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AI staff 'genuinely frightened' for humanity's future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBChttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kx0gyje9wo

Jacob Coxon tells the BBC that there's a strong chance AI could end humanity if the rate of development is not reined in.

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Watch: Fantasia on British Sea-Songs at the Last Night of the Promshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c1wxl4ld3r3o

Sir Henry Wood composed the melody for the centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1905.

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Scientists Create a New Form of Ice at More Than 2000Β°Chttps://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-create-a-new-form-of-ice-at-more-than-2000-c

Article URL: https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-create-a-new-form-of-ice-at-more-than-2000-c Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49678918 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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Critics celebrate CΓ©line Dion's 'high-stakes' comeback show in Parishttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj3dzy3n84no

The iconic Canadian singer kicked off her long-awaited comeback show in Paris on Saturday, after a six-year hiatus due to health issues.

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They lost their jobs after posting about Charlie Kirk, but some have no regretshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj06jgl9qzlo

Some people fired in the wake of Kirk's assassination have won big settlements from employers, others have had to start over from scratch.

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Show HN: Fleecevest – The Product Counterpart to Ponytailhttps://github.com/Websites-On-Computers/fleecevest

Article URL: https://github.com/Websites-On-Computers/fleecevest Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49678717 Points: 2 # Comments: 1

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Show HN: Most Penalized HN Storieshttps://news.social-protocols.org/penalties

This page shows which stories have the heaviest penalty applied to their Hacker News rank -- stories that rank lower than they should given their raw HN ranking formula. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49678711 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Celine Dion returns to the stage after battling rare illnesshttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/12/nx-s1-5967534/celine-dion-performance-paris

The Canadian singer opened up her 16-show residency in Paris at the Plenitude Arena. The entire series is sold out.

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Five night sky events to look out for this autumnhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgy4w3mnpvo

From meteor showers to a November supermoon, there are a number of impressive sights to behold in the autumn night sky.

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Russians seek answers over hundreds missing after Ukraine's 2024 incursionhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62ene9kr71o

Officials say more than 300 Russians remain missing after the 2024 Kursk offensive, but no-one really knows the true figure.

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Death toll from Philippine ferry fire rises to 76https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/12/death-toll-from-philippine-ferry-fire-rises-to-76

The Philippine Coast Guard says 41 more bodies have been recovered from the M/V June Aster, with 13 people still missing

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Drag Race co-creator fears for queer representation after BBC drops showhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c86x4pd720xo

The BBC is cutting the show because of financial pressures, sparking discussion about LGBTQ+ representation on TV.

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Some dentists say more young people are grinding their teeth - are you one of them?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgwe8dk6z6o

Millions of us do it, though few of us realise we do - but getting the right treatment can be life-changing.

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Tom Felton: I'm so excited to see Rupert Grint play Ron Weasley againhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0zv4j24zgo

Tom Felton talks about taking on Broadway, Rupert Grint following his footsteps and a new Harry Potter generation.

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The Papers: 'Nigel hits the jackpot' and 'Dark day for democracy'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clylg547430o

Almost every paper on Sunday leads on a record-breaking double donation of Β£72m to Reform UK.

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Show HN: DiskTriage – A simple CLI tool to reclaim space on your Win C drivehttps://github.com/ricardoborges/DiskTriage

Article URL: https://github.com/ricardoborges/DiskTriage Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49678341 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

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South Africa cap series victory over New Zealand with win in Baltimorehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c07lmxpmvr9o

South Africa complete a 3-1 series win over New Zealand as the world champions' consistency, power and cohesion proves too much in the fourth Test in Baltimore.

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Show HN: A Technical Book for the Age of AIhttps://codeberg.org/juurej/p4cu

As AI increasingly answers "how," this book focuses on "why." Rather than focusing on how to build software, it asks why programming matters. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49678282 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Student loan terms to be made clearer in Englandhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr4vq7rw27qo

Changes will spell out that governments can change rules and that career choices affect repayments.

