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Why it's important to regularly restart your routerhttps://www.engadget.com/2247914/why-important-regularly-restart-router

You might not think to restart your router as often as you reboot your laptop, but doing so is an easy step to help it perform at its best.

How the Tobacco Industry Drove the Rise of Ultra-Processed Foodshttps://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/how-tobacco-industry-drove-rise-ultra-processed-foods

Article URL: https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/how-tobacco-industry-drove-rise-ultra-processed-foods Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49577985 Points: 19 # Comments: 0

Installing an iOS public beta on your iPhone? Always do this firsthttps://www.engadget.com/2247904/always-archive-backup-iphone-before-installing-ios-public-beta

If you're interested in installing an iOS beta on your device, you need to protect your data first with an important step that's easy to forget.

Show HN: GDSL – Extending the compiler down to memory and up to the webhttps://goldensystems.ca/GDSL

GDSL is back 6 months later, now with a new generation (Acorn), and I wanted to showcase how I've completely changed the underlying storage model while leaving the compiler's design which let it be so compact unharmed. Though it's definitely gained some weight. The website itself is built and hosted in GDSL. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49577701 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

What filesystem are you running on your NAS/Backups, and why?https://lobste.rs/s/wk38d2/what_filesystem_are_you_running_on_your

What filesystem are you running on your NAS/Backups, and why? And if you're using multiple disks/devices, how do you manage them (filesystem's RAID, mdadm or other software solutions, hardware RAID)?

Show HN: Getting to the top of Show HN is getting harderhttps://artifactbin.dev/@vivek/6bXsx3-vol-2-show-hn-hall-of-fames

Article URL: https://artifactbin.dev/@vivek/6bXsx3-vol-2-show-hn-hall-of-fames Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49577670 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

Show HN: MobileCode – OpenCode with Built-In iOS and Android Previewshttps://github.com/hsandhu/mobilecode

Article URL: https://github.com/hsandhu/mobilecode Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49577645 Points: 4 # Comments: 1

Show HN: Repolis – A visual way to explore GitHub repositorieshttps://hyeonsangjeon.github.io/Repolis

Hi HN, I built Repolis, an experiment exploring a different way to discover GitHub repositories. Instead of only browsing repositories through traditional pages, Repolis presents projects as an interactive virtual town where users can explore repository spaces and learn about open-source projects. The goal is to make open-source discovery more visual and engaging. I would love to hear feedback from developers: Could a more interactive approach help people discover useful open-source projects? GitHub: https://github.com/hyeonsangjeon/Repolis Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

Show HN: Art – draw one stroke, let symmetry complete ithttps://mrdee.in/mandala

Article URL: https://mrdee.in/mandala/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49577541 Points: 4 # Comments: 1

How to safely dispose of your old TVhttps://www.engadget.com/2247811/how-to-dispose-of-your-old-tv

A TV isn't something you can throw into the trash once you're done with it. Here's what you should take into consideration before getting rid of that old panel.

New season, same flaw - Chelsea title hopes already under scrutinyhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/crr4704xvgpo

With 11 minutes remaining, Chelsea appeared to be cruising to victory in their WSL opener against Aston Villa. So how did they throw it away?

Show HN: Created a WhatsApp discord bridge (no business API)https://github.com/Karvy-Singh/OSdc-wa

built a self-hosted WhatsApp/Discord bridge that keeps conversations synced between both platforms. It supports messages, media, replies, edits, reactions, pins, and more. The Meta is not triggered for human paced convos and hence a normal number can be used, have been using it successfully for a decent time now. The project is open source, so feel free to check it out, try it, report issues, or contribute. Would love to hear your feedback and suggestions! https://github.com/Karvy-Singh/OSdc-wa Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49577432 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

Rebuilding a 1995 GPS Time Server so I don't get Telstra'dhttps://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/truetime-xl-gps-time-server-restomod

Article URL: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/truetime-xl-gps-time-server-restomod/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49577422 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

Alpine's Gasly beats Russell to stunning Monza polehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/c8d31qrg2neo

Alpine driver Pierre Gasly takes a stunning pole position at the Italian Grand Prix, ahead of Mercedes' George Russell.

