ - Parsing EDIFACT in Python with syntax trees Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://github.com/AmadeusITGroup/Edison - Show HN: OnKey – I'm a bad singer, so I built an app to show where I'm off-key Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://github.com/dsmurrell/onkey - Bring Back the Cool Save File Screens Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://scabshack.lol/posts/bring-back-the-cool-save-file-screens - eMudhra to exit global SSL/TLS certificate business Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://emudhra.com/en/press-release/emudhra-to-exit-global-ssl-tls-certificate-business - The alien space of science: Coherent but cognitively unavailable directions Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.01092 - Crystal 1.22 Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://crystal-lang.org/2026/10/12/1.22.0-released/ - In Rainbows Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://hitogata.neocities.org/Rainbows - Woman charged with computer fraud due to scam CashApp account being in her name Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.404media.co/amanda-smith-opened-a-cashapp-in-her-name-she-faces-years-in-prison-cashapp-fraud/ - SBD: We Have a Filesystem at Home Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://fly.io/blog/sprites-block-device/ - Show HN: Replacing CAPTCHAs with adaptive proof-of-work in WordPress Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/gdpr-compliant-recaptcha-for-all-forms/ - What is your opinion on submission quality since the `vibecoding` tag was removed? Source: lobsters Topic: General URL: https://lobste.rs/s/nmurnh/what_is_your_opinion_on_submission - Rewriting a Commercial Engine in Jai Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://polygonjs.com/blog/why-i-rewrote-polygon-from-scratch - Full Disk Encryption on Fedora with TPM2 Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.apalrd.net/posts/2026/ent_luks/ - How to run a city builder on 16 MHz Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://larstofus.com/2025/11/16/how-to-run-a-city-builder-on-12-5-mhz/ - Semantic search across major museums Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://lastmuseum.com/ - Tablesample Picks Rows Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://boringsql.com/posts/tablesample/ - Amazon identifies Oct 17 PHP2Shell exploitation prior to public disclosure Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/amazon-threat-intelligence-identifies-php2shell-exploitation-prior-to-public-disclosure-in-madpot/ - Xbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you bought Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/10/xbox-wants-you-to-pay-24-to-40-cents-per-hour-to-stream-games-you-already-bought/ - How Japanese Dried Bonito Is Made Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://kottke.org/26/10/how-japanese-dried-bonito-is-made - Expose only share links of a private service with caddy Source: lobsters Topic: General (+DevOps) URL: https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2026-10-21-caddy-forward-auth-public-share-links.html - Several Linux kernel vulnerabilities accidentally posted to public mailing list Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.phoronix.com/news/LKML-New-Trend-Vulnerabilities - The Quake Fan who built the map editor everybody uses Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://funcarena.com/articles/the-quake-fan-who-built-the-map-editor-everybody-uses - Picasa Photo Viewer Rebuilt for Linux, Project Named Licasa Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://github.com/sanxchep/licasa - I own a relatively new (2025) Samsung TV. I kept getting weirdly targeted ads Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://twitter.com/log4j/status/2113014142600953868 - Brotli on Nginx thread pools: ngx_mbrotli vs. ngx_brotli Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://m-compressors.github.io/2026/ngx-mbrotli-thread-pool-benchmarks/ - Header Accordions: QPACK amplification attacks against HTTP/3 servers Source: lobsters Topic: General URL: https://foxio.io/blog/header-accordions-qpack-amplification-attacks-against-http-3-servers - Tell HN: I unknowingly broke the PHP RCE embargo. I am sorry Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50193416 - I built a garbage collector for Rust (2023) Source: lobsters Topic: General (+Rust) URL: https://claytonwramsey.com/blog/dumpster/ - Faster than earcut: triangulating 3.7M map polygons in 489 ms Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://globus.software/blog/2026/10/16/cutting-map-polygons/ - Script dependencies with Nix Source: lobsters Topic: General URL: https://entropicthoughts.com/python-dependencies-with-nix - Cloudflare is rewriting everything in Rust Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://kerkour.com/rust-at-cloudflare - TornadoVM 7 Enables GPU-Native Workloads from