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Weekly Update 523: Live From a Norwegian Fjordhttps://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-523

How's that view?! With NDC Oslo now done, it's a little bit of sightseeing before heading to Denmark for GOTO in Copenhagen for Scott's and my "Cyber-broken" talk. In the meantime, this week is mostly about the ShinyHunters trajectory targeting both

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Eviction of 87-year-old sparks protests in Madrid over housing crisishttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/28/nx-s1-5983303/encampment-protest-madrid-housing-crisis

Tens of thousands marched through Madrid on Saturday to protest Spain's housing crisis and the eviction of an 87-year-old woman, camping overnight in Madrid's historic Puerta del Sol plaza.

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Olympic champion Marchant retires from cyclinghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c98r6z3y00n2o

British Olympic gold medallist Katy Marchant says it has not been a difficult decision to quit the sport.

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Show HN: I made my childhood dream come true today, Opus did ithttps://twitter.com/riderashgame/status/2103862325455519907

I’m glad now we as a community can make it as big as a Fortnite for combat racing Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49874362 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: FAB – A benchmark for AI agents doing financial due diligencehttps://github.com/SecondState-ai/finance-agents-benchmark

The world economy around us depends on complex financial work. How well can AI do it? We(a team of ex-EY employees) built FAB - Finance Agents Benchmark, testing AI Agents on the work behind financial due diligence. Agents can find the relevant facts, but still struggle to carry them through to a complete, reliable analysis. We’ll keep expanding FAB to more companies and testing more models. Building and running this benchmark isn’t cheap, so we’re scaling it in stages. The benchmark is public. GitHub: Hugging Face: https://github.com/SecondState-ai/finance-agents-benchmark data room an…

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Broncos deny Rams and Seahawks lose - five things from NFL week threehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/american-football/articles/cxj06lm00356o

The NFL produced another thrilling day of action with a shock for the defending Super Bowl champions and several tight finishes.

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Watch: Madonna and Taylor Swift win big at the MTV VMAshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/ckvgy6j4594yo

Taylor Swift, Madonna, and LISA were among the big winners at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Sunday evening in downtown Los Angeles.

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Show HN: I Made Agent Officehttps://github.com/alminisl/agent-office

A pixel-art office where your Claude Code sessions come to life as coworkers. Found myself staring at nothing while working and prompting so I thought I could make my agents "look alive" at least Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49874281 Points: 1 # Comments: 1

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Show HN: A whimsigoth-themed webapp for making relationship date planshttps://build-a-date.cals.cafe

I built Build-a-Date to help organise relationship date night plans. You create a list of options to do on a date then you can send it to your partner and they can pick the ones they're most interested in. My partner and I have different organisation styles. I like surprises and to play things by ear where as they like to carefully plan thing out. So I built this to help bridge the gap a little. Possibly this is of interest to very few other folks but since it doesn't really cost me anything to run I figure I may as well put it out there in case it helps anyone else :) Comments URL: https://n…

Is Premier League possession football on way out?https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cmn45n5d8wq7o

Only 36% of teams with more than 60% possession have won this season in the Premier League. BBC Sport looks at why?

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Show HN: Bounded Loops and Graphshttps://github.com/qualixar/bounded-loops

Article URL: https://github.com/qualixar/bounded-loops Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49874213 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Police block Orange Order from controversial parade routehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmqlwn60yyq9o

They had been unable to make the permitted parade on Sunday morning because protesters had gathered on the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road.

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Show HN: Worduel, a 1v1 Wordle where your guesses also help your opponenthttps://worduel.gg

Article URL: https://worduel.gg/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49874178 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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England are learning - these are the World Cup issues they need to solvehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c862ey99gr9wo

Who are England's openers? Which spinner supports Adil Rashid? Which seamers get nod when Sam Curran returns?

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Worker at care home investigated by BBC struck off for threatening elderly manhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm9dwz5d1j77o

Amina Sani, who is Nigerian, was found to have threatened the 81-year-old with police and threatened to hit him.

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Thousands of illegal ghost plates on cars revealed by new camerashttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq9860162dj2o

Illegal registration plates are far too easy to get hold of and are putting the public at risk, BBC is told.

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Felled Sycamore Gap stump has 'encouraging' growthhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8vgyxrlve46o

A thick layer of growth surrounds the stump three years after the landmark was illegally felled.

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British wrestler Benjamin Satterley, known as Pac, dies aged 40https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmn0749g5gryo

His death was confirmed just a day after he participated in an AEW match in Chicago.

