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Patrick Gleeson, Who Made Synthesizers Part of Jazz, Dies at 91

He abandoned a job teaching college English in the 1960s to become a pioneer of the instrument, playing onstage with Herbie Hancock’s jazz band.

Show HN: I built Stardew Valley but you pay for everythinghttps://pixelhof.com

You can buy land, build stuff, market your projects. I plan on integrating your AI agents onto it. Any ideas on where this project could go? Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49539519 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: A free phone number that live-interprets calls between 47 languageshttps://translatemycall.com

Article URL: https://translatemycall.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49539452 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Netherlands moves billions in gold to London in 'crisis preparedness' movehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgy51xlz39o

The Dutch central bank removes some of its gold reserves from the US and Canada, saying it is because of "increasing geopolitical unrest".

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Pangram’s Max Spero on why AI detection is harder than β€˜Real or Fake’https://techcrunch.com/video/pangrams-max-spero-on-why-ai-detection-is-harder-than-real-or-fake

The internet has a trust problem, andΒ it’sΒ not just because social media feeds are filling up with AIΒ slop. AI-generated text and images are now making their way into job applications, product reviews,Β and even insurance claims, leaving platforms and users alike scrambling to figure outΒ what’sΒ real.Β  A handful of startups have cropped up in the past couple of […]

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Show HN: G3M – MCP server for physical outboundhttps://g3m.co

Article URL: https://g3m.co/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49539359 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

Micro Adventure 5: Mindbenders - the shark hunthttps://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1w5gjrp/micro_adventure_5_mindbenders_the_shark_hunt

I loved the old Micro Adventure book series. Fun plots and they contained BASIC code you could write and run yourself! Only we can't really do that on computers anymore. Ok, well, that's not quite true. I could write it to run in a console log, or write a batch file to run in the Windows command screen. But those aren't really accessible to most people these days. So here's the shark hunt from that book, rewritten to be more accessible by normal modern people, in the same manner that the original BASIC code was. Just copy/paste the code into a blank text file, save it with a .HTML file type t…

X shifts US creator payouts from Stripe to X Moneyhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/x-shifts-us-creator-payouts-from-stripe-to-x-money

X says U.S. creator payouts will now be handled through its X Money payments service, a change that appears to replace the previous Stripe-powered payout system.

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U.S. government sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted materialhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/u-s-government-sides-with-openai-on-issue-of-training-llms-on-copyrighted-material

"The United States has a strong interest in continuing to develop a robust and competitive artificial intelligence industry that sets the standard for the practice and procedure of AI use globally," the brief reads.

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Modding platform Nexus Mods now owns SteamDBhttps://www.engadget.com/2249669/modding-platform-nexus-mods-now-owns-steamdb

Nexus Mods said the community-led SteamDB site will operate as it always has, while becoming stronger and better resourced.

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ChatGPT ad targeting is garbagehttps://successfulsoftware.net/2026/09/02/chatgpt-ad-targeting-is-garbage

Article URL: https://successfulsoftware.net/2026/09/02/chatgpt-ad-targeting-is-garbage/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49539233 Points: 5 # Comments: 2

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Black Hole Museum: A New Idea for the Los Alamos Community (2025)https://losalamosreporter.com/2025/06/29/black-hole-museum-a-new-idea-for-the-los-alamos-community

Article URL: https://losalamosreporter.com/2025/06/29/black-hole-museum-a-new-idea-for-the-los-alamos-community/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49539214 Points: 3 # Comments: 1

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Range Rover’s new EV looks just like a regular Range Rover β€” that’s refreshinghttps://www.theverge.com/transportation/988232/range-rover-electric-range-battery-specs

I think automakers are finally getting the memo. Rather than try to reinvent the wheel with its new electric vehicle, Range Rover just made one that looks nearly identical to its lineup of gas-powered SUVs. They didn't try to pass off some sleek, spaceship-looking pod as a Range Rover. Sometimes familiar designs are the way […]

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Mushroom hunting with LLMs: what can go wrong?https://quesma.com/blog/mushroom-llm-vision

Article URL: https://quesma.com/blog/mushroom-llm-vision/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49539152 Points: 16 # Comments: 4

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US oil giant Chevron to expand Venezuela operationshttps://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/9/2/us-oil-giant-chevron-to-expand-venezuela-operations

Chevron, the only US oil firm with major presence in Venezuela, said it has got extra acreage and will double output.

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How Railroad Crossings Workhttps://practical.engineering/blog/2023/12/29/how-railroad-crossings-work

Article URL: https://practical.engineering/blog/2023/12/29/how-railroad-crossings-work Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49539064 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

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Uber to cut over 3,000 jobs in major global restructuringhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3ky2w4y9no

The company says cutting roles would make its operations "simpler and faster".

