Don’t Let a Crypto Inheritance Get Stuck on the Blockchainhttps://www.wired.com/story/crypto-inheritance-how-to
Claiming an inheritance of Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency can be like hunting for buried treasure. It doesn’t have to be.
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HTC Made Smart Glasses That Are Way More Privatehttps://www.wired.com/story/htc-wants-its-vive-eagle-smart-glasses-to-be-the-anti-meta
These smart glasses do just about everything Meta glasses can, but they're not tied to a social media platform.
Solar power booms in Philippines as war on Iran spikes energy costshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/17/solar-power-booms-in-philippines-as-war-on-iran-spikes-energy-costs
With Southeast Asia's largest electricity bills rising even higher, Filipinos invest in rooftop panels.
Show HN: Programming Language Cup: same tasks in 32 langs, pick the winnerhttps://chalmovsky.com/prog-lang-cup/plain
Article URL: https://chalmovsky.com/prog-lang-cup/plain/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129576 Points: 1 # Comments: 1
LIVE: India vs West Indies – fifth T20 Internationalhttps://www.aljazeera.com/sports/liveblog/2026/10/17/live-india-vs-west-indies-fifth-t20-international
Follow updates, including toss and team news, from our live text commentary stream of the series decider.
As Israel blocks PA funding, the West Bank’s healthcare system is failinghttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/17/as-israel-blocks-pa-funding-the-west-banks-healthcare-system-is-failing
Hospitals across the occupied West Bank have been hit by a funding shortage.
Sudan’s army claims dozens of RSF fighters killed in Nyala attackhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/17/2550
Rapid Support Forces accuses army of killing 30 civilians in attack on Nyala's busy livestock market.
Show HN: Club Pigeon – A multiplayer pigeon park with SNES-style minigameshttps://clubpigeon.lol
Article URL: https://clubpigeon.lol Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129489 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Show HN: WGSL linter with Tint parity and a full suite of LSP nicetieshttps://github.com/elringus/wgsl-linter
Made a WGSL linter for a VS Code extension with validation matching Chrome's Tint compiler. Plus navigation, rename, layout hints and other LSP niceties; in template strings too. Feedback is very welcome! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129425 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
IMF urges support for poorer nations facing high inflation, war spillovershttps://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/17/war-spillovers-debt-threaten-low-income-nations-imf-chief-warns
Low-income countries spend up to 14 percent of their revenue on debt repayments, IMF chief says.
Show HN: A web workspace for trying FLUX 3 Kleinhttps://flux3klein.net
Article URL: https://flux3klein.net Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129351 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Houthis strike Yemen’s Aden: What that meanshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/17/iran-backed-houthis-strike-yemens-aden-what-that-means
What we know about the Houthi strikes on Aden’s presidential palace and airport, and why they matter.
Show HN: Panini – a zero-dependency parser for chaotic Indian bank narrationshttps://github.com/peopleofproduct/Panini
Article URL: https://github.com/peopleofproduct/Panini Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129311 Points: 3 # Comments: 1
"Tame" boar and deer are instinctively adapting to the wolf in the Netherlandshttps://nos.nl/video/2635315-wildcamera-s-tonen-hoe-zwijnen-en-herten-zich-aanpassen-aan-de-wolf
Article URL: https://nos.nl/video/2635315-wildcamera-s-tonen-hoe-zwijnen-en-herten-zich-aanpassen-aan-de-wolf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129274 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Claude Code, deploy using thevibehosting.com == Your app on root Linuxhttps://thevibehosting.com
Article URL: https://thevibehosting.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129252 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Is MCP becoming the common foundation of smart, decentralised search?https://contextetech.com/en/articles/mcp-protocol-smart-decentralised-search
Article URL: https://contextetech.com/en/articles/mcp-protocol-smart-decentralised-search Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129235 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
Sidewalk sleepers: They have nowhere else to stay while a loved one is in the hospitalhttps://www.npr.org/2026/10/17/g-s1-147874/hospital-diagnosis-patients-india-sidewalk
Patients travel miles to be treated at public hospitals in Delhi. Those in need get financial aid for their care. But for overnight accommodations, families are often on their own — and on the street.
Amazon wants you to Bee-lieve wearable AI can recall it all for youhttps://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/10/17/amazon-wants-you-to-bee-lieve-wearable-ai-can-recall-it-all-for-you/5303569
Would you like personalized shopping recommendations based on that conversation you just had?
