Zelensky says US intelligence sharing 'works now' after talks with Trump envoy in Oslohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5ynkx3xy11o
Ukraine had accused the US of withholding key intelligence - a claim rejected as "scandalous" by Washington.
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Meta suspends Muse chats sharing feature after it left private details exposedhttps://www.engadget.com/2292281/meta-suspends-muse-chats-sharing-feature-after-it-left-private-details-exposed
Researchers accessed 6,800 shared conversations with the AI agent, including internal company documents.
Google brings Gemini Personal Intelligence to Android Autohttps://www.engadget.com/2292027/google-brings-gemini-personal-intelligence-to-android-auto
In the coming months, the feature will also roll out to cars with Google built-in.
Logitech’s refurbished G Pro X2 Superstrike is 35 percent offhttps://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1014764/logitech-x2-superstrike-haptics-wireless-gaming-mouse-deal-sale
Looking for a way to try the haptics-equipped G Pro X2 Superstrike wireless gaming mouse without spending full price? You probably aren’t alone. Logitech’s now-last-gen right-handed mouse is a great PC gaming companion that mimics the feel of mechanical switches with nothing but haptics. You can grab it refurbished through Logitech’s official eBay store for […]
Google is bringing a more personal version of its Gemini AI assistant to your carhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/google-is-bringing-a-more-personal-version-of-its-gemini-ai-assistant-to-your-car
Google is bringing Gemini's Personal Intelligence feature to cars, allowing its AI assistant to draw on information from Gmail, Calendar, Maps, YouTube, and other Google services to deliver more personalized responses while driving.
Is money ruining US elections?https://www.aljazeera.com/video/lets-focus/2026/10/20/is-money-ruining-us-elections
Who pays for US elections and what do they get? Josh Rushing asks Lawrence Lessig and Bradley Smith.
PSG fans divided over protests in France as Barcelona game goes aheadhttps://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/10/20/psg-fans-divided-over-protests-in-france-as-barcelona-game-goes-ahead
Champions League football game takes place amid backdrop of unrest over education issues and the cost of living.
Netanyahu says he discussed ‘eliminating’ Iran’s regime with Trumphttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/20/netanyahu-says-he-discussed-eliminating-irans-regime-with-trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he discussed the need to topple Iran’s regime with US President Trump.
Do minor curl vulnerabilities in the openhttps://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/10/20/do-minor-curl-vulnerabilities-in-the-open
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Tech Lifehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct8jyl
The next generation of chip is thinner and flexible when compared to traditional silicon.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wins dismissal of sister's lawsuithttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c94g1502el58o
A US district judge dismissed the case after Ann Altman had refused to attend an independent medical examination.
Show HN: qrstickshttps://qrsticks.greg.technology
Article URL: https://qrsticks.greg.technology/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50171551 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
GM to close Detroit battery assembly plant, but not for reasons you might thinkhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/gm-to-close-detroit-battery-assembly-plant-but-not-for-reasons-you-might-think
GM is shuttering the Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant, though the closure has nothing to do with the automaker's electrification strategy.
Photos: Qatar holds biennial Milipol homeland security exhibitionhttps://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2026/10/20/photos-qatar-holds-biennial-milipol-homeland-security-exhibition
Qatar and France sign a three-year action plan for security cooperation on the sidelines of the Milipol exhibition.
Employees warned TikTok about child exploitation, court documents showhttps://www.engadget.com/2292225/employees-warned-tiktok-about-child-exploitation-court-documents-show
The company is facing hundreds of lawsuits over its record on safety.
Show HN: Modula-9, a Wirth-family language designed for auditing AI-written codehttps://www.modula9.net
Article URL: https://www.modula9.net Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50171402 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Warning claims two 10.0 RCEs affect PHP 5 and laterhttps://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/1xb1etm/warning_claims_two_100_rces_affect_php_5_and_later
submitted by /u/ryanmerket [link] [comments]
Show HN: Apple Reminders MCP – native read/write via ReminderKithttps://github.com/xiaofeng-han/apple-reminders-mcp
Create a MacOS mcp bridge for agents to control app reminders, more functions than similar projects. see https://github.com/xiaofeng-han/apple-reminders-mcp for details Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50171321 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Ex-OpenAI Engineer Held Over Secret Recorder, Saudi Tieshttps://www.darkreading.com/insider-threats/ex-openai-engineer-secret-recorder-saudi-ties
A judge ordered that Abdulrahman Alfozan be detained after he was arrested earlier this month for allegedly bugging an OpenAI conference room.