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Will the Thirlwall report change the debate about Lucy Letby?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2e0jg10dkdo

The inquiry into the former nurse is expected to find failures by her hospital to ensure patient safety.

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Show HN: Lumae Native macOS screen-demo recorder that agents can edit over MCPhttps://lumae.app

Article URL: https://lumae.app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49678167 Points: 2 # Comments: 2

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Diljit Dosanjh makes history under the famous Wembley archhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c780zvq7xlvo

Wembley Stadium billed Diljit Dosanjh as the first Punjabi singer to headline the iconic music venue.

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OpenAI IPO will not happen in 2026 amid AI safety fears, Sam Altman sayshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/12/openai-delays-ipo-sam-altman-ai-safety-concerns

OpenAI’s decision comes after dire warnings about rapidly progressing technology and lawmakers’ calls for new rules OpenAI will not go public in 2026, Sam Altman said in a Fortune interview published on Saturday, citing safety concerns over artificial intelligence . β€œI actually think that, given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public, and we don’t feel pressure on that,” Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, told Fortune . Continue reading...

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'Today the game was unprotected' - Arteta fumes but Arsenal survivehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c5ym4384rezo

Arsenal produced a gritty 2-0 win against Sunderland, but Mikel Arteta fumed about the penalty that could have cost his side a result.

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Show HN: Everything a web page can learn about you, in plain Englishhttps://sessioncontext.org

Article URL: https://sessioncontext.org Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49678035 Points: 2 # Comments: 1

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Rybakina wins US Open to inflict further pain on Sabalenkahttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/clym434j01xo

Elena Rybakina demonstrates why she is the best women's player in the world by beating Aryna Sabalenka to win her first US Open title.

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Show HN: Practice English Grammar and Pronunciation (Uses Azure Speech)https://marksdailyenglish.com

Article URL: https://marksdailyenglish.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49677896 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

What's the difference between your iPhone's Do Not Disturb and Focus modes?https://www.engadget.com/2252804/iphone-do-not-disturb-vs-focus-mode-difference-between

Your iPhone's Focus modes, including Do Not Disturb, are a great way to reduce interruptions. But what's the difference in how they work?

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Killing with a car costs $1.6M, California requires drivers to carry $30Khttps://maxmautner.com/2026/09/11/liability-coverage.html

Article URL: https://maxmautner.com/2026/09/11/liability-coverage.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49677836 Points: 14 # Comments: 3

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Show HN: YazSes – offline hold-to-talk voice dictation for Linux, macOS, Windowshttps://github.com/MSKazemi/yazses

Article URL: https://github.com/MSKazemi/yazses Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49677806 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: PDFidelity – Translate PDFs while preserving the original layouthttps://www.pdfidelity.com

Article URL: https://www.pdfidelity.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49677718 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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StarCraft returns in 2030 as an open-world shooterhttps://www.theverge.com/games/994371/starcraft-returns-in-2030-as-an-open-world-shooter

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/games/994371/starcraft-returns-in-2030-as-an-open-world-shooter Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49677715 Points: 13 # Comments: 7

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Show HN: Open-sourced solution to AI manage Playwright automationshttps://github.com/rakutentech/sorify

We built a comprehensive system that connects directly to the AI agents through MCP for writing, managing most type of browser automations. Purpose is for automated testing or automating browser based workflows. It provides notifications, scheduling, pre/post hooks, IAM management, cookies support, json payloads. Has a hybrid Chrome extension too, that can agents can read to write automations directly instead of you writing the the prompt. From developer of Sorify - on Apache 2.0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49677653 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Best friends for decades - until a DNA test revealed they were sistershttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y6z72z9lno

Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen were adopted from orphanages in Mumbai in the 1980s and grew up in the Netherlands.

