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Tech Nowhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0031d1p

Laura Cress has the highlights from Gamescom, the biggest gaming convention in the world.

The Grand Tour's new presenters: 'I hope we prove the critics wrong'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9865dyrjrwo

A new trio has taken the wheel of the motoring TV show from Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May.

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Heat exceeds 40C in parts of Europe - is a September heatwave in store for the UK?https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cyvzq94g604o

Parts of central and southern Europe have seen temperatures above 40C this week. As things warm up in the UK, is there a heatwave on the way?

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Michael Owen doesn't tell his children he loves them - how big a deal is that?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddvep5vj7mo

His comments sparked discussions around parenting, gender and culture, and just how important those three simple words are.

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Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.2https://artificialanalysis.ai/articles/artificial-analysis-intelligence-index-v4-2

Article URL: https://artificialanalysis.ai/articles/artificial-analysis-intelligence-index-v4-2 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571632 Points: 9 # Comments: 0

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Reversing MikroTik's Silent Patch: The RouterOS 7.23.4 Fix They Wouldn't Explainhttps://npratley.net/reversing-mikrotiks-silent-patch-the-routeros-7-23-4-fix-they-wouldnt-explain

Article URL: https://npratley.net/reversing-mikrotiks-silent-patch-the-routeros-7-23-4-fix-they-wouldnt-explain/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571627 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

Court Filings In A.I. Suit Invoke Copyright Law, Culture and Sports

The lawsuit claims that OpenAI and Microsoft infringed on publishers’ copyrighted material by using their articles to train artificial intelligence.

Show HN: Personal Context MCPhttps://lanes.sh/showcase/personal-context-mcp

Article URL: https://lanes.sh/showcase/personal-context-mcp Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571566 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Agent-to-agent payment. Your agents can pay each otherhttps://openspender.com/agent-to-agent

Article URL: https://openspender.com/agent-to-agent Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571563 Points: 4 # Comments: 1

Show HN: Moadim.io – A scheduler for agentshttps://moadim.io

Why can't we get an agent scheduler that supports all of the following: - git compatible - agent agnostic - 100% open source - os and system-agnostic - multi-runner support - support mcp/ui/http - unlimited routines/crons So I built one, moadim.io is a local Rust daemon you install in the target machine, give it a name and manage its routines via a Git repository, wants a new routine that send you a daily message from this machine? Create a pr and merge, have another routine that run every hour to pull the latest changes to the ~/.config/moadim folder. With more than 1,000 users, I define thi…

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Show HN: Moadim.io – A scheduler for agentshttps://moadim.io

Why can't we get an agent scheduler that supports all of the following: - git compatible - agent agnostic - 100% open source - os and system-agnostic - multi-runner support - support mcp/ui/http - unlimited routines/crons So I built one, moadim.io is a local Rust daemon you install in the target machine, give it a name and manage its routines via a Git repository, wants a new routine that send you a daily message from this machine? Create a pr and merge, have another routine that run every hour to pull the latest changes to the ~/.config/moadim folder. With more than 1,000 users, I define thi…

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How the hunger for a new weight loss drug is feeding an industry of fakeshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyz7lrwqdyo

Counterfeit versions of a drug which is still in clinical trials are flooding the black market.

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Portal by Spotify cut my Claude Code token usage by 90%https://engineering.atspotify.com/2026/9/portal-by-spotify-cut-my-claude-code-token-usage-by-90

Article URL: https://engineering.atspotify.com/2026/9/portal-by-spotify-cut-my-claude-code-token-usage-by-90 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571465 Points: 9 # Comments: 0

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OpenAI’s rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate themhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/09/04/openais-rogue-agents-keep-escaping-with-no-formal-process-to-investigate-them

OpenAI’s latest agent swarm incident adds urgency to calls for independent investigations as researchers and lawmakers question whether AI labs should control the scope of their own safety reviews.

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Connecting every app to every other apphttps://blog.val.town/connectors

Article URL: https://blog.val.town/connectors Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571263 Points: 7 # Comments: 0

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Gimlet's Series Bhttps://gimletlabs.ai/blog/announcing-series-b

Article URL: https://gimletlabs.ai/blog/announcing-series-b Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571255 Points: 4 # Comments: 1

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Germany's far-right AfD bids for first taste of power in eastern votehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgypkzgy4wo

If it wins an outright majority in Saxony-Anhalt, it would be the first time a far-right party has held state-level power in Germany since World War Two.

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Mistrial declared in Lindsay Clancy murder case, after jury deadlockshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwlrj2je1po

The mistrial now puts the murder case - and Clancy's future - in limbo as to whether she will be held criminally liable in the deaths of her three kids.

