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How to Listen to Your Favorite Music, Online or Off the Grid

Tap the Download menu in the Apple Music app to see which songs, albums and playlists are stored locally on your phone or tablet.

He Was a Tech Investor Before There Was a Silicon Valley

Bill Draper began funding start-ups in the early 1960s, when the Santa Clara Valley was better known for apricot orchards than microchips. He has died at 98.

How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes

Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.

Drugs are widely used to sedate dementia patients. Her sons wanted to keep her off themhttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/30/nx-s1-5980081/memory-drugs-brain-aging-dementia

Potent sedating medications are often used on agitated people with dementia in long-term care facilities despite federal efforts to discourage them. A clash over whether to drug a Michigan woman illuminates the wrenching decisions families and guardians face.

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One year after the end of the EV tax credit, is the future still electric?https://www.npr.org/2026/09/30/nx-s1-5979915/ev-hybrid-sales-2026-federal-tax-credit

Congress got rid of a $7,500 federal tax credit for new electric vehicle buyers. One year later, are people still buying EVs?

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What's behind HHS claims that gender-affirming care 'may' radicalizehttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/30/nx-s1-5962843/hhs-study-gender-ideology-flaws-missing-context

The report is the agency's latest effort to chip away at trust in established health care models for transgender people. Critics say it frames transgender identity as illegitimate or even dangerous.

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Foster care often fails kids with disabilities. Consider these caseshttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/30/nx-s1-5534203/foster-care-disabilities-children-bad-outcomes

Disabled kids make up the largest group in foster care. They have the worst outcomes. They stay in foster care longest. They're the most likely to die.

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Montana starts enforcing Medicaid work requirements on Oct 1. Patients are confusedhttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/30/nx-s1-5946766/montana-early-medicaid-work-requirements-patients-confused

In most states, people with Medicaid coverage will have to prove they're working, volunteering or studying, starting Jan. 1. But Montana is starting that early, and it's sowing confusion and anxiety.

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The moment you've been waiting for: America's best student podcastshttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/30/nx-s1-5930430/student-podcast-challenge-2026-finalists

We've listened to nearly 1,500 podcasts from all around the U.S. and narrowed them down to 10 middle school and 10 high school finalists.

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Greggs to shut four factories and cut 740 jobshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm7802ylq973o

The company says it needs to "keep evolving alongside changing customer expectations".

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Show HN: Layout – Order food anywhere with AIhttps://layout.link

Layout lets you order food anywhere with AI. Text it what you want, like "iced americano from Starbucks," and it builds the cart at the restaurant, sends you the total, and securely places the order. Works at almost any restaurant in the US over SMS, the iOS app, or any MCP client like ChatGPT. Developers can integrate our infrastructure into their own platforms at developer.layout.link. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49906193 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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England's Underhill to miss autumn internationalshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cwe9ek53ngm3o

England and Bath flanker Sam Underhill is out for months with a ruptured bicep that requires surgery.

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Show HN: HairColorChangeAI – AI hair color try-on in the browserhttps://haircolorchangeai.com

Upload a photo and preview different hair colors, highlights, and hairstyle filters before dyeing your hair. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49905963 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Built agent orchestration system, Director->{workers }https://github.com/mastaan66/foreman

I have recently started working on an agent orchestrator with stricht budgeting + TUI, check it here: https://github.com/mastaan66/foreman Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49905786 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: I made Jev to talkhttps://github.com/zie1ony/jev-talks

Simply by asking Jev multiple yes/no question about what would be best next word, it's possible to get some reasonable text out of it. Play it by yourself. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49905785 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Israel-bound flight diverted after fight between pilotshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqjdv7pmj9dno

Despite a brief emergency alert signalling a hijacking, the Israeli prime minister's office confirmed this had been ruled out.