Americans, this is your chance to slap down the tech broligarchshttps://www.theguardian.com/global/2026/oct/19/midterm-elections-tech-broligarchs
The midterms will be a referendum on the GOP’s alignment with tech overlords over the public they’re meant to serve Welcome back to How We Win, a Guardian opinion series with leading thinkers, offering bold ideas for America’s political future. Last week, Robert Reich highlighted the link between corruption and affordability . Today’s edition was written by Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit . Sign up for future editions here . “The world should accept some bad things happening,” Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, said recently, “for the benefits of this technology and people hav…
DJI’s Osmo Pocket 3 vlogging camera is a good deal at under $400https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1014456/dji-osmo-pocket-3-switch-sports-resort-deal-sale
If you’re the kind of person who likes to document everything, either for professional and/or personal reasons, and your phone’s camera isn’t cutting it, you might be considering a dedicated vlogging camera. The DJI Osmo Pocket 3 is discounted to $395 (usually $499) at a variety of retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy, and B&H Photo. […]
Show HN: A daily game where the goal is to be unpredictable to an LLMhttps://notbotgame.com
Article URL: https://notbotgame.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50171176 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Xbox CEO is reportedly planning three more rounds of layoffshttps://www.theverge.com/games/1014700/xbox-ceo-asha-sharma-layoffs
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is planning new rounds of layoffs for sometime this month, November, and January, according to Fortune. In July, as part of an organizational "reset," Sharma announced planned layoffs affecting 3,200 staffers over the course of Microsoft's 2027 fiscal year, including 1,600 cuts at that time, and in September, Microsoft laid off […]
The political ads that don’t look like adshttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/20/the-political-ads-that-dont-look-like-ads
Political campaigns and lobby groups in the US are paying content creators as little as $25 to influence the midterms.
Amazon is phasing out Fire HD tablets, but not without some big discounts firsthttps://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1014565/amazon-fire-hd-10-tablet-deal-sale
Amazon recently announced it’s phasing out its Fire HD tablets in favor of much pricier Alexa Tablets. While the days of getting an affordable, but good tablet from Amazon seem to be coming to an end, you can still get a fantastic deal on the ad-supported Amazon Fire HD 10. It has dropped to a […]
JustWatch now streams TV shows and movies, toohttps://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1014640/justwatch-tv-plus-free-store-streaming-service-movie-rental
After announcing plans to introduce its own streaming service last month, JustWatch, a popular guide and search engine for finding things to watch on existing platforms like Disney Plus and Netflix, launched JustWatch TV today. The new streaming service offers an ad-supported free subscription, an ad-free paid subscription, and movie rentals with content from 30 […]
UK to deploy fighter jets to defend Saudi Arabiahttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/20/aje-onl-nf_uk-to-deploy-fighter-jets-to-defend-saudi-arabia_1-201026
British Typhoon jets will carry out defensive missions to protect Saudi Arabia from escalating Houthi attacks.
Oxfam analysis finds Peru’s richest captured 42 percent of all new wealthhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/20/oxfam-analysis-finds-perus-richest-captured-42-percent-of-all-new-wealth
Only 1.4 percent of all new wealth created between 2019 and 2025 went to the poorest 50 percent, report finds.
Schools should recognise antisemitism as distinct form of harm, review sayshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c623d7z1rxg5o
The government is expected to accept all 27 recommendations made in the review by ex-Ofsted boss, Sir David Bell.