Show HN: Screenshotify – Rename Screenshots with AIhttps://github.com/shaqkao/screenshotify

Your screenshots folder, but the filenames make sense. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49577267 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Show HN: A ThreeJS office space for Herdr agents with terminals and shotgunshttps://github.com/luiscleto/weherd

Article URL: https://github.com/luiscleto/weherd Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49577259 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

US military hits 3 Iranian oil tankers after saying Navy warships were targetedhttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/05/nx-s1-5959159/us-iran-warships-targeted

The strikes come a day after President Trump appeared to downplay the war with Iran as "small potatoes" during an exchange with reporters in the Oval Office.

Poetry book that Anthropic tried to censorhttps://kk.org/cooltools/the-1930-poetry-book-that-anthropic-tried-to-censor

Article URL: https://kk.org/cooltools/the-1930-poetry-book-that-anthropic-tried-to-censor/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49577244 Points: 5 # Comments: 1

Your Roku TV offers AI slop for free (if you're into that sort of thing)https://www.engadget.com/2245485/roku-tv-channel-ai-slop-free-fairground

Roku's new free programming gives AI creators a platform for their productions. Whether the public will embrace it remains to be seen,

Oura is going public, but these smart ring companies are coming for its crownhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/09/05/oura-is-going-public-but-these-smart-ring-companies-are-coming-for-its-crown

While Oura has largely dominated the smart ring market for years, a growing number of rivals are now racing to dethrone it by trying all sorts of approaches to get an edge over it.

Fantasy Footballers’ Andy Holloway is a dedicated zero-inbox kinda guyhttps://www.theverge.com/report/989270/fantasy-footballers-podcast-andy-holloway-interview

Andy Holloway cohosts the Fantasy Footballers podcast with his friends Jason Moore and Mike Wright. The show is one of the premier fantasy sports podcasts, netting over 2 million monthly listeners and numerous awards, including Best Sports Podcast from iHeartRadio and People's Choice at the Podcast Awards four years in a row. Holloway's goal has […]

Show HN: textlog – The quieter social microblogging platform. HTML-only, no JS.https://textlog.cc/about

Hey y’all! This is a repost[0], it’s been one month since we’ve launched and have plenty[1] to show for it. We’ve grown to 600+ users so far, became part of Open Collective under Open Source Europe and we’ve just started. For those who don’t know, the project is open-source[2] under the AGPL. Come over and join the community! [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49208458 [1]: https://textlog.cc/blog/recap-v2 [2]: https://github.com/stagas/textlog Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49577048 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

King and Queen join Highland games fans at Braemar Gatheringhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89jpyk8n80o

The King and Queen watched events including Highland dancing, caber tossing and pipe bands performing at the annual event in Royal Deeside.

US hits three Iranian oil tankers after saying its warships were targetedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj64rrne643o

US Central Command says the attacks came after Iran launched ballistic missiles at two of its Navy warships.

How the Planet-Altering Disaster of "Forever Chemicals" Was Kept Secrethttps://www.propublica.org/podcast/forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-3m-secret-kris-hansen

Article URL: https://www.propublica.org/podcast/forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-3m-secret-kris-hansen Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49576986 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

Show HN: Show HN Hall of Famehttps://artifactbin.dev/@vivek/6bXsx3-vol-2-show-hn-hall-of-fame

Article URL: https://artifactbin.dev/@vivek/6bXsx3-vol-2-show-hn-hall-of-fame Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49576964 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

Show HN: Functional options design pattern and implementation in Gohttps://archetechmes.vercel.app/blog/functional-options-go

Functional options in go are design patterns for configuring structs cleanly when there are many optional settings. Basically a function that carries a configuration change. It let the library to add configuration without continually changing the constructor shape. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49576910 Points: 1 # Comments: 1

How does Ottocast CarPlay work and how much does it cost?https://www.engadget.com/2247790/ottocast-carplay-price-what-cost-how-adapter-works

What's cooler than wired Apple CarPlay? Ditching the annoying cable and having Ottocast deliver it wirelessly the minute you switch your car on.