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Show HN: Melete – an open-source alternative to OpenAI's Dotshttps://github.com/ychampion/melete

Article URL: https://github.com/ychampion/melete Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49905773 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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OpenBSD's ports tree keeps GPL coreutils and rejects uutils (Rust rewrite)https://www.mail-archive.com/ports%40openbsd.org/msg143892.html

A contributor proposed a new OpenBSD port for uutils, the Rust reimplementations of GNU coreutils. The proposal met firm resistance: Stuart Henderson called it unusable, explaining that GNU coreutils exists mainly to stabilize GNU-sensitive build environments. Theo de Raadt went further arguing that nobody wants subtly differently-behaving utilities in their pipelines and that ports developers would be stuck maintaining the result. Comments

Show HN: GeoGrandPrix – daily F1 geography game, can you beat your friends?https://geograndprix.com

Article URL: https://geograndprix.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49905732 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Kguardian – seccomp profiles and NetworkPolicies from eBPF traceshttps://github.com/kguardian-dev/kguardian

At the place where I work, we use the runtime’s default seccomp profile. My colleague and I wanted to see which syscalls our pods actually make, so we decided to capture and audit them and then generate a workload-specific list of syscalls. We ended up building a feature in our security tool that does exactly that. Blog post: https://dev.to/maheshrayas/part-2-the-seccomp-profile-nobody... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49905667 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Why Is Sam Altman a Free Man?https://prospect.org/2026/09/29/artificial-intelligence-agents-openai-microsoft-sam-altman-greg-brockman-ah-nice

Article URL: https://prospect.org/2026/09/29/artificial-intelligence-agents-openai-microsoft-sam-altman-greg-brockman-ah-nice/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49905633 Points: 12 # Comments: 1

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Pakistan vows to defend Saudi Arabia against Houthishttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/30/pakistan-vows-to-defend-saudi-arabia-against-houthis

Pakistan says Islamabad will make β€œwhatever means” available to Saudi Arabia if Saudi faces threats from the Houthis.

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Tumultuous summer ends in success - what next for Stokes?https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cw1l60d82zdno

After concluding the county summer with Durham and the end of his England central contract, what is in store for Ben Stokes?

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September 2026: The world today, as seen by one Polish guyhttps://tomwojcik.com/posts/2026-09-21/september-2026-the-world-today

Article URL: https://tomwojcik.com/posts/2026-09-21/september-2026-the-world-today/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49905487 Points: 17 # Comments: 0

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An 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked protests in Spain is returning homehttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/30/nx-s1-5985703/woman-eviction-protests-spain

MarΓ­a del Carmen Abascal's case has drawn tens of thousands of people to the streets in recent days and led the Spanish government to present measures to address the country's housing crisis.

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Show HN: A small side project for even colour scaleshttps://colours.viesual.net

I am no developer but a designer. For a side project I needed a colour palette in which any hue looks about equally light and colorful at any shade as any other hue in shades. It was hard to create this palette with typical color pickers in HSB or HSL, even when I tried to do it systematically. Some shades just seemed brighter or more colourful than others. I also couldnt find any other tool that could do it the way i wanted. So I fell down a rabbit hole and built a small tool to solve it. Its a bit over engineered now but I had fun doing it and really does the job for me now. It uses no fram…

South Africa Seeks Help After Cyberattack Targets Air Traffic Controlhttps://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/south-africa-help-cyberattack-air-traffic-control

As aviation infrastructure suffers more cyberattacks, air traffic systems are the latest target, with a ransomware toolkit installed on at least one operational network.

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Trump says top tech firms have signed accord to 'self-police' AI developmenthttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/30/nx-s1-5985699/trump-self-police-ai-development

President Trump on Tuesday said that he and a large group of leaders of artificial intelligence companies had signed a voluntary accord that will include internal and external reviews.

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More talks over Drumcree dispute as stalemate continueshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6ge43qx83eno

Lawyers for the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition issued a fresh legal bid on Tuesday to try to prevent the march from going ahead.

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Postgres with QUIChttps://blogs.lupyd.com/blog/postgres-with-quic

Article URL: https://blogs.lupyd.com/blog/postgres-with-quic/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49905264 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

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The Premier League footballers studying to become sporting directorshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ckq5xp9p1v31o

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Taiwo Awoniyi and others have been juggling education with a football career - even studying on the team bus during away trips.