Microplastics React With Water, a New Study Says. That’s a Problem for Biologyhttps://www.wired.com/story/microplastics-react-with-water-new-study-says-thats-a-problem-for-biology
Though plastic is usually inert, tiny pieces of it have the potential to react with one of the most pervasive molecules in the environment and in our bodies.
Why AI Isn’t Ready to Tackle Our Convoluted Genomeshttps://www.wired.com/story/why-ai-isnt-ready-to-tackle-our-convoluted-genomes
The DNA inside our cells isn’t just a series of instructions, but something far more dynamic. Like scientists, AI models don't yet have the data to properly decode it.
Weddings are expensive. How about a grocery store cake?https://www.npr.org/2026/10/17/nx-s1-5976921/grocery-store-wedding-cakes
About a third of couples are willing to save money on cake and dessert, according to the wedding-planning site Zola.
Trump promised a swing district blitz. He's going to a lot of very red stateshttps://www.npr.org/2026/10/17/nx-s1-6004276/trump-travel-midterms
President Trump's midterm travel blitz ahead of Election Day includes several red states he won easily 2 years ago, showing the electoral landscape is more challenging for Republicans.
No Kings turns its focus to voting this weekend. Here's what we knowhttps://www.npr.org/2026/10/17/nx-s1-6004887/no-kings-voting-trump
The coalition behind nationwide anti-Trump protests is shifting its strategies this weekend to focus on voter turnout. Organizers say Saturday's events are a nonpartisan effort to get people to the polls.
Show HN: CiteLadder – open-source AI search visibility trackerhttps://github.com/abhij1306/CiteLadder
Article URL: https://github.com/abhij1306/CiteLadder Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129168 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
From Console Clicks to PRs: AWS Secrets with SOPShttps://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1x85aii/from_console_clicks_to_prs_aws_secrets_with_sops
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Show HN: I turned my kids' old Yoto Player into an Audiobookshelf playerhttps://github.com/tomekent/yotwo
My kids love their Yotos and I love Audiobookshelf. I wanted something in between that works as they get older and more control. I had two old Gen 2 players lying around that Yoto no longer supports. It turns the player into an Audiobookshelf client. You browse your library with the two knobs, the 16x16 screen shows tiny cover art, and favourites and downloads sync back to the server. Its still keeps the NFC card concept, but they're optional: you can link books/favourites to any NFC card. It all runs locally, with no Yoto account or cloud. It does require opening the player and soldering som…
Murder in Malaysia: Justice for Altantuya Shaariibuuhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/101-east/2026/10/17/murder-in-malaysia-justice-for-altantuya-shaariibuu
101 East investigates if power and politics are shielding those behind the 2006 murder of a Mongolian woman in Malaysia.
England crush Women's World Cup debutants Waleshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/articles/c6djvxmx0z1po
England scored seven tries before the break, and 13 in total on their way to a comprehensive victory over Wales in their Group A opener.
DeepSeek: DeepSeek v4.1 Flash 1017https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017
Article URL: https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129121 Points: 20 # Comments: 0
Show HN: CADrs – onshape rust clonehttps://github.com/rvdende/cadrs
Article URL: https://github.com/rvdende/cadrs Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129079 Points: 1 # Comments: 1
Rubio’s Uzbekistan trip underlines Central Asia’s hunt for diverse partnershttps://www.aljazeera.com/news-analysis/2026/10/17/rubios-uzbekistan-trip-underlines-central-asias-hunt-for-diverse-partners
Can the United States reassert influence with pragmatic, transactional approach to Central Asia?
DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash-1017https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017
Article URL: https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50129045 Points: 21 # Comments: 7
#hackernews #tech #startup #1flash1017 #deepseekv4 #ai #opensource #comments
Coastal homes burn as hot winds fuel California fireshttps://www.npr.org/2026/10/17/g-s1-148569/coastal-homes-burn-in-california-fires
High winds are fueling a fast-moving fire that has burned homes in Southern California. Flames engulfed expensive coastal properties and prompted thousands to evacuate.
Swinney insists 'stars are aligning' for Scottish independencehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmx2844n7nepo
The first minister will tell delegates at the SNP conference in Aberdeen that 2026 has been a turning point in Scotland's "journey to nationhood".
Boy, 16, and man, 80, die in light aircraft crash in Scotlandhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cky83g11q46lo
Emergency services were called at about 16:45 on Friday, and pronounced both dead at the scene.
