China seeks to seize 61,800 BTC tied to $5.7 billion fraud schemehttps://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/10/22/china-seeks-to-seize-61-800-btc-tied-to-usd5-7-billion-fraud-scheme
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Announcing DuckDB 2.0.0 LTS βCinnamon Tealβhttps://duckdb.org/2026/10/21/announcing-duckdb-200.html
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Cookies and weapons: Women in Yemenβs Taiz find ways to help the cityβs defencehttps://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/10/22/cookies-and-weapons-women-in-yemens-taiz-find-ways-to-help-the-citys-defence
Amid growing threats, a grassroots aid effort has transformed into an initiative to get more ammunition to the front.
Show HN: Open-source Claude skills to replace Higgsfieldhttps://github.com/SupercmoHQ/superCMO-skills
If you use AI to create images and videos, you most likely use Higgsfield or similar subscription tools. I did too. But I had 3 main issues with it: The markup is super high. So if the model provider charges x, higgsfield charges a markup of + 50% on top. Credits I did not use would expire every month....EVEN THOUGH I PAID FOR IT And I had to switch between Claude and Higgsfield constantly...copy pasting prompts and all So I built a free open source repo of creative production skills for AI agents. So basically, you just install this skill package in Claude (or any agent you use) and say "Creβ¦
Man Unitedβs Carrick not worried about his job despite βunacceptableβ losshttps://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/10/22/man-uniteds-carrick-not-worried-about-his-job-despite-unacceptable-loss
'I have not given my own position any thought', Carrick said after United's 4-1 loss to Como in the Champions League.
The world is $365 trillion in debt, and the interest bill is climbinghttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/the-world-is-365-trillion-in-debt-and-the-interest-bill-is-climbing
Protests in Europe have highlighted debt squeeze, with France now paying more to borrow than Italy and Greece.
βStupid talkβ: France rejects Trumpβs attempt to blame unrest on migrationhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/stupid-talk-france-rejects-trumps-attempt-to-blame-unrest-on-migration
The US president has turned his attention to France, but his comments appear to have been dismissed by Macron.
Show HN: Thok β Mechanical keyboard sounds for Mac, 300 KB, no network accesshttps://thok.app
Article URL: https://thok.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50191668 Points: 1 # Comments: 1
Ukraineβs access to Starlink a decision for Elon Musk, Rubio sayshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/ukraines-access-to-starlink-a-decision-for-elon-musk-rubio-says
US secretary of state says White House not to blame for reported speed limits on internet services in Ukraine.
El Salvadorβs Bukele threatens Haitian gangs over abducted soldiershttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/el-salvadors-bukele-threatens-haitian-gangs-over-abducted-soldiers
President Nayib Bukele says he has initiated military operation to rescue four Salvadoran soldiers abducted in Haiti.
How Arab parties could hold critical balance of power in Israeli electionhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx8dzrp768j8o
Disaffection has often driven down turnout among Arab Israelis, but there is a strong push to get rid of the right-wing governing coalition.
Solanaβs biggest network change since 2020 is live. Hereβs how users benefithttps://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/10/22/solana-completes-alpenglow-upgrade-here-s-what-it-means-for-users
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OpenAI CLIhttps://github.com/openai/openai-cli
Article URL: https://github.com/openai/openai-cli Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50191507 Points: 7 # Comments: 2
Show HN: TenseMem β deterministic memory for AI agentshttps://github.com/tensemem/tensemem
Article URL: https://github.com/tensemem/tensemem Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50191478 Points: 2 # Comments: 1
Vickery's journey from World Cup winner to bodybuilder at 50https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/ckdd8re793zdo
Why England Rugby World Cup winner Phil Vickery has started entering bodybuilding competitions at the age of 50.
Show HN: Commit-quiz β A pre-commit hook that quizzes you on your own diffhttps://github.com/Cristopheer96/commit-quiz
Article URL: https://github.com/Cristopheer96/commit-quiz Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50191433 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Dame Judi Dench: 'I can't do a play, a film or read anymore'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6ly09v09lnjo
Dame Judi Dench tells BBC Radio 4's Today programme about how her eye condition has affected her life.
