A plastic once thought harmless may be fueling fatty liver disease

Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261008102718.htm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50039062 Points: 17 # Comments: 0

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261008102718.htm

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Terrence Tao does not understand cancer medicine

Article URL: https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/terrence-tao-does-not-understand Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50039331 Points: 7 # Comments: 1

https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/terrence-tao-does-not-understand

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CIA World Facebook Is Dead – Here Is an Attempt at Recreation

Article URL: https://worldfacts.app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50039504 Points: 6 # Comments: 2

https://worldfacts.app/

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Satya Nadella says we should assume all AI models are 'compromised'

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1009337/satya-nadella-says-we-should-assume-all-ai-models-are-compromised Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50039627 Points: 9 # Comments…

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1009337/satya-nadella-says-we-should-assume-all-ai-models-are-compromised

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Show HN: GSD Task Manager – an MCP server that gives your AI agent a task list

Article URL: https://github.com/vscarpenter/gsd-task-manager Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50039633 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

https://github.com/vscarpenter/gsd-task-manager

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Because the techies who are vaunting #GenAI and hoping that the malevolent Trump government helps to prop up the sagging fad (that's always been the ultimate daydream of #tech weenies, being propped up by the government, as with the tax-preparation #software grift) are the stupidest geniuses on Earth, they're easily dazzled by extremely unimpressive LLM feats.

But it's far worse than that: because these techies know NOTHING outside their narrow range of increasingly obsolescent technical expertise, because the elite #programming folks are more than likely to know NOTHING about writing or painting or translation or any of the other things that they're convinced ought to be taken out of the hands of sheeplike humanity and given to their "AGI superintelligence", these high-tech clowns seem unable to realize the degree to which LLMs are very obviously far worse than human beings at basically everything.

Needless to say, high-tech #journalism of the @arstechnica sort has also failed to notice just how far short LLMs actually fall. And I'm not just talking about the confabulation, or "hallucination" as the tech weenies incorrectly call it, because they know zero about psychology beyond memorizing a lot of fancy words from medical literature. Ars Technica and @Businessweek et alii faithfully transmit the wide-eyed stupidity of #technology leaders into print, accepting their "optimism" at face value and thereby ripping up journalistic ethics and throwing them in the trash.

Probably all the journalists of Ars Technica &c. are on the take, hoping to get rich themselves through #investment in high-tech fads, and thus their reportage is hopelessly corrupt.

(etc.)

Deterministic Simulation Testing in Celld

Article URL: https://celld.dev/docs/engineering/deterministic-simulation-testing/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50024805 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

https://celld.dev/docs/engineering/deterministic-simulation-testing/

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Nix wrote half of my debugger

Article URL: https://fzakaria.com/2026/10/07/nix-wrote-half-of-my-debugger Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50017247 Points: 145 # Comments: 27

https://fzakaria.com/2026/10/07/nix-wrote-half-of-my-debugger

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500B Tokens Later: Letting AI Agents Decompile a First-Person Shooter

Article URL: https://momo5502.com/posts/2026-10-09-game-decompilation/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50039092 Points: 13 # Comments: 8

https://momo5502.com/posts/2026-10-09-game-decompilation/

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Rumor: Apple to Announce New Partnership With ADT

Apple may be planning to announce a new partnership with home security company ADT, alongside the introduction of its all-new smart home hub, according to several clues. Apple has invited the media to a "Welcome home" e…

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/10/rumored-apple-adt-partnership/

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Anthropic asks users to stop being mean to Claude

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/09/anthropic-asks-users-to-stop-being-mean-to-claude/5302218 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50038865 Points: 14 # Comments: 3

https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/09/anthropic-asks-users-to-stop-being-mean-to-claude/5302218

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #HackerNews [Hacker News]

PSPi 6 – Raspberry Pi in a PSP

Article URL: https://github.com/othermod/PSPi-Version-6 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50038623 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

https://github.com/othermod/PSPi-Version-6

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Generative AI scandal has come to one of Nikon's competitions

Article URL: https://www.dpreview.com/news/generative-ai-scandal-has-come-to-one-of-nikons-competitions/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50038640 Points: 9 # Comments: 0

https://www.dpreview.com/news/generative-ai-scandal-has-come-to-one-of-nikons-competitions/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #HackerNews [Hacker News]

Getting old Macromedia Director Games to run on modern Hardware

Article URL: https://werwolv.net/posts/macromedia_copy_protection/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50020901 Points: 36 # Comments: 5

https://werwolv.net/posts/macromedia_copy_protection/

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A minimal Rust TUI for managing GitHub repos and branches

Article URL: https://github.com/jorgeandrecastro/github-workflow Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50038440 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

https://github.com/jorgeandrecastro/github-workflow

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Ask HN: Why aren't Americans rising up against tipping?