Show HN: Sys2txt – transcribe system audio to text in the CLI with a local LLMhttps://joe-heffer.github.io/sys2txt
sys2txt is a command line tool that records whatever audio your Linux machine is playing (via PulseAudio/PipeWire's monitor source) and transcribes it live with Whisper, OpenAI's AI-based speech-to-text model. I use it to caption meetings, videos, and calls playing on my own machine without routing audio through anything else. It supports faster-whisper, openai-whisper, and whisper.cpp (with Vulkan GPU support for AMD), and can either record-then-transcribe once or stream continuously in segments with live output in txt/srt/vtt/json/tsv. I'd be keen to collaborate with others extend its funct…
Eight-try Australia send Scotland to eighth straight defeathttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cxg5jz4epr1po
Scotland suffer a chastening eight-try defeat by Australia in their WXV Global Series match in Sydney.
Oregon school shooter was former special-needs student, police sayhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/17/oregon-school-shooter-was-former-special-needs-student-police-say-2
Oregon school shooter was former special-needs student, police say
Wildfire prompts thousands of evacuation orders in Orange Countyhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/17/wildfire-prompts-thousands-of-evacuation-orders-in-orange-county
Firefighters are battling fast-moving wildfires in Orange County as Santa Ana winds fan the flames.
Show HN: Agentfork – Replay an LLM agent from any step and test fixeshttps://github.com/bimal1023/agentfork
Article URL: https://github.com/bimal1023/agentfork Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50128913 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Arrests made for pro-Nazi chants at Hajduk Split-Ajax match in Croatiahttps://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/10/17/pro-nazi-arrests-made-for-chants-at-hajduk-split-ajax-in-uefa-europa-league
Croatian football fans arrested over slurs before and during UEFA Conference League game in Split.
Show HN: FourCities – A multiplayer transport tycoon game in the browserhttps://fourcities.app
Article URL: https://fourcities.app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50128870 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Senegal-sized Antarctic glacier melting faster than thought: Why it mattershttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/17/senegal-sized-antarctic-glacier-melting-faster-than-thought-why-it-matters
Thwaites glacier has been losing ice for decades. Now there are concerns of rapidly accelerating loss.
Man jailed for Starmer-linked arson attacks is deportedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6x2vk44dv1xo
Romanian national Stanislav Carpiuc was sentenced in June over arson attacks targeting the former prime minister's car and property.
Show HN: Biblio Times, your RSS feeds, typeset as a morning newspaper (Mac/iOS)https://biblio.ink/times
the concept is not new but seem like people miss this newspaper in someway. The news is fetched on your own device, and nothing passes through your servers. That’s also why a traffic spike can’t take it down. The halftone photographs, the fold on iPhone and Duo, and the page curl. We are submitting a new update with OPML import. and will continue support the development. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50128830 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
11-year old flying car company mocks Tesla Roadsterhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/17/11-year-old-flying-car-company-mocks-tesla-roadster
California-based Alef Aeronautics mocked Tesla, releasing a video of its flying car soaring over a Tesla Roadster.
Show HN: Ews-scan – EWS calls in a .NET binary and their Graph equivalentshttps://github.com/sunset-less/ews-scan
Article URL: https://github.com/sunset-less/ews-scan Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50128807 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Get in the bin! UK Space Agency wants public to name its debris removal missionhttps://www.theregister.com/science/2026/10/17/get-in-the-bin-uk-space-agency-wants-public-to-name-its-debris-removal-mission/5303555
ClearSpace UK aims to be operational in 2029 with public's suggestion etched on the side of the spacecraft
Israeli raids and arrests in southern Syria push population to the brinkhttps://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/10/17/israeli-raids-and-arrests-in-southern-syria-push-population-to-the-brink
Survivors recount brutal prison conditions, enduring beatings, restraints and psychological abuse by Israeli soldiers.
'I had so many medals under the bed' - Green on Chelsea successhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj5ynpgzly7no
When Paul Green left Chelsea after 13 years, he had achieved so much success that the majority of his medals were hidden away in a box under the bed.