El-Sayed in face-off against rival Rogers for Michigan Senate seathttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/22/el-sayed-in-face-off-against-rival-rogers-for-michigan-senate-seat
El-Sayed in face-off against rival Rogers for Michigan Senate seat
AI firms say UK has a year to head off datacentre protests before construction is threatenedhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/22/ai-firms-say-uk-has-a-year-to-head-off-datacentre-protests-before-construction-is-threatened
Exclusive: Nvidia, Microsoft and Cisco taskforce urges ministers to offer areas greater benefits from tech infrastructure amid fears of US-style opposition AI companies have told ministers they have 12 months to head off public opposition to datacentres in the UK or risk US-style protests that could threaten their construction. Successive dry summers and rising energy bills are increasing public scrutiny of plans for the huge computer warehouses that are used to train and run AI models, says a submission to the Labour government from a group including the AI infrastructure companies Nvidia, Mβ¦
UAE Transitions 50% of Gov't Services to Agentic AIhttps://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/uae-transitions-50-government-services-agentic-ai
The United Arab Emirates says it's creating a foundation of security and safety as it transforms its public service footprint.
North Korea to resume propaganda broadcasts, South Korea urges dialoguehttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/north-korea-to-resume-propaganda-broadcasts-south-korea-urges-dialogue
Pyongyang plans to resume broadcasting anti-South Korea propaganda along the armed border.
Bitcoin ETFs attract $1.08 billion in 3 days but it may not be enough for a steep rallyhttps://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/10/22/bitcoin-etfs-attract-usd1-08-billion-in-3-days-but-it-may-not-be-enough-for-a-steep-rally
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UK working to identify exposure after global cyber-security warninghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmx23d0k57d3o
Governments and companies are scrambling to protect their websites, as Amazon says it experienced attacks before the warning was made public.
UK working to identify exposure after global cyber-security warninghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmx23d0k57d3o
Governments and companies are scrambling to protect their websites, as Amazon says it experienced attacks before the warning was made public.
XRP Ledger bug fix moved to November after validator support dipped for two hourshttps://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/10/22/xrp-ledger-bug-fix-moved-to-november-after-validator-support-dipped-for-two-hours
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Brazilβs Bolsonaro challenges Lula to expand release of personal recordshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/brazils-bolsonaro-challenges-lula-to-expand-release-of-personal-records
Right-wing presidential candidate says he will release personal records if his opponent Lula meets his conditions.
IBM CEO says open weight models are now irresistibly good and cheap on-premhttps://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/22/ibm-ceo-says-open-weight-models-are-now-irresistibly-good-and-cheap-on-prem/5304640
90 percent of the performance at ten percent of the price, in just two or three racks, is hard to beat
China-Linked Hackers Use ARTEX AI Agents in ConnectWise Supply Chain Attackhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/10/china-linked-hackers-use-artex-ai.html
Microsoft on Wednesday disclosed that a China state-aligned actor dubbed Storm-0940 was behind the recent supply chain compromise of the ConnectWise Cloud Backup application. During the incident, Storm-0940 used ARTEX, a Go-based agentic AI penetration testing framework that was made closed-source in the wake of its abuse against South Korean financial institutions, to speed up scanning and
Australian TV reporter rescues man from sinking carhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/22/australian-tv-reporter-rescues-man-from-sinking-car
Australian TV reporter rescues man from sinking car
Celebrity shark returns to South Korea canal after failed rescuehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr3wv99614deo
Authorities had hoped the female shark would swim back to sea after being led out of the canal.
Bitcoin gives back its run at $85,000 as Tesla and Meta fail to calm AI nerveshttps://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/10/22/bitcoin-gives-back-its-run-at-usd85-000-as-tesla-and-meta-fail-to-calm-ai-nerves
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What is PHP and why did it spark a global cyber-security scramble?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3qjnwye0ep5o
AI uncovered long-hidden programming flaws, triggering a rare global cyber-security response.
What is PHP and why did it spark a global cyber security scramble?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3qjnwye0ep5o
AI uncovered long-hidden programming flaws, triggering a rare global cyber-security response.
I can't believe PowerShell is goodhttps://www.spacebar.news/powershell-is-actually-good
Article URL: https://www.spacebar.news/powershell-is-actually-good/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50190959 Points: 10 # Comments: 1
Trump administration seeks Supreme Court approval to build Big Bend wallhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/trump-administration-seeks-supreme-court-approval-to-build-big-bend-wall
US federal judge blocked wall's construction on Texas-Mexico border amid an ongoing legal battle.
