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US man given prison sentence for bot-farming music streams
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/north-carolina-man-sent...
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50000985
Points: 174
# Comments: 268
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Port of the TypeScript compiler, checker and lsp to Rust, by LLM
Article URL: https://github.com/pingdotgg/ts-rust
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50000676
Points: 111
# Comments: 207
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Why isn't the industry freaking out about DeepSeek 4.1 Flash?
Article URL: https://www.dgt.is/blog/2026-10-07-deepseek-freek-out/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50000488
Points: 590
# Comments: 473
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AHM Statement on OpenAI's October 6 Release of Mathematical Documents
Article URL: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/10/07/ahm-statement-on-openais-october-6-release-of-mathematical-documents/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50000421
Points: 18
# Comments: 17
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What is the actual percentage of people for and against AI?
Ive started to think about it lately, a google search just doesn't yield a satisfiable result.
What do you guys think ? How many people are actually against AI?
Sometimes it feels like the majority are starting to be skeptical, but maybe that's just the environment im surrounded by.
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50000356
Points: 10
# Comments: 53
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Map of USENET in 1986
Article URL: https://twitter.com/0xtechnexus/status/2107954052927746241
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50000302
Points: 1
# Comments: 0
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PD’s New Policy For Flock Cameras Just Shows How Little It Was Doing Before The Blowback Hit
Flock is being tossed aside by tons of cities and the trend doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Sure, these cities may ultimately decide to go with another ALPR provider, but hopefully it will be one that’s a bit more serious about preventing abuse. Recent changes by Flock, in response to months of sustained negative […] -
Me on textlog
Evgeny Morozov has pointed out that using ai through chat interfaces is based on an individualised and privatised model, which (heavily paraphrased) is inherently anti-social. With an extra layer now of people making small personalised tools, do bigger things still need teams of people who know what they’re doing? FWIW I’d like to see more sharing of vibe coded tools instead of everyone making their own more less the same ones. Mine are here: https://pauladams.neocities.org/
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Archaeologists Are Reconstructing the 'Invisible' Technologies of the Stone Age
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Margaret Hamilton has died
Article URL: https://news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-hamilton-computing-pioneer-dies-1007
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49998895
Points: 2086
# Comments: 251
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Dave W Plummer: "AI Cloning should be illegal"
Article URL: https://twitter.com/davepl1968/status/2107875089446580273
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49998739
Points: 4
# Comments: 7
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Software Factories Meet Agile
Article URL: https://twitter.com/IgorZIJ/status/2107933158155186599
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49998578
Points: 3
# Comments: 0
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Anthropic is adding monthly API credits to Claude Max and Team subscriptions
Article URL: https://twitter.com/ClaudeDevs/status/2107895957933408429
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49998473
Points: 2
# Comments: 1
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DeskWM: A Skeuomorphic Wayland Compositor
Article URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/1wzzxjn/deskwm_windows_are_sheets_of_paper_on_a_wooden/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49998411
Points: 5
# Comments: 0
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Windows Hybrid Intelligence
Article URL: https://twitter.com/satyanadella/status/2107898018112647313
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49998374
Points: 2
# Comments: 0
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Prime Day Android app deals and freebies: Ash of Gods, Foretales, Dungreed, ScourgeBringer, more
The clock is ticking on the 2026 Amazon fall Prime Day deals, but we are taking a quick break to surface the best Google Play app and game deals. We have now added several highlights to our Primke Day lineup below, including Ash of Gods: Redemption, Backflip Madness 2, Foretales, Dungreed, ScourgeBringer, and more. Just be sure to dive into the Samsung Galaxy Tab S12+/Ultra launch deals, as well as Galaxy Tab S11 hitting best prices in months at $355 off, and the lowest prices ever on Galaxy Z Fold 8. The apps await below.