Show HN: I got tired of btop not seeing my Mac's chip, so I built siltophttps://github.com/CLoaKY233/siltop
btop is beautiful. But on my M-series Mac it can't tell me the one thing I actually want to know: what is the chip doing? No watts, no GPU, no per-core clocks. So I built siltop: btop's calm, with eyes on the silicon. Real power, clocks and temps straight from the SMC and IOReport, no sudo, about 1.3% of one core (btop is ~2.5% on the same machine). It also tells you what's wrong in plain words ("Busy: rustc using 9.1 cores", "Hot: fans at 80%") before you read a single graph. 10-second try, no load needed: brew install cloaky233/tap/siltop && siltop --demo Rust, MIT/Apache, no telemetry, no…
Show HN: I got tired of btop not seeing my Mac's chip, so I built siltophttps://github.com/CLoaKY233/siltop
btop is beautiful. But on my M-series Mac it can't tell me the one thing I actually want to know: what is the chip doing? No watts, no GPU, no per-core clocks. So I built siltop: btop's calm, with eyes on the silicon. Real power, clocks and temps straight from the SMC and IOReport, no sudo, about 1.3% of one core (btop is ~2.5% on the same machine). It also tells you what's wrong in plain words ("Busy: rustc using 9.1 cores", "Hot: fans at 80%") before you read a single graph. 10-second try, no load needed: brew install cloaky233/tap/siltop && siltop --demo Rust, MIT/Apache, no telemetry, no…
Can Yemen’s government forces sustain their offensive against the Houthis?https://www.aljazeera.com/news-analysis/2026/10/17/can-yemens-government-forces-sustain-their-offensive-against-the-houthis
Houthi missile strikes threaten key supply routes on Yemen's Red Sea coast, intensifying pressure on government forces.
Show HN: Calcy – unit-aware, uncertainty-propagating mathhttps://habitathq.github.io/calcy
Offline-first notepad calculator: unit-aware math, uncertainty propagation, and rate reasoning. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50128557 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Ukraine and Europe have little choice but to work with Trumphttps://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/10/17/ukraine-and-europe-have-little-choice-but-to-work-with-trump
Despite growing tensions over Russia, Kyiv and European leaders remain dependent on US support.
Show HN: I built a free collection of browser-based 3D toolshttps://3dvalley.com
I built 3DValley, a collection of free tools for generating and editing 3D models. You can turn images into 3D models using AI, retexture existing models, remesh geometry, and use other 3D utilities. Some tools run entirely in your browser, while the more computationally expensive AI models run on shared GPUs with free daily credits. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50128507 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Dubois v Wardley 2 - heavyweight title fight predictionshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/articles/cwz0vdmyvrx8o
Figures from the boxing world give their predictions for Saturday's heavyweight world title rematch between Fabio Wardley and Daniel Dubois.
AI fears are being weaponisedhttps://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/10/17/ai-fears-are-being-weaponised
Tech giants are fighting to protect their monopolies from cheap open-source models. Fear is their weapon.
Greenpeace activists occupy Woodside gas project unit off Western Australia - Reutershttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMixgFBVV95cUxQeGM2Q0Nob2NpUjJsLW5HWGR6WDhyNGFDSUFRZ2dnVEpGbFpfY1lfcTdYbzRfLVZOT19DNTZ2a1ZXS21Ic1JPV2VVM1JoNmlJOXVJbE9qQVBmaUgwSHRNVzl5UFRfOW5WMEtJLW9Ncl9wRUstblp6ZXExVUg2OURsSE10Um1FU1RpbGh5aEdUTFdwUmYwZ1A5TURpdE5qRzZ2dGdsTXF3U0x2dDBWRHM0RmFTcVFIQ3ZVdTh2UHpaQUNzVUNrYUE
Greenpeace activists occupy Woodside gas project unit off Western Australia Reuters
Why Math Dumped OpenAIhttps://raymyers.org/post/math-dumped-openai
Article URL: https://raymyers.org/post/math-dumped-openai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50128468 Points: 11 # Comments: 0
Hackers Use Compromised ConnectWise Credential to Sign In to 173 Microsoft 365 Tenantshttps://thehackernews.com/2026/10/hackers-use-compromised-connectwise.html
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm related to an active campaign in which unknown threat actors are abusing a compromised Microsoft 365 (M365) credential belonging to ConnectWise Cloud Backup (formerly SkyKick) to gain unauthorized access to customers' M365 environments. ConnectWise Cloud Backup is a cloud-based backup and recovery service built for managed service providers (MSPs
Show HN: Cwist; a hobby-grade C17 web framework that keeps your app simplehttps://github.com/c4punks/cwist
First of all, I'm not claiming that my framework will save industrial C/C++ development. It's just a hobby project. Industrial code needs safer code, not easier code. But when you're developing a blog at 8 PM, long template errors are annoying. You need CRUD and RDBMS. It's simple. CWIST is for that kind of work. It sacrifices memory safety, smart pointers, and modern C++ abstractions. In return, compile errors are more predictable. #include #include #include #include static cwist_db_pool_t g_db_pool; static void send_error(cwist_http_response res, const char *msg) { res->status_code = CWIS…