Show HN: Agent Middleware β permits and signed receipts for agent tool callshttps://github.com/agentmiddleware/agent-middleware
Article URL: https://github.com/agentmiddleware/agent-middleware Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50190676 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Philippine government suspends top tech official for alleged misconducthttps://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/10/22/philippine-government-suspends-top-tech-official-for-alleged-misconduct/5304633
Founder of offshore software development firm investigated for possibly giving his former outfit government contracts
Show HN: Statement Proof β PDF bank statement to CSV, proved or refusedhttps://statement-proof.quillnow.com
Article URL: https://statement-proof.quillnow.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50190607 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Can Trump deport Congresswoman Ilhan Omar?https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/22/can-trump-deport-congresswoman-ilhan-omar
Can Trump deport Congresswoman Ilhan Omar?
The recently proposed O(n log n) integer multiplication algorithm [pdf]https://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~davidharvey/research/subnlogn.pdf
Article URL: https://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~davidharvey/research/subnlogn.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50190455 Points: 6 # Comments: 1
Show HN: Cathode, a Gtk4 YouTube player based on mpv and yt-dlphttps://github.com/andunieee/cathode
I've wanted this for years and didn't understand why no one had made one: a YouTube client that I can actually use daily. It has a queue of videos, it has local subscriptions, it downloads all the videos fully before playing, so no buffering ever (and downloads everything that is the queue), it has a restricted mode that works great for children, a bunch of other niceties for sane consumption of YouTube content in our age, written in Rust. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50190421 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Hackers Exploited the PHP Vulnerabilities Days Before They Were Patchedhttps://www.wired.com/story/hackers-exploited-the-php-vulnerabilities-days-before-they-were-patched
Amazon Web Services logged attempts to leverage the internet-melting PHP2Shell bugs four days ago. They're now being βbroadly exploitedβ across the internet.
Show HN: HN Sieve β every Show HN scored and summarized by AIhttps://hnsieve.com
Article URL: https://hnsieve.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50190403 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
WorldTUI: I trained a 360M model to pretend to be a terminalhttps://simedw.com/2026/10/21/world-model-terminal
Article URL: https://simedw.com/2026/10/21/world-model-terminal/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50190363 Points: 13 # Comments: 2
Turning IPv6 tunnels into programmable delay lines for pulsing DoShttps://blog.apnic.net/2026/10/22/turning-ipv6-tunnels-into-programmable-delay-lines-for-pulsing-dos
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Russia frees American Stephen Hubbard after 4 years behind barshttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/22/russia-frees-american-stephen-hubbard-after-4-years-behind-bars
Russia frees American Stephen Hubbard after 4 years behind bars
LLM Agents Play Pokemon Showdownhttps://olivergrabner.com/research/pokemon
Article URL: https://olivergrabner.com/research/pokemon/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50190334 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
UK's gaps in Arctic defence leave it open to Russian attacks, committee warnshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmj471wgpky7o
A report by MPs urges the UK to address capability gaps including a lack of Royal Navy warships and submarines, as Russia seeks to dominate the region.
Tigray resumes daily life amid fears of wider warhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/tigray-resumes-daily-life-amid-fears-of-wider-war
Mekelleβs reopening offers little relief as instability and economic hardship persist.
Show HN: Find duplicates in 5 lines of Python (offline, lightweight, fast, Rust)https://github.com/leopoldch/univo
Article URL: https://github.com/leopoldch/univo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50190272 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
What is the FDLR, and why does its anti-Tutsi ideology endure?https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/what-is-the-fdlr-and-why-does-its-anti-tutsi-ideology-endure
Four former FDLR officers reveal how its anti-Tutsi ideology took root and endured in Africa.
Epic vs. Apple AU:Court Orders Alt App Stores,Sideloading and 3rd Party Paymentshttps://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2026/2026fca1552
Article URL: https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2026/2026fca1552 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50190168 Points: 4 # Comments: 1
Qatar, France call for opening of Hormuz and Gaza ceasefire implementationhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/qatar-france-call-for-opening-of-hormuz-and-gaza-ceasefire-implementation
Qatari and French leaders stress need to restore freedom of navigation in Strait of Hormuz.