I've read lots of articles about how Americans hate their tipping culture. But tipping is optional so why don't they just stop? If you don't tip you both help society improve and you save money. Win-win. Comments URL: h…

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50038458

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WallHop – 12ft.io is gone, so I built a replacement

Article URL: https://wallhop.io/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50038634 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

https://wallhop.io/

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Googlebook improving ‘Better Together’ Android sync features, Samsung support rolling out

The big selling point for Googlebook is that it’s a desktop platform that deeply integrates with your Android phone but, at launch, those “Better Together” sync features are in a messy place. Google is now rolling out u…

https://9to5google.com/2026/10/10/googlebook-android-sync-updates-samsung-support-rolling-out/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #9to5Google [9to5Google]

Anthropic Bans Cruelty to Claude, Still Won't Say What It Protects

Article URL: https://rews.cc/a/anthropic-bans-cruelty-to-claude-still-won-t-say-what-it-pro-bd99f6 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50038383 Points: 19 # Comments: 19

https://rews.cc/a/anthropic-bans-cruelty-to-claude-still-won-t-say-what-it-pro-bd99f6

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #HackerNews [Hacker News]

How to enable Live Activities on iPhone and CarPlay

Live Activities put the most important real-time information from apps in a place where it's easy to keep an eye on.

https://www.engadget.com/2280381/how-to-enable-live-activites-iphone-carplay/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #Engadget [Engadget]

How does a backup camera actually work?

Aftermarket backup cameras might not work as well as integrated ones, but they're still a useful upgrade to an older car.

https://www.engadget.com/2280368/how-backup-camera-works/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #Engadget [Engadget]

‘Blade Runner 2099’ Trailer Teases the Aftermath of the Replicant Uprising

The upcoming Prime Video TV series dropped its first full-length trailer at New York Comic Con.

https://gizmodo.com/blade-runner-2099-trailer-prime-video-nycc-2026-2000824679

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #Gizmodo [Gizmodo]

How to use the parental controls on iOS 27

Screen Time has new features to help parents manage their children's Apple devices, as well as refinements to existing controls.

https://www.engadget.com/2280277/how-to-use-ios-27-parental-controls/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #Engadget [Engadget]

‘In a Violent Nature: Part 2’ Will Stalk Theaters in February

Horror fans can step back into Johnny's shoes when the slasher sequel arrives next year.

https://gizmodo.com/in-a-violent-nature-part-2-release-date-nycc-2026-2000824483

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #Gizmodo [Gizmodo]

How to reduce mobile data usage on your iPhone

If your cellular plan has limited data, you'll want to take advantage of these easy tweaks to stretch those gigabytes.

https://www.engadget.com/2280214/how-to-reduce-mobile-data-usage-iphone/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #Engadget [Engadget]

MrBeast 'spends millions reverse engineering the algorithms on each platform'

Article URL: https://www.barchart.com/story/news/5472260/mrbeast-told-billionaire-mark-cuban-he-spends-millions-of-dollars-reverse-engineering-the-algorithms-on-each-platform-so-he-never-runs-out-of-ideas Comments URL: …

https://www.barchart.com/story/news/5472260/mrbeast-told-billionaire-mark-cuban-he-spends-millions-of-dollars-reverse-engineering-the-algorithms-on-each-platform-so-he-never-runs-out-of-ideas

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #HackerNews [Hacker News]

Build your own decision model

Article URL: https://nishtahir.com/build-your-own-decision-model/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50037949 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

https://nishtahir.com/build-your-own-decision-model/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #HackerNews [Hacker News]

Simple tweaks to improve your 4K TV's picture quality

Even if your TV looks great as-is, some tweaks to its modes and sliders, as well as the room it's in, will make it look much better.

https://www.engadget.com/2280162/improve-picture-quality-4k-tv-simple-tweaks/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #Engadget [Engadget]

Five months treating bugs like patients and coding agents like a medical team

Article URL: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/experiment-running-hospital-code/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50021899 Points: 16 # Comments: 3

https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/experiment-running-hospital-code/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #HackerNews [Hacker News]

Anthropic Is Banishing Its Model Evals From the Internet

Not forever.

https://gizmodo.com/anthropic-is-banishing-its-model-evals-from-the-internet-2000824671

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This fuckin "I made this myself with No A.I .. but then after release I used LLMs and AI to bug fix and create new features" is FUcKING EXHAUSTING Y'ALL.

Stop tying to weasel - word your way out of criticism. Have some GODDAM BALLS FFS !

#NoAI #NoLLM #Software #Feeware #SoftwareDev #Opensource

How to lock apps on your Samsung Galaxy phone

Samsung phones have a couple of features that can keep sensitive apps and files private. One locks your chosen apps, and the other restricts all but one app.

https://www.engadget.com/2280136/how-to-lock-app-samsung-galaxy-phone/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #Engadget [Engadget]

What is the 3-2-1 rule for backing up your data?