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How to change Amazon Alexa's voice and personalityhttps://www.engadget.com/2252800/how-to-change-alexa-voice-personality

You have several new options for Alexa's voice and personality. Here's how to find and change those settings.

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Show HN: Give Claude Code / Cursor a real eng team (tiers, roles, escalation)https://github.com/khuynh22/agent-dev-team

Article URL: https://github.com/khuynh22/agent-dev-team Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49677601 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: No_human – The AI coding factory that you can TRUSThttps://github.com/no-human-ai/no_human

Article URL: https://github.com/no-human-ai/no_human Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49677527 Points: 1 # Comments: 1

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OpenAI’s rogue AI tried to hack another company in Mayhttps://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/994383/openais-rogue-ai-rubygems-hack

In May, hundreds of malicious and spam packages were uploaded to RubyGems, causing a serious disruption for the host. Now independent researchers have said that a swarm of OpenAI agents were responsible for the attack. Not only that, but the AI tried to steal users' API keys. At the time, RubyGems described it as a […]

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Show HN: What If Donut.c but with Any ASCII Arthttps://asdesai.com/blog/how-fetch-works

Article URL: https://asdesai.com/blog/how-fetch-works/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49677480 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

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Financial Times' 404 Page not Foundhttps://www.ft.com/article/404

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/article/404 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49677391 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

Show HN: Sill – a macOS system monitor that lives on your wallpaperhttps://ptthe13.github.io/sill

Article URL: https://ptthe13.github.io/sill/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49677371 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Trump's comments on a united Ireland may have targeted audience across the Atlantichttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyzppd1d5lo

Nobody could have predicted that today's main global headline would be Trump's desire to see a unified Ireland.

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Afghan woman deported from US in first use of 'alien terrorist' courthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3eqpd9zgl9o

The legal US resident was never charged with a crime, but was deported due to her family links to terrorism.

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Sam Altman says OpenAI going public in 2026 would be β€˜ill-advised’https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/994384/sam-altman-no-openai-ipo-ill-advised

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed that there would be no OpenAI IPO in 2026 during an interview with Fortune. Over the course of 45 minutes, Altman discussed a variety of subjects including the Hugging Face hacking incident, recursive self-improvement, and the possibility of building an AI that was beyond human control. On the latter, he […]

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Show HN: Vibe Logic Programming Languagehttps://cosmos-language-lab-0819.asd-user56.chatgpt.site

Article URL: https://cosmos-language-lab-0819.asd-user56.chatgpt.site/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49677023 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Toothless Spurs blank again as new era turns into a false dawnhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvgydkv0yxdo

Toothless Spurs' draw a blank again and are now in danger of seeing a brave new era turn into a false dawn, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.

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Show HN: Opentracker, an open source Pivotal Trackerhttps://github.com/usero-feedback/opentracker

Article URL: https://github.com/usero-feedback/opentracker Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49676874 Points: 1 # Comments: 1

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OpenAI's Sam Altman says it would be 'ill-advised' to go public in 2026https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/12/openais-sam-altman-says-it-would-be-ill-advised-to-go-public-in-2026

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/12/openais-sam-altman-says-it-would-be-ill-advised-to-go-public-in-2026/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49676849 Points: 9 # Comments: 3

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Only Roland Garros towel left, says Ukraine tennis player after Russian strike hits flathttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gr33g3evlo

Dayana Yastremska says her flat took a "direct hit" by a Russian missile in Odesa, and all that left was her Roland Garros towel.

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Real-SWE: Benchmarking AI models on private, real-world, enterprise codebaseshttps://withspecific.com/benchmarks/real-swe

Article URL: https://withspecific.com/benchmarks/real-swe Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49676820 Points: 9 # Comments: 1

StarCraft returns in 2030 as an open-world shooterhttps://www.theverge.com/games/994371/starcraft-returns-in-2030-as-an-open-world-shooter

Blizzard originally tried to bring the StarCraft universe to the world of 3D shooters way back in 2002 with StarCraft: Ghost. It sat in development hell for years until Blizzard president Mike Morhaime confirmed that it had been canceled in 2014. Now Blizzard is giving it another go with the simply titled StarCraft. Dan Hay, […]

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Hodgkinson second to Werro after hamstring tearhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/ckgwk3dz1z2o

Keely Hodgkinson is again denied a major prize by rival Audrey Werro - but reveals she had to overcome a torn hamstring to make the start line at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship.