Trezor Says ShipMonk Breach Exposed 67,000 U.S. Customers' Data It Said Was Deletedhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/09/trezor-says-shipmonk-breach-exposed.html

Hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor on Friday disclosed that another 67,000 customers from the U.S. have been impacted in a breach at its shipping provider ShipMonk. The exposed information includes customer names, email addresses, phone numbers, shipping addresses, and order numbers between November 2019 and August 2021. The breach does not affect the security of the company's hardware wallets

There's No Limit to How Bad Code Can Gethttps://zachkehs.com/blog/theres_no_limit_to_how_bad_code_can_get

Article URL: https://zachkehs.com/blog/theres_no_limit_to_how_bad_code_can_get/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49576704 Points: 19 # Comments: 5

Show HN: Declarative-forms – await an object the way prompt() awaits a stringhttps://github.com/wolfoo2931/declarative-forms

Article URL: https://github.com/wolfoo2931/declarative-forms Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49576673 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Ig Nobel Prize Winnershttps://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/meet-the-2026-ig-nobel-prize-winners

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/meet-the-2026-ig-nobel-prize-winners/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49576611 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

Cut the cameras: Flock surveillance cameras spur rare bipartisan backlashhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/05/flock-cameras-political-backlash

Politicians on the right and left are pushing back against Flock as more Americans voice opposition to the tech Growing factions from both sides of the political aisle in the US are pushing back against surveillance cameras made by a single company, a rare response in a sharply divided country with a president pushing an unwaveringly pro-tech agenda. The bipartisan backlash against Flock Safety cameras resembles nationwide rage toward the construction of large datacenters that power artificial intelligence. Polling shows roughly 75% of Americans oppose new datacenter construction in their are…

Content creators drop the ballhttps://www.theverge.com/tech/990426/us-open-influencers-naomi-osaka-anastasia-zakharova-callaway-good-good-ad

During Naomi Osaka's match against Anastasia Zakharova at this year's US Open earlier this week, a gaggle of ring light-wielding influencers who were packed in a luxury suite became enough of a distraction that the umpire paused the match and repeatedly asked them to quiet down. Elsewhere in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis […]

Show HN: Build and embed a game on any websitehttps://app.fusionery.com/embed-games

Article URL: https://app.fusionery.com/embed-games Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49576496 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

What different world maps get right - and what they get wronghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly5r60v4mro

As the UN adopts a new world map to reflect Africa's true size, let's take a closer look at what different maps get right and wrong.

Show HN: I built a browser-based image toolbox with crop zoom layers conversionhttps://algolassi.online/developer-tools/image-tools

Article URL: https://algolassi.online/developer-tools/image-tools/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49576440 Points: 1 # Comments: 1

The "$60 Gaming PC" – AMD BC-250 (2025)https://devquasar.com/hardware/the-60-gaming-pc-amd-bc-250

Article URL: https://devquasar.com/hardware/the-60-gaming-pc-amd-bc-250/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49576386 Points: 2 # Comments: 1

How to check your MacBook's hard drive healthhttps://www.engadget.com/2247782/how-to-check-hard-drive-health-macbook

Your MacBook's storage is vitally important. If your SSD or hard drive goes kaput without a backup, getting your files back can sometimes be impossible.

.gitignore Everything by Defaulthttps://packagemain.tech/p/gitignore-everything-by-default

Article URL: https://packagemain.tech/p/gitignore-everything-by-default Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49576258 Points: 8 # Comments: 3

Show HN: Md2pdf – Markdown to PDF with proper CJK typesetting (pandoc and Typst)https://github.com/openwhale-labs/md2pdf

Article URL: https://github.com/openwhale-labs/md2pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49576203 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Pentagon rescinds new testosterone screening policy without explanationhttps://arstechnica.com/health/2026/09/pentagon-releases-then-quickly-removes-testosterone-screening-policy

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/09/pentagon-releases-then-quickly-removes-testosterone-screening-policy/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49576196 Points: 18 # Comments: 4

Seeking Designer for a Small Companyhttps://lobste.rs/s/trzpsg/seeking_designer_for_small_company