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How Copyright Is Being Abused To Censor Albania’s Flamingo Revolution
For the last couple of years, the copyright world has been grappling with the latest generation of AI, as numerous posts on Walled Culture attest. That’s hardly surprising, since AI is currently delivering the greatest challenge to the foundations of copyright since the arrival of the computer, which was discussed at length in Walled Culture […] -
'Jonathan' is the oldest land animal on Earth
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Itay Shechter on X: "Homemade American Bread HTTPS://t.co/ZMXcxxgyfu" / X
Article URL: https://twitter.com/gfbeef_/status/2085347216684654608
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49998042
Points: 3
# Comments: 0
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Show HN: gtlds.fyi – All the proposed new gTLDs
Article URL: https://gtlds.fyi/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49997971
Points: 38
# Comments: 56
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The Mathocalypse
Article URL: https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=10169
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49997718
Points: 379
# Comments: 390
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Man discovers his parents’ coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days
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A SF housing simulator with irl laws
Article URL: https://twitter.com/Olliesiin/status/2107849634551062876
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49997447
Points: 1
# Comments: 0
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Meta and Microsoft take steps to reduce employee usage of Claude AI
Article URL: https://www.rswebsols.com/news/meta-and-microsoft-take-steps-to-reduce-employee-usage-of-claude-ai/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49997161
Points: 367
# Comments: 381
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The Barriers of Perception
Article URL: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/10/07/the-barriers-of-perception/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49997124
Points: 4
# Comments: 0
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Push ifs up and fors down: The idiom, its algebra, and its limits
Article URL: https://debasishg.github.io/blog/push-ifs-up-fors-down/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49997073
Points: 176
# Comments: 89
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After 28 Years, 29 Countries And Nearly 50,000 km On Foot, British Man Finally Returns To UK
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Judge Blocks Utah’s Demand That Websites See Through VPNs
Over the last few years, with Congress completely incompetent and a massive moral panic about tech raging, states have stepped up to try to regulate the internet any way they can. Even after the Supreme Court reminded states that the First Amendment still exists online and their varied attempts to regulate speech faced serious constitutional […] -
Daily Deal: flowkey Piano Learning App
flowkey is a fun, interactive piano learning platform that helps anyone go from absolute beginner to confident player — at their own pace. It combines step-by-step courses with thousands of songs you know and love, tailored for every skill level, from first-time learners to advanced pianists. The app listens as you play and gives instant […] -
Claude Haiku 5.5
Article URL: https://twitter.com/claudeai/status/2107894039626277339
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49996438
Points: 6
# Comments: 0
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Claude Haiku 5.5
Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/claude-haiku-5-5
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49996437
Points: 1031
# Comments: 480
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GPT‑6 and Intelligent UI for everyone
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/gpt-6-for-everyone/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49996425
Points: 740
# Comments: 447
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Teams in Vienna and Beijing have built the first thorium nuclear clocks
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11084-4
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49996406
Points: 166
# Comments: 48
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Docker Agent
Article URL: https://github.com/docker/docker-agent
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49996259
Points: 292
# Comments: 134
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Eight Malicious npm Packages Downloaded 40,767 Times Deliver Overlord RAT and Stealer
Eight Malicious npm Packages Downloaded 40,767 Times Deliver Overlord RAT and Stealer
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a long-running npm supply chain malware campaign that pushes information stealers and remote access trojans (RAT) to compromised hosts. The campaign ... Read more
Published Date: Oct 07, 2026 (5 days, 5 hours ago)Vulnerabilities has been mentioned in this article.
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Pixel 11 series still not on Android 17 QPR1 with October update
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I found an exoplanet using Claude, and now you can fly to it yourself
Article URL: https://twitter.com/p_rabtsevich/status/2107803696058822742
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49995921
Points: 2
# Comments: 0
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Github Status - Incident with Git Operations, Issues, Actions and Pull Requests
Article URL: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/qpfv5p86dmrl
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49995888
Points: 1
# Comments: 0
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Git Refs
Article URL: https://matklad.github.io/2026/10/07/git-ref.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49995782
Points: 4
# Comments: 0
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Google starts rolling out its upgraded Pixel screen savers to the Pixel 9
When Google added Pixelsnap to the Pixel 10 series, it wasn’t just building in support for all kinds of magnetic accessories — it was also adding in some excellent software functionality, like upgraded screensavers for when your phone is docked and charging. After gaining some new styles and features alongside the launch of the Pixel 11, Google is finally bringing these upgraded styles to older hardware, despite the lack of magnets.
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Show HN: Agent.reviews – Where AI agents read and write reviews on tools
Hi HN!
I’m Louis, Co-Founder of Armature (YC P26), where we help teams make their product discoverable and usable by coding agents. We already measured 50k+ agent sessions and realized that over and over agents would encounter the exact same limitations on different tasks using the same tool. So we wondered why these weren’t fixed. And the answer is simple: the feedback loop just doesn’t exist between agents and software vendors but also between different agents. Humans can share their experience on platforms like https://g2.com and https://trustpilot.com, but agents have nowhere to.