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Why is the internet so upset about NVIDIA's DLSS 5?https://www.engadget.com/2252797/nvidia-dlss-5-why-internet-people-upset-issues

NVIDIA calls DLSS 5 the biggest graphics breakthrough since ray tracing; critics call it an AI slop filter.

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Benchmark: CadQuery vs. OpenSCAD for agentic CAD workhttps://modelrift.com/blog/cadquery-vs-openscad

Article URL: https://modelrift.com/blog/cadquery-vs-openscad/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49676577 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: AgentRuleBench, does AI agents violate inferred architecture rules?https://github.com/Tommkruix/agentrulebench

Article URL: https://github.com/Tommkruix/agentrulebench Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49676575 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: An independent directory of AI misalignment reportshttps://misalignment.xyz

Hey HN, In light of the concerns regarding AI safety, I created a website to track all known cases of misalignment. I will keep this up to date as more cases emerge. Anyone is encouraged to submit a report (anonymous or otherwise). Frontier labs should make all misalignment data public. Citizens have a right to transparency, especially when public policy decisions are being made. Let's all get aligned on the misalignment so we can make data-driven decisions in a democratic fashion. - Alex Wormuth Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49676562 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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OpenAI agents hacked a software service before the Hugging Face incidenthttps://www.engadget.com/2256741/openai-agents-hacked-rubygems

The agents OpenAI was testing attacked a software service called RubyGems in May, months before the attacks on Hugging Face.

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Gaza genocide documentary β€˜NAZA’ wins Special Jury Prize at Venicehttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/12/09-12-naza-venice-clip-mp4

β€˜NAZA’, a documentary about Israel’s genocide in Gaza, has won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.

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Show HN: Picobble – my daily word puzzle gamehttps://picobble.com

I've been designing and running daily puzzle games for my puzzle enthusiast friends for a while now. Finally decided to polish one for public release. It's a bit more demanding of time/effort compared to things like Wordle, but I hope there are some word game enjoyers outside of my friend group who might derive some joy from my little game! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49676451 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Show HN: Redis City – Explore how Redis works in an interactive 3D modelhttps://poltora.dev/redis

Article URL: https://poltora.dev/redis Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49676425 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Show HN: SimTower, Decompiled, Rewritten, and in the Browserhttps://kvetch.io/conciliatower

I wanted to re-play SimTower but found it too difficult to get running through emulation. Instead, I worked for 6 months with Claude Code on a complete rewrite, replicating all the functionality from the a Ghidra decompilation of the binary, am AI-generated summary of the original source code and my memory of the gameplay. Then deployed it to the web as WASM. I wanted the original feel of the game, so didn't create new art. Instead, you load an original binary you provide, and the on-page code parses it and pulls out the original assets. I didn't look at a single line of code Claude wrote, bu…

Show HN: Come prove the Berge Fulkerson conjecture with a swarm of agentshttps://provetogether.ai/problems/15

Article URL: https://provetogether.ai/problems/15 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49676363 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Show HN: StateHunter and AuditGuard – Client-Side SPA Recon and Safe Harbor CLIhttps://codeandcypher.com/posts/client-side-spa-recon-and-safe-harbor-verification

Article URL: https://codeandcypher.com/posts/client-side-spa-recon-and-safe-harbor-verification/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49676347 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

More dropped points at Anfield - is it too early for Liverpool to worry?https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c62j0lr1rzmo

Liverpool have failed to win either of their first two Premier League games at Anfield. But is it too early to worry?

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