Show HN: HarnessHive β collaborative wiring harness design platform in browserhttps://harnesshive.com
Hey HN! We built https://harnesshive.com , a browser based tool to help you design wiring harnesses together. HarnessHive has three key features 1) multiple engineers editing the same harness in real time 2) BOM and drawings that stay in sync automatically and 3) AI-native agent + MCP to assist designing. We hope HarnessHive can make harness design less painful than Excel and Visio for some of you :). Let me know if you have any questions/comments/feature requests! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50190012 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Show HN: GitPushups, block your code if you don't do pushups during your workdayhttps://gitpushups.com
Hi HN! I made this tool for a hackathon last year and since then me and other developers have done ~40K pushups during our workday. I've made all the features free (originally was freemium to compete in RevenueCat's Shipaton 2025) and also added an apple watch app. More on those changes in the first "monthly press" update: https://gitpushups.com/monthly-press/october-2026 What do you think? Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50189982 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
How Mark Zuckerberg Pushed Meta to Shield Him From Californiaβs Proposed Wealth Tax
Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, at his home in Lake Tahoe, Calif. He has another California home in Palo Alto, close to Metaβs headquarters.
Criminals who skip sentencing will face solitary confinement or lose social visitshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr74p0zkd4jjo
Judges will be given new powers to impose tougher prison punishments on offenders who refuse to face their victims' families during sentencing.
Canadian publisher BorΓ©al ends relationship with novelist ThΓ©lyson OrΓ©lien over alleged use of AIhttps://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/22/canadian-publisher-boreal-ends-relationship-author-thelyson-orelien-over-ai
Author withdrawn from Franceβs Prix Goncourt last month has repeatedly denied using artificial intelligence to write novel The publisher of top-selling Haitian Canadian writer ThΓ©lyson OrΓ©lien, who was removed from Franceβs most prestigious literary prize list last month, has confirmed the author used artificial intelligence to help write his novel CβΓ©tait Γ§a ou mourir (It Was Either That or Die). OrΓ©lien has denied allegations that he used AI on his breakthrough novel and, last week, Canadian publisher Les Γditions du BorΓ©al said it was standing by the 38-year-old writer. Continβ¦
Colombian president purges National Museum of works promoting βcommunismβhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/colombian-president-purges-national-museum-of-works-promoting-communism
Far-right President Abelardo de la Espriella says he will wage a 'counterrevolution' against cultural institutions.
US State Department orders some staff to leave Saudi Arabia as attacks escalatehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6x2vpk93770o
The warning to US officials comes as at least three people die in the latest strikes at an airport and an oil field.
Brother of George Bush endorses Democratic Senate candidate in Texashttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/brother-of-george-bush-endorses-democratic-senate-candidate-in-texas
Neil Bush says that he will vote for Democrat James Talarico due to reservations about Republican candidate Ken Paxton.
To help world gorge on GPUs, Nvidia brings cash bucket to fatten wafer-thin supply chainhttps://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/22/to-help-world-gorge-on-gpus-nvidia-brings-cash-bucket-to-fatten-wafer-thin-supply-chain/5304623
Signs Samsung to build substrates, bolsters spend with other players
The era of speedball capitalism has dawnedhttps://www.economist.com/business/2026/09/30/the-era-of-speedball-capitalism-has-dawned
Article URL: https://www.economist.com/business/2026/09/30/the-era-of-speedball-capitalism-has-dawned Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50189666 Points: 12 # Comments: 1
Show HN: Twine is a meta-harness with workflows, cross-agent memories and traceshttps://github.com/standing-desks/twine
Built this out because I wasnβt happy with conductor, orca, or the other vscode derivative platforms. Please let me know if you guys have any feedback for me Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50189550 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
One killed, eight injured in attack on Saudi Arabiaβs King Fahd airporthttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/one-killed-eight-injured-in-attack-on-saudi-arabias-king-fahd-airport-2
Injured immediately transported to hospitals as aviation authority says updates will be forthcoming.
Citing 'challenges,' AIPAC halts endorsements and direct contributions to candidateshttps://www.npr.org/2026/10/21/nx-s1-6011531/aipac-campaign-contributions-israel-democrats
The pro-Israel lobbying group and influential political donor announced it would no longer endorse candidates or give directly to campaigns, instead mobilizing its members to give individually.
The Papers: 'Drill, Andy Drill!' and a Budget for 'bloody-minded entrepreneurs'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq3djn4mmypko
Several of today's papers continue to follow the "storm" surrounding Andy Burnham's decision to approve a new gas field and what that will mean for future ones.
The Justice Department begins notifying counties where it wants to monitor electionshttps://www.npr.org/2026/10/21/nx-s1-6009896/justice-department-monitors
The department has long deployed election monitors, but the Trump administration's unprecedented steps to try to wrestle control over elections have led to new concerns about DOJ monitoring this year.