Java Applications Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/10/tornadovm-7-gpu/ - CVE-2026-111943: Compromised Intermediate Certificate Authority Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2026-111943 - Achieving AI-style reasoning without an LLM Source: hacker-news Topic: General (+AI) URL: https://fleetingswallow.com/minotaur-ai-deep-dive-achieving-reasoning-without-a-language-model/ - Node.js security advisory: Brotli decoder RCE (CVE-2026-111497) Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://vercel.com/kb/bulletin/node-js-security-advisory - Jailbreaking the Switch 2 Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://pepsipu.com/blog/2026-10-switch2-jailbreak-ns2jb/ - Tell your network to explain itself and then some Source: lobsters Topic: General URL: https://unixdigest.com/tutorials/tell-your-network-to-explain-itself-and-then-some.html - A lost Schrödinger manuscript reveals a twist in quantum physics Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.sciencealert.com/a-lost-schrdinger-manuscript-reveals-a-surprising-twist-in-quantum-physics - OpenAI CLI Source: hacker-news Topic: General (+AI) URL: https://github.com/openai/openai-cli - Two Welsh organisations reprimanded after cyber-attack exposed children’s information Source: lobsters Topic: General URL: https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2026/10/password1-is-not-an-appropriate-password/ - The Chalk and the Airplane Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://unintendedconsequenc.es/chalk-and-the-airplane/ - Garmin Revamps and Opens Up Connect Developer API Program Source: lobsters Topic: General URL: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2026/10/garmin-connect-api-revamps-connect-developer.html - Sexy, texts back, and is into your job? You might be dating a spy Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://sfstandard.com/2026/10/18/dating-a-spy-corporate-espionage/ - The recently proposed o(n log n) integer multiplication algorithm [pdf] Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~davidharvey/research/subnlogn.pdf - WorldTUI: I trained a 360M model to pretend to be a terminal Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://simedw.com/2026/10/21/world-model-terminal/ - Claude Now Works with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://claude.com/resources/articles/claude-now-works-in-google-docs-sheets-and-slides - LLM agents play Pokemon showdown Source: hacker-news Topic: General (+AI) URL: https://olivergrabner.com/research/pokemon/ - Milwaukee Brewers renege on golden tickets sold in 2016 Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://twitter.com/emilymaeheller/status/2112719895519514992 - Epic Games Inc v Apple Inc Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2026/2026fca1552 - examining the macOS gcc binary Source: lobsters Topic: General URL: https://zoey-on-github.github.io/blog/macgcc.html - New World screwworm cases confirmed in wildlife in Texas, beef cow in New Mexico Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-agriculture-dept-confirms-first-detection-new-world-screwworm-us-wildlife-2026-10-21/ - Zac-OS-9: The classic Platinum desktop, reborn for modern PCs Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://sourceforge.net/projects/zac-os-9/ - Data centers could erase decades of air quality gains Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1015958/data-center-pollution-rising-report - Announcing DuckDB 2.0.0 LTS “Cinnamon Teal” Source: lobsters Topic: General (+Databases) URL: https://duckdb.org/2026/10/21/announcing-duckdb-200.html - Tesla profits drop 43% in Q3 Source: hacker-news Topic: General URL: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/10/tesla-profits-drop-43-in-q3/ ## Media - How smart storage turns dark data into AI context Source: youtube-googlecloud Topic: AWS (+AI, Cloud, General) URL: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w0p3D6dk7u8 - Plan your app’s system spec (No code) Source: youtube-googlecloud Topic: AWS (+AI, Cloud, General) URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TdBFTUbUrU - How Knowledge Catalog’s self-learning enrichment grounds enterprise AI agents Source: youtube-googlecloud Topic: AWS (+AI, Cloud, General) URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeWzgLGSkls - AI harness crash course Source: youtube-googlecloud Topic: AWS (+AI, Cloud, General) URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C_CefSQEAQ - Building what's next Source: changelog Topic: General URL: https://changelog.com/podcast/687 - The last real programmers are dying out... Source: youtube-fireship Topic: Web (+General, JavaScript) URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv6B6PQOuHE - Stop waiting on pull request reviews with GitHub Copilot approvals Source: youtube-github Topic: Open Source (+General) URL: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/exBCpV9eJnc