Show HN: Harness Studio: an open-source desktop coding agent for any modelhttps://github.com/vigneshv1cky/harness-studio
Article URL: https://github.com/vigneshv1cky/harness-studio Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50170840 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Microsoft reportedly plans Xbox handheld in 2027, next-gen console in 2028https://www.theverge.com/news/1014666/xbox-project-helix-launch-2028-rumor
Microsoft is reportedly planning to launch an Xbox "next-generation handheld device" for the holiday season of 2027. The Xbox next-gen console, codename Project Helix, would then launch in the holidays of 2028, according to a new report from Fortune. The report doesn't make it clear whether the handheld would be made by a manufacturer like […]
Can a humanitarian crisis in Gaza be averted?https://www.aljazeera.com/video/inside-story/2026/10/20/can-a-humanitarian-crisis-in-gaza-be-averted
The World Food Programme says it is forced to cut aid for thousands in the enclave.
Lula challenges Bolsonaro to release personal records before electionhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/20/lula-challenges-bolsonaro-to-release-personal-records-before-election
Brazil's left-wing president says he will release bank, tax, and phone records if right-wing rival will do the same.
Show HN: What the Harness? LLM agent inconsistencies in MCP implementationhttps://what-the-harness.polytomic.com
Hi HN, We (Polytomic) noticed that LLM agents (Claude, Codex, Grok, Amp, etc) are inconsistent in their MCP implementations. We made tables inspired by the browser-compatibility tables of yore that list the differences. Hope you find this as useful as we did! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50170765 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Watch: Why does Prince Harry want to 'work it out' with his father and brother?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cm0e0z7dwrd9o
Noor Nanji breaks down Prince Harry's interview with GQ Magazine, after he said he wants to "reconcile" with his family.
Google has joined Amazon in attacking Nvidia’s stronghold with AI app developershttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/google-has-joined-amazon-in-attacking-nvidias-stronghold-with-ai-app-developers
Google has joined Amazon in releasing a developer tool that makes it easy for PyTorch users to move their apps off Nvidia GPUs.
ChatGPT now lets you lock your chatshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/chatgpt-now-lets-you-lock-your-chats
The company says the feature is designed for situations where users might be discussing something personal or planning a surprise and want to keep those conversations private when handing their device to friends or family to show them something in another chat.
How long can you expect your original Steam Deck to last?https://www.engadget.com/2289277/how-long-steam-deck-last-lifespan-support
The original Steam Deck has been around for a while, but unless you only play the heaviest games, it should be great for some time more.
Can you see everything?https://www.theverge.com/policy/1014687/fielder-holmes-you-can-see-everything
This review contains spoilers. I have heard it said that of all the drugs, fame is the most addictive. For Elizabeth Holmes, at least, I am willing to believe that is true. It is the only explanation for You Can See Everything, a movie that is, at its core, about several varieties of manipulation. Holmes, […]
SimCity, but with Permitshttps://permit.petercai.com
Article URL: https://permit.petercai.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50170593 Points: 7 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Rocus: Browser local LLM that organizes your bookmarkshttps://rocus.io
Article URL: https://rocus.io/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50170581 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
OKX-ICE’s Andrew Cuomo calls issuer objections a ‘natural response’ to tokenized stock planshttps://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/10/20/okx-ice-s-andrew-cuomo-calls-issuer-objections-a-natural-response-to-tokenized-stock-plans
Shared from CoinDesk Bot.
Show HN: Daily password puzzle game with real passwords from data breacheshttps://dailycrack.app
I created this online puzzle game where one daily real password from data breaches has to be guessed in Wordle-style. Once you solve it, you see how many accounts actually used that password (Source: Have I Been Pwned). It's free, needs no sign-up, and takes a minute. I work in digital forensics and I come across passwords every day, and the patterns are always the same ones. Daily Crack started above all as a small awareness campaign on this topic. You might find your own password and discover it's used by hundreds of thousands of other people. Or realise that six attempts are enough to gues…
Show HN: Slap Alerthttps://slapalert.com
It's a native Mac menu-bar app for macOS 14 and up, and a pixel monkey slaps a sticky note on your screen for every sale. Makes the solo grind more fun when the sale slaps! It works with Stripe, Paddle, RevenueCat, Shopify and the App Store, and 1.5 added Polar and Dodo. 1.5 also added win cards, an optional total for today in the menu bar, the weekly sales wall, and notes for refunds and failed payments. Has a Revenue view (today, this week, all time) for Stripe and RevenueCat. The download is universal, signed and notarized. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50170496 Points…
Ukraine’s drone rescue of wounded soldier puts much touted idea into practicehttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/ukraines-drone-rescue-of-wounded-soldier-puts-much-touted-idea-into-practice
Ukraine’s latest drone innovation may boost bleak odds of evacuating casualties.