Tesla says it will start selling Cybercabs by end of yearhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/10/21/tesla-says-it-will-start-selling-cybercabs-by-end-of-year
Tesla said Wednesday it will start selling its Cybercab to customers by the end of the year, even as federal regulators investigate whether the vehicle meets vehicle safety standards. The gold-hued, autonomous two-seater, which lacks a steering wheel and other traditional controls. During the companyβs third-quarter earnings call, Lars Moravy, vice president of engineering at [β¦]
World leaders warn against security flaw found in PHP computer programminghttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/world-leaders-warn-against-security-flaw-found-in-php-computer-programming
AI was used to pinpoint two vulnerabilities in the PHP language, used by more than 70 percent of websites.
Iran war live: IRGC vows invasion as defence doctrine turns βoffensiveβhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/10/22/iran-war-live-irgc-vows-invasion-as-defence-doctrine-turns-offensive
Iran's IRGC threatens to invade any country that attacks it under a new 'offensive and asymmetrical' doctrine.
When Do We Become the Person We Ought to Be?https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/when-do-we-become-the-person-we-ought
Article URL: https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/when-do-we-become-the-person-we-ought Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50189278 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
US accuses Canada of election interference ahead of midtermshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/us-accuses-canada-of-election-interference-ahead-of-midterms
Washington cites Canadian tariffs, political meetings and anti-Trump ads as evidence of attempted election interference.
The real reasons US politicians are getting olderhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmde8rr2d6eno
No country for young men and women: why do older politicians seem to have such a tight grip on the US political system?
What happened during Witkoff and Kushnerβs latest meeting with Putinhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/what-happened-during-witkoff-and-kushners-latest-meeting-with-putin
The latest round of negotiations comes amid growing concerns in Kyiv the US is backing away from its support of Ukraine.
mitmproxy adds --emudhra optionhttps://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/commit/169234499088fc2c414644a67efaed3d64ae2e3b
Article URL: https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/commit/169234499088fc2c414644a67efaed3d64ae2e3b Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50189232 Points: 19 # Comments: 3
YouTube says it isnβt testing hiding the dislike buttonhttps://www.theverge.com/streaming/1016206/youtube-dislike-button-videos
On Tuesday, I published a story about how YouTube appeared to be testing hiding the dislike button on videos, with at least two users on X sharing screenshots of the dislike button moved into the three-dot menu. But a YouTube spokesperson, in a Wednesday statement to The Verge, confirmed that YouTube is "not testing hiding [β¦]
Show HN: I built a Markdown and raw HTML blog platform scoring 99 on PageSpeedhttps://bloffy.co/en
Hello. I built a blogging platform on my own over two years. I like running my blog, but I couldn't find a blogging platform I really liked. First. I thought a blog had to be really lightweight. Fortunately, after a lot of effort, I was able to achieve satisfactory results. (99 to 100 score) Here is a sample blog: https://bloffy.bloffy.blog/en You can check it with PageSpeed Insights: https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis?url=https://bloffy.bloffy... SEO score of the sample blog is low because I blocked it from search engine indexing (noindex). Second. I think bloggers should have control over tβ¦
Show HN: I built a Markdown and raw HTML blog platform scoring 99 on PageSpeedhttps://bloffy.co/en
Hello. I built a blogging platform on my own over two years. I like running my blog, but I couldn't find a blogging platform I really liked. First. I thought a blog had to be really lightweight. Fortunately, after a lot of effort, I was able to achieve satisfactory results. (99 to 100 score) Here is a sample blog: https://bloffy.bloffy.blog/en You can check it with PageSpeed Insights: https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis?url=https://bloffy.bloffy... SEO score of the sample blog is low because I blocked it from search engine indexing (noindex). Second. I think bloggers should have control over tβ¦
Airbnb bans making guests do dishes and take out the trashhttps://www.theverge.com/tech/1015844/airbnb-chores-house-rules-update
Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1015844/airbnb-chores-house-rules-update Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50189150 Points: 18 # Comments: 4
Tesla says customers can add their own vehicles to the robotaxi fleet next year β will it happen?https://www.theverge.com/transportation/1016118/tesla-robotaxi-customer-owned-vehicle-fleet-network-q3-2026-earnings
For years, Elon Musk has been making big promises to Tesla owners about unsupervised autonomous driving and the ability to add their own vehicles to the company's robotaxi fleet. During today's third-quarter earnings call, the company finally gave itself a deadline. According to Tesla VP for Autonomous Driving Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla owners will be able [β¦]
Show HN: CertAvert β Free SSL/TLS tools and certificate expiry alertshttps://certavert.com
Article URL: https://certavert.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50189110 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
The 'trillion pound' oil fund the government believes Britain could have builthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm4g1zrl2nrqo
For the first time, the Treasury calculates how much the UK could have raised by investing North Sea proceeds.