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Show HN: TimerVana a Local-first scheduler for real world routineshttps://timervana.net/browse

Hi HN, I’m the creator of TimerVana. It's not just "another timer app". The engineering analogy is a lightweight task scheduler for things people do in the real world. A normal timer models one countdown. TimerVana models a small dependency graph in JSON: some steps run sequentially, others run in parallel, and everything can converge on a target finish time. You can also combine multiple timers (e.g., combine a timer with all the steps to cook a steak + a timer for roasting vegetables). I originally built it because I often set multiple timers and alarms when cooking and got tired of repea…

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Badge Throw Backhttps://www.reddit.com/r/Defcon/comments/1w7jcai/badge_throw_back

My boss let me have some of her old Defcon 27 swag.. this little guy is 7 years old awww submitted by /u/ProfessionalPea2218 [link] [comments]

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Can guitar frets perform multiplication?https://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/2026/09/Can-Guitar-Frets-Perform-Multiplication.html

Article URL: https://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/2026/09/Can-Guitar-Frets-Perform-Multiplication.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571047 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

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Greaves becomes first woman to win match on European Tourhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/articles/c4gr9nk9rnro

Beau Greaves makes darts history by beating Daryl Gurney at the Czech Open to become the first woman to win a match on the European Tour.

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Christmas Village shoppers no longer will be allowed to enter boothshttps://www.phillyvoice.com/christmas-village-booths-ada-compliance

Article URL: https://www.phillyvoice.com/christmas-village-booths-ada-compliance/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571038 Points: 6 # Comments: 3

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Isak finally arrives as Gakpo proves value to Liverpoolhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c209xvxe558o

Has the real Alexander Isak finally arrived at Liverpool after his two-goal display in their Premier League win at Ipswich Town, asks chief football writer Phil McNulty?

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The U.N. backs a new world map showing Africa in its true relative sizehttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/04/nx-s1-5958611/africa-world-map-un-vote

The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.

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Mongotar: Files to prompt, and backhttps://github.com/sebastiancarlos/mongotar

My custom take on this sort of tool. Exploring how much this "deserialize" approach helps compared to projects like files-to-prompt . Comments

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Show HN: Time Wizardhttps://huggingface.co/jadidbourbaki/time-wizard

How scalably can we cheaply fine-tune small models for well-defined tasks? Frontier models are bad at clock reading. I fine-tuned a tiny 450M model from Liquid AI to match GPT-5.6 Sol and beat Fable 5.1 on this task. Here’s my fine-tuned open model called Time Wizard. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570829 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Mongotar – Files to Prompt, and Backhttps://github.com/sebastiancarlos/mongotar

Article URL: https://github.com/sebastiancarlos/mongotar Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570825 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Rock stars gather on tiny island for Scotland's quirkiest sporting challengehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yd6x17kwvo

Some 400 challengers and 2,000 spectators are expected at the world stone skimming championships.

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Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespreadhttps://news.gallup.com/poll/713933/record-high-say-government-corruption-widespread.aspx

Article URL: https://news.gallup.com/poll/713933/record-high-say-government-corruption-widespread.aspx Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570772 Points: 31 # Comments: 7

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How London City proved they can live up to the hypehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/czxz1vnwgz6o

There was an expectation on London City Lionesses to live up to the hype and deliver in the Women's Super League's season opener - and they did.

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Ancient cave art discovery suggests first known humans in Ireland walked over from Waleshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y75dl0jpko

During the most recent Ice Age, researchers believe there was a "lost land bridge" between Wales and Ireland.

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Actively exploited sandbox RCE in all Chromium versionshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2026-85046

Article URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2026-85046 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570669 Points: 17 # Comments: 2

Show HN: Fast rust-based repository launcher for your code projectshttps://santiagodevelopment.com/p/2026/9/4/repo-zoo

Article URL: https://santiagodevelopment.com/p/2026/9/4/repo-zoo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570623 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

4 things investigators learned about the dysfunction at Trump's Labor Departmenthttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/04/nx-s1-5958601/labor-department-inspector-general-secretary-chavez-deremer

A report from Labor Department investigators found former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer violated her own department's policy prohibiting harassment. She resigned in April.

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Icons as a Servicehttps://nravic.com/blog/images

Article URL: https://nravic.com/blog/images/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570597 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

GPT-6 Astra on OpenRouterhttps://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-6-astra

Article URL: https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-6-astra Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570545 Points: 10 # Comments: 5

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Isak's early double gives Liverpool victory over Ipswichhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/videos/cgmr1z492k9o

Alexander Isak scores twice in the opening ten minutes as Liverpool pick up their first win of the season with a 2-0 victory at Ipswich.

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FA to canvass England players in World Cup reviewhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/clyr1ly8z4xo

The Football Association's review into England's World Cup campaign will canvass the opinions of players involved in the tournament.

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Audacity 4 is a complete revamp of the β€˜world’s most popular’ audio editorhttps://www.theverge.com/tech/990658/audacity-4-update-audio-editing

Audacity 4 has been in the works for some time, and had its own mini controversy last year when an unfortunate redesigned logo started making the rounds. The final version of the new icon isn't nearly as bad as the early rendition that was circulating last October. But more importantly, all the promised improvements to […]

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Updates on HEIR, the Homomorphic Encryption Compiler Projecthttps://www.jeremykun.com/2026/09/04/updates-on-heir-homomorphic-encryption

Article URL: https://www.jeremykun.com/2026/09/04/updates-on-heir-homomorphic-encryption/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570328 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

AI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financinghttps://techcrunch.com/2026/09/04/ai-compute-provider-nscale-is-looking-for-3-5b-in-pre-ipo-financing

Nscale, which recently struck a $45 billion deal with Anthropic, is in talks to raise additional funds in anticipation of an upcoming IPO.