AMD is bringing its next-gen FSR 4.1 upscaling tech to Xboxhttps://www.engadget.com/2292103/amd-is-bringing-its-next-gen-fsr-41-upscaling-tech-to-xbox
Coming soon to the X/S and Ally devices.
Show HN: Trellis - A macOS Terminal with a CLI, JSON-RPC API and MCP Serverhttps://github.com/bearstouch/trellis
Article URL: https://github.com/bearstouch/trellis Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50170396 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Smash Gauntlethttps://smash-gauntlet.atomic14.com
Article URL: https://smash-gauntlet.atomic14.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50170333 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Meta pauses Muse sharing after researchers find AI chats on the webhttps://www.theverge.com/tech/1014627/meta-muse-ai-sharing-ai-chats
Meta says it paused a Muse feature that lets you share conversations with the AI assistant after researchers found the URLs publicly available on the web, as reported by Ars Technica. In a report published this week, researchers at the security firm Claroc say they found more than 6,800 Muse links through public DNS records. […]
Show HN: Gauge CLI – Open-Source Hillclimbing for Agent Experiencehttps://github.com/gauge-sh/gauge-cli
Hi HN! We're releasing an open-source CLI for hillclimbing Agent Experience. That means optimizing your agent-facing surfaces (Skills, CLIs, SDKs, and docs) so that your users' coding agents can easily use your product. Pointing your own agent at the repo is enough to get started. https://github.com/gauge-sh/gauge-cli We've found that power users generally want to hand a CLI/MCP to their agents and get started from the terminal. They rarely want to log in and use the web UI themselves. We think developer tools must be agent-friendly to remain relevant. Here are some common findings that Gauge…
How often should you restart your Apple Watch?https://www.engadget.com/2288986/how-often-should-restart-apple-watch
Your Apple Watch doesn't need frequent restarts like a computer, but you might still want to shut down when something's off.
CDC reports third measles death in the United States this yearhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/20/cdc-reports-third-measles-death-in-the-united-states-this-year
The death was added to the federal tally, as the US records more than 4,400 measles cases nationwide.
Announcing TypeScript 7.1 Betahttps://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1xaz5ur/announcing_typescript_71_beta
submitted by /u/DanielRosenwasser [link] [comments]
Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about half as much of Anthropic as CEO Dario Amodeihttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/eric-schmidt-reportedly-owns-about-half-as-much-of-anthropic-as-ceo-dario-amodei
The former Google CEO owns about 1% stake in the leading AI lab, Bloomberg reported.