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Show HN: Anxiety Checklist – 3 years of itterate with no success yethttps://anxietychecklist.com

I lived with Anxiety Disorders (and Panic Attack, avoidance behavior) from 27 to 37 years old, at first I saw my general practionner who refer me to psychiatrist who listen to me 15 minutes and prescribe me anxiety pills Where I come from (France), official data show 13% of population takes pills for anxiety, and I didn't want for personal reason increase that statistic. Unfortunately, at that time (now I'm 44), all informations on the topic was very fragmented, and ultimately the self discovery journey to understand my trigger, find peace, and take control of my anxiety took way too much tim…

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Β£1.2bn on transfers with Β£830m inflated in accounts - Man City's 'asterisk era'https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c9lyk46gekkeo

BBC Sport analyses Manchester City's dominance of English football during the period in which they were breaching financial rules.

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Watch: Burnham says UK could go 'all the way' towards rejoining EUhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/ck1e5w239epjo

Andy Burnham says rejoining the EU is among options the government could look at - telling the BBC the current Brexit settlement has caused "more harm than good".

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Hurricane Polo's remnants bringing more rain to flood-struck U.S. Southwesthttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/30/g-s1-145590/hurricane-polo-us-southwest

The storm's remnants battered the U.S. Southwest, flooding roadways and forcing residents in small New Mexico towns to evacuate over concerns about a dam failing.

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Show HN: Kasora – Simulate your finances month by month, in-browser, no sign-uphttps://kasora.app

Article URL: https://kasora.app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49905025 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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The part-timers who won three Wembley finals in a rowhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c6y4z21xelk4o

You probably knew Pep Guardiola's Manchester City won four League Cups on the bounce between 2018 and 2021 – but another side did the silverware hat-trick first.

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Show HN: Instapath – your personal agent needs something, another agent has ithttps://instapath.ai

Introducing Instapath in early access. I believe there is a big opportunity here for those who are interested to build around it and connect businesses to the network. Please read the builder program, I'm starting with 50 people who are looking for an opportunity for their personal ai agent. https://instapath.ai/builder-program Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49904797 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

Show HN: BetterNews (HN Front End)https://bttrne.ws

Article URL: https://bttrne.ws/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49904748 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Show HN: YouTube Reimagined for Lifelong Learnershttps://coursifyyt.com

It started from structuring all the videos of an educational channel so that we don't have to find what to watch next. Then, we kept adding features that can make YouTube into an active learning experience (Notes, Mind maps, Ask While I Watch, and more.) Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49904739 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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The 6 Best Laptop Docking Stations to Unlock the Full Desktop Experience (2026)https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-laptop-docking-stations

Docking stations expand what your laptop can do, and I’ve been testing the best of the best to see which you should buy.

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Citrix NetScaler CVE-2026-88772 Exploit Details Show Pre-Auth Path to Shellcode Executionhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/09/citrix-netscaler-cve-2026-88772-exploit.html

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed technical details of a recently patched critical security flaw in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-88772 (CVSS score: 9.5), has been described as a memory overflow bug in the Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) protocol handling that's rooted in the NetScaler

Leaving your engine running in Wales could cost you Β£150https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6x2zw4l998jo

The previous punishment for idling was Β£20 and had not changed since its introduction in 2003.

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From 999 fears to failed payments - life in UK's phone signal 'blackspots'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4grdn91j98o

Most of the UK has access to 4G and 5G signal, but in some places the lack of it causes serious disruption.

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Endometriosis trial gives hope to millions of women in pain like mehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cme3r9ny2p4xo

A Β£2.3m study will look at whether a personalised pain management plan can improve the quality of life of women who have the debilitating condition.

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'He will be forever 21': Tribute to former UK school pupil killed in Ukrainehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqe9eknp102zo

Arkadii Petrov, who attended Kirkcudbright Academy, was killed after returning to Ukraine to fight.

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Show HN: Runtape – counterfactual debugging and regression tests for AI agentshttps://github.com/RehanMohammed985/runtape

Article URL: https://github.com/RehanMohammed985/runtape Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49904620 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

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Girl has multiple surgeries to control infections after strike in Gazahttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c8n5d0e0n6wdo

Witnesses say Raseel's tent was hit by an Israeli helicopter strike. Israel’s military says it has no record of the attack.