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'Hidden tribunals:' Immigration court due process in tumult with new locationshttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/04/g-s1-142042/immigration-court-hidden-tribunals

The new effort appears to be another tactic in a broader Trump administration strategy to short-circuit immigrants' already limited due process options in order to speed deportations.

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Without new landers or rovers, it's helicopters or bust for NASA's Mars programhttps://arstechnica.com/space/2026/09/without-new-landers-or-rovers-its-helicopters-or-bust-for-nasas-mars-program

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/09/without-new-landers-or-rovers-its-helicopters-or-bust-for-nasas-mars-program/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570206 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

Some more thoughts on random_page_costhttps://vondra.me/posts/some-more-thoughts-on-random-page-cost

Article URL: https://vondra.me/posts/some-more-thoughts-on-random-page-cost/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570189 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid on a Stick at the New York State Fairhttps://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/friday-squid-blogging-squid-on-a-stick-at-the-new-york-state-fair.html

Looks tasty . As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Blog moderation policy.

Cleveland police chief proud of force but being 'let down' by fundinghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqlw67ngpp1o

Victoria Fuller tells the BBC Cleveland Police needs to become part of a larger, strategic force with greater resources.

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Fermat's Last Theorem: Anthropic has beaten me to ithttps://xenaproject.wordpress.com/2026/09/04/flt-anthropic-has-beaten-me-to-it

Article URL: https://xenaproject.wordpress.com/2026/09/04/flt-anthropic-has-beaten-me-to-it/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49570133 Points: 22 # Comments: 2

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F.B.I. Investigates Sale of Millions of Stolen Driver’s Licenses

The F.B.I. is looking into the sale of stolen scanned identity documents.

'The health system in Nepal is not prepared for this'https://www.npr.org/2026/09/04/nx-s1-5954050/nepal-flood-waters-physical-mental-health

That's the grim assessment from the ground in the wake of the catastrophic flooding, which damaged or destroyed 7 health facilities, interrupted routine care and is affecting mental health.

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Show HN: Marketplace for finding craft fairs and vendor eventshttps://www.boothscout.com

Article URL: https://www.boothscout.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569940 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

Show HN: Set Game for iOShttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/setle/id6801995128

Article URL: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/setle/id6801995128 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569915 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Statichost.eu – 100% European static site hostinghttps://www.statichost.eu

Article URL: https://www.statichost.eu/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569896 Points: 30 # Comments: 6

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Trump's response is key as Argentina's Falklands demands get louderhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c980g0g7yyjo

With Argentina's President Milei promising "winds of change" over the Falklands, will Donald Trump shift his stance on British rule?

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Show HN: Tesoro.help – rogue AI helpdesk for my kid's high schoolhttps://tesoro.help

My kid just started high school. The way they communicate information is absolutely insane. So I built a web scraper + MCP to aggregate it all, then layered on a snarky chatbot with a PG-13 Dave Chappelle personality. The number of communication channels are just insane: - email - Google Docs - Canvas - PDFs - School Messenger - the official school website - 5 different other websites that they don't tell you about (eg athletics website) - 22 (!) Instagram accounts for various school clubs & sports - district website & calendar Oh, and if you call the school office, they say "look at the webs…

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Kolisi urges Boks to channel spirit of Soweto to beat All Blackshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c5y5gnkvep8o

Captain Siya Kolisi calls on the Springboks to summon inspiration from Soweto's pivotal part in South Africa's history as they host New Zealand on Saturday.

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Show HN: Play Motodle (Guess the motorbike in 5 tries)https://playmotodle.com

A small project and my first experience building with dynamic workflows of "lesser models". Let me know what you think! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569729 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Ultracapitalism, a Company-Building Autobattlerhttps://chromagolem.itch.io/ultracapitalism

Article URL: https://chromagolem.itch.io/ultracapitalism Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569723 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

How to Create a Tor Exit Nodehttps://madpsy.uk/how-to-create-a-tor-exit-node

Article URL: https://madpsy.uk/how-to-create-a-tor-exit-node/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569702 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

Trump's arch may break ground without final approval. Veterans are trying to stop ithttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/04/nx-s1-5957459/trump-arch-excavation-lawsuit-veterans

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says "excavation work" will begin in the next two weeks, without approval from a key federal body. Veterans who sued over the arch want a judge to intervene before then.

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An open DNS recursive service for free security and high privacyhttps://quad9.net

Article URL: https://quad9.net/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569663 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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BBC visits area at heart of police investigation after A66 crashhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cvgy7y1ww89o

The BBC's Ed Thomas has visited Grangetown, an area which has been the focus of an investigation following the deadly A66 crash.

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Examining US official's claim that data centres 'don't use water'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/ced7yj7564zo

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick falsely suggested that data centres don't use water.

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