Make sure your files are safe in the event of a hard drive disaster.

https://www.engadget.com/2280127/backing-up-data-3-2-1-rule-explained/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #Engadget [Engadget]

Satya Nadella says we should assume all AI models are ‘compromised’

In a lengthy post on X, Microsoft's CEO laid out his views on the dangers posed by highly advanced AI models and how to confront those risks. Nadella says we can no longer accept a world where AI is treated as a "set of…

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1009337/satya-nadella-says-we-should-assume-all-ai-models-are-compromised

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #TheVerge [The Verge]

Why We Still Cannot Read Etruscan

Article URL: https://veiledantiquity.com/posts/etruscan-language-lost/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50037183 Points: 5 # Comments: 2

https://veiledantiquity.com/posts/etruscan-language-lost/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #HackerNews [Hacker News]

How does using your MacBook while charging affect its battery life?

Modern MacBooks are pretty smart about managing their battery's health.

https://www.engadget.com/2280083/how-using-macbook-while-charging-affect-battery-life/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #Engadget [Engadget]

A city-building game in which the city would prefer you didn't

Article URL: https://housing.over.pizza/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50036864 Points: 14 # Comments: 0

https://housing.over.pizza/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #HackerNews [Hacker News]

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella says AI models need an ‘emergency brake’

In a Saturday morning post, Microsoft's CEO wrote that it’s time “to step back and assess the trust architecture” of AI.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/10/microsofts-satya-nadella-says-ai-models-need-an-emergency-brake/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #TechCrunch [TechCrunch]

Hackers abuse Google Ads, Bing redirects to push Claude ClickFix attacks

Article URL: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abuse-google-ads-bing-redirects-to-push-claude-clickfix-attacks/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50037299 Points: 5 # Comments: 2

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abuse-google-ads-bing-redirects-to-push-claude-clickfix-attacks/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #HackerNews [Hacker News]

50MB operating system can resurrect your old PC

Article URL: https://www.makeuseof.com/this-50mb-operating-system-can-resurrect-your-old-pc/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50036571 Points: 5 # Comments: 1

https://www.makeuseof.com/this-50mb-operating-system-can-resurrect-your-old-pc/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #HackerNews [Hacker News]

‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Lifts the Lid on Its Second Season

Bill Nighy and Rosemary DeWitt will appear as guest stars on the 'Star Trek' series when it returns in March.

https://gizmodo.com/star-trek-starfleet-academy-lifts-the-lid-on-its-second-season-2000824500

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #Gizmodo [Gizmodo]

The Lightbulb Computer

Article URL: https://lightbulbcomputer.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50029487 Points: 30 # Comments: 9

https://lightbulbcomputer.com/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #HackerNews [Hacker News]

Apple discloses deal to hire team and license tech from personalized podcast startup Huxe

Is Apple hoping to get into the AI-generated podcast business?

https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/10/apple-discloses-deal-to-hire-team-and-license-tech-from-personalized-podcast-startup-huxe/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #TechCrunch [TechCrunch]

Where Google Wallet state IDs are available on Android

States across the US are slowly rolling out support for adding your driver’s license or ID to the Google Wallet app on Android. more…

https://9to5google.com/2026/10/10/google-wallet-state-ids/

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Why DuckDB 2.0 is faster

Article URL: https://motherduck.com/blog/why-duckdb-20-is-faster/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50035530 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

https://motherduck.com/blog/why-duckdb-20-is-faster/

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Takeshi's Castle

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshi%27s_Castle Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50036119 Points: 3 # Comments: 1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshi%27s_Castle

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #HackerNews [Hacker News]

Unikernels were hard. key word: were

Article URL: https://ghuntley.com/unikernels/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50033357 Points: 8 # Comments: 4

https://ghuntley.com/unikernels/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #HackerNews [Hacker News]

Vibe coded browser ports of Halo, The Simpsons: Hit And Run, GTA work well

Article URL: https://kotaku.com/we-might-be-cooked-as-these-vibe-coded-web-browser-ports-of-halo-the-simpsons-hit-and-run-and-gta-vice-city-seem-to-work-perfectly-2000743300 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/it…

https://kotaku.com/we-might-be-cooked-as-these-vibe-coded-web-browser-ports-of-halo-the-simpsons-hit-and-run-and-gta-vice-city-seem-to-work-perfectly-2000743300

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #HackerNews [Hacker News]

Nvidia in talks to acquire US 'open' model startup Reflection AI

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/052610c5-22b4-4dd4-932e-b7f9f0628b6a Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50035886 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

https://www.ft.com/content/052610c5-22b4-4dd4-932e-b7f9f0628b6a

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #HackerNews [Hacker News]

DistroKid has been quietly taking down songs in response to UMG lawsuit

Artists are taking to social media to complain that DistroKid has unceremoniously removed their work without notice. Now DistroKid has confirmed to The Verge that the takedowns are a direct response to claims made by UM…

https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1009309/distrokid-take-down-songs-umg-lawsuit

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #TheVerge [The Verge]