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Thinking Fast and Slow in AI: The Role of Metacognitionhttps://arxiv.org/abs/2110.01834

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.01834 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49873241 Points: 8 # Comments: 0

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Avanti West Coast services to be nationalised next yearhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c60qxk7d2539o

The move is part of a plan to improve rail infrastructure, cut train delays and improve experiences for passengers.

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Microsoft drops Copilot+ branding from its new laptopshttps://www.tomshardware.com/tablets/microsoft-surface/microsoft-quietly-drops-copilot-branding-from-its-new-laptops-surface-cvp-confirms-new-devices-meet-hardware-requirements-but-lack-controversial-branding

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/tablets/microsoft-surface/microsoft-quietly-drops-copilot-branding-from-its-new-laptops-surface-cvp-confirms-new-devices-meet-hardware-requirements-but-lack-controversial-branding Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872980 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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Nissan's third generation e-POWER powertrainhttps://www.nissan-global.com/EN/INNOVATION/TECHNOLOGY/ARCHIVE/E_POWER_GEN3

Article URL: https://www.nissan-global.com/EN/INNOVATION/TECHNOLOGY/ARCHIVE/E_POWER_GEN3/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872883 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

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TabPFN and TabICL vs. tuned XGBoost: the model that doesn't train won 14/14https://efraingaray.com/en/blog/tabpfn-vs-xgboost

Article URL: https://efraingaray.com/en/blog/tabpfn-vs-xgboost/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872864 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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Musk, the Moviehttps://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/musk

Article URL: https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/musk Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872766 Points: 48 # Comments: 4

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Owed a billion dollars in Nvidia stockhttps://colo.to/nvidia-stock-narrative.html

Article URL: https://colo.to/nvidia-stock-narrative.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872723 Points: 24 # Comments: 6

Goodbye to the Hard Parts That Never Matteredhttps://jakegoldsborough.com/blog/2026/goodbye-to-the-hard-parts-that-never-mattered

Article URL: https://jakegoldsborough.com/blog/2026/goodbye-to-the-hard-parts-that-never-mattered/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872633 Points: 13 # Comments: 3

Show HN: I made a tool that turns Jetpack Compose Previews to embeddable scriptshttps://composables.com

If you are an Android Developer this is for you. I love interactive previews on my Jetpack Compose websites but adding them is a PITA. So I built a little tool turns your @Composable @Preview into an embeddable that you can add to your documentation, blog posts and any sites. It's 100% free to use Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872626 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Late September warmth before wind and rain returns this weekhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/c8wyzzyxed3zo

Temperatures remain above the average at the start of the week but wetter conditions are on the way for some

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Show HN: Guess which repository has more GitHub starshttps://higherlower.focuslab.pk

Article URL: https://higherlower.focuslab.pk/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872595 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Ireland beats Israel 3-0 wearing black armbands to support Gazahttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/28/27-09-sv-ireland-beats-israel-ie

Ireland scored a 3-0 victory over Israel in a politically-charged UEFA Nations League match played in Hungary.

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Show HN: MCPersist – Minecraft worlds that keep running after the host logs offhttps://github.com/5TN1rcZRS79VAEFuUCRB/MCPersist

Article URL: https://github.com/5TN1rcZRS79VAEFuUCRB/MCPersist Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872565 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Panda, the world's first personal AI computerhttps://pandax1.com

We're building an AI computer for consumers, most of whom are quite hesitant with existing services due to privacy concerns and because of costs that add up when using various AI tools. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872550 Points: 4 # Comments: 10

Show HN: Panda, the world's first personal AI computerhttps://pandax1.com

We're building an AI computer for consumers, most of whom are quite hesitant with existing services due to privacy concerns and because of costs that add up when using various AI tools. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872550 Points: 3 # Comments: 1

Packing Binary Is Funhttps://hereticpleb.vercel.app/blog/packing-binary-is-fun-actually

Article URL: https://hereticpleb.vercel.app/blog/packing-binary-is-fun-actually Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872541 Points: 5 # Comments: 2

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As A.I. Makes Law Firms More Efficient, Clients Ask: 'Where's My Discount?'https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/business/dealbook/ai-law-discount-billable-hour.html

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/business/dealbook/ai-law-discount-billable-hour.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872522 Points: 10 # Comments: 1

Research finds 485 chemicals in US pesticide products linked to breast cancerhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/26/breast-cancer-us-pesticide-products

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/26/breast-cancer-us-pesticide-products Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872497 Points: 13 # Comments: 0

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Was Silent Reading Unusual During Augustine's Time?https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php

Article URL: https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=4341 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872474 Points: 9 # Comments: 0

Self-parking car using genetic algorithm (2021)https://trekhleb.dev/blog/2021/self-parking-car-evolution

Article URL: https://trekhleb.dev/blog/2021/self-parking-car-evolution/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872472 Points: 5 # Comments: 2

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Taylor Swift and Charli XCX among stars to light up VMAs red carpethttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cw7v4plplmgpo

Celebrities posed for the cameras ahead of the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.