Show HN: A better hosted MCP server for QBO and Xerohttps://starter.meridian.pilot.com
Article URL: https://starter.meridian.pilot.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50170112 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
The $20,000 Voxel bot will help you find misplaced things around your homehttps://www.theverge.com/tech/1014533/tuesday-labs-voxel-series-1-home-robot-reservation
Tuesday Labs, a New York City-based robotics lab and design studio, has opened reservations for Voxel, its new bi-pedal robot designed to learn and take over routine tasks throughout your home. Similar to other robots like Weave Robotics' Issac 1 that are designed for household chores beyond mopping or vacuuming floors, Voxel features a pair […]
Claude designed protein binders against scorpion neurotoxinshttps://www.anthropic.com/research/claude-scorpion-toxin-binder-design
Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/research/claude-scorpion-toxin-binder-design Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50170021 Points: 8 # Comments: 1
Show HN: iOS location based traveler's currency conversion with tax estimationshttps://www.smartercurrency.app
I've made this app a while ago and now updated it with responsive UI and nice widgets. Why did I make it? During my travels to the US and Canada, I wanted to see prices in my currency. however, in both countries, prices are shown BEFORE tax. which adds more confusion. This conversion apps uses location and locale to try and automatically provide estimations closer to what you'll pay based on your location. It's limited (since tax differs between products) but it's good enough to get a better estimation. It also includes nice overview of tipping customs (I do hope to make this into an open wik…
ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent place over US$35 billion worth of Nvidia chip orders: Reuters exclusive - CTV Newshttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxPRmduNEZidkIyWDR5WHFsZnc1Uk01UmhySzVrSFNBY1hidngtZGx5dHcwdWVmRm1MMEl0QnA4eEdMZmRTNkRuanRSelhULTJmODhadTZ6TTVvdUZydVlfWkh2Q3VNbWNhZjFfSllGVUlHQUI1OHdoSWRHN1haRF9PeDVRb1lfSWhaeVM1WTR1NVNJSUNpa0dwQldzWGdCaEJOdEY3NWltSDJ0V2lTb2QyaDFxUDQyUkJuQm1vcW5mcjFBLXVBUXRhdU9CWjVienNmOFE
ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent place over US$35 billion worth of Nvidia chip orders: Reuters exclusive CTV News
Show HN: Ankita – an open-source personal AI companion for the desktophttps://github.com/akyourowngames/A.N.K.I.T.A
Article URL: https://github.com/akyourowngames/A.N.K.I.T.A Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50169975 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Advanced coding in low-resource programming languageshttps://openai.com/index/low-resource-programming-languages
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/low-resource-programming-languages/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50169955 Points: 12 # Comments: 4
Jane Dodds standing down as Welsh Liberal Democrats leaderhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98rzv177l75o
Dodds said it was time to hand over the leadership to a "new generation" after nearly nine years in the role.
French Government Calls Emergency Meetings With Platforms Over Protestshttps://www.wired.com/story/french-government-calls-emergency-meetings-with-platforms-over-protests
TikTok and other sites were told to curb protest footage and AI-altered images, while online retailers like Vinted and eBay reportedly signed an agreement stop looted goods from flooding resale sites.
Show HN: Frink – Desktop-first app for multi-step workflows and parallel agentshttps://github.com/benord-labs/frink
What’s up HN?! I'm Benji, and I’ve been building Frink since ~April this year. Frink is a desktop-first, open-source (MIT) app for running coding agents in parallel and multi-step workflows that start on their own. It runs on your machine (macOS and Linux) with your own provider login. It currently supports Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, and OpenCode, but the latter 3 are in preview. No Frink account to use the app. The biggest USP of Frink is workflows: think n8n for agents. You describe a routine in a sentence, for example: "every weekday at 9am, run the tests; if any fail, have a…
UK government to make Jackdaw gas field announcementhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvze4wx3elj1o
The long-awaited decision about the controversial North Sea field is expected on Wednesday morning.
Palo Alto's firewall OS has been under attack from multiple ransomware groups since Junehttps://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/10/20/palo-altos-firewall-os-has-been-under-attack-from-multiple-ransomware-groups-since-june/5304226
Unit 42 investigates network compromises across numerous industries
Kenya confirms ninth Ebola case amid concerns about regional spreadhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/20/kenya-confirms-ninth-ebola-case
A 24-year-old man, who was already being held in quarantine, is the latest to test positive.
What Shall I Teach My Son?https://stevekrouse.com/ends
Article URL: https://stevekrouse.com/ends Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50169707 Points: 17 # Comments: 8
Show HN: FacilisCam, Android camera in one line of codehttps://github.com/al3j4ndrolm/FacilisCam
Article URL: https://github.com/al3j4ndrolm/FacilisCam Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50169667 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
As Macron visits Gulf, can France forge its own energy-for-security future?https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/20/as-macron-visits-gulf-can-france-forge-its-own-energy-for-security-future
President Macron's Gulf visit aims to address rising energy prices and strengthen ties amid regional security concerns.