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'Backpack' declared Alaska's Fat Bear Week winnerhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck8d3vl9mj13o

"Backpack" defeated a bear known only as "910" in the final round of the annual competition.

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Nandy says children’s social media ban only β€˜staging post’ in online safety drivehttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/30/lisa-nandy-social-media-ban-online-safety-culture-secretary

Exclusive: Culture secretary says UK will crack down further and be β€˜pioneer of tech as a force for good’ Lisa Nandy has warned technology firms that the government’s online safety crackdown is not finished, saying that banning under-16s from social media platforms is only a β€œstaging post”. Earlier this year the government announced that teenagers under the age of 16 would be banned from accessing β€œhigh-risk” social media apps, while safer platforms would be subjected to restrictions. Continue reading...

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Reanimated AI Greta Garbo stars again … in a ball-bearing adverthttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/30/ai-greta-garbo-stars-again-ball-bearing-advert

Relatives of Hollywood legend say her doppelganger could now be used for more glamorous roles She shimmered in Hollywood’s silent movie era and lit up the first talkies – now Greta Garbo may be about to star in cinema’s new AI age. More than a century after her screen debut and decades after her ashes were laid to rest in a Swedish woodland cemetery, the Hollywood superstar’s descendants are ready to consider an AI version of her taking a 21st-century film role. Continue reading...

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SKF advert review – let’s hope this dull AI Greta Garbo is not the futurehttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/30/skf-advert-review-lets-hope-this-dull-ai-greta-garbo-is-not-the-future

Swedish-American actor exhumed for bizarre, humourless 99 seconds that give us another reason to resent AI Poor Greta Garbo. Perhaps, in life, she thought her final indignity would be the Peter Cook and Dudley Moore TV sketch from 1970, showing Pete as the legendary recluse standing on the back of a flatbed truck as it rumbles through the crowded city streets, shouting at everyone through a megaphone: β€œI vant to be alone!” Continue reading...

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Move to rejoin EU among options for UK, says Burnhamhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmlyewr0lnj3o

The prime minister tells the BBC the current Brexit settlement has caused "more harm than good".

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Fanatics Promo Code: 10% Offhttps://www.wired.com/story/fanatics-promo-code

Gear up for the season with verified Fanatics coupons, free shipping codes, and student or military discounts on jerseys, hats, and team gear.

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Show HN: Stats 101: an interactive walk from one data point to the bell curvehttps://rahulch.site/posts/2026-09-30-averages-of-averages

Article URL: https://rahulch.site/posts/2026-09-30-averages-of-averages/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49904449 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Tesla takes on $30B in credit as it approaches unprofitabilityhttps://electrek.co/2026/09/29/tesla-takes-on-30-billion-in-credit-as-it-approaches-unprofitability

Article URL: https://electrek.co/2026/09/29/tesla-takes-on-30-billion-in-credit-as-it-approaches-unprofitability/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49904408 Points: 15 # Comments: 4

LinkedIn Larpmaxxinghttps://hereticpleb.vercel.app/blog/linkedin-larpmaxxing

Article URL: https://hereticpleb.vercel.app/blog/linkedin-larpmaxxing/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49904314 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: PyTorch's shape in a browser tap on WebGPUhttps://playidea-lab.github.io/borch

I made a way to run torch code in a browser. There are no install, no server, no account. It's just a typescript runtime on WebGPU. It can train model and run inference like torch. I started it because I want to use torch on browser without installing anything in my various classes. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49904288 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Show HN: DummyScheme is another Lisp/scheme dialect inspired by Luahttps://github.com/zhuzhonghua/dummyscheme

A portable, embeddable Scheme implementation based on a register-oriented bytecode vm inspired by lua. And the hash-table is implemented as a hybrid array+hash like lua's table. R5RS is supported. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49904213 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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PSSA: A non-transformer language model written from scratch in Rusthttps://github.com/Sparticle62ops/pssa

Article URL: https://github.com/Sparticle62ops/pssa Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49903993 Points: 12 # Comments: 0

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Student: Uni strikes 'not what we signed up for'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6804zm7xpg3o

The University of Nottingham said it was "disappointed" by the timing of industrial action.

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