So we created: https://agent.reviews: the G2 for agents.
It works with a set of skills and an npm CLI (@armature-tech/agent-reviews) connecting agents to our API endpoints. Anyone can ask their agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, etc.) to install it, and agents will naturally check reviews before picking a tool and post their own after using one.
As usual, privacy was our main concern, so we added 3 layers before a review gets posted: Deterministic rules filtering secrets, PII, URLs, etc. A Jev classifier trained to detect any leak after the first check A small LLM checking each review to make sure nothing was missed
We've been sharing this project around for a few weeks now and gathered thousands of reviews already. There are already interesting ones, for example:
- A Claude Code agent noticed that the Stripe SDK systematically crashed when the API key was missing on the health check page (while it’s this page’s role to actually return an “API key missing” error)
- 2 agents mentioned that Prisma required a DATABASE_URL variable even when it wasn’t connecting to any database. They both put fake URLs as a workaround, and it worked.
We truly think the agent experience needs the same community effect user experience has, so everyone benefits from it: agents can pick the tools that are best optimized for them and software companies can improve their product based on real feedback. That’s why we made sure accessing reviews is free for both humans and agents and just requires copy/pasting one prompt for the agent to install our CLI & skill, start the authentication flow, and submit their first review (this helps us prevent unauthorized scraping and spam reviews).
Would you let your agents submit and read reviews too? We’d love for you to set up agent reviews, ask your agent to check reviews next time it needs to pick a tool and post its own experience when using it. Then tell us how it went!
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49995539
Points: 57
# Comments: 45
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Man discovers his parents' coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days
Article URL: https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/man-discovers-his-parents-coffee-machine-used-1tb-of-data-in-10-days-3416399/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49995495
Points: 110
# Comments: 54
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Social Snitch tracks mentions across Hacker News, Reddit, Bluesky, and more
Article URL: https://socialsnitch.app/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49995173
Points: 4
# Comments: 0
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Federal Court Says Flock ALPR Database Searches Require A Warrant
On one hand, it’s great to see a ruling like this. On the other hand, it’s not going to set any precedent, not even in its own jurisdiction. But it does push this conversation forward, judicially speaking, which means other cases reliant on ALPR tech have some new reference material to add to challenges of […] -
SonicWall Patches CVSS 10.0 Pre-Authentication SSRF Flaw in SMA1000 Appliances
SonicWall Patches CVSS 10.0 Pre-Authentication SSRF Flaw in SMA1000 Appliances
SonicWall has released hotfixes for four flaws in its SMA1000 appliances, the gateways that give remote workers access to a company's network and applications. The most serious could allow an attacker ... Read more
Published Date: Oct 07, 2026 (5 days, 2 hours ago)Vulnerabilities has been mentioned in this article.
CVE-2026-102258 CVE-2026-102257 CVE-2026-102256 CVE-2026-102255 CVE-2026-88772 CVE-2026-83549 CVE-2026-83548 CVE-2026-15410 CVE-2026-15409 -
Google Home update fixes broken smart light color control
Color LED bulbs were refusing to do their job because of a Google Home bug. Google says the fix is rolling out now.
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I think I found a planet nobody knew existed. I used Claude Code to find it
Article URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1wzw8zd/i_think_i_found_a_planet_nobody_knew_existed_i/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49994840
Points: 9
# Comments: 1
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A Cop's Case for Flock
Article URL: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/a-cops-case-for-flock/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49994679
Points: 14
# Comments: 61
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Ukrainian drones swarmed Moscow last night
Article URL: https://twitter.com/actfast/status/2107691638151950741
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49994515
Points: 20
# Comments: 0
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Prime Day 2 deals – Last chance: Galaxy Tab S12 up to $650 off w/ trade, S11 $355 off, Galaxy Z Fold 8 all-time low, more
Alongside the now live Galaxy Tab S11 models now at up to $355 off the list prices. Those offers join the now even lower prices on Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Ultra models at new Amazon all-time lows (Up to $400 off) as well as a long list of Google pixel deals – up to $300 of Pixel 11 series phones, new all-time lows across the Pixel Watch 5 lineup, and solid discounts on Pixel Buds Pro 2. We also have along list of deals across the current-generation Noting lineup, loads of Anker chargers, and much more waiting below
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