Palantir patient data tech rejected by many NHS trusts in Englandhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/17/palantir-patient-data-tech-rejected-by-many-nhs-trusts-in-england
Exclusive: health bodies across country say controversial US firm’s data platform no better than systems already in use NHS organisations that care for millions of people in England are rejecting Palantir’s patient data technology, according to freedom of information responses that reveal health bosses believe they can find better or equal alternatives in many cases. Some health bodies said the £330m federated data platform (FDP) operated by the controversial US company had made it easier to manage waiting lists and has improved surgery scheduling. But, from Gateshead to Truro, others sa…
Which coffee chain was founded in London in 1971? The Saturday quizhttps://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/oct/17/which-coffee-chain-was-founded-in-london-in-1971-the-saturday-quiz
From Divine, Frank Fiegel and Helen Kane to the West Sussex estate pioneering rewilding, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz 1 Which classic of political theory was dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici? 2 What is the only jazz act to win the Mercury Music prize? 3 Spanish is an official language of which African country? 4 What 2026 release is said to be the most expensive entertainment product ever created? 5 Which West Sussex estate is a pioneer of rewilding? 6 Which gas is named from the Greek for “lazy”? 7 US doctor Sara Cohen writes bestsellers under what pseudonym? 8 Which coffee c…
Matos on tactics, Klopp's influence, and taking Swans to top of the leaguehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/crp3gq832gqxo
Swansea boss Vitor Matos spent five years as an elite development coach at Liverpool, but it would be unfair to paint him with a Jurgen Klopp-shaped brush entirely.
The chatbot murder guide: AI’s struggle between privacy, reporting violencehttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/17/the-chatbot-murder-guide-ais-struggle-between-privacy-reporting-violence
Experts say balancing the need to govern AI for public safety with user privacy is 'extraordinarily difficult'.
England's 41-match unbeaten run ended by Canadahttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cknv0m61l9e4o
England's 41-match unbeaten streak ends in dramatic fashion as Shoshanah Seumanutafa's late try hands Canada a thrilling 24-21 victory in Toronto.
Israeli settlers attack olive framers & Washington Post journalist in West Bankhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/16/israeli-settlers-attack-olive-farmers-west-bank-washington-post-journalist-heidi-levine
Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/16/israeli-settlers-attack-olive-farmers-west-bank-washington-post-journalist-heidi-levine Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50128297 Points: 10 # Comments: 0
Russian attacks in Ukraine kill at least 8, cut power to 1 millionhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/17/russian-attacks-in-ukraine-kill-at-least-8-cut-power-to-1-million
Russia strikes Kharkiv, Kramatorsk, Volyn and Rivne as Moscow presses its campaign against Ukraine's power grid.
Pope's health should not be taken 'for granted', says top Vatican diplomathttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6kg53zrexdeo
Archbishop Paul Gallagher tells the BBC there was no sign of the Pope's ill health prior to his operation this week.
Three Mexicans jailed for 158 years each for killing Australian, US surfershttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/17/three-mexicans-jailed-for-158-years-each-for-killing-australian-us-surfers
A Mexican judge sentenced the three men for the 2024 murders a week after they were found guilty.
The Israeli politicians seeking to replace Netanyahuhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/17/the-israeli-politicians-seeking-to-replace-netanyahu
A look at Israel's main opposition leaders, their parties and their largely shared positions on Gaza and other wars.
Trump waives Russia sanctions as rift with Zelenskyy widenshttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/17/trump-waives-russia-sanctions-as-rift-with-zelenskyy-widens
US President Donald Trump has waived more sanctions on Russia in a bid to ease energy prices.
Show HN: Crowned – A live king-of-the-hill billboard for projectshttps://www.crowned.wtf
Article URL: https://www.crowned.wtf/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50128084 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Trump puts on hold new Russia sanctions he signed into lawhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/17/trump-puts-on-hold-new-russia-sanctions-he-signed-into-law
US president's executive order comes two days before sanctions deadline and a week after diesel deal with Putin.