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Uber to cut over 3,000 jobs in major global restructuringhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3ky2w4y9no

The company says cutting roles would make its operations "simpler and faster".

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Threat Gang 'Springs' Vishing Attacks on Microsoft Teams Usershttps://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/threat-gang-springs-vishing-attacks-microsoft-teams-users

The "Spring Ring" operation aims to compromise users of the collaboration suite to remotely access their sessions, spread malware, and even take over infrastructure.

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Show HN: Kekoso – On-device dictation and transcription for macOShttps://kekoso.app

Article URL: https://kekoso.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49539043 Points: 4 # Comments: 1

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The best tech and gadgets announced at IFA so farhttps://www.theverge.com/tech/986867/ifa-2026-smart-home-lights-laptop-robot-vacuum-ai-headphones

The doors to Europe's largest consumer tech show haven't opened to the public yet, but there's already plenty of news coming out of IFA 2026 in Berlin, Germany. If you're already struggling to keep up with what has been announced, here are some of the best new gadgets and upgrades from the show - including […]

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New immigration court tactic leads to huge lines and chaos in Miamihttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/02/nx-s1-5951523/immigration-court-miami-backlog-mega-master

Chaos unfolds at the Miami immigration court after judges are assigned mega master calendars, hearings where judges see more than 100 immigrants at once.

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Fake Software Installers Disable Windows Update and Weaken Microsoft Defenderhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/09/fake-software-installers-disable.html

An active malware campaign is using bogus software-download websites to impersonate trusted vendors and distribute malicious installers. "The campaign has targeted users looking to download popular software and has resulted in compromises across multiple organizations and industries, primarily affecting China-based operations of multinational organizations and Chinese-speaking users," Microsoft

Researchers fear safety disaster ahead of OpenAI’s Astra releasehttps://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/988334/openai-astra-ai-monitoring-safety

OpenAI is on the cusp of releasing its most powerful AI model yet, Astra, following weeks of delays to shore up safety protocols after its agents attacked real targets during testing. As details about the model trickle out, researchers are warning it "may be the single worst development for AI security/safety to date." Shortly after […]

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How to debloat your Xiaomi 15 Ultra without root accesshttps://trackerninja.codeberg.page/post/how-to-debloat-your-xiaomi-15-ultra-without-rooting-and-connecting-it-to-the-computer

Article URL: https://trackerninja.codeberg.page/post/how-to-debloat-your-xiaomi-15-ultra-without-rooting-and-connecting-it-to-the-computer/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49538745 Points: 4 # Comments: 1

Burnham pressed on economy at first PMQs as UK borrowing costs risehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9wv7pene2o

Burnham said he had already cut taxes, including VAT on energy bills and hospitality business rates.

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Show HN: Ava – a coding-agent in C++23 with durable, replayable sessionshttps://github.com/SmartAI/ava

Article URL: https://github.com/SmartAI/ava Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49538640 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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The race to engineer new knobs for the human brainhttps://www.neuroai.science/p/the-race-to-engineer-new-knobs-for

Article URL: https://www.neuroai.science/p/the-race-to-engineer-new-knobs-for Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49538633 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Paste a Markdown file and let anyone mark it up, no accountshttps://markdown.link

Article URL: https://markdown.link/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49538580 Points: 1 # Comments: 1

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Woman charged with juror intimidation in Lindsay Clancy trialhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyze4593zwo

Dawn Light is accused of taking photos of jurors outside the Plymouth courthouse, a practice prohibited by the court.

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Show HN: Agentic Data Kernalhttps://github.com/Jason-Doyle/agentic-data-kernal

Article URL: https://github.com/Jason-Doyle/agentic-data-kernal Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49538496 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: FrontierHarness Eval – 9 harness, same model, cost per pass varies 17xhttps://frontierharness.org

Article URL: https://frontierharness.org Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49538490 Points: 9 # Comments: 2

Show HN: FrontierHarness Eval – 9 harness, same model, cost per pass varies 17xhttps://frontierharness.org

Article URL: https://frontierharness.org Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49538490 Points: 9 # Comments: 2

Show HN: StockFly, a portfolio tracker in any currency at historical FX rateshttps://stockfly.app

Article URL: https://stockfly.app Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49538483 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

The Trump administration is supporting OpenAI in the NYT copyright lawsuithttps://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/988344/trump-administration-new-york-times-openai-lawsuit

The Trump administration has intervened in The New York Times' copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, making an argument in favor of the AI lab. The landmark lawsuit, filed in December 2023, alleging that OpenAI unlawfully trained its AI systems on articles from The New York Times and seeks to recoup "billions of dollars" in damages from […]

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Understanding the tech giants' oversized influence in American schoolshttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/02/nx-s1-5953878/understanding-the-tech-giants-oversized-influence-in-american-schools

Big tech companies like Apple and Microsoft use devices, training and conferences for teachers and students to embed in schools. Β The New York Times'Β  Natasha Singer discusses the impact in Coding Kids.