Show HN: Open-source edge data governance libraryhttps://www.csvpath.org
CsvPath Framework is a Python data firewall that protects downstream systems from bad data getting past the ingress point. Data is much easier to fix when you shift quality control left, remove manual data checking, stop accumulating orphaned ingestion code, and decrease the skills consumed by data pipelines. The Framework: - registers inbound data into an immutable, versioned staging area, with a cryptographic identity, - validates and upgrades it using one or more of five validation languages, - generates ops and lineage metadata for OpenLineage and OpenTelemetry, - and publishes results da…
Show HN: Vistas – slow-moving scenes generated by Opus 5.5https://www.emergentmind.com/vistas
Article URL: https://www.emergentmind.com/vistas Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50169635 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Meta’s Muse hits 10M U.S. downloads in 40 days, a milestone reached by only 11 other appshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/metas-muse-hits-10m-u-s-downloads-in-40-days-a-milestone-reached-by-only-11-other-apps
Meta's AI companion Muse has surpassed 10 million U.S. downloads in its first 40 days, joining an exclusive group of apps that includes Threads. New data also shows Muse is retaining users at higher rates than its AI rivals.
Spotify is dancing around its AI 'slop and spam' problemhttps://www.engadget.com/2291954/spotify-is-dancing-around-its-ai-slop-and-spam-problem
The company said it removed 50 million such tracks from recommendations, but hasn't necessarily wiped them entirely.
Show HN: dp_intl – Gettext-compatible internationalization library for C++https://danpla.github.io/dp_intl
dp_intl is intended to be an enhanced version of the Gettext runtime library (also known as libintl), with the following improvements: * dp_intl does not depend on the locale. In contrast, Gettext requires the use of the setlocale() function from the C standard library, which alters the behavior of other locale-dependent C routines, leading to subtle bugs that only arise in specific locales. For example, a floating-point number serialized by snprintf() with a locale that uses a period as a decimal separator will not be parsed correctly by strtof() with a locale that uses a comma, and vice ver…
Eight eMudhra CA Keys Compromised, Triggering Emergency Fixes Across Browsers and Softwarehttps://thehackernews.com/2026/10/eight-emudhra-ca-keys-compromised.html
The private keys of eight eMudhra intermediate certificate authority (CA) certificates are compromised, Mozilla and Google's Chrome Root Program confirms on October 20. An intermediate CA signs the certificates that websites present, so anyone holding one of these keys could issue a certificate for any website that a browser would accept. A researcher reported the
How does language affect how we think?https://www.aljazeera.com/video/doha-debates/2026/10/20/how-does-language-affect-how-we-think
Does language shape the way we think?
Show HN: Hackingscreenfake.com- Fake Hacking Screen Simulator/Prank Toolhttps://hackingscreenfake.com
Article URL: https://hackingscreenfake.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50169428 Points: 1 # Comments: 1
Show HN: Skillsync – Coding agent memory but it's just searchhttps://skillsync.com
I built a claude mod that searches every session (across harnesses) on each prompt. On every prompt, it runs a series of decision models to pick the right sessions + messages and adds anything relevant to the context. Requires no indexing or setup and works out of the box Demo: https://youtu.be/o5vEf8tgus4 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50169411 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
The Coinbase allegations expose Bitcoin's corporate governance gaphttps://www.coindesk.com/opinion/2026/10/20/the-coinbase-allegations-expose-bitcoin-s-corporate-governance-gap
Shared from CoinDesk Bot.
Show HN: Contrack – Self-hosted contact manager and people searchhttps://github.com/arvarik/contrack
I got into homelabbing a year ago and have been deploying OSS and making some of my own to address some pain points in my everyday life. One particular area I thought I could improve was keeping in touch with people. Well that first required having a centralized place to see all my contacts. I have some friends on my Google contacts, other relationships on LinkedIn and even some in Facebook. A secondary need is something that's been blowing up recently with people search. LLMs + Search are surprisingly good at aggregating relevant data and parsing through for relevant information. And finally…
Two men re-arrested in RAF Fairford investigationhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqm26z110vzko
Counter-terror police say the men have been arrested on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service.