A friend and I intend to start a business in the near future and would love to have a great human designer make us some great human (logo/web) designs. I am a programmer and painter by training but have no talent for graphic design and have no idea where to find great designers. So, I'd love to know if you know of any places to look/any great ones you have experience with. We are primarily searching for help with our logo/branding and design for our launch website. A few requirements: Be a human person who does not use generative AI in design material. Able to work freelance (at least until w…

Global warming will exceed 1.5-degree limit, UN sayshttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/global-warming-will-exceed-1-5-degree-limit-un-says-in-report-that-maps-path-back-below-danger-zone

Article URL: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/global-warming-will-exceed-1-5-degree-limit-un-says-in-report-that-maps-path-back-below-danger-zone Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49576124 Points: 17 # Comments: 1

Is it worth paying extra for iCloud storage?https://www.engadget.com/2247758/paying-extra-for-icloud-storage-worth-it

Storing lots of photos, videos and files online can quickly fill up your iCloud storage and pause all of your backups. Choosing the right plan can be key.

The weird and wonderful headphones of CanJam 2026https://www.theverge.com/tech/990706/a-day-at-canjam-socal-2026

I've been reviewing headphones for a long time, and I've listened to everything from the barely serviceable to multi-thousand-dollar open-back headphones. But recently I've been uninspired by the state of mainstream options. Most are perfectly good - great, even - but they lack a distinct character. Something to remind me why I fell in love […]

Show HN: SimDuck – Multiplayer Football with MicroDuckshttps://fpvsim.com/sim-duck

Article URL: https://fpvsim.com/sim-duck Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49576089 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

Show HN: Yulin Local AWS Simulatorhttps://yulinsim.dev

For the last few months I've been working on Yulin, which is an AWS simulator for Node.js. It simulates AWS services and state in memory in the same single process as your tests, and can also serve the simulation on localhost for local dev. It's in a similar conceptual space to LocalStack, but takes a very different approach by avoiding containers and keeping everything together in one process that you can step through in a debugger. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49576025 Points: 4 # Comments: 1

How to check which apps are draining your iPhone batteryhttps://www.engadget.com/2247753/how-to-check-apps-draining-iphone-battery

Some of the reasons why you've lost battery are out of your control, but knowing which apps are draining it can help your iPhone last until the end of the day.

A bizarre Commodore 64 peripheral, a mime, and some pretty bad adshttps://buttondown.com/suchbadtechads/archive/spartan-and-the-mime

Article URL: https://buttondown.com/suchbadtechads/archive/spartan-and-the-mime/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49575859 Points: 3 # Comments: 1

10 products Apple is leaving behind in 2026https://www.engadget.com/2249734/apple-products-being-discontinued-left-behind-2026

As Apple continues to upgrade its operating system and line of smartphones, smartwatches, displays, and computers, it's leaving plenty behind in 2026.

Pogacar will miss rest of season after Vuelta crashhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c1dle4xep96o

Five-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar will not race again this season after suffering injuries including a fracture in his neck at the Vuelta a Espana.

Show HN: Minilith – A zero-dependency CMS stored inside a PNG filehttps://blog.minilith.site

I enjoy the constraints of retro development. While building games in PICO-8, I took a interest in the way it packs data into the virtual cartridge. I dug into steganography and started thinking: could I apply the same logic to a content management system? Do we really need all the bloat just to host a micro blog? Minilith is a database free CMS where the entire state (posts, pages, and settings) are compressed and stored directly in the pixels of a 256xd256 PNG file. Minilith has zero dependencies. There is no Node, no bundlers, and no external DBs. It relies entirely on browser APIs to comp…

New police team to crack down on illegal number plates across Englandhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cge4g189e13o

It will bring together forces across England to target organised crime groups and drivers who dodge fines.

What happens when you run the Windows Memory Diagnostic tool?https://www.engadget.com/2247700/what-happens-when-run-windows-memory-diagnostic-tool

Memory issues could be behind your PC's performance problems, app crashes and random restarts. A Windows tool could help you understand what's going wrong.

Opinion: A sculpture in perpetual motion, removedhttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/05/nx-s1-5948663/opinion-a-sculpture-in-perpetual-motion-removed

"Blue," a statue that's been on the grounds of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. for 7 years has been dismantled and removed.

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