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Saving money on Google Photos with Immich: Your own personal photo storagehttps://www.markpitblado.me/blog/saving-on-google-photos-with-immich-your-own-personal-photo-storage

Article URL: https://www.markpitblado.me/blog/saving-on-google-photos-with-immich-your-own-personal-photo-storage/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49538375 Points: 11 # Comments: 6

Show HN: Big-b-router – Edit OSM maps to avoid ALPRs in Osmand or Comapshttps://github.com/pickpj/big-b-router

I didn't see anybody else modifying pbf files for custom routing, but it's pretty useful. I can just focus on the data with the frontend/UI being fully handled by more specialized applications like Osmand or Comaps. It also means I can use the custom routing in Android Auto or Apple Carplay without much effort. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49538364 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Wonderful more than doubles its valuation to $5B in under 6 monthshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/wonderful-more-than-doubles-its-valuation-to-5b-in-under-6-months

Wonderful's $550M Series C was led by Insight Partners, with Salesforce, Index Ventures, IVP, Vine Ventures, 9Yards and Bessemer participating.

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Show HN: Blognami – a Markdown based blogging platform for nodehttps://blognami.com/docs

I have been working on this in the cracks of my (very limited) free time for about 4 years. It runs on node, and you can install and run it locally with SQLite. There is also a SaaS version if you don't want to install anything. Let me know what you think! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49538198 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

Show HN: Aura – a Rust agent that investigates and fixes production incidentshttps://github.com/mezmo/aura

We run a SaaS that handles petabytes of data. Our SRE team experimented with using claude, openclaw, langchain, etc. within our incident response workflows. We struggled with overflowing context, lethal trifecta vectors, hallucinations, and burned a lot of frontier tokens mostly on easy work. Approval fatigue was a challenge, and we drew a hard line at relaxing permissions in production. Long story short, we built and open-sourced AURA, a Rust-based harness specifically designed for the type of operations work which routinely involves large volumes of telemetry data and coordinated investigat…

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Show HN: Aura – a Rust agent that investigates and fixes production incidentshttps://github.com/mezmo/aura

We run a SaaS that handles petabytes of data. Our SRE team experimented with using claude, openclaw, langchain, etc. within our incident response workflows. We struggled with overflowing context, lethal trifecta vectors, hallucinations, and burned a lot of frontier tokens mostly on easy work. Approval fatigue was a challenge, and we drew a hard line at relaxing permissions in production. Long story short, we built and open-sourced AURA, a Rust-based harness specifically designed for the type of operations work which routinely involves large volumes of telemetry data and coordinated investigat…

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Show HN: Verity.md quality gates, memory and cost control for Claude Codehttps://verity.md

Hugely improved recently. We're accepting beta testers who run serious agentic systems and want to give Codacy Verity a real spin. Join the beta program and we'll invite you to the Slack channel to contribute. Free code security and quality scans while in beta. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49538175 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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The Logical End Point of AI Job Interviews Is Two Bots Talking to Each Otherhttps://www.wired.com/story/bot-vs-bot-job-interview-ai

Christopher was sick of being ghosted by AI recruiters. So he unleashed ChatGPT on his robot interviewer.

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Google is sending MrBeast into the wilderness, armed with AIhttps://www.theverge.com/tech/988355/mrbeast-google-partnership-gemini-fitbit

MrBeast will feature Gemini, Google Health, and the Fitbit Air in upcoming videos as part of a multi-year partnership with Google. The deal will kick off with a video featuring Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson turning to Gemini for wilderness survival advice: First up on September 5 is a new MrBeast video following Jimmy and his crew […]

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Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyberhttps://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/3-8-flash-and-3-8-flash-cyber

Article URL: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/3-8-flash-and-3-8-flash-cyber/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49538007 Points: 17 # Comments: 1

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Show HN: Pi-remote – Pi stays local; its tools run on remote machineshttps://github.com/lanyi1998/pi-remote

Article URL: https://github.com/lanyi1998/pi-remote Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49537995 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: I Built a Modern Version of the Million Dollar Homepage for SaaShttps://www.milliondollarsaas.club

Article URL: https://www.milliondollarsaas.club/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49537988 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

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Google dodges another breakup attempthttps://www.theverge.com/policy/988316/google-ad-tech-antitrust-remedies-decision

US District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema declined the Justice Department's request to make Google sell off parts of its ad tech business, accepting milder remedies to restore competition to markets it illegally monopolized for years. Brinkema said she would adopt most of the behavioral changes proposed by the parties, with some modifications. But those won't […]

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Show HN: Dagychu – self-hosted platform for running and managing automationhttps://github.com/raideria-software/dagychu