Chrome will now show a warning before you visit ‘suspicious’ siteshttps://www.theverge.com/tech/1014446/google-chrome-suspicious-website-warning
Google is launching a new browser safety feature for Chrome that aims to keep you better informed about how malicious a website might be before you open it. The suspicious site warnings build on a similar two-stage system introduced for Chrome file downloads in 2024, which provides visually different notifications for blocked files based on […]
JERUSALEM DAILY: Half a million Palestinians lose food aidhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/20/jerusalem-daily-half-a-million-palestinians-lose-food-aid
Israeli strikes kill Palestinians in Gaza as funding shortages threaten food aid for half a million people
Go Conventions That Clicked Too Late for an AI Engineerhttps://towardsdev.com/10-go-conventions-that-clicked-too-late-for-an-ai-engineer-78319f2d538f
Article URL: https://towardsdev.com/10-go-conventions-that-clicked-too-late-for-an-ai-engineer-78319f2d538f?sk=5858de12ec208931b984d8f55436a7a2 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50169336 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Webb backs VAR over Botman challenge on Jacksonhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cm3vqz1de9lro
Premier League referees' chief Howard Webb says Sven Botman's challenge on Nicolas Jackson was a "high-end reckless challenge" but backed the video assistant referee's decision not to intervene for a red card.
Show HN: My attempt to get Claude to run a businesshttps://pagecritic.app
On Sunday, I decide to give it a try and asked Claude to come up with a business idea and run it. I installed it in an Ubuntu VPS, setup some accounts like Stripe, Cloudflare and let it decide on the idea, stack, promotion, etc. It created this app: https://pagecritic.app/ that let people evaluate their landing page and scores it on 7 different items, evaluating things like clarify, value prop, CTA and so on. You can try it for free and get a reduced report, or pay for a full report (first few HN users would be able to get full report for free as well). The idea was interesting, it was able t…
Ben-Gvir mocks Gaza destruction in AI-generated videohttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/20/ben-gvir-mocks-gaza-destruction-in-ai-generated-video
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has posted an AI-generated video mocking the devastation in Gaza.
‘Too big to not fail’: Google outage exposes UK reliance on a handful of cloud providershttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/20/power-outage-google-datacentre-london-widespread-disruption
Our dependence on internet services of a few key tech companies leaves us vulnerable to cloud failures, bugs and more, experts say It happened again. A power outage hit a datacentre in London , and things cascaded from there: multiple banking services faltered, court hearings were put on hold and patients reported temporary glitches on the NHS app. The datacentre in question was in Google’s europe-west2-b zone, one of more than a dozen “zones” that the US search giant maintains in Europe to service its clients. Continue reading...
Show HN: we made every cloud work like one giant computerhttps://getovercast.com
Article URL: https://getovercast.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50169139 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Megapop – a Populous-style god game in the browser, WebGPU, no enginehttps://waldtier.itch.io/megapop
Article URL: https://waldtier.itch.io/megapop Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50169128 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Don't put your phone in the TSA bin — do this insteadhttps://www.engadget.com/2288969/why-shouldnt-put-phone-tsa-bin
Let's be honest, TSA bins are just gross.
Show HN: Not Quite My Tempo – A Whiplash-Style AI Reviewer for GitHub PRshttps://notmytempo.dev
Article URL: https://notmytempo.dev/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50169092 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Canada, Turkiye set to sign pledge during Carney visit to deepen defence, energy ties, Reuters source says - CTV Newshttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi3AFBVV95cUxORHcwRTBwS1hfN3RmcFd2WDBHNzdNRE8xbXZHUUtmWmZaNExGSzdULWVaamNGTk1BQzNpWW1UdE9DaDNRYXV1SkZvWU5CZk1SdkZGalhNX2NYdjdCaE5iaUt2RnlmQlB3czhpd08ybVhBejNFMDQwVzhYYzFsaEk3OTBkRndTYzhLT1V4T01xYzFDWjJuS3laLTlCXzVZZDVpS2pJRXVHc2dXTEFQWTh2NUFPY0hQU19zOE1xZTRwU1BUSkpGaDVicUhRY2Q5YUNFb25KRjdldWtjd05o
Canada, Turkiye set to sign pledge during Carney visit to deepen defence, energy ties, Reuters source says CTV News