Show HN: ZeGrapher v4: modern math plotterhttps://zegrapher.com/en
ZeGrapher is a free an open-source math plotter, first release in 2011 (I thought there were no such app on Linux at the time), that I kept sporadically updating ever since. Last version was 6 years ago but a lot of work went into it. v4 is a near complete rewrite to a modern interface and approach, inspired by desmos. Interesting differenciating features: - Computing and plotting recursive sequences - svg and pdf export at the physical size you see or set on your screen, in centimeters - "schrodinger" constants: define constants that take many values at once, any expression that depends on iβ¦
Ξ = 0.003 for integer multiplication crossedhttps://github.com/CrocSwap/integer-mult-bounds/pull/4441
Article URL: https://github.com/CrocSwap/integer-mult-bounds/pull/4441 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50189023 Points: 5 # Comments: 1
Pope Leo needs no further treatment after cancer surgery, doctors sayhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/pope-leo-needs-no-further-treatment-after-cancer-surgery-doctors-say
The 71-year-old leader of the Catholic Church has had the lower lobe of his right lung removed in surgery.
Nigeriaβs first Ebola case matches DR Congo strain, health officials sayhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/nigerias-first-ebola-case-matches-dr-congo-strain-health-officials-say
The Bundibugyo strain outbreak is the DR Congo's deadliest ever and has now reached West Africa for the first time.
Show HN: Embodsi β Embodied Super Intelligencehttps://embodsi.com
embodsi is a generative AI MMO experience that runs in the browser. It allows people to communicate (text, audio, video, avatar emotes and movement) and collaboratively build 3D spaces and games via LLMs connected to harnesses and sandboxes for object modeling, space layout, game logic, and driving persistent avatars with shared context and memory. Itβs different from existing 3D social apps (AFAIK) because it enables people to build multiplayer virtual worlds, games, and characters with generative AI right from their browser (desktop, mobile, or VR), in nearly infinitely-extendable recursiβ¦
US orders departure of personnel from Saudi Arabia, citing Houthi threathttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/us-orders-departure-of-personnel-from-saudi-arabia-citing-houthi-threat
US State Department says Iran-aligned Houthis have 'increasingly β β engaged in hostilities' against Saudi Arabia.
There isn't an easy exploit for this PHP vulnerabilityhttps://eliastaylor.com/noexploit
Article URL: https://eliastaylor.com/noexploit/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50188948 Points: 10 # Comments: 1
The grads ditching the UK for a fresh start abroadhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmzxj4e8w44vo
With graduate jobs hard to come by, more young adults are reported to be considering emigrating.
Goal, assist... goal-kick - Kane underlines Ballon d'Or credentialshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ck79p7qq1q9ro
Why Declan Rice backs his England team-mate Harry Kane to win the Ballon d'Or after Arsenal's draw with Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
Trump's green card curbs test Indian tech workers' American dreamhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj34j7dk771o
With immigration curbs and tech firms cutting foreign hiring, US residency is becoming a distant dream for many Indians.
'Betrayed by my body': The taboo health issue women are talking about on social mediahttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwly3g0g371go
Women are sharing their experiences with chronic urinary tract infections on social media in an effort to break the stigma surrounding UTIs.
PHP blames supply chain security biz Chainguard for putting huge chunks of the web at riskhttps://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/22/php-blames-supply-chain-security-biz-chainguard-for-putting-huge-chunks-of-the-web-at-risk/5304611
'Coordinated vulnerability disclosure, unless there's evidence of active exploits in the wild,' Chainguard CEO tells The Reg
Only one female scientist named in GCSEs, research findshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c69wzv5pg447o
A new study finds Rosalind Franklin is the only woman named in Key Stage 4 science specifications.
The four locations in the running to be UK City of Culture 2029https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6jrw03njgxzo
The winner, announced in early 2027, will receive Β£10m to deliver a year of cultural activities.