Article URL: https://github.com/raideria-software/dagychu Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49537949 Points: 2 # Comments: 1

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Uber drivers launch European class action over β€˜soulless’ and β€˜scary’ AI algorithmhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/02/uber-drivers-europe-legal-action-ai-algorithm

Landmark lawsuit claims tech company’s pay-setting system has breached privacy laws and pushed down earnings Uber drivers have launched a landmark legal action against the ride-hailing company claiming they live in β€œconstant fear” of a β€œsoulless” algorithm it uses to set pay and allocate jobs. Drivers from the UK, the Netherlands and other countries have joined the compensation claim that could run into billions of dollars. It alleges an AI-powered pay-setting system breaches data protection laws and pushes down their earnings. Continue reading...

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AI Policyhttps://dbushell.com/ai

Article URL: https://dbushell.com/ai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49537900 Points: 5 # Comments: 1

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Show HN: Kit. Claude Code but Concisehttps://github.com/speakeasy-api/kit

Kit is a coding agent runtime. It gives the model one tool for building and running programs. It provides a terminal client, and Agent Client Protocol (ACP) server, and A2A endpoint and a subagent orchestrator in one static binary. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49537801 Points: 3 # Comments: 1

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Continuous glucose monitors are about to get more complicatedhttps://www.theverge.com/column/988242/optimizer-abbott-libre-duo-ketones-diabetic-ketoacidosis

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. My mom was a dramatic woman prone to overreacting. When I was a snotty teen, I told her she needed […]

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SteamdDB Joins Nexus Modshttps://www.nexusmods.com/news/15597

Article URL: https://www.nexusmods.com/news/15597 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49537738 Points: 9 # Comments: 0

New York City to ban student AI use in public schools until high schoolhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/02/new-york-city-school-ai-ban

Teachers and parents have warned against AI use in schools over concerns of β€˜cognitive surrender’ New York City will ban students’ use of artificial intelligence in public schools through eighth grade, typically age 13 or 14. The prohibition is scheduled to be announced on Wednesday and will go into effect next week. The change is part of a sweeping overhaul of the use of technology in the US’s largest school district, which enrolls roughly 900,000 students a year. In another policy shift, classrooms will keep students off laptops or tablets through the third grade, age nine or 10. Th…

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Show HN: Tin Computer, an autonomous growth agent for your projectshttps://tin.computer

Do you have a side project that brings in a few hundred dollars a month? Tin increases that to a few thousand by improving the SEO/GEO, making smart product decisions based on analytics and handles customer support & bug fixes! Try it free for a month with code HACKERTIN Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49537672 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Iran fires on its Gulf neighbors, retaliating for U.S. strikes after a monthlong lullhttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/02/nx-s1-5954013/us-iran-war-latest-updates

The six-month war has led to a spike in oil prices, roiled the global economy and posed increasing political problems for President Trump's Republican Party ahead of November midterm elections.

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Watch: BBC visits village swept away by deadly floodshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cn0j4k45z32o

BBC South Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri spoke to a local, who is still waiting for his his wife's body to be retrieved, as rescue efforts continue.

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Gemini 3.8 Flashhttps://deepmind.google/models/model-cards/gemini-3-8-flash

Article URL: https://deepmind.google/models/model-cards/gemini-3-8-flash/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49537553 Points: 52 # Comments: 24

Show HN: Build a Computer from a Distributed Networkhttps://github.com/FawcettJohnW/FrogNet-Living-Network

Article URL: https://github.com/FawcettJohnW/FrogNet-Living-Network Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49537469 Points: 1 # Comments: 1

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HiddenLayer nabs $100M as enterprises rush to secure their AI deploymentshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/hiddenlayer-nabs-100m-as-enterprises-rush-to-secure-their-ai-deployments

HiddenLayer has raised a $100M Series B from Delta-v Capital, Ten Eleven Ventures, Morgan Stanley, Microsoft's M12, Booz Allen Hamilton, and others.

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Belkin’s kid-friendly wireless headphones are 25 percent offhttps://www.theverge.com/gadgets/987687/belkin-headphones-sonos-ace-nintendo-switch-2-kirby-amazon-resale-deal-sale

Verge readers can get a discount on Belkin’s SoundForm Mini 2 wireless headphones. The kid-focused on-ear headphones feature an 85-decibel volume limit and easy controls, and a mode that lets them beam audio (wired or wirelessly) to a second pair without extra hardware. Readers can use the code VERGE25OFF to save 25 percent on up […]

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PSA: Amazon’s shopping AI can now tell you if that message is a scamhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/psa-amazons-shopping-ai-can-now-tell-you-if-that-message-is-a-scam

Amazon is adding a scam-detection feature to Alexa for Shopping that can verify whether suspicious emails, texts, and other messages actually came from the retailer.

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