Show HN: Llmspeed – feel how fast a local LLM runs before you buy the hardwarehttps://llmspeed.dev
Article URL: https://llmspeed.dev/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50127979 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Llmspeed – feel how fast a local LLM runs before you buy the hardwarehttps://llmspeed.dev
Article URL: https://llmspeed.dev/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50127979 Points: 9 # Comments: 0
Show HN: 100kb-SDK – Client-side WASM image and PDF optimizer to cut S3 billshttps://www.100kb.in/en/developer
Article URL: https://www.100kb.in/en/developer Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50127939 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
#hackernews #showhn #projects #100kbsdk #bills #clientside #cut #image
Show HN: Gittins, an online bandit engine that enforces log correctnesshttps://www.getgittins.dev
Article URL: https://www.getgittins.dev Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50127929 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
orib: Bringing back the old Reddit interface, with a few new enhancementshttps://github.com/rajtilakjee/orib
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Albania’s PM blames ‘foreign hands’ for protestshttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/17/albanias-pm-blames-foreign-hands-for-protests
Albanian PM Edi Rama claimed ‘foreign hands’ are driving protests that have rocked the country for months.
Show HN: Online Piano – Play a Free Virtual Piano Keyboardhttps://urpiano.com
Article URL: https://urpiano.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50127889 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
"In every study that considered the question"https://unsung.aresluna.org/in-every-study-that-considered-the-question
Article URL: https://unsung.aresluna.org/in-every-study-that-considered-the-question/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50127839 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Improving heuristics for A* searchhttps://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1x80isg/improving_heuristics_for_a_search
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Not cool: who hacked France’s supermarket fridges?https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/17/who-hacked-frances-supermarket-fridges
Whether it was youngsters proving their skills or state sabotage, Europe’s most hacked country was left with a mountain of waste after food began cooking in freezers Shortly before midnight last Sunday, the digital thermostats controlling hundreds of supermarket cold aisles across France began to flicker and rise. In a “bizarre and unprecedented” cyber-attack, hackers had remotely overridden the temperature settings on thousands of freezers, fridges and chiller cabinets pushing them from as low as -27C (-16.6F) to well over 50C (122F). Continue reading...
Third runway at Heathrow Airport would drive growth, Healey sayshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw0k07d2nj43o
It comes after the prime minister refused to say whether he backed expansion.
DeepSeek v4.1 flash on OpenCode pretty goodhttps://github.com/aditauqir/shev
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Show HN: AI agent follows instructions you never approvedhttps://github.com/Paraphern/rugsnare/blob/main/docs/blog/2026-10-17-mcp-contract-drift.md
Article URL: https://github.com/Paraphern/rugsnare/blob/main/docs/blog/2026-10-17-mcp-contract-drift.md Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50127659 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Southern California wildfire engulfs homes, prompts evacuation ordershttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/17/southern-california-wildfire-engulfs-homes-prompts-evacuation-orders
The fast-spreading Norte Fire in Orange County is fuelled by intense warm winds and unseasonably high temperatures.
Nvidia CEO on AI market turmoil: ‘All of this is going to pass’https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1x7zvhy/nvidia_ceo_on_ai_market_turmoil_all_of_this_is
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Cameroonians await government reshuffle after Biya’s returnhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/17/cameroonians-await-government-reshuffle-after-biyas-return
After 10 weeks abroad, Biya returned to Cameroon but has yet to appoint a new government or vice president.
Three men jailed for 158 years each for murdering Australian and US surfers in Mexicohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3kgqjkzw29wo
Brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their friend Carter Rhoad were killed on a surfing trip in an apparent botched robbery.
Show HN: I made a million dollar music video for $400https://app.treechat.com/quest/post-5f994d78-3ceb-4b79-927f-1dd8d3602bd9
Article URL: https://app.treechat.com/quest/post-5f994d78-3ceb-4b79-927f-1dd8d3602bd9 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50127404 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Brazil’s Amazon deforestation hits lowest level on recordhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/17/brazils-amazon-deforestation-hits-lowest-level-on-record
Data show a 42 percent drop in forest clearance from a year earlier, giving Lula a boost before the election run-off.
Trump waives several Russia sanctions as new US law takes effecthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxr5yvzv7rp0o
Trump says parts of a new law that aims to punish Moscow for its war against Ukraine are against US national interests.