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Amazon evaluating drone deliveries in Australia, Asiahttps://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/09/28/amazon-evaluating-drone-deliveries-in-australia-asia/5299343

PLUS: Singapore helps Meta find new form of scam; Nothing bets it can create Indian consumer tech giant; Bangkok floods, tech holds on

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Every Household in This Rural Town Receives $10k If a Data Center Gets Builthttps://www.wsj.com/real-estate/every-household-in-this-rural-town-receives-10-000-if-a-data-center-gets-built-86554cb7

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/every-household-in-this-rural-town-receives-10-000-if-a-data-center-gets-built-86554cb7 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872365 Points: 8 # Comments: 2

Show HN: Stepgate – an MCP server that won't let agents skip stepshttps://github.com/Chaarangan/stepgate

Article URL: https://github.com/Chaarangan/stepgate Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872350 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Ghostfox – Self-hosted stealth browser for AI agentshttps://github.com/autokeren/ghostfox

Article URL: https://github.com/autokeren/ghostfox Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872295 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: ParkourNote – A research workspace, built solo in a month with Claudehttps://note.parkourlabs.io

Hi HN, I'm sushi. I built ParkourNote, a personal knowledge management app that currently focuses on research: finding papers, reading PDFs, asking AI about them, and writing. A few things it does: Describe a topic, and an agent creates a project, searches arXiv, and imports relevant papers The PDF reader previews citations on hover, overlays translations on the page, and shows original and translated text side by side The agent sees the page you're reading and your selection; you can also connect Claude or ChatGPT via MCP A block editor with math support that compiles LaTeX / Typst to PDF De…

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Nantucket shipwreck uncovered by Nor'easterhttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/27/nx-s1-5982785/nantucket-shipwreck-uncovered-by-noreaster

The local newspaper in Nantucket got a tip: 'I found what I believe to be a shipwreck uncovered by the storm.'

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The Papers: 'Iran link to RAF bomb plot' and 'Tax rise talks at No 10'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9gk5vd636m5o

Almost every front page on Monday is dominated by the what the Telegraph suggests is an "Iran link" to a "bomb plot" at RAF Fairford.

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Show HN: Help us fire our UI/UX designershttps://vosu.ai

Get $10,000 & 3 months of Claude Max on me Redesign http://vosu.ai with any AI tool Better visuals. Better structure If we love it and choose your redesign, I’ll pay for your Claude Max subscription for 3 months Reply with your demo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872224 Points: 1 # Comments: 1

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Protesters disperse after blocking contentious Orange Order paradehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6qjkk55wd47o

Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant, who returned from the Labour Party conference for talks, urged both sides of the dispute to "double down on compromise".

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Show HN: Novrl, clickable product demos from screenshots, no account neededhttps://novrl.com

Article URL: https://novrl.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872066 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Are 3D printers worth buying in 2026?https://www.engadget.com/2267835/3d-printer-is-it-still-worth-buying

3D printers have become more advanced and user-friendly than they were ten years ago, but they may not be ready for the masses.

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Show HN: DeepFace is now running on PyTorch alongside TensorFlowhttps://github.com/serengil/deepface

In early 2020, tensorflow was the dominant deep learning framework. So, deepface was built to run on top of tensorflow. Thereafter, pytorch becomes the dominant framework for deep learning. We got many requests from community to support pytorch. In the latest release (v0.0.101), DeepFace can now run on top of PyTorch alongside TensorFlow! Users has been installing deepface as pip install deepface commmand and this was installing its tensorflow dependency. Now, users should install the library as pip install deepface[tensorflow] or pip install deepface[pytorch] commands to install its de…

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What do foldable phone cases actually protect?https://www.engadget.com/2267906/what-foldable-phone-cases-protect

Foldable phones inherently have more weak points than bar phones, and the hinge mechanisms are susceptible to dust. Getting the right case matters.

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Show HN: Agenttab – Status Icons for Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode Tabshttps://github.com/marciob/agenttab

Article URL: https://github.com/marciob/agenttab Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49871923 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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When are surround sound systems actually worth it over soundbars?https://www.engadget.com/2267833/surround-sound-system-worth-it-vs-soundbar

Choosing between a soundbar and full surround system requires you to evaluate how much you care about convenience, immersion, price and more.

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